People

• HNC. Mechanical Engineering & Chemistry
• Formerly mooring, towing, fishing, industrial and military rope development leader, Marlow Ropes Ltd
• Gas carrier/tanker/bulk/ferry/cruise/marina design and mooring response analysis
• Fibre rope fatigue studies. Fibre rope development and testing. Rope and cable splicing. Rope jacketing systems. Specialist rope yarn testing. Expert witness: rope and mooring failures.

• Responsible for day to day business activities and finances
• Invoice queries, Payments and Accounts, Cash Flow Management..

• BSc. (Hons) Physics
• Managing Director of TTI Testing Ltd
• Gas carrier/tanker/bulk/ferry/cruise/marina design and mooring response analysis
• Design, development and project management of synthetic rope solutions for Offshore, Marine, Yachting, Climbing, Military and Industrial applications.

• MSc. Advanced Manufacturing, HNC Mechanical Engineering, IEng MIIE
• Formerly principal engineer conductor protection nets and lead engineer jacket installation Systems, Kellogg Brown & Root. 
• Project management, mooring system design and analysis, riser protection net engineering design & manufacture.

• BEng (Hons) Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering.
• Formerly, senior engineer within military avionics, semi-conductor and automotive industries.
• Project management, design and development, specialising in computer aided design [CAD] and finite element analysis [FEA]; bringing projects through from initial conception, qualification and testing to production. Working with companies and university spin-outs to bring their conceptual ideas into working prototypes.

• MSc Maritime Civil Engineering, CEng MICE, FIMarEST 
• Formerly with Noble Denton and Global Maritime.
• Offshore engineering, hydrodynamics, structures, moorings, analysis and design, installation and inspection.

• MEng Naval Architecture
• Formerly Graduate Engineer at 4C Engineering and summer placements with Orion Energy Centre and AWS Ocean Energy

• BEng MSc DIC PhD MIMechE CEng 
• Instrumentation and Software specialist
• Formerly Development Engineer at Guided Ultrasonics Ltd.
• Worked with the mechanics of Rail, Hose Solid Pipes, Wire and Fibre ropes

Mark Evans

• BEng MSc DIC PhD MInstNDT CEng 
• Formerly Training and Rail Testing Manager at Guided Ultrasonics Ltd.
• Expert Level 3 and examiner in Guided Wave Testing
• Inspection of pipe, rail and wire structures using guided waves

• BSc Mechanical Engineering, MSc Engineering Mechanics, P.E..
• Formerly Engineering Associate, Exxon Research and Engineering.
• Mooring system analysis; synthetic fibre rope, chain, flexible cargo hoses.

Animesh Garg

• 1st MATE FG, BSC Nautical Services
• MICS, Member of Institute of Charter Ship Brokers, London.
• Advanced Diploma in 'Ship Operations and Management' ICS, London.
• Over 9 years experience in the Oil/Gas Industry.
• Expertise in Gas carrier/tanker/bulk/ferry/cruise/marina design and mooring response analysis. Ship/ Shore / STS compatibility assessments involving cargo/bunkering operations. Site selection feasibility studies for Maritime Projects. Experience in shipboard LNG cargo operations including Bunkering Arm/Hose Transfer System/Emergency release couplers.

• PhD, DSc (Eng), FICE, CEng
• Emeritus Professor of Structural Engineering, Imperial College, London.
• Wire rope analysis and testing; performance predictions; cable structures; fatigue testing.
• Torsion in wire rope and chain. Analysis and design of steel structures and pipelines.

• BSc [Hons] Engineering Product Design
• Project and QC management. Synthetic rope system design, moorings, towing, heavy lift, SPM systems, riser protection nets, manufacture, and onshore and offshore installation. Expert witness, investigation and failure analysis of ropes.
• Formerly Business Development Manager Bridon Int. [2006-2014]
• Commercial and Technical Sales Manager Marlow Ropes [1991-2005].

• CEng, MIMechE
• Director of TTI Marine Renewables, Inverness
• Formerly Senior Engineer AWS Ocean Energy, Perkins and Wavegen
• >20+ years of experience gained in the automotive and marine renewable energy sectors, covering mechanical engineering design and development and R&D activities.

• BEng (Hons) - Design Engineering
• Formerly Project Engineer / Lead Coordinator of Hotchkiss Ltd
• 10 years of experience gained in the building services industry, covering CAD design and engineering.

• PhD. Textile Materials and Design
• BSc. Textile Engineering
• TTI representative in China

• BSc Electrical Engineering.
• Technical Director (Ropes and Cables), TTI Ltd.
• Formerly Technical Director, JDR Cable Systems.
• Fibre ropes, fibre and wire reinforced electrical cables and umbilical's. 

• MA PhD MICE FRINA MSNAME CEng
• Formerly Senior Lecturer in Naval Architecture, Newcastle University
• Naval architecture, structural analysis, ship motions, modelling of marine systems, cable dynamics.

• BSc PhD FIMechE, MInstNDT CEng
• Technical Director TTI Testing Ltd.
• President OIPEEC (International Organisation for the Study of Ropes) 2011-2015
• Formerly Principal Research Fellow, University of Reading and Head of Research and Development, CASAR Drahtseilwerk Saar, Germany
• Inspection, behaviour and endurance of wire ropes, failure analysis, torsional behaviour of rope and chain.

• MSc, Ecole Centrale de Nantes
• Hydrodynamics and mooring analysis specialist

Senior Consultant, TTI Ltd

• PhD, FIMMM CEng
• 19 years of working experience at Bridon (BBRG) Technology Centre;
• R&D and commercial application of steel-fibre hybrid ropes;
• New product and technology development of fibre ropes: textile material, coating, design, extrusion for sheathing, resin cone termination and tests;
• R&D projects completed: polymer wire cable; smart material and digital technology for rope condition monitoring and digital identification; rope failure analysis;
• Member of OIPEEC Paper Selection & Review Committee since 2009, OIPEEC Editor since 2019;
• Industrial Fellow, Royal Academy of Engineering (SensingRope, 2021-23).

• MEng (Hons), PhD, Wh.S.Sch
• 11+ years' experience in the marine renewable energy sector including experimental and numerical R&D covering mechanical, power capture, material and hydrodynamic aspects of wave, tidal and floating wind devices as well as offshore operations.
• Previously a Research fellow at the University of Exeter and Research Engineer at Ifremer and MARIN.  PhD student at the University of Manchester. BAE Systems Technician Modern Apprentice and Sponsored Student. IMechE Whitworth Scholar and Senior Scholar.

• MSc CEng, MIMarEST
• Project Manager for joint industry projects
• Director of TTI Marine Renewables, Inverness
• 20+ years in marine renewable energy Sector
• Formerly Chief Technology Officer with AWS Ocean Energy, Head of R&D and marine projects at Wavegen, Mooring designer and Naval Architect with Noble Denton.