11 years of industrial experience across automotive (road vehicles and Formula 1), aluminium, refractory ceramic and defence steel heat treatment (carburising) industries • Topics are: root cause failure analysis, material selection, mechanical testing, characterisation, corrosion, molten metal corrosion of ceramics, aluminium defect and molten metal cleanliness assessment (PoDFA/Prefil), inclusion analysis, billet homogenisation assessment, manufacturing quality improvement and certification