Gideon Obasi (PhD) obtained his doctorate degree from The University of Manchester with thesis on variant selection and its effect on texture in Ti-6Al-4V alloy. He has been involved in projects involving process development, microstructural and mechanical characterisation of different alloys including precipitation hardened (PH) nickel base supperalloys, low alloy steels and Cr coated Zr alloy. A key aspect of his research has been to establish an empirical understanding of the relationship between manufacturing parameters – microstructure evolution – performance and degradation mechanisms (hydrogen embrittlement) in the presence of a hydrogenating environment. In LightForm, Gideon is the research investigator in charge of the characterisation of texture evolution in dual phase titanium alloys subjected to uniaxial compression at different test temperatures and strain rate.  This work will provide better understand of texture development under compression, which currently is not well understood. Gideon is also comfortable with applied metallurgy, sample preparation technique and the use of material characterization equipment, such as optical microscopy, SEM, X-ray diffraction technique, EBSD, neutron diffraction, dilatometer and other mechanical testing equipment.