Overview
Graduated from Cardiff Univeristy in 2017 with a BEng in Electronics and Communication Systems and currently working towards the PhD degree in Microwave Engineering.
My research interests include microwave perfomance of additive manufactured components and microwave material charaterisation techniques.
Research
Research interests
My research interests include microwave perfomance of additive manufactured components and microwave material charaterisation techniques.
Thesis
Microwave performance and applications of additive manufactured components
Investigating the use of metal additive manufacturing for microwave components. In particluar looking at optimisation of surface resistance through process parameter changes and post processing treatments.
Funding source
EPSRC & Renishaw PLC
Supervisors
Publications
2021
- Gumbleton, R.et al. 2021. Effect of build orientation and laser power on microwave loss in metal additive manufactured components. IEEE Access 9, pp. 44514-44520. (10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3067306)
- Gumbleton, R.et al. 2021. Measurement technique for microwave surface resistance of additive manufactured metals. IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques 69(1), pp. 189-197. (10.1109/TMTT.2020.3035082)
- Hefford, S.et al. 2021. Liftoff dielectric resonator for the microwave surface resistance measurement of metal plates. IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement 70, article number: 8002208. (10.1109/TIM.2020.3040834)
2019
- Gumbleton, R.et al. 2019. Evaluating the coefficient of thermal expansion of additive manufactured AlSi10Mg using microwave techniques. Additive Manufacturing 30, article number: 100841. (10.1016/j.addma.2019.100841)
- Gumbleton, R.et al. 2019. Effects of post-processing treatments on the microwave performance of additively manufactured samples. Presented at: 13th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP) 2019, UK, 31 March - 5 April 2019.