Maria Felice: Let's get cracking!

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Maria Felice Engineering Research Writer of the Year award presentation, given at AEngD conference, London, on 26 November 2013

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Maria Felice@maria_engineer

Maria Felice@maria_engineer

Non Destructive Evaluation

Stress corrosion cracking

“The image of stress corrosion I seeIs that of a huge unwanted tree…The shade of ignorance around its base,Where scientists toil with puzzled face.”

(Rideout 1967)

Photo: Steenwijkerland municipal

Ultrasonic testing

Arrays of transducers

Computer optimisation of arrays

When you assume you..

Revealing crack shapes with X-ray CT

Sit and forget

Photo: youngadventuress.com

Photo: Gregor Schläger / Lufthansa Technik AG

Sit and forget

Photo: youngadventuress.com

Photo: Gregor Schläger / Lufthansa Technik AG

Flying to family, flying for work

Malta →LondonDecember 1988

Bristol →ZurichNovember 2013

Maria Felice@maria_engineer