Voluntary 1 year placement within industry. Understanding of engineering implimentation

Key roles: Site engineering

Key skills: Design interpretation, setting out, Health and safety management

Key projects: Crankley Point STW upgrade & Branston STW

BSc Completed with 1st class honors

Dissertation topic: ‘Recycled steel tyre fibres and industrial steel fibres in self-compacting concrete and the effects on its fundamental properties.’

Dissertation findings: reduction in embedded carbon of material and reuse of existing waste material. Seen in further study of the fibres.

Modules: Structural Engineering, Ground Engineering and Water Resources, Management and Transportation, Professional responsibilities, and Group Projects.

Design office in design and build contractor (NMCN)

Role type: Assisting other engineers

Portfolio: ~£3.2million (mainly assisting)

Notable projects: Assisting on the Newark Strategy worth £62 million

Technology used: Autocad and Civil 3D

Project engineer roles: Design (civil elements), programme management, co-ordination, stakeholder management, Health, safety and environmental risk management, mentoring, and process improvement

Portfolio: £4.4m of projects design and 2.8 m completed and placed into operation

Notable projects: Fenny Bentley and Kirk Hallam.

Technology used: Autocad and Civil 3D

EngD: The Application of Model Based System Engineering Requirements for a BIM centric Virtual Railway

Main features of the research included: Providing a novel surgical method for MBSE deployment, a data framework for the MBSE and BIM data exchange, and proof of MBSE requirements and BIM data integration for data validation.

Skills developed: MBSE modelling, BIM processes, BIM data management, Python, CSS, html, project management, Design thinking, and workshop management.

Technology used: MBSE (magicdraw, EASparx, IBM-Doors), BIM (bentley, gis), python, CSS, html, SQL, noSQL, and graphDB

Additional notes: Multiple innovation workshops, 3 summer schools and associated hackathons, promotion of collaboration between the university and industry, and data visualisation

Where the fun begins: Looking forward to shaping the engineering landscape to deliver better products