Dr Gary Bywater
Principal Metallurgist, The National Centre of Tribology
BEng Mechanical Engineering from University of Hull, MSc Earthquake and Civil Engineering Dynamics from University of Sheffield, PhD
Dr Gary Bywater is a Principal Metallurgist at the National Centre of Tribology, with 10 years of materials engineering experience.
Gary has materials engineering experience across automotive, aluminium/refractory, and heavy steel heat treatment laboratories.
Dr Bywater has investigated hundreds of materials related issues ranging from quality assessments/testing to the higher stakes root cause failure analysis (RCFA) and problem resolution topics where considerable financial fallout (~ £250k – 1M) was at risk.

Dr Gary Bywater is a Principal Metallurgist at the National Centre of Tribology, with 10 years of materials engineering experience.
Gary has materials engineering experience across automotive, aluminium/refractory, and heavy steel heat treatment laboratories.
Dr Bywater has investigated hundreds of materials related issues ranging from quality assessments/testing to the higher stakes root cause failure analysis (RCFA) and problem resolution topics where considerable financial fallout (~ £250k – 1M) was at risk.