My name is Donald Mackenzie and I’m a Professor in the Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering. My main research interest is strength design and structural integrity assessment of mechanical structures and components, particularly related to the power, oil and gas and petrochemical industries. My undergraduate projects reflect my general research interests. Subject areas include, but are not limited to, industrial pressure vessels and piping, aerospace structures/components, automotive structures/components and structural design optimisation. The projects are based on computational analysis and assessment, using the Finite Element Analysis program ANSYS Workbench to model and assess the major structural integrity areas of elastic-plastic deformation, fracture mechanics and fatigue. This is often done in the context of International design Codes and Standards used in industry.