Experience

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  Xi Engineering Consultants Ltd.

  • Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

  • Senior Modelling Engineer

    • 2020 - Present
    • Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

    Multiphysics finite element simulation in a variety of application areas with corresponding measurement and data analysis for verification. Modelling of environmental noise and acoustics in structures and the built environment, in electric generators, rotating machinery and MEMS devices as well a...

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  Coda Octopus Products

  • Edinburgh, United Kingdom

  • Senior Research and Development Engineer

    • 2019 - 2020
    • Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    Engaged in a variety of projects related to real-time, 3D sonar observation of subsea structures and vehicles. This work includes the design of transducers for improving echo transmission and beamforming interpretation of acoustic data for the real-time reconstruction of 3D acoustic images, even ...

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  IMTEK, University of Freiburg

  • Freiburg, Germany

  • Research Group Manager, Lecturer (Akademischer Rat)

    • 2011 - 2018
    • Freiburg, Germany

    Research: • Design and fabrication of microfluidic platforms using a wide variety of cleanroom and non- cleanroom micromachining techniques • Rapid prototyping • Adaptation of silicon/glass/polymer microreactors for harsh chemical and thermal conditions • Integration of ...

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  Department of Mechanical Engineering, Universit...

  • Boulder, Colorado. USA

  • Doctoral Researcher

    • 2005 - 2011
    • Boulder, Colorado. USA

    Graduate Research Assistant/Doctoral CandidateMultidisciplinary Engineering Micro-Systems Group (MEMS)Department of Mechanical EngineeringUniversity of Colorado, Boulder.Advisors: Prof. Victor Bright, Prof. Alan GreenbergResearch:Developed techniques to carry out real-time in-situ monitoring of m...

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  University of Regensburg

  • Regensburg Area, Germany

  • Undergraduate Research Assistant

    • 2003 - 2004
    • Regensburg Area, Germany

    Department of Experimental and Applied Physics. Manufacture and test of carbon nanotube-based transistors and electrical circuits. Sample preparation and characterization. (Supervisor: Prof. Christoph Strunk)

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  National Institute of Standards and Technology

  • Boulder, Colorado

  • Undergraduate Research Assistant

    • 2002 - 2003
    • Boulder, Colorado

    Member of Quantum Electronics and Photonics Division (Optoelectronic Manufacturing Group; supervisors: Alexana Roshko, Susan Y. Lehman). National Institute of Standards and Technology (Boulder, CO, USA).

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  Ball Aerospace

  • Intern

    • 2001 - 2002

    Projects: Russian-American Observation Satellites Program (RAMOS), OrbitalExpress - Ball/Spectrum Astro Team, Hubble Widefield Camera 3 Project. Systems engineering. Requirements documentation. Technical drawings. Supervisors: Mike (Bart) Bartosewcz, Bryce Carpenter.

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  IBM

  • Boulder, CO

  • Intern

    • 2000 - 2000
    • Boulder, CO

    IBM Printing Systems Division. Hardware and software test. Failure analysis. (Supervisor: Alan Smit)

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  Colorado Space Grant Consortium

  • University of Colorado

  • Undergraduate Research Assistant

    • 1999 - 2000
    • University of Colorado

    Projects: Citizen Explorer, 3CornerSat. Member of Science Teams: atmospheric science and stereoscopic imaging