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Meet the team

Martin Priest

Principal Consultant, The National Centre of Tribology

BSc Mechanical Engineering (University of Leeds, UK), PhD Tribology (University of Leeds, UK)

Martin is a Principal Consultant at the National Centre of Tribology. Alongside his work primarily in tribology, he also has visiting professor roles at the Universities of Leeds, Sheffield and Lancashire.

Stephen Lewis

Principal Consultant, The National Centre of Tribology

PhD in Tribology (University of Sheffield), BEng (Hons) Sandwich, Mechanical Engineering (University of Hertfordshire)

Stephen Lewis is a Principal Consultant at the National Centre of Tribology, with expertise in Rail Technologies, with experience in research, testing, tribology, rail wear, rail failures, rail welding and microstructure.

Dr Mark Jones

Principal Consultant, Inspection Consultancy

BEng (Hons) Materials Engineering from Sheffield Hallam University, PhD from the University of Nottingham

Dr Mark Jones is a chartered engineer with over twenty-four years of experience in materials, wear, corrosion, failure investigation and non-destructive testing.

Dr Martin Wall

Principal Consultant, Inspection Consultancy

BA (Hons), MA University of Cambridge, PhD Imperial College London

Dr Martin Wall is a materials engineer, NDT and failure expert, with over 40 years of experience in a diversity of projects across industry sectors centred on asset integrity, reliability of NDT, corrosion, hydrogen, weld integrity, and materials failure, particularly hydrogen cracking (HIC), SCC and embrittlement

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.

Hugues Renondeau

Principal Consultant, The National Centre of Tribology

PhD in Tribology(Centrale Lyon), MEng in Materials Science (INSA Lyon)

Hugues is a Principal Consultant at the National Centre of Tribology, bringing over 20 years of experience in tribology, testing, and failure analysis.

Andrew Lawson

Principal Consultant, Safety and Risk Management

MEng Chemical Engineering from Queen's University Belfast

Andrew Lawson is an experienced Safety and Risk Consultant at ESR Technology.

Dr Steve Burch

Principal Consultant, Inspection Consultancy

BA Natural Sciences, PhD Radio Astronomy from University of Cambridge

Now working as a part-time consultant, Steve has an extensive experience of digital NDT dating back to the 1980s.

Andrew Benton

Principal Consultant, Safety and Risk Management

MEng Chemical Engineering from University of Leeds

Andrew is a Principal Safety and Risk Consultant, primarily focussing on CFD explosion and dispersion modelling using FLACS.