Michael provides finite element analysis and manufacturing process simulations to advise TWI Members on questions related to structural integrity, weld distortion control and thermal management. Before joining TWI, he worked in the ship structures group at QinetiQ, and subsequently in the oil and gas industry where he performed nonlinear structural, thermal and dynamic analysis and design assessment of subsea equipment. Michael is a member of the panel IIW Commission X on fatigue modelling and residual stress, and he holds an MEng in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Strathclyde and a PhD in fatigue crack modelling from Heriot-Watt University.