After completing an engineering apprenticeship, Chris spent ten years in industry as a service engineer in the material testing and analysis. He graduated from the Open University with a BA in mathematics, before joining the University of Strathclyde in 1993 as a laboratory supervisor. Chris has since graduated from Strathclyde University with an MSc in Materials Engineering and has become the departmental laboratory manager. Chris has recently become e member of the teaching staff in the department, specializing in design methodology and composite structures. Expertise Design, Manufacture and Analysis of laminar Fibre Reinforced Polymer structures. Material Selection and Manufacturing Protocols for Component Design.