Graham Wylde
Dr Graham Wylde joined TWI in 1975 having gained a first degree and a PhD in Mechanical Engineering. During his time at TWI he has carried out research and development on fatigue and design of welded structures and has published numerous technical papers in his field. Dr Wylde also worked closely with TWI's member companies, performing failure investigations, and providing advice on ensuring integrity of components.

Dr Wylde spent three years at EWI in Columbus, Ohio where he was responsible for all R&D and consultancy in the broad area of structural integrity. He was appointed Adjunct Professor in the Welding Department at Ohio State University where he lectured on fatigue design and fracture mechanics of welded fabrications.

On his return to TWI, Dr Wylde assumed responsibility for developing TWI's business in the structural integrity area, and maintained his interest in Membership and is currently the Business Manager for TWI's C&E Sector, Automotive Sector and Japanese customer base. He was appointed Associate Director in 2005.

John Davenport
John joined TWI in 2001 as a Programme Manager where he concentrates on business development in the construction, military vehicles, off-highway and mining, and rail industry sectors. Prior to this he was involved in a broad range of materials and materials processing activities, including surface engineering, flash butt welding and the performance of steel and aluminium alloys for numerous applications. While working with TI Group and The Timken Company his roles included R&D, business development and responsibility for technology and development within a manufacturing operation. John gained his first degree and PhD from the University of Cambridge and is a Chartered Engineer.

Paul Burling
Paul Burling obtained his higher national certificate in Production Engineering from Cambridge College of Arts and Technology. He has extensive experience in the project management of large commercial projects worldwide. These include a depth of knowledge of composite materials for military and commercial applications. Projects include: CN235 general purpose military transport, Fokker F27, Friendships, Maritime, Airbus A340, A3XX, EH101 helicopter blades, Lynx helicopter blades, Stealth Drones, ATR 42/72. At TWI, Paul is responsible for business development in the aerospace and construction and engineering sectors.

Nick Bagshaw
Nick joined the Structural Integrity Technology Group, TWI, as project leader in August 2001. He has experience in weld process and distortion modelling using Finite Elements methods, distortion measurement using FARO precision instruments, and residual stress measurements. Nick now works for the Electron Beam Processes Group.

Christoph Beere
Christoph started work as a project leader at the Fatigue Integrity Management department in November 2007. His work mainly consisted in reviewing and analysing the structural integrity and the fatigue behaviour of bolted connections.

John Dadson
John read engineering at Aston University, graduated in 1977 and trained as a journalist at LCP, where he studied for a post graduate diploma in newspapers and television. He is a Chartered Engineer, a European Engineer, a Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers, and a Senior Member of The Welding Institute.

Colin Eileens
Initially joined TWI 1978 as welder - Arcs Dept working on range of projects using arc welding processes, manual / automated. Responsible for manufacture of defect specimens for UKAEA. Progressing to Welding Engineer - Advisory Section dealing with Members welding problems.

Colin returned to TWI in 1995 as a Welding Instructor. Currently Section Manager for TWI's welder training activities.

Chiraz Ennaceur
Chiraz was a Post-Doc with the University of Amsterdam -WZI and FOM, she worked on the development of the time reversal method to the structural health monitoring. Before that she did her PhD With the CETIM (Centre Techniques des Industries Mecaniques, France) on the acoustic emission technique and potential Difference method for detecting the different stages of the crack propagation in carbon and stainless steel and to the control the evolution of weld defects in pressure vessels. Chiraz joined TWI in 2006 and is now Senior Project Leader with the Long-Range Ultrasonic Section (LRU), Non destructive Technology Group (NDT).

David Harvey
David joined TWI in 1986 with a Masters degree in Chemical Engineering. As Technical Specialist - Surface Engineering, he manages projects on thermal spraying and novel surface engineering processes. He was Chairman of the Surface Engineering Society from 1994-1997 and helped establish the Thermal Spraying & Surface Engineering Society in January 1998.

David has been closely involved with developing TWI's thermal spraying resources and solving problems for the aerospace, oil & gas, petrochemical, automotive, printing, electronic, biomedical, mining and mineral-handling sectors. Over 60% of his projects have involved overseas companies.

Simon Turner
Simon started in the STR section in December 2005 as a technician working on resonance testing of riser pipes.

Previously, Simon worked for Huntsman Advanced Materials in 1990 as a technical support engineer developing and promoting tooling polymers. Prior to this, he worked as a researcher for Kobe Steel in the development of thermoplastic and thermoset composite materials and product design. Before this, several years were spent working in the scientific civil service and Dunlop Hydraulic Hose.

Chris Peters
Chris joined TWI in 2001 after spending 12 years in the laser industry where he was involved in the development of high-power Nd:YAG lasers for manufacturing applications.

Originally trained as a mechanical engineer, Chris later gained additional qualifications in welding engineering and laser material processing. His early career experience was spent on the development of welding processes for power generation applications.

Chris now manages the Manufacturing Support Group at TWI and is involved in managing a broad range of project activities from the design of new products to the development of new manufacturing processes.

Dr Cem Selcuk
Dr Cem Selcuk received his BSc (Hons) in 1999, from the department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering of the Middle East Technical University, Ankara Turkey. He was awarded his PhD in Materials Engineering and Materials Design, in 2004 from the University of Nottingham, UK having successfully developed an alternative low temperature sintering technique (reactive sintering) applied to tungsten (as well as other refractory metals such as Mo, Nb etc.) Following his PhD, Dr. Selcuk took part in a multi-national EU Project between 2003-2005, as a Research Associate, working on processing of Al-MMCs, at the same university. After successfully completing the project, he later moved onto industry (Al & MMC technologies in automotive, defence, recreational and sport sectors) as a Project Manager in Product/Process and Technology Development before joining TWI. He has published over 15 technical papers in international journals and conferences, and contributed as a referee. He is specialised in the field of powder metallurgy and metal matrix composites and has experience in casting, solidification and extrusion processes as well as tribology with a focus on characterisation of materials and coatings. His main area of interest includes development of alternative materials processing techniques and technology transfer with an emphasis on relationship between processing, structure and properties of materials. Dr. Selcuk is an active professional member of IOM3, EPMA, APMI and The Welding Institute. He sits on the Younger Members Committee of The Welding Institute and is also a member and Secretary for the Materials Technical Group of the Welding & Joining Society (WJS).

Dr Cem Selcuk joined TWI in 2006 and is currently working as a Project Leader in Ferritic Steels section of Metallurgy, Corrosion & Surfacing Technology Group.

Peter Sketchley
Peter joined TWI in September 1974 as a trainee, Initially working in the Materials Laboratory. Since then he has been employed in the Friction Welding Group and is now a Principal Project Leader involved in all aspects of friction processes.

Nick Ludford
As part of his degree Nick spent six months at the University of Leoben in Austria working on techniques for surface replication and spent six months at the Max-Planck Institute in Stuttgart investigating sintering additives for the Liquid phase sintering of Silicon Carbide. During his MSc Nick investigated the manufacture of a non-oxide based ceramic matrix composite.

Steven Baines
Steven joined TWI in January 2007 as a Senior Project Leader in the Microtechnology Section. He has 15 years experience in materials, engineering and manufacturing.

For the previous 6 years Steven worked for an antenna company called Antenova. Antenova develops and tests wireless systems for laptops and mobile phones. Involved in the design and production of antenna, latterly managing a £2M range.

Scott Andrews
Scott joined TWI in October 1995. Starting his career as a technician in the fatigue laboratory, Scott was involved in fatigue testing of welded structures and offshore pipelines. From here he moved into the Fracture laboratory, where he participated in C.T.O.D testing, wide plate assessment and fracture analysis.

In 1997 Scott joined the Plastics Joining Department and spent three years working on various welding programmes as well as assisting in the development of unique joining techniques, such as Clearweld. On returning from a career break to Australia, Scott spent a short time in the Laser processing section before Joining the Microtechnology department in October 2000. Scott has gained experience of various Micro assembly techniques, such as wire bonding, flip chip, resistance welding, surface mount and Non-destructive inspection techniques.

Scott is currently involved in Plastic welder training and Examinations as well as process development programs for the Microtechnology group.

Luciana Kovaios
Luciana joined TWI in 2007 and is responsible for the marketing activities of the Construction and Engineering sectors and others. She obtained her Marketing Degree at an University in Sao Paulo, Brazil, her home town.