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- Advanced UAS Remote Pilot Certificate- Fixed-Wing UAS Endorsement- UAV Night Rating Endorsement- UAS102 - PART 102 Ground Course- UAS Aviation Law

Product Development consulting, Additive Manufacturing and 2D/3D design/modelling.- Commercial and private clients in a variety of industries.- Experience in design and documentation for patenting and registered designs.- Visual & functional Engineering prototyping capabilities.- AM one-offs, batch runs and casting blanks.

Tutoring students from high school to fourth-year university in drawing, modelling, and engineering design. This role has involved hands-on teaching, marking, management of courses and the development of the syllabus. Across a range of courses in the engineering and product design schools, I have worked as part of a team, as a supervisor, training tutors and teaching unsupported. Courses: - ENME201 Design Communication - Drawing Tutor and Marking Assistance - ENME211 Engineering Design and Manufacture - CAD and CAM Tutor (SolidWorks & Creo) - ENME401 Mechanical Systems Design - Marking Assistant - ENME199 Workshop Training - Machining and welding Tutor - PROD101 Product Design 1 - CAD and CAM tutor (Fusion360) - PROD311 Drawing and Solid CAD Modelling - CAD and CAM tutor - PROD214 Industrial Product Design - CAD and CAM tutor - Composites Manufacturing Tutor for the NZRAF Block Course - Formula RC high school competition – Advisor/Mentor

Canterbury & West Coast, New Zealand

Tasked with continued development in additively manufactured heat exchangers that employ geometries otherwise impossible to produce. Building on previous research, I verified experimental results, developed new design and manufacturing methods and reduced cost and development time dramatically.- Develop design methods that reduced the production time from days to hours.- Functional prototype design, manufacture, and testing.- Working with external companies to source components and manufacture parts.- Construction of experimental test rig and testing of prototypes.

Canterbury & West Coast, New Zealand

- Development of the world’s first 3D printed internal combustion engine. - Development of a novel infinitely variable transmission. - Awards from the University of Canterbury, Engineering New Zealand, and the Shell Eco-Marathon Singapore. My honours project was an ambitious undertaking that intended to develop a high-efficiency drive train for the university’s entrance to the Shell Eco-Marathon Singapore. My involvement was both as the technical director, managing a team of six engineers and of the lead designer for the internal combustion engine. With a team selected randomly from three engineering disciplines and a year to build an engine, transmission, and associated systems my people and project management skills were put on a steep learning curve. On top of designing a high-efficiency engine, an internal motivation to find the best solution to a problem led me to develop a novel Infinitely Variable Transmission (IVT). Eliminating the need for a clutch and enabling the engine to always run optimally, the transmission reduced weight and energy losses. The project ended up winning the Technical Innovation award at the Shell Eco-Marathon and multiple awards from Engineering New Zealand and the University of Canterbury. It is now a regular feature of open days and trade displays for the university.

Christchurch

Employed at a small plastic packaging company as part of a team running and maintaining plastic thermoforming machines in a production line.- Running of thermoplastic vacuum forming machines. - Running a hydraulic cutting machine. - Maintenance of thermoforming machines including diagnosing problems, sourcing replacement parts and manufacturing solutions in house. - Stock management

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Methods For The Creation Of High Performance Cellular Materials

Bachelor Of Engineering With Honours, Mechanical Engineering

Education record