Mechanical design has been at the centre of my PhD.  I have extensive experience in design generation and review; and have seen several projects from design to manufacture. I have worked in aluminum, steel, quartz and various polymers; with projects covering the components and assemblies of pressure vessels, high pressure piping and test rigs.  Using a top-down approach I am well versed in parametric solid modelling, with the majority of my experience in the SolidWorks design environment, though I also have a basic knowledge of ProEngineer.

My approach to FEA is to apply simple, clean models with attention to material detail. I have modelled metallic and quartz components with material specific yield criterion. Careful attention to meshing anomalies (primarily high aspect ratio cells and cells with an excessive Jacobian) allow me to critically assess FEA models and understand the information they provide. Applying an FEA model is easy, understanding its implications is not.

The components I have designed as part of my PhD have all been manufactured on contract, and as a result my drafting skills are second to none. I have the ability to draft a full set of contract drawings with complete GD&T, so that contracted manufacture is fully defined and cost effective.