Engineer Power Plant

R E S U M E

NAME : Mr SHAHID IBRAHIM

ADDRESS : * ********** *****, ******* *****, Cheshire, SK8 6SW, U.K.

TELEPHONE : Mobile UK: 0044-(0-771*-******

PERSONAL : British Citizen. Age 59. [e-mail:

******.*******@*******.**.**]

EDUCATION : B.Sc(Hon) Aeronautical Engineering, The City University,

London, UK.

M.Sc(Eng) Structural Integrity, University of Sheffield,

England, UK.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:-

CEng MIMechE - Chartered Mechanical Engineer, EurIng - Registered

European Engineer,

Affiliate Member Royal Aeronautical Society.

WORK EXPERIENCE:-

[Mar 2013 - Feb 2014]: STRATA Manufacturing, Al-Ain, Abu Dhabi, United Arab

Emirates.

Senior Aircraft Structural Engineer, A380 Composites Stress (Concessions &

Repairs & Quality) - Airbus A380 flap track fairings. Manufacturing support

and structural/stress calculations for non-conformities on composite parts.

Extract design info from CATIA drawings. Rebuild FEM models with different

material properties. MRB-Stress support. Root cause analysis, evaluation of

potential solutions and assessment of corrective actions. Substantiation

and justification of repairs. Liaison with Quality engineers and

Manufacturing engineers. Production shop floor support to ensure

manufacturing deadlines are met. Inspect concession parts and review NDT

material tests for MRB-stress disposition. Support customer requirements

and liaise with external organisations for airworthiness/regulatory

compliance. Provide advice on structural repairs. Prepare stress/technical

courses. Provide technical training & supervision to junior engineers. Hand

calcs & FEM, NASTRAN, PATRAN, SimXpert, ESACOMP.

[Oct 2012 - Mar 2013]: Fokker Aerostructures B.V., Papendrecht, The

Netherlands.

Senior Aircraft Structural Engineer, Airbus A350 Outboard Flaps. Hand calcs

and FE analysis. Checking & performing stress calculations to size up

structural parts for Airbus A350 outboard flaps. Strength & structural

sizing calcs performed to tight time scales. Airbus guidelines & methods.

Metallic & composite parts. Advice on design & methods improvement.

Guidance & training junior staff. BRUHN, NASTRAN,PATRAN,HSB & Catiav5.

ISAMI basic-knowledge.

[Jan 2011 to Oct 2012]: Airbus Operations Ltd, Broughton, Chester, UK.

Senior Aircraft Structural/Stress Engineer, A380 Composites & Metallic

parts (Concessions & Repairs)- Airbus A380 wing design and manufacturing

support. Wing skin, ribs, spars, fixed leading edge & fixed trailing edge.

Airbus methods & procedures. Hand calcs, FE analysis & fatigue analysis for

metallic & composite parts. Extract design info from CATIA drawings.

Rebuild FEM models with different material properties. Structural/stress

calculations for wing design changes & manufacturing non-conformities &

concessions. Detailed non-linear analysis for A380 wings to identify

reasons for the rib-feet cracking and to provide corrective actions to

manufacturing. MRB stress support. Provided advice on repairs. Structural

Repair Manual (SRM). Substantiation/justification of repairs. Inspection &

approval of repairs. Liaison with other departments. ROARK, BRUHN, NIU,

PETERSON, NASTRAN, PATRAN, DAMTOL, MATHCAD, LAP, TANS & Airbus in-house

software.

[Apr 2008 to Jan 2011]: Rolls-Royce Plc, Aerospace Group, Derby, England.

Senior Structures & Dynamics Engineer (contract)- Aero-engine stress

analysis for Airbus A380 Boeing 787. FEM & hand calcs for core components.

Linear/non-linear analysis, static, dynamic, fatigue, fracture, creep,

thermal,oxidation analysis. Resolve in-service technical issues. Engine

certification/CAA. Supervision. ABAQUS, NASTRAN, PATRAN, ZENCRACK, SC03.

[Jan 2007 to Apr 2008]: OERLIKON SPACE AG (RUAG), Z rich, Switzerland.

Structural Engineer (EADS Space) - ARIANE 5. Stress analysis of light

weight satellite structures and antennae pointing mechanisms. Metallic &

composites. Static & dynamics. ROARK, NASTRAN, PATRAN, ABAQUS & hand calcs.

Structural analysis & sizing of satellite parts for Alenia Space. Non-

linear analyses of composite Payload Fairings for Ariane 5. Design changes

to reduce pyro-shock dynamic loads on the launcher during stage separation.

Tests performed at NASA. Provided advice & stress support to designers.

[Oct 2005 to Jan 2007]: BAE SYSTEMS, Woodford, Cheshire, England.

Aircraft Structural Engineer (contract)- Airframe sizing and Check Stress

on primary structures, Wing & Empennage for BAE146 Regional Jet. Sizing of

Vertical Tails for F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) for Lockheed Martin and

USAF. Metallic and composite parts. Lockheed Martin IDAT stress tools. Hand

calcs, EXCEL/MATHCAD, NASTRAN/PATRAN. Checking stress calcs. Roark, Bruhn,

Niu & CATIA v4.

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[Sept 2002 to Oct 2005]: Rolls-Royce Plc, Aerospace Group, Derby, England.

Aerospace Stress & Dynamics Engineer - Gas turbine stress analysis, FEM,

static, dynamic, creep, fatigue, fracture & thermal analysis of HPT Blades,

HPT Discs, Casings, Bolted flanges & Turbine components. Resolve in-service

HPT blade cracking issues. Strain-based lifing. Elastic, plastic & creep

analysis. Contact & friction. Mechanical/acoustic vibrations. CAA

Certification. Hand calcs, FEM ABAQUS, NASTRAN, PATRAN, ZENCRACK, SC03.

[Nov 2001 to Sept 2002]: ASTRIUM Gmbh, Bremen, Germany.

Structures & Dynamics Engineer (EADS Space)- European space program. Stress

analysis of critical components for the cryogenic Upper Stage of the Ariane

5 launcher. Analysis of composite fairings on Ariane 5. Pyroshock vibration

analysis due to stage separation. Static, dynamic & non-linear analyses.

Crack propagation & Strain-based fatigue lifing of the Ariane 5 attitude

control thrusters under thermal & pressure transients. Hand calcs &

elastic/plastic FEA using NASTRAN, PATRAN, ABAQUS, PETERSON, ROARK.

[Oct 2000 to Nov 2001]: Hyde Group, Stockport, Cheshire, England.

Aircraft Structural Engineer - Airframe stress work for BAE SYSTEMS. Hand

calcs & FEM. Fuselage attachments for Nimrod. Fixed Leading Edge for BOEING

767. Composite aileron & cabin floor structure for Canadair CRJ-200.

Nacelles for DORNIER 728. Responsible for Critical Design Reviews at GE in

Cincinnati. Static, mechanical vibration, random/acoustic vibration,

fatigue, sonic fatigue & damage tolerance analysis. Hand calcs, Lockheed,

Bruhn, Niu. NASTRAN, PATRAN, ANSYS, MATHCAD.

[Apr 1999 to Oct 2000]: ABB ALSTOM POWER, Baden, Switzerland.

Gas Turbine Structural Engineer (contract) - structural assessment of

industrial gas turbines. Static, dynamic & thermal transient loading

conditions. Fatigue lifing & non-linear FE analysis of the GT24/26

combustor. ABAQUS and I-DEAS Master Series.

[Jan 1997 to Apr 1999]: Rolls-Royce Plc, Aerospace Group, Derby, England.

Aerospace Stress & Dynamics Team Leader, Gas turbines. FEM and structural

assessments of aero-engine components, intermediate-casing, shafts,

gearbox, transmissions and rotating equipment. Static, dynamic, thermal,

fracture & fatigue analysis. Development of new Methods. Supervision &

advice to stress/design group. Approval of external suppliers stress work.

Signing-off concessions. Discussions with CAA. NASTRAN, PATRAN, SC03.

[Jul 1996 to Jan 1997]: B M W Rolls-Royce Gmbh, RRD, Dahlewitz, Berlin,

Germany.

Aerospace Stress & Dynamics Engineer (contract) - Gas turbine engineering

(Whole Engine Mechanics group) Aero engines, Stress analysis, FE analysis,

Rotor dynamic analysis. Performed fan blade-off non-linear transient

dynamic analyses. NASTRAN & PATRAN.

[Oct 1991 to Jul 1996]: Rolls-Royce Naval Marine (Nuclear submarine

division), Derby, England.

Nuclear Structures/Dynamics Engineer - Stress & structural assessments for

Nuclear Submarines for UK Ministry of Defence. Hand calcs, FE analyses,

static, vibration & impact analyses of Nuclear Submarines and structures.

Supervision & training. ANSYS, DYNA3D, ABAQUS, PATRAN.

[Dec 1989 to Oct 1991]: British Nuclear Fuels Plc, Warrington, Cheshire,

England.

Consultant Nuclear Engineer (Structures) - Stress analysis, finite element

analysis, vibration analysis. Structural steelwork design, Engineering

calculations,hand calcs & ANSYS.

[Feb 1986 to Dec 1989]: ABB Impell Ltd., Warrington, England. (Now: Vectra

Technology)

Principal Structural Engineer - Nuclear power plant structural steelwork

design & analysis. Linear/non-linear analysis, Impact, static, dynamic &

seismic analysis. Performing/reviewing engineering calcs. Supervision &

training of staff. PATRAN, ANSYS.

[Jan 1980 to Feb 1986]: National Nuclear Corporation Ltd., Warrington,

England.

Nuclear Stress Engineer - Worked on numerous nuclear power plant projects

including the Fast Breeder Reactor. Stress analysis, structural mechanics &

FE analysis. Static, dynamic, seismic, thermal analysis. ANSYS, ABAQUS &

NASTRAN. Fracture mechanics, Fortran programming.

RELEVANT INFORMATION:

(1)PUBLISHED PAPER: 'Benchmark Study of Shear Buckling of a Nuclear

Cylindrical Vessel',

Commission for the European Community, Report No.EUR10592EN, 1986, by:

Mr.S.Ibrahim & Dr.M.Dostal, National Nuclear Corporation, England.

(2)UNIVERSITY: During my 1st degree,I wrote my own FE computer program for

Composites stress.

(3)LANGUAGES: Beginners level Arabic (GCSE A-grade), Basic Spanish, German

& French.

REFERENCES: Available on request.

SECURITY CLEARANCE STATUS: I have full MOD & NATO security clearance, Ref.

DVA 2001/129555.

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