Meet The Team
Dr Alex Attridge CT RTP Director (A.Attridge@warwick.ac.uk)
Background
- M.Eng and PhD in Mechanical Engineering, from The University of Birmingham
- Started at Warwick in 2003 as a Project Engineer on the PARD programme
- Worked on WIMRC, LCV, PVCoE, and HVMC programmes
Research/Work Areas
- Chief Engineer in the Centre of Imaging, Metrology and Additive Technologies, and Director of the X-ray CT RTP
- Represent WMG on the HVMC Assurance SPG
- Overseeing research and service provision in Applied Visualisation, Metrology and X-ray CT, and the running of a £7.5M facility
- Current focus on factory layout and built environment modelling, and in-process inspection
Dr Tania Read CT RTP Manager ()
Role
Dr Read manages the X-ray CT RTP facility at Warwick, with experience in managing laboratories, research projects, and funding applications on both sides of academic-industrial collaborations
Background
Dr Read's background is in Analytical Chemistry with practical knowledge of a wide range of analytical methods and instrumentation; specialising in electroanalytical sensor development for applications ranging from the environment to healthcare.
Dr Sam McDonald ()
Background
Dr McDonald has a PhD in Materials Science and research experience in the application of X-ray tomography to studies in the field. I have worked at both synchrotron X-ray (Swiss Light Source, Switzerland and MAX IV Laboratory, Sweden) and laboratory-based (HMXIF, University of Manchester) XCT facilities.
Research/Work Areas
My primary role is to support internal and external users of the XCT RTP in the acquisition and interpretation/analysis of X-ray computed tomography measurements.