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Meticulous engineering undergraduate experienced with design, testing and quality assessments of UAV designs. Extremely confident communicator, proven record of success in projects, team sport and teaching.Highly intrigued individual and fascinated by fluid flows, performed wind tunnel experiments and compared to CFD measurements.Inspired by Adrian Newey’s work at Southampton University, and the exciting new innovations within aircraft design. Future planning for a career in Aerodynamics, mindful that opportunities within Aerospace engineering can lead to that prospect. Accomplished in creating reliable, software-compliant designs. Confident in analysing new and existing designs to optimise approaches.Key Skills:• Team supervision - leading several engineering group projects to success• Critical/Intuitive thinking - bringing concepts and ideas together in a group setting• Risk mitigation - outlining all areas of risk and communicating with members of a project• Data Analysis – drawing conclusions from wind tunnel data and real-life flight data in several projects at University• Aero structural design – using topology optimisation AI tools to modify pre-existing prototypes in the interest of innovation• Exceptional communication skills – improving others in team sport, harnessing talent in engineering• Simulation and modelling - experience using different simulation and modelling interfaces, such as coding, CAD and XFLR5• Project management – leading teams of engineers with project management techniques such as Gantt charts, network modelling and deadline management• Aircraft Performance Modelling and Analysis – Predicting drone’s behaviour through vibrational modal analysis to understand its limitations throughout the envelope of attaining, sustaining and terminating flight, from a safety standpoint• Decision-making - outlining the cost benefit analysis of a certain idea, allowing a team or individual decision on whether a change is necessary• Hard/Technical skills - taking part in practical design projects, designing, building and testing UAVs