David Knowles

Professor of Nuclear Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Bristol, UK david.knowles@bristol.ac.uk

David Knowles is an Aktins Fellow, co-Director of the SW Nuclear Hub at Bristol University, and leads the Energy High Temperature Centre. He has worked on structural integrity assessments of rotating and static equipment over the past 20 years, interacting with companies including Rolls-Royce, Shell , Atkins and most recently EDF Energy. David has published over 100 papers on structural integrity. He is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering.