Primary contacts at TWI for the Power Industry

Brian Cane is Manager of TWI's global development activities in Power and Process sectors. His career includes 12 years in the UK generation industry where he was responsible for establishing techniques and codes for plant life extension. He has since directed the development of international activities in fields of plant integrity and risk management in research and consulting organisations before joining TWI in 1999. Dr Cane is a Fellow of the Institute of Materials, has been a visiting professor at Imperial College, London and the author of more than 75 publications.

Chris Bagley is Programme Manager - Power. He has over 23 years experience in aerospace maintenance both in 'hands-on' and managerial roles - the last 10 years in the Gas Turbine environment. With a strong background in customer support he also has considerable experience in managing a range of gas turbine and renewable energy R&D projects. These projects have covered the complete spectrum of 'Blue Skies' research to exploiting emerging technology to resolve in-service support issues. As well as ensuring that existing customers' requirement are correctly matched to the wide range of expertise resident at TWI, Chris will be concentrating on expanding the portfolio of Renewable Energy activities at TWI.

Andy Brightmore is responsible for the business development of TWI's welding software (Weldspec ^TM , Welderqual ^TM , Welding Co-ordinator ^TM etc.) The software incorporates code rules from commonly used US and European standards and Andy is experienced in implementing the systems in fabricating and operating companies within the power sector.

John Fernie is Manager of the Ceramics Section at TWI, with responsibility for developing the use of ceramics in industry. Projects for power generation have included work on metallic and ceramic heat exchangers, ceramics in gas turbine engines. He is also involved with energy efficiency and emissions programmes as well as renewable energy activities, in particular, the development of fuel cells.

David Harvey joined TWI in 1986 with a Masters degree in Chemical Engineering, working initially on process control for gas shielded arc welding. He was then instrumental in developing TWI's thermal spraying facilities, including the installation of three HVOF spraying systems. He was Chairman of the UK Surface Engineering Society from 1994-97 and helped establish the UK Thermal Spraying & Surface Engineering Society in 1998. His current responsibilities are in business development for TWI's Metallurgy, Corrosion, Arcs and Surfacing Technology Group. He is an active member of TWI's Aerospace and Power Industry teams, with particular interest in gas turbines.

David Howse joined TWI in 1994 and has experience of a wide range of welding processes through work carried out both at TWI and during previous employment in the steel and steel fabrication industries. He is currently Section manager of the Laser and Sheet Processes Group. His particular interest is in the development of fabrication and repair technologies for power generation plant.

John Wintle is a Consultant Engineer in structural integrity. He has over twenty years experience working on the design, safety and fitness for service of pressure systems and other structural equipment, mainly in nuclear plant. At TWI, he oversees and co-ordinates new business with TWI members operating in the nuclear power sector, with particular focus on nuclear safety and reliability.

Ian Partridge joined TWI in 2001 as a Senior Project Leader in the Plant Assessment Section. Since joining, Ian has been involved in the fitness for service and life assessments for a range of plant equipment in the power generation and oil and gas sectors.

Dick Andrews is a Principal Project Leader in TWI's Friction and Forge Processes Technology Group. Prior to joining TWI in 1988, Dick worked on development projects with the TI Group of companies in a wide range of industries. Since joining TWI, he has been responsible for solid phase processing projects which in the last five years have been concentrated on friction stir welding of thick section materials. In particular Dick has pioneered the use of friction stir welding for sealing 50mm thick copper nuclear waste storage canisters.

Colin Ribton manages the Electron Beam group at TWI, and has been involved with the development and application of electron beam in a range of industries. The process is deployed in the power sector for the fabrication of steam and gas turbines, nuclear components, nuclear waste canisters, and is being explored for fusion vessels and renewable energy assemblies e.g. wind turbine towers and foundations.

Colin Walters joined TWI in 1999 having spent 18 years at Sellafield working initially for UKAEA and then BNFL. His experience includes examination of irradiated fuels, development of waste treatment techniques, management of reprocessing and decommissioning research programmes and finally Client Project Manager for the new BNFL Technology Centre (BTC) at Sellafield. Having managed the design and construction of TWI's new headquarters at Abington he is now TWI Regional Operations Manager. His responsibilities focus on nuclear issues and include Key Account Manager for BNFL.

Dr Nee Joo Teh is Membership Sector Manager for the Energy and Environment industry, where his primary responsibilities include membership services, new business development and project management. He joined TWI in 2005 as a Senior Project Leader in the Microtechnology Section, where he led and managed consulting services for electronics, photonics, energy, aerospace and manufacturing sectors. He was one of the pioneering engineers on TWI's micro friction stir welding (mFSW) technology. With over 10 years' experience in technology R&D, Nee Joo has an active interest in the power generation, renewable energy and low-carbon technology. He is currently the Project Manager for a public sector project on Intelligent Wireless Electricity Management System.