Arthur Mckay Email & Phone Number

Edinburgh, GB

• Leading whole car aero-package development, responsible for identifying new aerodynamic concepts to unlock performance, personally responsible for floor/side wing development.
• Responsible for mentoring and leading junior aerodynamicist in CAD, CFD and aerodynamics.
• Leading pursuit of superior CFD methodologies through exploration of cooling system integration, cornering MRF simulations and adjoint optimisations in CFD testing.
• Working on collaborative project for procurement of large-scale wind tunnel and compute facilities.

Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh Campus, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH14 4AS

• Researched and undertook the development of HWRs first ever floor design, utilizing adjoint optimisations to produce an innovative “concave-convex” double kick floor.
• Developed CFD protocol to perform the team’s first whole car CFD simulation in Ansys Fluent, lead 4th and 5th year students in floor aero-package integration with wing assemblies.

• Leading concept and aero design development of the UAS to ensure a winning package.
• Developed hyper-parameterised and robust “plane-builder” in Onshape cloud-based CAD package for collaborative design changes.
• Leading external aerodynamics and CFD development for drag reduction and validation of STOL “prop blown flaps” using MRFs.
• Utlising CFD, XFLR 5, wind tunnel and real world scale testing for performance validation.

Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh Campus, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH14 4AS

• Responsible for external aerodynamic surfacing and advanced lofts of 2023 UAV.
• Deployed numerous CFD tests and gradient based adjoint optimisations to reduce drag.

Hepburn House, 89 E Claremont St, Edinburgh EH7 4HU

• Promoted as a result of commitment and leadership skills, now often leading younger cadets in training.

Hepburn House, 89 E Claremont St, Edinburgh EH7 4HU

• Officer cadet for URNU Edinburgh, learning advanced leadership skills through afloat and ashore training.

Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh Campus, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH14 4AS

• Responsible for mechanical deployment and aerodynamic function of “heatshield” mechanism.
• Ran CFD attitudinal tests of heatshield to ensure dependable aerobraking performance.

Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

• Providing bespoke consultant services in areas such as business development, workflow optimisation and product engineering.

Errol Ground Station, Errol, Perth, PH2 7TB

Creative directing, liasoning with educational establishments, students and enabling projects.

Errol Ground Station, Errol, Perth, PH2 7TB

Role has involved prototype web design, graphic and promotional design work.

• Researched and modelled novel aerodynamic concepts to advise in the design of Celestial’s in development long endurance drone, in CFD and CAD.
• Researched and implemented Adjoint based optimisation suite in Ansys Fluent for propulsive efficiency of drones, using MRF regions.
• Assisted in motor and shaft selection through FEA testing.

5-7 Pellew Arcade Teign Street, Teignmouth, Devon, United Kingdom, TQ14 8EB

• Leverage mesh operations in Cloud Compare to visualise large LIDAR point clouds of South Georgia Island, and buildings of interest.

5-7 Pellew Arcade Teign Street, Teignmouth, Devon, United Kingdom, TQ14 8EB

• Digitally recreated buildings on South Georgia Island in Onshape.
• Defined approach to transferring architectural PDF drawings straight to CAD “sketches” to expedite visualisation workflow.

Bachelor Of Engineering - Beng (Hons), Mechanical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Heriot-Watt CanSat team HWRacing Formula Student team Aero-Watt IMechE UAS Challenge team Cycling Society Tennis.

A Levels, Gcses, A Levels: Design Technology, Geography, Maths, Physics, Epq, A Levels: A*Aaab Gcse: 99999988887

Activities and Societies: Head of House School Prefect Head of CCF Navy Section (Chief Petty Officer) D of E Gold D of E Silver Captain of.