David Knowles Freng
Fellow @Royal Academy of Engineering
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WORK HISTORY
Fellow @Royal Academy of Engineering
EDUCATION
Beaminster Comprehensive
A-Levels, High School/Secondary Diplomas and Certificates
University of Cambridge
Master of Arts - MA, Natural Sciences
University of Cambridge
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Materials Science
SKILLS
ABOUT DAVID KNOWLES FRENG
David is the CEO of the Henry Royce Institute and Professor of Nuclear Engineering at Bristol University. He has extensive knowledge and experience in materials selection and structural integrity/life assessment of industrial pressure equipment and rotating plant. Specifically he has internationally recognised expertise in failure assessment, fitness for service and environmental/thermal degradation of materials in the energy sector.David has published over 100 papers in journals and invited conferences, given numerous workshops and courses on materials selection, high temperature life assessment, materials degradation and constitutive modelling and acted as an expert witness in a number of large legal cases. Whilst at Atkins and the University of Bristol David has worked on integrity assessment, materials selection, fabrication specifications and corrosion protection of Advance Gas Nuclear Reactors, subsea tanks, pipelines, offshore wind turbine foundations, offshore platforms and nuclear graphite cores.
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