# Ultrasonic Cavitation Processing Lab (CAV-iT)

**Source**: https://www.brookes.ac.uk/research/units/tde/groups/cav-it
**Parent**: https://www.brookes.ac.uk/engage-and-innovate/consultancy

Group Leader(s):
[Professor Iakovos Tzanakis](https://www.brookes.ac.uk/profiles/staff/iakovos-tzanakis)

Contact:

[itzanakis@brookes.ac.uk](mailto:itzanakis@brookes.ac.uk)

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## About us

The Ultasonic Cavitation Processing Lab (CAV-iT) research facility was found and created by Professor Iakovos Tzanakis in 2017 after funds received internally and from external funding sources (EPSRC). CAV-iT serves fundamental and applied research with core activities ranging from structural materials (aluminum) and functional 2D nanomaterials (graphene) to engineering emulsions (oil/water, self-lubricating alloys), ultrasonic atomization (metallic powders for 3D printing) and materials for cavitation resistance (steels, thermal coatings).

CAV-iT is equipped with state of the art equipment including:

- a wide range of equipment for ultrasonic processing ranging from 20 kHz up to 1174 kHz plus a contactless vibrometer
- an ultra-high speed (up to 2.1 million frames per second) camera (FASTCAM SA-Z) with integrated high-temperature cavitometers (up to 800°C), needle and fibre-optic hydrophone probes (size ranging from 10 μm to 4 mm), calibrated to the National Physical Laboratory in the range of 8 kHz up to 30 MHz, with build-in customised software for advanced and simultaneous image and signal processing
- a brand new 4K ultra-high resolution microscope (VHX-7000) for surface inspection and wear/erosion assessment
- access to particle image velocimetry (PIV) system from TSI
- analytical equipment for characterisation studies such as SEM, Uv-Vis, microhardness tester
- auxiliary equipment such as re-circulating chiller to control temperature, double headed peristaltic pump for maintaining continuous process as well as a range of high intensity light sources, digital oscilloscopes and centrifugation devices.

[More about CAV-iT](https://cav-it.co.uk)

### Part of

- [School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics](https://www.brookes.ac.uk/about-brookes/structure-and-governance/faculties-and-schools/ecm "School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics")

### Related courses

- [Mechanical Engineering (MSc)](https://www.brookes.ac.uk/courses/postgraduate/mechanical-engineering-msc)

## Leadership

### Professor Iakovos Tzanakis

- [itzanakis@brookes.ac.uk](mailto:itzanakis@brookes.ac.uk)

Professor in Engineering Materials, University Research Impact Champion and Director of CAV-iT and MPM Group

[View profile  for Iakovos Tzanakis](https://www.brookes.ac.uk/profiles/staff/iakovos-tzanakis)

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### Staff

| Name | Role | Email |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [Dr Amanpreet Kaur](https://www.brookes.ac.uk/profiles/staff/amanpreet-kaur) | Senior Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering | [akaur@brookes.ac.uk](mailto:akaur@brookes.ac.uk) |

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