Dr Stephen I'Anson

Steve I'Anson studied Physics at the University of Sheffield, graduating in 1977. Was awarded a Master's and a Doctorate at UMIST (1982 and 1985) for theses on ventilation and moisture movement in masonry materials, respectively, following research in the Department of Building Engineering.

He was appointed firstly as a post-doctoral researcher and then as a lecturer (1987) in the Department of Paper Science. In 1992 he joined Scapa Paper Machine Clothing (now Voith Fabrics) following research and consultancy involvement with the company over several years. He initiated a department of, eventually, 4 people using image analysis techniques full-time to solve papermaking problems and as an aid to development of press and dryer fabrics. He returned, after 7 years out, to the Department of Paper Science at UMIST as a lecturer. Organisational changes in 2004 have changed this affiliation to Textiles and Paper, in the School of Materials at the University of Manchester.

Currently Membership Secretary of the University of Manchester branch of the University and College Union.

Steve I'Anson is currently chair of the FRC, the organising committee for the prestigious 4-yearly Fundamental Research Symposia. He also edits the proceedings of the symposia.

• The dimensional change of paper during the drying stage of its manufacture.
• The relationships between fibre dimensions and properties and the strength of paper.
• Characterisation of stochastic and periodic unevenness in paper and board using frequency domain image analysis.
• The effect of sheet grammage on paper strength.

• S.J. I'Anson , A. Karademir and W.W. Sampson, Specific Contact Area and the Tensile Strength of Paper, Appita Journal 59 (4) p297-301 (2006).
• S J I'Anson and W W Sampson, Competing Weibull and stress-transfer influences on the specific tensile strength of a bonded fibrous network, Composites Science and Technology 67 (7,8) pp1650–1658 (2007).
• S.J. I'Anson, W.W. Sampson and S. Savani, Density dependent influence of grammage on tensile properties of handsheets, Journal of Pulp and Paper Science, 34(3) pp182–189 (July/August/September 2008).
• S.J. I'Anson, R. P. A. Constantino, S. M. Hoole and W. W. Sampson, Estimation of the Profile of Cross-Machine Shrinkage of Paper, Meas. Sci. Technol. 19 (2008) 015701 (http://stacks.iop.org/0957-0233/19/015701).
• S.J. I'Anson, Editor., Advances in Pulp and Paper Research, Oxford, 2009, Trans. XIVth Fund. Res. Symp. Oxford, 2009, FRC, Manchester, 2009. ISBN:978 0 9545272 6 6.