Education and Qualifications

1975 - 1980 George Dixon Grammar 6 A, 10 O and 2 S levels.

School, Birmingham.

1980 - 1983 Imperial College, London. BSc (Eng) Hons 2:2 Mechanical Engineering

1984 - 1985 University of Southampton MSc Electronics

1986 - 1991 Cambridge University. PhD Microelectronics (FEA) Employment and Experience

Oct 1996 onwards - Senior Structural Engineer/Stress Analyst, BAE SYSTEMS Avionics Ltd, Capability Green, Luton, UK.

Stress Analyst, Materials and Mechanical Engineer role. Responsibilities : Structural Integrity Clearance (based on assessing evidence) and Stress Analysis (static, modal, vibration, fatigue, impact calculations) for lightweight electronic and mechanical structures, avionic equipment, radomes and missile components. This involves Finite Element Analysis using Pro-Mechanica, Visual Nastran, Femap, Cosmos, Classical hand calculations, negotiating with management and design teams (internal and external customers) and acting in a consultancy and advisory role, assessing designs according to DEF, DIN, BS EN, MIL standards and company documents, writing type records, stress reports and memos as part of the certification process. The role also involves assessing different materials, metals, alloys, polymers, composites and ceramics for their suitability to the design. Monitoring of Technical Research Studies relevant to company, attending meetings (member of ESDU committee and affiliate of Institute of Materials) and compiling reports to communicate / disseminate information to the company, managing budgets, process mapping and training junior staff. Training has included decision making, problem solving and assertiveness techniques, composites, fatigue, business improvement, cost and schedule control, Excel, Access, MS Front Page.

Oct 1993 - Oct 1996 Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Brunel & Exeter Universities, Mech. Eng.

Materials Scientist, Mechanical Engineer, Analyst role : Manufactured and examined the mechanical properties of particulate composite material. Collaboration between Exeter and Camborne School of Mines on synthesis of mineralogical material. Experimental work using Vickers hardness, Denison testing machines, SEM, optical microscopes, polishing machines and computer (SUN, Silicon Graphics Computer and PC) simulation work using ANSYS 5.2/5.1 Finite element program. Taught Finite Element Method (FEM) lecture course. Supervised technical staff for experimental work. Published work in Journal (Materials Science and Engineering A June 1996), Mechanics of composite materials and structures, and conferences (ICM7 Netherlands, May/June 1995, Fracture Mechanics, Germany, July 1995).

Oct 1991 - Oct 1992, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Aston University, Dept. Civil Engineering.

Programmer, Analyst, Engineer role: Computer simulation project to establish micromechanics of granular materials using program TRUBAL (modified using FORTRAN on IBM RS 6000 and Macintosh). Work presented at SERC meeting in Loughborough. Attended additional Presentation, Publishing, French and German language skills courses.

Jan 1986 - Sep 1991, Cambridge University, Wolfson College and Eng. Lab. PhD Microelectronics

Programmer, Analyst and Researcher role : Project involved development of FEM software on massively parallel computer (DAP, HP 9000/750, PCs) to model diffusion of arsenic, boron and phosphorus in silicon (programs written in FORTRAN). Published work in IEE Journal, June 1989 and presented work at conference (Advances in Electrical Engineering Software), Lowell, Massachusetts, August 1990. Attended additional Management and French courses.

May 1989 - Apr 1990, Research Assistant, Univ. of Southampton, Dept. Electronics.

Programmer, Analyst role : Collaboration between Universities of Cambridge and Southampton. Developed model for phosphorus diffusion in silicon on parallel computer and PC using FEM/Finite Difference and FORTRAN.

Sep 1985 - Dec 1985, Technician, Univ. of Southampton, Dept. Electronics.

Designed layout for 8 x 8 bit VLSI CMOS parallel multiplier integrated circuit. CAD software on PRIME computers utilised.

Jul 1984 - Sep 1984, Programmer, R&D Projects Ltd., Vauxhall, London.

Programmer, Electronic Engineer role : Developed real time graphics programs (written in PASCAL on PC) for computer controlled Turret Lathe used to fabricate mechanical components.

Additional experience and training

Oct 1992 - Sep 1993

Attended TEC (Microtech Computer Services Ltd) Information technology and placement course (PC based). Compiled technical paper (diffusion of phosphorus in silicon) from previous PhD work. French and German course at Brasshouse language school Birmingham. Worked at Triangle Cinema, Cancer Research Campaign and Oxfam shops, Birmingham.

Jul 1983 - Jun 1984

CAD/CAM course at Delta CAE Ltd and Microprocessor course at Aston University. Assistant, Highcroft Hospital, Birmingham--- printed Office door signs, cards and posters. Assisted and encouraged disabled patients to assemble domestic electrical appliances. Developed medical diagnostic program in Basic on PC. Travelled to India and Italy.

Computing Experience

Computers Pentium PCs, HP C160, SUN, SGI 3000, IBM RS 6000, HP 9000 series, VAX 8350/8650, DAP, Apple Macintosh,

IBM PS 2, ICL 2980, IBM 3084, PRIME 9950.

Networks Internet/World-Wide Web, Super-Janet.

Operating Systems Windows NT, Windows 98, SUNOS, IRIX, UNIX, AIX, MS-DOS, VMS, PRIMOS, VME.

Languages FORTRAN, Parallel FORTRAN, PASCAL, BASIC, C.

Software Pro-Mechanica, NASTRAN, ANSYS 5.5, Cosmos, FEMAP, Pro-Engineer, Netscape, Internet Explorer, MSworks, MS Powerpoint, MS Front Page, MS Access Word2000, WordPerfect5.2, MS-Office, TKsolver, Excel, and Quattro-Pro for windows, Emacs, Matlab, Lotus123, Dbase, WinWorks, Wordstar, Supercalc, Tex, LaTex, Unimap, ME10, Window managers based on X-Windows and Motif.

Interests, Skills and Activities

Full driving licence. Recently travelled to Australia, Singapore and India. I have a Dell PC for additional clerical and programming work. Formerly member of Wolfson college and Cambridge University Eng. lab. cricket teams (1988 - 1991) and Wolfson Rag (1988). Other interests include cinema, theatre, tennis and swimming, helping charities Cancer Research Campaign and Oxfam to raise funds. French, German, Bengali (basic, basic, fluent - spoken and written).