Journal Articles
Yang, S, Torres, C, Ter-Ovanessian, B, Conway, P (2024)
Enhanced mechanical properties and biocompatibility of a Ti-Zr-Cu-Pd bulk metallic glass by annealing within the supercooled liquid region,
Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 1010, 178081, ISSN: 0925-8388. DOI:
10.1016/j.jallcom.2024.178081.
Khalil, M, Burton, M, Hickinbotham, S, Conway, P, Torres, C (2024)
Simulation and physical validation of metal triply periodic minimal surfaces-based scaffolds for bioengineering applications,
Engineering Modelling, Analysis and Simulation, 2(1), ISSN: 3005-9763. DOI:
10.59972/fn8161af.
Yang, S, Hufenbach, J, Scudino, S, Conway, P, Torres, C (2023)
Can multifunctionality of bioresorbable BMGs be tuned by controlling crystallinity?,
Key Engineering Materials, 967, pp.131-136, ISSN: 1013-9826. DOI:
10.4028/p-infgb6.
Brown, R, Beken, S, Kent, R,
Torres-Sanchez, C, Michael, Mistry, PS, Kosior, E, Bennett, T (2023) TEMPERATURE CONTROL/MATERIALS HANDLING,
British Plastics and Rubber, 2023-November-December, pp.6-7, ISSN: 0307-6164.
Torres, C, Alabort, E, Herring, O, Bell, H, Tam, C, Yang, S, Conway, P (2023)
Multidimensional analysis for the correlation of physico-chemical attributes to osteoblastogenesis in TiNbZrSnTa alloys,
Biomaterials Advances, 153, 213572, ISSN: 2772-9516. DOI:
10.1016/j.bioadv.2023.213572.
Torres, C, Wang, J, Kottut, K, Moore, B, Conway, P (2023)
Electrochemical removal of secondary roughness on selective laser melted titanium with an ethylene–glycol-based electrolyte,
Materials Letters, 343, 134367, ISSN: 0167-577X. DOI:
10.1016/j.matlet.2023.134367.
Borgman, J, Conway, P, Torres, C (2022)
The use of inorganic process control agents to mill titanium‑niobium powders suitable for the selective laser melting process,
Powder Technology, 407, 117546, ISSN: 0032-5910. DOI:
10.1016/j.powtec.2022.117546.
Torres, C, Borgman, J, Sargeant, B, Bell, H, Alabort, E, Lindsay, C, Conway, P (2021)
Comparison of selective laser melted commercially pure titanium sheet-based triply periodic minimal surfaces and trabecular-like strut-based scaffolds for tissue engineering,
Advanced Engineering Materials, 24(1), 2100527, ISSN: 1438-1656. DOI:
10.1002/adem.202100527.
Torres-Sanchez, C, Alabort, E, Wang, J, Norrito, M, Conway, PP (Accepted for publication) In-silico design and experimental validation of TiNbTaZrMoSn to assess accuracy of mechanical and biocompatibility predictive models, Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, pp.104858-104858, ISSN: 1751-6161. DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2021.104858.
Borgman, J, Wang, J, Zani, L, Conway, P, Torres, C (2021)
The effect of energy density and Nb content on the microstructure and mechanical properties of selective laser melted Ti-(10-30 wt.%) Nb,
Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, 30, pp.8771-8783, ISSN: 1059-9495. DOI:
10.1007/s11665-021-06239-5.
Holt, J, Torres, C, Conway, P (2021)
Monitoring the continuous manufacture of a polymeric foam via a thermokinetic-informed acoustic technique,
Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering, 235(6), pp.1998-2007, ISSN: 0954-4089. DOI:
10.1177/09544089211026549.
Torres-Sanchez, C, Norrito, M, Almushref, F, Conway, P (Accepted for publication) The impact of multimodal pore size considered independently from porosity on mechanical performance and osteogenic behaviour of titanium scaffolds, Materials Science and Engineering: C, pp.112026-112026, ISSN: 0928-4931. DOI: 10.1016/j.msec.2021.112026.
Wang, J, Torres, C, Borgman, J, Zani, L, Conway, P (2020)
Template-free, microscale dimple patterning of pure titanium surface through anodic dissolution using non-aqueous ethylene glycol-TiCl4 electrolytes,
Surface and Coatings Technology, 404, 126555, ISSN: 0257-8972. DOI:
10.1016/j.surfcoat.2020.126555.
Torres, C, Norrito, M, Wang, J, Bell, H, Zani, L, Conway, P (2020)
Physico-chemical characterisation of Ti-Nb-Sn alloys surfaces and their osteogenic properties,
Surface and Coatings Technology, 403, 126439, ISSN: 0257-8972. DOI:
10.1016/j.surfcoat.2020.126439.
Torres, C, Abyaneh, MH, Holt, J, Mee, B, Wang, J, Conway, P (2020)
Enhanced interfacial adhesion and mechanical performance of lightweight polyurethane foam reinforced with a low content of aligned magnetised short carbon fibres,
Composite Interfaces, 28(3), pp.309-328, ISSN: 0927-6440. DOI:
10.1080/09276440.2020.1774213.
Torres, C, Wang, J, Norrito, M, Zani, L, Conway, P (2020)
Addition of Sn to TiNb alloys to improve mechanical performance and surface properties conducive to enhanced cell activity,
Materials Science and Engineering: C, 115, 110839, ISSN: 0928-4931. DOI:
10.1016/j.msec.2020.110839.
Holt, J, Blackwell, S, Zani, L, Torres, C (2019)
Comparison of elastic properties of low-density polymeric foams determined by ultrasonic wave propagation and quasi-static mechanical testing,
Materials Letters, 263, 127243, ISSN: 0167-577X. DOI:
10.1016/j.matlet.2019.127243.
Torres, C, Perez-Lopez, AM, Alqahtani, M, Unciti-Broceta, A, Rubio-Ruiz, B (2018)
Design and manufacture of functional catalyst-carrier structures for the bioorthogonal activation of anticancer agents,
New Journal of Chemistry, 43, pp.1449-1458, ISSN: 1144-0546. DOI:
10.1039/C8NJ05704D.
Torres, C, McLaughlin, J, Fotticchia, A (2018)
Porosity and pore size effect on the properties of sintered Ti35Nb4Sn alloy scaffolds and their suitability for tissue engineering applications,
Journal of Alloys and Compounds, ISSN: 1873-4669. DOI:
10.1016/j.jallcom.2017.10.026.
Torres, C, McLaughlin, J, Bonallo, R (2018)
Effect of pore size, morphology and orientation on the bulk stiffness of a porous Ti35Nb4Sn alloy,
Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, ISSN: 1059-9495. DOI:
10.1007/s11665-018-3380-0.
Torres, C and Balodimos, N (2017)
Development of a nanodiamond-based lubricant for a versatile use in the beverage industry conveyor systems,
Industrial Lubrication and Tribology, ISSN: 0036-8792. DOI:
10.1108/ILT-02-2016-0022.
Barlow, E, Bradley, AM, Mulholland, AJ,
Torres-Sanchez, C (2017)
A weak-inertia mathematical model of bubble growth in a polymer foam,
Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, 244, pp.1-14, ISSN: 0377-0257. DOI:
10.1016/j.jnnfm.2017.03.008.
Torres, C and Balodimos, N (2017)
Effective and eco-friendly lubrication protocol using nanodiamonds in a dry regime for conveyor systems in the beverage industry,
Packaging Technology and Science, 30(5), ISSN: 1099-1522. DOI:
10.1002/pts.2294.
Hillman, SJ, Hollington, J, Crossan, N, Torres, C (2017)
Correlation of ISO 16840-2:2007 impact damping and hysteresis measures for a sample of wheelchair seating cushions,
Assistive Technology, ISSN: 1040-0435. DOI:
10.1080/10400435.2016.1261963.
Torres, C, Almushref, FR, Norrito, M, Yendall, K, Liu, Y, Conway, P (2017)
The effect of pore size and porosity on mechanical properties and biological response of porous titanium scaffolds,
Materials Science and Engineering C, ISSN: 0928-4931. DOI:
10.1016/j.msec.2017.03.249.
Torres, C, Huang, C, Steel, G (2016)
Optimization of assembly instructions for a low-cost housing solution,
Information Design Journal, 22(1), pp.32-48, ISSN: 1876-486X. DOI:
10.1075/idj.22.1.04tor.
Brook-Smith, S, Robson, M, Johnson, N, Lam, A, Leonard, M,
Torres-Sanchez, C, Desmulliez, M, Denison, FC (2014)
PD.04 Development and rapid prototyping of an illuminated mirror for waterbirths – from concept to prototype,
Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition, 99(Suppl 1), pp.A81.3-A82, ISSN: 1359-2998. DOI:
10.1136/archdischild-2014-306576.233.
Weiss, JT, Dawson, JC, Macleod, KG, Rybski, W, Fraser, C,
Torres-Sanchez, C, Patton, EE, Bradley, M, Carragher, NO, Unciti-Broceta, A (2014)
Extracellular palladium-catalysed dealkylation of 5-fluoro-1-propargyl-uracil as a bioorthogonally activated prodrug approach,
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, 5, ARTN 3277, ISSN: 2041-1723. DOI:
10.1038/ncomms4277.
Hollington, J, Hillman, SJ, Torres-Sánchez, C, Boeckx, J, Crossan, N (2014)
ISO 16840-2:2007 load deflection and hysteresis measurements for a sample of wheelchair seating cushions,
Medical Engineering and Physics, 36(4), pp.509-515, ISSN: 1350-4533. DOI:
10.1016/j.medengphy.2013.10.010.
Weiss, JT, Dawson, JC, Fraser, C, Rybski, W, Torres, C, Bradley, M, Patton, EE, Carragher, NO, Unciti-Broceta, A (2014)
Development and bioorthogonal activation of palladium-labile prodrugs of gemcitabine,
Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 57(12), pp.5395-5404, ISSN: 0022-2623. DOI:
10.1021/jm500531z.
Hollington, J, Hillman, SJ, Torres-Sánchez, C, Boeckx, J, Crossan, N (2013)
ISO 16840-2:2007 load deflection and hysteresis measurements for a sample of wheelchair seating cushions,
Medical Engineering and Physics, ISSN: 1350-4533. DOI:
10.1016/j.medengphy.2013.10.010.
Torres-Sanchez, C (2011)
A Novel Manufacturing Strategy for Bio-Inspired Cellular Structures,
International Journal of Design Engineering, 4(1), pp.5-22, DOI:
10.1504/IJDE.2011.041406.
Torres-Sánchez, C and Corney, JR (2011)
Morphological and biological characterization of density engineered foams fabricated by ultrasonic sonication,
Journal of Materials Science, 46(2), pp.490-499, ISSN: 0022-2461. DOI:
10.1007/s10853-010-4944-z.
Torres-Sánchez, C and Corney, J (2010)
Manufacture of graded porosity foams: Simulation of local ultrasonic pressure and comparison with experimental results,
20th International Congress on Acoustics 2010 Ica 2010 Incorporating Proceedings of the 2010 Annual Conference of the Australian Acoustical Society, 1, pp.527-534.
Jagadeesan, AP, Wenzel, J, Corney, JR, Yan, X, Sherlock, A,
Torres-Sanchez, C, Regli, W (2010)
Fast human classification of 3D object benchmarks,
Eurographics Workshop on 3D Object Retrieval Eg 3dor, pp.55-62, ISSN: 1997-0463. DOI:
10.2312/3DOR/3DOR10/055-062.
Corney, JR, Torres-Sánchez, C, Jagadeesan, AP, Yan, XT, Regli, WC, Medellin, H (2010)
Putting the crowd to work in a knowledge-based factory,
Advanced Engineering Informatics, 24(3), pp.243-250, ISSN: 1474-0346. DOI:
10.1016/j.aei.2010.05.011.
Torres-Sanchez, C and Corney, JR (2009)
Porosity tailoring mechanisms in sonicated polymeric foams,
Smart Materials and Structures, 18(10), ISSN: 0964-1726. DOI:
10.1088/0964-1726/18/10/104001.
Jagadeesan, AP, Lynn, A, Corney, JR, Yan, XT,
Torres-Sanchez, C, Wenzel, J, Sherlock, A, Regli, W (2009)
Geometric reasoning via internet crowdsourcing,
Proceedings Spm 2009 SIAM ACM Joint Conference on Geometric and Physical Modeling, pp.313-318, DOI:
10.1145/1629255.1629296.
Torres-Sánchez, C and Corney, J (2009)
Identification of formation stages in a polymeric foam customised by sonication via electrical resistivity measurements,
Journal of Polymer Research, 16(5), pp.461-470, ISSN: 1022-9760. DOI:
10.1007/s10965-008-9249-4.
Torres-Sanchez, C and Corney, JR (2009)
Toward functionally graded cellular microstructures,
Journal of Mechanical Design, 131(9), pp.0910111-0910117, ISSN: 1050-0472. DOI:
10.1115/1.3158985.
Corney, JR, Torres-Sánchez, C, Jagadeesan, AP, Regli, WC (2009)
Outsourcing labour to the cloud,
International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development, 4(4), pp.294-313, ISSN: 1740-8822. DOI:
10.1504/IJISD.2009.033083.
Corney, JR and
Torres-Sanchez, C (2008)
Towards functionally graded cellular microstructures,
Proceedings of the ASME Conference on Smart Materials Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems Smasis2008, 1, pp.45-53, DOI:
10.1115/SMASIS2008-414.
Torres-Sanchez, C and Corney, JR (2008)
Effects of ultrasound on polymeric foam porosity,
Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, 15(4), pp.408-415, ISSN: 1350-4177. DOI:
10.1016/j.ultsonch.2007.05.002.
Lim, T, Medellin, H,
Torres-Sanchez, C, Corney, JR, Ritchie, JM, Davies, JBC (2005)
Edge-based identification of DP-features on free-form solids,
IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, 27(6), pp.851-860, ISSN: 0162-8828. DOI:
10.1109/TPAMI.2005.118.
Conferences
Torres, C and Conway, P (2023)
Why a PhD? An exercise with LEGO®: Using novel communication tools to express multi-level complex messages. In
2023 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference, Baltimore, USA.
Borgman, J, Wang, J, Zani, L, Conway, P, Torres, C (2021)
Use of mechanical alloying to develop novel titanium alloy powders suitable for the selective laser melting process. In
Euro PM2021 Congress and Exhibition; Euro PM2021 Proceedings, Online,ISBN: 9781899072545.
Dyrenfurth, MJ, Springer, ML, Newton, K, Torres, C, Jacobs, TJ, Wolf, CM (2020)
A doctorate that works: Non-traditional populations served on both sides of the Atlantic. In
2020 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference and Exposition; 2020 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, Virtual.
Torres-Sánchez, C (2020)
Sonication for the Porosity Gradation of Foams Meets Replica Templating: A Hybrid Manufacturing Process for Lightweight Multifunctional Structures. In
Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Porous Metals and Metallic Foams (MetFoam 2019), Dearborn, Michigan, pp.13-26, ISBN: 9783030427979. DOI:
10.1007/978-3-030-42798-6_2.
Wang, J, Torres, C, Zani, L, Borgman, J, Yendall, K, Norrito, M, Conway, P (2019)
Vacuum arc remelting and characterisations of biocompatible Ti-based alloys containing Nb and Sn. In
EUROMAT 2019, Stockholm, Sweden.
Torres, C and Conway, P (2019)
Transition zone: a training ethos designed to scaffold a PhD degree. In
2019 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, Tampa, Florida.
Torres, C, Abyaneh, MH, Conway, P (2018)
Magnetic-assisted alignment of reinforcing functionalized-fibers in a composite for lightweight structures. In
Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems (SMASIS 2018), San Antonio, Texas,ISBN: 9780791851944. DOI:
10.1115/SMASIS2018-7911.
Holt, JA, Torres, C, Conway, P (2017)
3D acoustic-structure interaction of ultrasound in fluids for the manufacture of graded materials. In
COMSOL CONFERENCE 2017, ROTTERDAM, NL.
Almushref, F and Torres, C (2016)
The effect of microstructure on the mechanical properties of Ti Scaffolds. In
13th FEMS Junior EUROMAT, Lausanne, Switzerland,ISBN: 978-2-8399-1926-5.
Symeonidis, S,
Torres-Sanchez, C, Panagamuwa, C, Whittow, W (2015)
An Implanted Antenna System for the Monitoring of Bioresorbability of a Biocompatible Scaffold Embedded into a Bone Fracture. In
5th EAI International Conference on Wireless Mobile Communication and Healthcare - "Transforming healthcare through innovations in mobile and wireless technologies", Proceedings of the 5th EAI International Conference on Wireless Mobile Communication and Healthcare - "Transforming healthcare through innovations in mobile and wireless technologies". DOI:
10.4108/eai.14-10-2015.2262206.
Hillman, S, Hollington, J, Boeckx, J, Crossan, N,
Torres-Sanchez, C (2013) Clinical Interpretation of ISO16840-2. Measurements for Wheelchair Seating Cushions. In UK Posture and Mobility Group, (ed)
Posture and Mobility Group (PMG) National Training Event, University Of Warwick, Coventry, U.K, FP4.
Torres-Sanchez, C, Drake, R, Morton, R (2011) Lessons from India: Bamboo as a solution for low-cost housing. In Engineers without Borders - Research UK, (ed)
‘Our Global Future’, the EWB-UK National Research and Education Conference 2011, London, pp.48-53.
Corney, J, Lynn, A,
Torres-Sanchez, C, Di Maio, P, Regli, W, Forbes, G, Tobin, L (2010)
Towards crowdsourcing translation tasks in library cataloguing, a pilot study. In
2010 4th IEEE International Conference on Digital Ecosystems and Technologies (DEST), 4th IEEE International Conference on Digital Ecosystems and Technologies, Dubai, United Arab Emirates,ISBN: 9781424455515. DOI:
10.1109/dest.2010.5610593.
