Dr Dan Haspel

Dan Haspel is one of the Technical Specialists of Plymouth Electron Microscopy Centre (PEMC), who specialises more in materials and engineering. He is jointly responsible for the day-to-day running and management of the FIB-SEM (focused ion beam scanning electron microscope). Within this role Dan utilises his knowledge of materials engineering developed through completing his MEng in Automotive Materials Engineering and undertaking his PhD in Developing a Dual-Layer System for the Mitigation of Tin Whiskers, both at Loughborough University. Prior to coming to Plymouth he worked for several different companies including, Engineering Support Technician at Ross Ceramics, Rolls Royce plc (Derbyshire), Research Assistant at Loughborough University (Leicestershire) and Research Engineer at IHI Corporation (Yokohama, Japan).

Qualifications

Professional membership

Member of the Royal Microscopical Society

Roles on external bodies

Committee member of Engineering and Physical Science Section, Royal Microscopical Society RMS EPS Section Website

Research interests

• Mitigation of tin whisker growth
• Post-electroplating surface treatments of tin
• Application of electrochemistry and electrochemical surface treatments of metals
• Conversion coatings
• Novel coating systems
• Application of SEM, FIB-SEM and related analytical techniques
• The application of 3D EBSD
• The application of TKD (transmission-EBSD)
• Applied analytical techniques in materials characterisation

Other research

Presentations:

Dan Haspel, The Generation of X-rays and How They're Used for Elemental Analysis, webinar for the Southern Counties materials, Minerals & Mining Society (IoM3), 29th July 2021

D.M.Haspel, M.A.Ashworth & G.D.Wilcox, Using EBSD to Visualise the Grain Structure of Electroplated Tin and it's Intermetallic Compounds, Relating to Tin Whisker Growth, Electron Backscatter Meeting 2021, April 2021

D.M.Haspel, M.A.Ashworth, G.D.Wilcox & X.Bao, The Use of Post-Electroplating Surface Modification Treatments to Mitigate Tin Whisker Growth, Electronic Materials and Processes for Space (EMPS) Workshops, EMPS-8, European Space Agency, Noordwijk, The Netherlands, May 2017

M.A.Ashworth, G.D.Wilcox, H.Pearson & D.Haspel, Tin whisker mitigation – research into mechanisms & strategies: part 2: post-plating mitigation methods, Tin Whisker Mitigation Methodologies: SMART Group Seminar, Holywell Park, Loughborough, UK, 24th November 2016

D.Haspel, M.A.Ashworth, G.D.Wilcox & R.J.Mortimer, The development of post-electroplating surface modification treatments to mitigate tin whisker growth, Presented at: Electronic Materials and Processes for Space (EMPS) Workshops, EMPS-7, University of Portsmouth, 13 - 14th April 2016

M.A.Ashworth, D.Haspel, L.Wu, G.D.Wilcox & R.J.Mortimer, The Effect of a Post-Electroplating Electrochemical Oxidation Treatment on Tin Whisker Formation, eastForum 2015, Lund, Sweden, 25 - 26th June 2015

Posters:

D.M.Haspel, M.A.Ashworth & G.D.Wilcox, Using EBSD to Visualise the Grain Structure of Electroplated Tin and its Intermetallic Compounds, Relating to Tin Whisker Growth, Microscience Microscopy Congress 2019, Manchester Central, 1st - 4th July 2019

D.M.Haspel, M.A.Ashworth & G.D.Wilcox, Using 3D EBSD to Visualise the Grain Structure of Electroplated Tin and its Intermetallic Compounds, Relating to Tin Whisker Growth, Electron Backscatter Diffraction Meeting 2019, National Physical Laboratory, 2nd - 3rd April 2019

D.M.Haspel, M.A.Ashworth, L.Wu, G.D.Wilcox & R.J.Mortimer, TinWhisker: The Effect of a Post-Electroplating Electrochemical Oxidation Treatment on Whisker Growth, IeMRC 9th Annual and Final Conference, Loughborough University, February 2016

Magazine Articles:

D.Haspel, EBSD 2018, infocus Magazine: The Proceedings of the Royal Microscopical Society, Issue 51, September 2018