{"id":14094,"date":"2022-10-13T17:00:53","date_gmt":"2022-10-13T16:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawkins.biz\/?post_type=news&#038;p=14094"},"modified":"2022-11-09T10:33:17","modified_gmt":"2022-11-09T09:33:17","slug":"hawkins-welcomes-materials-engineer-gerald-deshais","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.hawkins.biz\/news\/hawkins-welcomes-materials-engineer-gerald-deshais\/","title":{"rendered":"Hawkins Welcomes Materials Engineer Gerald Deshais"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"14094\" class=\"elementor elementor-14094\" data-elementor-post-type=\"news\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f3c2b00 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-eae-slider=\"73088\" data-id=\"f3c2b00\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0a9a679\" data-eae-slider=\"10921\" data-id=\"0a9a679\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e10d7b2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e10d7b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Hawkins welcomes materials engineer\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawkins.biz\/experts\/gerald-deshais\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gerald Deshais<\/a>\u00a0to our Bristol Office.<\/p><p>Gerald completed his PhD in Materials Science at the University of Cambridge in 1999, where he investigated the resistance of 7XXX alloys to stress corrosion cracking on behalf of P\u00e9chiney (now part of Rio Tinto Alcan). Using transmission electronic microscopy and spectroscopy, he characterised the effects of grain boundary chemistry on crack propagation and compared it with fracture mechanics models.<\/p><p>In 1999, Gerald\u2019s interest in the aerospace industry led him to join Rolls-Royce Materials\u2019 Department, working on the advancement of testing and analytical methods to predict low-cycle and high-cycle fatigue failure in titanium compressor blades. He then went on to co-ordinate a research project on the subject with 12 European partners, funded by the European Commission.<\/p><p>From 2002, he became involved with the design of increasingly complex aero-engine systems for Airbus and Boeing airframes. Firstly, by project managing the certification of control systems, then by leading the development of innovative transmissions and gas turbine structures.<\/p><p>In 2011, upon joining GE Aviation Systems, Gerald expanded his expertise into the design of novel composite wing structures for the Airbus A350-XWB aircraft. Reflecting on the importance of processes and systems engineering in the development of safety critical products, he took on a 6-sigma Black Belt role followed by senior management roles in Systems Engineering at GE Aviation\u2019s Electrical Power Distribution division.<\/p><p>His work in aerospace has allowed him to gain an in- depth understanding of failure mechanisms in both mechanical and electrical systems.<\/p><p>Gerald is now a Senior Associate with Hawkins and will be a great asset to our materials team.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hawkins welcomes materials engineer Gerald Deshais to our Bristol Office.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":14097,"parent":0,"template":"","news_category":[],"experties":[68],"class_list":["post-14094","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","experties-materials-chemistry-biology"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Hawkins Welcomes Materials Engineer Gerald Deshais - Materials, Chemistry &amp; 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