Martin White

Martin White is a Materials & Structures Specialist, with 20 years of experience in both academic and industrial fields. His recent career has focused on the Certification & Production of Aerospace structures, ranging from the A350-900 XWB Main Landing Gear at Safran Landing Systems, to his most recent role as Chief Engineer for Additive Manufacturing at GKN Aerospace.

He spent his early career sponsored by Rolls Royce at Swansea University to obtain a Doctorate in High Temperature Materials for Gas Turbine applications, as well as a Masters in High Strength Steels for Landing Gears sponsored by Airbus, before spending several years as a consultant at Frazer-Nash Consultancy. At Frazer-Nash, he worked across multiple industries – including Aerospace, Civil Nuclear, Defense, and Oil & Gas. Martin has previously developed a fit-for-AM-purpose Quality Management System for Additive Manufacturing applications in Aerospace (as Chief Engineer) and achieved AS9100 & ISO9001 in under a year.

At ASTM International, Martin is responsible for a global team of engineers working on challenging topics in Advanced Manufacturing, covering topics such as: In Process Monitoring, Fatigue Prediction from NDE, Probabilistic Structural Integrity, Equivalency, and best practices for Part Families in AM. He has authored and delivered several advanced training courses relating to Qualification and Certification and Quality Assurance.