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England, United Kingdom

Derby, England, United Kingdom

Owner of the Manufacturing and Materials Process Modelling capability within the business area.Responsible for future strategy including acquiring, developing and applying technology.Typically FEM, CFD, DEM and data driven methods applied to manufacturing and materials to generate business value. Covers a wide range of engineering areas including: new product introduction, capability acquisition, continuous improvement and root cause analysis.

Derby, England, United Kingdom

Lead a team of Manufacturing Engineers to acquire new capability for a new nuclear manufacturing facility project.Subject Matter Expert for Manufacturing Capability Acquisition in the business.

Derby, England, United Kingdom

Focused on developing future forming & forging manufacturing capabilities.

Derby, United Kingdom

Working in the central manufacturing team I specialised in Materials and Process Modelling. This involves using FEA to model manufacturing processes to better understand process-microstructure-property relationships. I developed novel methods of simulating manufacturing process and train these methods out across the company. I focused on forging/forming methods, microstructural prediction, solid state welding and TIG welding. I worked across multiple businesses within the company and I was involved with capability acquisition, new product introduction and continuous improvement activities.

Derby, United Kingdom

As a Research Engineer I worked with the Materials Capability Acquisition Team in developing and implementing new material solutions for gas turbine applications.Specifically I investigated processing-microstructure-mechanical property relationships in nickel-base superalloys for casing and bolting applications. My primary focuses were optimising ring roll forging processes for casing applications and high strain rate fastener forging processes. This involved using mechanical testing coupled with Finite Element Analysis and advanced characterisation techniques such as SEM, EDX, X-Ray micro-tomography and Neutron Diffraction.

Doctor Of Engineering (Eng.D.), Engineering

Thesis titled: Hot section components - Characterisation of thermomechnical behaviours of advanced casing and bolting alloys for gas.

Bachelor Of Engineering (Beng), Aerospace Engineering, 1St Class (Hons)

Dissertation in all oxide ceramic matrix composites Mens Hockey Team, Engineering society, University of Wales Air Squadron