Biography
Former PhD Student and Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of Cambridge (Queens' College), researching Bulk Metallic Glasses (BMGs) based on precious metals. Kindly supported by the Goldsmiths' Charity and Assay Office, London.
Since moved to work as a Postdoctoral Associate with Prof. Gregory B. Olson at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Publications
Key publications:
- O.S. Houghton, Y.P. Ivanov, N.T. Panagiotopoulos, A.L. Greer, CALPHAD-enabled design of metallic glasses with target properties: Gold-bases glass for jewellery, Mater. Des. 248 (2024) 113487.
- O.S. Houghton, L.Y. Schmitt, U.E. Klotz, M.B. Costa, A.L.Greer, Pd- and Zr-based bulk metallic glasses for jewelry applications: Scratch, wear and tarnish behaviour, Mater. Sci. Eng. A 924 (2025) 147791.
- O.S. Houghton, A.L. Greer, Sample-size effects in calorimetric studies of structural relaxation and crystallization of a gold-based metallic glass, Acta. Mater. 288 (2025) 1208862.
- O.S. Houghton, J.C. Loudon, A.C. Twitchett-Harrison, N.T. Panagiotopolous, G.I. Lampronti, M.B. Costa, R.J. Harrison, A.L. Greer, Reinterpretation of Report of Tetrataenite in Bulk Alloy Castings, Adv. Sci. 12 (2024) 2408796
- O.S. Houghton, C.Ye, A.C. Twitchett-Harrison, S. Dutton, T.D. Bennett, A.L. Greer, Glass Transition, Liquid Dynamics and Thermal Degradation in 2D Hybrid Halide Perovskites, Small (2025) Accepted.
Other publications:
Presented at several academic and industry conferences.
Teaching and Supervisions
Teaching:
Supervision of students at Queens' and Robinson College for the Part IB Materials Science and Part IA Mathematics Courses (Natural Sciences Tripos).