SUMMARY
- Materials engineer specialising in materials failure analysis.
- Chartered Engineer and professional member of the Institute of IOM3.
- Conducted over 600 failure investigations covering both metals, polymer and composite materials.
- Specialist in the thermal degradation of austenitic steels.
- Expertise in corrosion mechanisms within the chemical processing and petrochemical industries.
CURRENT POSITION
Director - Consultancy Services at R-TECH Materials, based in Port Talbot, South Wales.
Sarah is a professional metallurgist and Chartered Engineer specialising in failure analysis particularly for the petrochemical, process and power generation industries. Sarah is currently the Director of the Consultancy business, managing the operational activities of the business in addition to the investigative metallurgical work. With over 600 failure investigations conducted, Sarah has broad experience with a wide range of engineering components, metallic and non-metallic materials, and industries. Sarah has extensive expertise in corrosion of a wide range of materials, particularly for the chemical processing and petrochemical industries. Sarah also has specialist expertise in the thermal degradation of austenitic stainless steels, which originated from a Masters' degree that focused on the development and relationship between the microstructural evolution of austenitic steels and mechanical properties.
EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
- Chartered Engineer since 2015.
- Staffordshire University. BEng (Hons) 1st Class in Forensic Engineering.
- Swansea University. Masters by research studying the thermal degradation of austenitic stainless steels.
- Professional Member of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining.
PUBLISHED PAPERS
- Development of a Classification System for the Microstructural Evolution of Austenitic Stainless Steels.” Engineering Structural Integrity Assessment: Where are we today? 2014. SL Bagnall, AWB Reed, JM Brear.
- Carburisation and metal dusting in fired heaters and steam methane reformers: plant integrity issues. A R Franks, S L Bagnall, J M Brear, J Williamson, P Conlin. Materials Performance & Welding Technologies. 2017.
- The effect of microstructural evolution on the impact and tensile properties of certain 300 series stainless steels. Bagnall S, Reed A. Brear J M. HIDA 2017.
