Dr David Tawfik

General Specialties:

Forensics

Specialty Focus:

Education:

Doctor of Philosophy, (PhD), (welding, residual stress, metallurgy, PWHT), Monash University, Australia Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical) (BE), Honours, Monash University, Australia Bachelor of Design (Industrial Design) (BDes), Monash University, Australia Chartered Professional Engineer (CPEng), Institute of Engineers Australia

Years in Practice:

17

Number of cases in the last 4 years:

4

Dr. David Tawfik is a premier materials and forensic engineer with seventeen years of experience in leading independent failure analysis and challenging forensic investigations globally. As the founder of Tawfik Group, he acts as an impartial expert witness for International Court of Arbitration (London & Paris) including court-appointed referee for the Federal Court of Australia—in complex, multi-disciplinary engineering and construction disputes and construction failures. Holding a PhD in engineering, Dr. Tawfik is a widely published author and international speaker specialising in metallurgy, welding, corrosion, protective coatings, manufacturing, structural durability and forensic failure analysis. He routinely advises legal, insurance, financial institutions and government agencies about the root cause of asset malperformance and major construction failures in the energy, industrial, water, building, manufacturing sectors.

Expertise:
Forensic failure and root cause analysis
Material failures
Mechanical failures
Construction failures
Wear failures
Construction defects
Manufacturing defects
Corrosion failures
Corrosion protection
Protective coating failures
Metallurgy
Pressure equipment
Rotating equipment
Machinery
Materials handling
Explosion and fire
Welding and joining
Steel alloy and stainless steel fabrication
Non Destructive Examinations and Inspections
Damage investigation
Polymers