Scott Andrews

Scott Andrews joined TWI in 1995, where he was involved in fatigue testing of welded structures and offshore pipelines, CTOD testing, wide plate assessment and fracture analysis.
In 1997 he joined the Plastics Joining Department and spent three years working on various research programmes, as well as assisting in the development of novel joining techniques, such as Clearweld^™. On returning from a career break to Australia, he spent a short time in the Laser Processing Section at TWI before joining the Microtechnology Department in October 2000, where he gained experience of various micro assembly techniques, such as wire bonding, flip chip, resistance welding, surface mount and non-destructive inspection techniques.
He is currently a Project Leader in the Polymers Group at TWI, where his areas of expertise are plastics joining, plastics welding equipment, plastic materials, including high temperature thermoplastics, micro joining and wood welding. In addition, he plays a key role in the delivery of plastics welder training and examinations.