Samuel Macdonald Email & Phone Number

• Tracking & Data Fusion• Algorithmic Systems Development (Python)

Luton, England, United Kingdom

Derby City, England, United Kingdom

Industrial placement during final year of undergraduate course.• Gained experience as an Aerothermal Engineer in the Future Methods department.• Carried out Masters project throughout the placement.• Worked on a novel Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) project which focussed on turbomachinery.• CFD simulation of complex flow fields dealing with multiple reference frames.• Thorough testing of innovative solutions to tackle modelling issues and numerical errors.• Extensive research into CFD fundamentals as well as fluid mechanics and thermodynamics of turbomachinery to aid with complex flow problems.• Conducted research for customers and tackled problems with company specialists.• On a bi-weekly cadence, performed a 20 minute presentation, followed by a 10 minute Q&A to a team of aerothermal/CFD specialists and fellow trainees. Strengthened communication skills whilst under pressure.• Masters Thesis presented unique and comparative turbomachinery simulation results, including validation with experimental data consisting of multiple parameters.• Simulation and post-processing of complex flow fields using ANSYS Fluent, ANSYS TurboGrid and Rolls-Royce proprietary CFD code.• Component modelling using SpaceClaim.