Research Officer - Design and Analysis
Demonstrated experience with OpenFOAM.
Demonstrated experience with code_aster.
Demonstrated experience with FEniCSx.
Demonstrated experience with gmsh.
Demonstrated experience with ParaView.
Professional profile
Authored technical reports on the configuration study of a folding-wing air vehicle, comparing three deployment states and two deployment mechanisms for internal design review.. Built the geometry for each configuration and produced lift, drag and drag polar data for the flight dynamics model.. A fixed-term research appointment tied to a specific programme; it ran to its scheduled end.
Wrote the equipment specification, functional test matrix, task cards, operating handbook and more than twenty engineering diagrams for a cold-gas pneumatic test rig on an aircraft equipment life extension programme.. Compiled airworthiness documentation to MSTAM and DGTA requirements and defended the technical basis to external reviewers.. Simulation lead on the aerodynamic analysis of an aircraft-carried store, documenting the coefficient tables, the mesh sensitivity and grid convergence study, and the trajectory prediction.. Worked on a reverse engineering programme for an aircraft cooling-system fitting pipe, through to the drawing and report deliverable.. Built a decision framework comparing bridge, extend and replace options from a fleet condition analysis.
Ran computer-aided design workflow training and delivered laboratory teaching in thermodynamics, fluid dynamics and control systems.. Supervised compaction testing on a universal testing machine and metallographic specimen preparation.