25 years experience in the fields of mechanical testing, fatigue, fracture mechanics and structural integrity.Working across industry within the Oil & Gas / power generation / nuclear / Aerospace and defence sectors with expertise in all aspects of fatigue and fracture mechanics with particular emphasis on welded material. Knowledgeable and experienced in the area of Engineering Critical Analysis (ECA) Fitness-for-service structural integrity assessments and generation of weld defect acceptance criteria for pipeline installed using plastic strainExperienced in the design of test programs to provide the most technical and commercially effective solutions. Providing technical expertise and training on the practical aspects of materials testing, fatigue and fracture mechanics and their use in structural integrity assessments.Member of the British Standards committee ISE/NFE/4/4 for fracture toughness testing responsible for the BS7448 series of standards and working on BS8571 for SENT geometry fracture toughess testing