Zihan (Tom) Zhou Email & Phone Number

Wallingford, GB

Kidlington, England, United Kingdom

Focusing on the manufacturing and procurement side to source and deliver business critical parts and services globallyI have led purchases of capital laboratory equipment and major part subcontracting projects.

Didcot, England, United Kingdom

• [Procurement and Supply Management]
• Led purchases of capital laboratory equipment worth £10K+
• Explored suppliers globally and manage supplier relations
• Successfully sourced highly customized Lithium-ion cells at very short notice with good value for money to suppport business critical product development stages.[Technical]
• Designed workflow and programmed in Python for automatic analysis of thermal liquid crystal images
• Designed, procured and built instrumentation and equipment for various thermofluid experimental rigs e.g. for heat exchanger performance tests

Derby, England, United Kingdom

Offer holder of the RR Manufacturing Engineering Graduate Scheme.

Derby

• Collaborated with another intern to create an application calculating manufacturing and machining allowance build-up from stage drawings in VBA and pushed the language’s capability to its boundary to incorporate.
• Submitted a patent application for the algorithm of the application internally and is still under review.
• Learned C# in a week to automate NX to apply serial numbers on parts with code libraries.
• Created unit test scripts to verify each entry on the requirements sheet for above application, ensuring compliance.
• Improved STEM activities using e.Do robots to simulate shop-floor environment with business context. Contacted colleagues in other sites to support the development process.

Derby, United Kingdom

• Initiated and led an improvement project and reduced risk of scrapping.
• Generated 30% consumable inventory reduction by analysing usage and external supplier delivery data
• Developed and implemented a barcode tool-picking method in the first 3 weeks of the internship while complying with all change control processes and obtained multiple signatures
• Created a template for application of reduced and sample inspection to comply with company procedures
• Researched engineering specifications to prove current conformance for previous non-conforming features
• Conducted Gauge Repeatability & Reproducibility capability study and closed an unfinished First Article Inspection Report

Oxford, United Kingdom

• Leading project and logistics manager of 2018 Oxford Chinese New Year Ball
• Hospitality and logistics director for 2017 Chinese Fresher Orientation Camp to arrange hotels, dining and materials
• Arrange society meetings and note down minutes
• Manage society membership and communicate with the University authourity

Derby, United Kingdom

• Produced a career guide for new enginee intakes and qualified Yellow Belt
• Led a team to develop a database to control authourity delegation
• Collaborated with managers to improve manufacturing engineering training course materials.

Shanghai City, China

• Taught 4 students GCSE and A-Level sciences and English on 1 to 1 basis
• Improved their exam marks by 15% compared with the beginning of the course
• Responsible for preparing teaching plans, tracking student progress and reporting to head teacher
• Explained questions articulately and adjusted teaching methods regarding to students’ feedback

Master Of Engineering (Meng), Engineering Science, Upper 2:1

Activities and Societies: Oxford University Chinese SocietyThird-Year Project: Local Energy Systems of Oxford - Sandford Smart.

A-Level, Mathematics, Mathematics-A* Further Mathematics-A* Physics-A* Chemistry-A

Cosmic Muon Research Project with Queen Mary University of London

High School

Activities and Societies: SHSSIP Broadcasting Station• Head of the broadcasting station