Thomas Hardy Email & Phone Number

Newcastle Upon Tyne, Gb

United Kingdom

Raising awareness through face to face events of the Royal Academy of Engineering's Graduate Engineering Engagement Program - a program designed to support the transition out of academia and into the working world for those from underrepresented backgrounds - whilst representing the organisation in student groups.

Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom

Developing a passion-project towards a self-sustaining, profitable business. Serving regional cyclists with bicycle fitting, servicing and retail offerings.o Great British Entrepreneurial Awards shortlisted 2021 & 2022, and BikeBiz Award Finalist 2022.o Growth beyond a purely technical position to control accounts, marketing and start-up development.o Year One closed with a net loss

Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, England, United Kingdom

One-year program successfully graduated.Program supported career development of participants and additionally facilitated the opportunity to guide multiple national, external committees on matters of Equity, Diveristy & Inclusion as it pertains to acquiring young talent.https://raeng.org.uk/programmes-and-prizes/programmes/uk-grants-and-prizes/support-for-education/graduate-engineering-engagement-programme

Morgan Hill, California, United States

Work as an integral key-identity in teams bringing some of the best bikes in the world from idea to reality. o Learning new material practices on the job through hands on and taught methods.o Completing CT Scans to analyse materials at a sub-surface level and perform Non-Destructive Testing.o Driving forward the manufacture of parts from pilot to mass production across multiple countries and languages.o Working closely in Agile as a PLM system to track and keep up to date documents such manufacturing plans and test tracking – used to qualify products as safe from which design changes were suggested.

Auburn Hills, Michigan, United States

Contract (temporary) position secured in the interim before moving to a job initiated earlier.Working as a test engineer support was offered mainly to Dodge RAM trucks and Challenger (Hellcat and Demon) vehicles working with dynamometer test cells to validate power, consumption and emissions data in various artificially created conditions.

Sheboygan, Wisconsin Area

Aluminium Die-Casting of automotive components.Ensuring quality casting of primarily lightweight Body-in-White, but also traditional Powertrain, automotive components through effective design. Product launches supported as well as technical customer-reviews. o Identified defect potential using Flow 3D and EKK Cast as part of fluid-flow and thermal simulations.o Proposed geometric and process design changes have improved throughput by as much as 24% following implementation of recommended design changes. o Working to an on-time job completion rate of 84%.o Developed presentation reporting standards for internal and external customers, as well as created instructions for efficient, stable data collection standards that can deliver more accurate simulations with two bodies of work, proposed to be deployed globally.This role was cut short when it came to light that the employer had inadvertently used false information to satisfy visas - therefore removing eligibility to hire.

Purdue University Calumet

Learning Management Systems.Assisted faculty, students and staff directly with local, and online, computer challenges.o Lead the design of tests and assignment integration to Blackboard (Learning Management System).o Provided tutoring on MS Office programs – PowerPoint, Word, and Excel (daily).

University Park, Il

Manufacturing group of Safety and Security productsCompleted two larger time studies within Lean Six Sigma environment across a multi-departmental facility while improving operational efficiency through immediate and long-term process changes. o Presented analytic, investigative data to managerial groups as executive presentations and reports.o Eliminated wasted time through new equipment design in accompaniment with process changes.o Exceeded goal of 10% improvement on 10 parts according to managerial qualitative judgment. o Improvements to part quality and cycle time through systematic as well as equipment changes.

Portage, Indiana

Supplier of hot-rolled, pickled and oiled carbon/alloy specialty products.Gained exposure in both the Melt Shop and Hot Strip Mill conducting operational analysis to better current and future daily processes – inclusive of equipment and personnel.o Achieved beyond manager-forecasted project targets covering multiple self-managed projects. o Reduced reactive downtime (30%) by designing a preventative maintenance plan for key equipment.o Generated a site-wide Argon-line layout for safety identification.o Advanced layout to include HSE equipment – risk reduction and response improvements.

North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Co-Operative retailer of outdoor goods.Exceeded service turnover targets frequently, individually and as a team-contributor while building new bikes on top of the service of customer’s existing bikes.o Provided a high level of attentive customer service with outdoor goods including bike fittings.o Recognized individually for positive contributions externally by Shimano and internally by group management.

Castleford, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

PROJECT ENGINEERING ASSISTANT, January 2011 – June 2011ROCPower LTD, England – Second-generation biofuel Power PlantPerformed contract work directly for company, and divisional, Managing Directors to implement an alternative fuel power plant. o Liaised with government bodies to ensure powerplant met performance and safety standards.o Achieved maximum renewable obligation credits – double that of fossil fuel sourced energy. o Reduced hosing operation water usage by 15% as a member of The Cost Reduction Team creating efficiency improvements to a large coal site.MECHANICAL ENGINEERING INTERN, May 2009 – August 2009Hargreaves Services PLC, England – Key products and services in infrastructure, energy and property.Assisted Lead Project Engineer directly with ongoing portfolio revolving largely around power generation projects.o Managerial exposure to product selection, health and safety investigations and process scheduling.

Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Lead small teams to provide the highest standards of customer service during match day food and beverage service as well as supplementary special events.Was the service representative for key (top-tier) corporate sponsor to the club.

Kingston Park, England

Part-time Bicycle Mechanic operating in a front-of-house environment where retail tasks were conducted concurrently with repairing customer bicycles as required. Regularly exceeding sales targets under a store-wide bonus scheme. Work often involved working alone in addition to times spent working as part of a much larger group.

Master Of Science - Ms, Bioengineering And Biomedical Engineering

Biomechanical stream

Bachelor’S Degree, Mechanical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Aerodynamic (CFD) Senior Design Project including wind tunnel correlations NASA Moon Buggy/Rover Explorer.

Easa Pt 66 B1/B2 Qualifications, Aircraft Engineering

Activities and Societies: Class representative. Organised various social events such as recreational football matches.Worked towards.

Certificate In Aerospace Engineering, Aerospace, Aeronautical And Astronautical Engineering, Pass

Studies included; Higher level Maths Mechanical Engineering Computer Engineering Computer Aided Design Aircraft Systems Physics