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Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Belfast, United Kingdom

Catagen is a pioneering testing facility delivering industry leading emissions data to global automotive manufacturers and stakeholders. Our independent services provide unrivalled metrics to optimise catalyst development and reduce harmful tailpipe emissions. Our testing technologies are shaping the environment of our future by workings towards cleaner.

Ageing Mechanisms and Procedures for Automotive Catalysts.This project involves high temperature testing of automotive catalysts to determine the degradation of catalyst performance, commonly known as catalyst ageing. This ageing process is not well understood and so simple empirical relationships are used to estimate the lifespan. This project.

Darlington, United Kingdom

A 12 week summer placement working in the Cost Reduction department.Daily tasks include detailed BOM analysis to determine cost discrepancies and small design changes using Creo.Projects include detailed analysis on certain parts to determine extreme prices and find a solution to reduce these costs. Working closely with customers and suppliers to ensure.

Completions Product Centre Belfast, Northern Ireland

I spent my year out on industrial placement working within Schlumberger on different projects.I was heavily involved, and team leader, in a LSS project. I worked a detailed project on new product development determining areas of improvement and understanding unknown factors.Day to day jobs included designing different parts on ProE and uploading them to.

India

Spent a total of 4 weeks in India on a student exchange program. This included 2 weeks of Finite Element Analysis (Femap Software), Mechatronics and Pneumatics. A further 2 weeks were spent on technical and cultural visits. A presentation was given to Indian railways board at the headquarters in Dehli.

Organizational Leadership, Professional Certificate

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Mechanical Engineering

Researching ageing mechanisms and procedures for automotive Catalysts. Working closely with Catagen for continuous testing and analysis of.

Master Of Engineering (Meng), Mechanical Engineering, 1St Class Honors

Activities and Societies: Formula Student Student member of ImechE (Institute of Mechanical Engineers) Member of Queens Formula Student.