Roger Barnett has been working at TWI in Cambridge as a project leader since 2008. He talks to David Sait about his typical day
Roger joined TWI’s graduate scheme after doing a PhD but a doctorate is not necessary for the scheme. Graduates generally join either as technicians, with a focus on laboratory work, or as project leaders like Roger. It is part of his job to investigate why a customer’s welded steel joint failed or how and why a sample corroded.
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