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Epsom, England, United Kingdom

Epsom, England, United Kingdom

Transferred due to sale of Atkins oil and gas business.

Epsom, Uk

Technical - fire, heat transfer, hazards, fluid mechanics, CFDProject management - technical safety and fire integrityStaff management - recruitment, support, performance review and development for technical staffNuclear - Fire and explosion hazards in existing and new-build UK plant - Heat transfer in steam cycle and fuel route systems - Performance of HVAC systems under fault scenarios - Multiphase fluid flow Oil, gas and conventional power - Flow assurance - pipeline erosion, separator performance, subsea heat transfer - Fire integrity - platform and pressure vessel integrity under fire loading - Dynamic 6DOF motion for diver safety subsea - Dispersion of plumes from hot (flare, exhausts), toxic and flammable gases - Helideck and working environment assessments - Ventilation and gas detection in turbine enclosuresRenewable energy and aerospace - Structural integrity of wave energy convertor - Development status and potential of tidal turbines, for global energy client - Aerodynamic loading on wind turbine control surfaces - Aero engine core flows and heat transfer Infrastructure - Water pumping performance and redesign - Road tunnel ventilation, fire and life safetyExperimental and site based fluid flow / heat transfer - measurement campaigns using pitot and multi-hole probes and surface shear visualisation - site measurement anemometry, smoke and thermal imaging

Durham, Uk

Industrially sponsored (Rolls-Royce and DTI) position within the engineering department. Experimental and computational research into secondary flows, aerofoil design and endwall profiling for aero-engine high-pressure turbine. - Utilisation of manufacturer turbine design system (S1 & S2 planes, profile stacking, etc) - Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation of primary gas-path flows - Wind tunnel test-rig design and build - Extensive experimental testing programme - Academic lead on patent application - Journal publication and conference presentation

Baden, Switzerland

Working within in-house development team at the global research centre.- Validation of manufacturer turbine design system- Modelling of power turbine component performance - aerodynamics

Phd, Turbine Aerodynamics

Employed in research associate position supported through Rolls-Royce as part of the DTI CARAD programme. Thesis title: "Passage shaping.

M.Eng (Hons), Mechanical Engineering

4 year masters course with additional 'year-out' at Alstom Power (Baden, Switzerland)