Marcus Simmons Email & Phone Number

Chipping Norton, GB

Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom

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Chipping Norton, England, United Kingdom

Sustainable Community Solutions

Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

Educational outreach and online/in-person teaching/tutoring, including maths, physics, chemistry, other science and ICT, STEM and sustainability activities

UK, Nigeria

Developed innovative strategies for supporting developing-country groups and individuals, and in training and dissemination of ‘sustainable living’ solutions both in UK and abroad. Provided consultancy and advice via ongoing dialogue, to grassroots NGOs, vernacular building experts and ‘social business’ groups, in the areas of sustainable construction.

Witney, Oxfordshire, UK

Teaching outdoor pursuits as a qualified instructor to small groups of young people (and adults). Activities included sailing, caneoeing, kayaking, climbing, mountain biking, fencing, team-building and problem-solving challenges etc. Voluntary role including weekends, vacations, and 3-months full-time involvement.

Farnborough, Hants, UK

Proposition development, programme leadership and strategy development in innovative design and manufacture of ‘smart structures’ using composites. Managing multiple project teams and programmes with total value of many £million, and liaising with a wide variety of stakeholders in government and industry, and internally at all levels within the.

Farnborough, Hants, UK

Developing new project propositions and leading tasks in materials and structures development and impact studies. Managing various programme items and various teams and individuals, representing total value several £million. Projects included ship superstructures, survivability of ships and boats, impact protection for watercraft etc, lightweight artillery.

Chertsey, Surrey, UK

Leading tasks and developing innovative approaches to characterising the static and dynamic behaviour of thick-section composites. Projects included understanding fragment impact in airliner explosions, characterising materials for the ACAVP vehicle demonstrator, analysing ballistic impact mechanisms, developing a Protection Materials database, and other.

Shrivenham, Wilts, UK

Study of dynamic behaviour mechanisms in adhesives and Fibre-Metal Laminates. Set up production facilities, and developed optimised procedures for manufacture and mechanical and ballistic characterisation. Developed a range of novel instrumented tests which improved theoretical and practical understanding of ballistic impact in composites.

Ba Honours, Metallurgy And Science Of Materials

Physical metallurgy and materials science including composites and ceramics. Whole 4th year devoted to a research project studying novel.

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