Emilie Buennagel
Principal Project Leader - Fatigue Integrity
Emilie joined TWI in August 2010 after spending more than three years in the engineering and technology division of a large materials testing company in the UK. Previously she completed her MSc studies at the University of Orleans in France, including two work placements at Nexans in Germany.
Emilie brought to TWI experience of mechanicals testing and metallurgy, primarily for the aerospace industry. In her previous employment she was responsible for managing projects and developing new test programmes. At TWI she manages a range of projects, including failure investigations, fatigue assessments and resonance fatigue testing of full-scale pipe.
Among the research projects Emilie has been involved with has been a core research programme investigation comparing approaches to design fatigue assessment, with reference to a pressure vessel designed to an old standard. A published paper based on this research is available on the TWI website.