Webinar on IntACom 4 – Advanced Non-Destructive Inspection

Dr Ian Nicholson is technical consultant and Business Development  lead at TWI Technology Centre (Wales). He is a chartered engineer with over 30 years’ industrial experience in systems integration for automated NDT, microelectronics, sensor and software development and technical project management. Ian spent his early career in industry as a software and hardware engineer working both in the UK and The Netherlands for different SMEs and LEs. Ian  has overseen the development of a number of novel NDT systems for non-destructive inspection and evaluation. Ian works closely with the TWI software team and in particular on the application of TWI’s Crystal SDK software for NDT applications.

Sofia is a Project Leader at TWI in the Condition and Structural Health Monitoring section. She is a Chartered Engineer and a Member of the Welding Institute. She has studied Chemical Engineering and her MSc was carried out at ETH Zurich in the department of Process Engineering. Sofia manages funded collaborative projects, including Innovate UK, FP7 and H2020, and the majority of them are in the areas of condition monitoring, sensor development targeting composites failure, and integrity monitoring for casings used in oil and gas industry. She has also been involved in proposal writing for European and national funded projects, and in developing partnerships within industry. Sofia’s work is focused on the research and development of innovative solutions in the area of condition and structural health monitoring.