Cheif Engineer consultant

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Dr. ALI M. ALBADRI

BSc(Hons), MPhil, PhD, C. Eng, MMMIM, MASME, C. Env, IOSH in Safety, Approved CPD 21 Montana Gardens, Sutton, Surrey, SM1 4FP, UK.

Tel : 020********, Mobile:078******** or 074********, E-mail; *************@*****.*** I am a freelance Chief Design Consultant who has a great enthusiasm and vast knowledge of various scientific/technical areas such as mechanical design engineering, nuclear physics, and materials science. Personnel Career

- I worked as a freelance Chief Design Consultant; I have worked for many clients in different industries, such as petrochemical and oil, simulation, entertainment, nuclear, transport, medical ..etc. One of my major clients is; Transport for London (London Underground Ltd), requires me to deal with various technical issues, solving varieties of problems as well as running their R&D programme. Our skills are to Compile assurance packages, in design and structure evaluations, health and safety compliance, compliance to UK and international standards, testing, forming technical reports, and CE marking. My work involves using the latest software and analysis techniques, which includes 3D modelling, 2D drawings, FEA simulation as well as hand calculations.

- DLDS Ltd; Working on designing and verifying steelwork structures of various residential projects, including build extensions and housing with major modifications.

- CAST Ltd; Leading various steelwork structural design projects for offices and multistorey residential buildings, combined with producing verification calculations and simulation reports.

- Specialist Handrails Ltd; Work on designing handrails and stairs for residential and business buildings. The work includes verification via calculations in with the requirements in the BS standards.

- Restore London Ltd; Design varieties of civils temporary and permanent steelwork, including conducting structural calculations. Remedial projects are worked on in large reputable stores such as Harrods store.

- Training Centres (London); Conducted various engineering training courses for Senior managers and engineers in the oil and gas sectors. Piping, design platforms, leadership and mentoring, Petero processing…etc. Also, I am an expert in Governance and Risk Management, including the following topics;

• Trust in transparent, accountable decision-making processes

• Better decisions informed by good information, data and feedback

• Legislative responsibilities are more likely to be complied with, as they are more readily held to account by stakeholders

- Coventry University; Lecturer in the subjects Mathematics, Advance manufacturing, Mechatronics, and Strength of Materials.

- ARUK Training Ltd; Conducting various training courses in Physics, Mechanical and Chemical engineering.

- RJ Lewis Design Ltd; We have worked on various large and small projects. From surgical needles to high power jet engines, to large transport railway infrastructure projects. The product design process involved 3D modelling and producing drawing, but our main task was to verify the structural integrity of products using FEA simulation and hand calculations.

- NB Consultants Ltd; Taking part in designing and verifying major structural building projects in the City of London. The range of tasks varied from producing 2D drawings, to 3D modelling, then using the latest structural analysis software for structural evaluations as well as using hand calculations.

- S&Co Ltd; taking part in designing and verifying various products, from medical equipment to retailer consumable products. Products checks and verifications against the requirements of the medical directive and BS standards was our task in compiling technical folders for products CE marking. 2

- DLD Ltd; Design columns and beams for truss structures and metalwork for buildings. Produce structural calculations in line with E3 and BS5950. Design internal and external stairs cases for buildings, including verifying the stairs in line with the BS requirements.

- G70 Ltd; Design columns and beams for truss structures and metalwork. Produce structural calculations in line with E3 and BS5950.

- Howe Green Ltd; Worked on structural design of steel work and manholes for building trenches. E3 strength and fire rating calculations were conducted for various steel work designs and configurations using hand calculations and Tekla software.

- Eurogears Ltd; Design components for lifts and heavy-duty lifting equipment such as fall asserters. The package of work is producing 3D models, 2D drawings as well as assurance package.

- ROC Service Ltd; We verified steel work designs for domestic and business buildings. Design of connections and members were done in line with the requirements of BS 5950 and E3. Spectrum of the work covered from designing simple beams to complicated frames. The work was combined with using the latest software in the industry such as Tekla, Staad and Revit.

- London Underground Ltd; Design and evaluate lifts and escalators. Design and evaluate structures and parts used in trains, tracks and signals. Evaluation and assessment of stations structures especially truss works are part of the projects which we are tasked with.

- Tube Lines Ltd; Develop test rigs for testing steps, invent equipment for investigations and condition monitoring. Design escalator barriers, repairs/material movement barrier. Design and evaluate train tracks swinging points. Design and evaluate battery train loco, design and evaluate equipment for lifts and escalators. Evaluate conductive shoes for trains. Evaluate trains bogies and axles. Design and evaluate test rigs for train axles, and signal points. Design and evaluate steps for escalators.

- Hydronix Ltd; Design and evaluate microwave sensors for the concrete sectors, animal feeds, process and petrochemical industries.

- KeyMed Ltd (Olympus Group); Design and evaluate medical equipment like medical trolleys, endoscopes, theatre and operation accessorises, flushing and suction pumps. Flat screen holders, light sources, aircraft inspection endoscopes.

- ABB Instruments (ABB Group); Design and evaluate mass and volume meters which are used for the water, petrochemical and process industries.

- Alpha Fry Ltd (Cookson Group); Develop solider pasts and techniques and models for mixing pasts.

- British Nuclear Fuel; Design and evaluate turn table for transporting and handling nuclear wastes.

- TGS Builder Ltd; Evaluate and assess the strength and structure integrity of tipper vehicle.

- Limbs and Things Ltd, Evaluate and structure in a medical simulator.

- Glentworth Ltd; Design and evaluate barriers for stopping trains.

- Cobham plc; Design and evaluate structures for lifting fuselages for fuelling airplanes. Design and evaluate fixtures for testing air planes components.

- Burberry plc; Design and evaluate various fixtures for show rooms and shops.

- Laser App Ltd; Evaluate laser guide system for a military application.

- Idea2Reality Ltd; Design and evaluate fairground plays for the entertainment industries. Design casing for heating guns. Evaluate the strength and rigidity of tents and temporary structures.

- Gemini Transmission Systems Ltd; Design cast cases for gear boxes.

- KJC Ltd; Design and develop hydraulic motor bedplates, as well as evaluate hydraulic valves and systems.

- Motion Simulation Ltd; Design and develop simulators for the entertainment industries.

- Neptune Solutions Ltd; Design and evaluate food barrier systems, wall retainer systems, water and sewage storage tank systems.

- Image Holders Ltd; Design and develop units display which contain tablets and flat screens.

- Oxford University; Design extrusion plug for copper pipe industry; it was made from tungsten carbide.

- Post-Doctoral and Part time Lecturer at Brunel University; Research on Fabrication an Oxide Fuel Cell, also I taught the subject Mechanical Design to first year students.

- Post-Doctoral at Manchester Materials Science Centre, UMIST; Research on the Mechanisms of Fracture in Duplex Steel.

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- Demonstrator at Manchester Materials Science Centre; (Mechanical Tests Lab.).

- Demonstrator at Sheffield University; (Heat Treatment Lab.). Education/Qualifications:

Ph.D. in Materials Science, 1992-1996,

Materials Science Centre, UMIST, Manchester, UK.

M.Phil. in Materials Science, 1990-1992,

University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.

B.Sc. in Nuclear Engineering, 1986-1988,

Baghdad University, Baghdad, Iraq.

B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering, 1983-1986.

Technology University, Baghdad, Iraq.

Date of Birth : 16/3/1966 Sex : male Martial Status : married Nationality : British Publications, Consultancy work, Membership of Institutes, Training courses : Available on request. Activities and Interests :

Sport : Football, swimming.

Hobbies : Reading Technical books and magazines, Translating books from English to Arabic and vice versus.

Languages : English, Arabic.

Other Skills : Knowledge of variety of computing packages including Tekla, Staad, Inventor, Revet, Solidworks, ProEngineer, TurboCad, Solid Edge, Revit, Inventor, Blender, Word Perfect, Microsoft Project, Excel, and Mathcad. Programming on BASIC, FORTRAN, Pascal, Visual Basic and C++ languages. Using various finite element software Montecarlo, ANSYS, COSMOS & COSMOS DESIGN STAR, COSMOSWORKS, FEMAP, Sonnet and STARDYNE. The experience of designing various mechanical components from plastics, ceramics and metals. I have the knowledge of different prototypes/production techniques (such as injection moulding, investment casting etc) to satisfy the needs of products. The ability to work on test machines such as tensile, fatigue, compression, Chary impact, and creep. I worked on SEM, EDX, TEM, XPS. Very familiar in using image analyser systems. Worked on melting and casting varies alloys. Worked on non-destructive test equipment such as X-ray and ultra sonic equipment. I have the experience in coating (tinning) radiators, and tubes by using fluxes. Knowing different fluxes for different applications. Dealt with welding and brazing of aluminium by using different fluxes. Joining aluminium by using an ultrasonic method. Brazed and welded different materials by using laser or electron beam. The experience of using different mixers for mixing powders of metals or ceramics. Worked on the physical generation, interaction, measurement of microwaves, and combining their behaviour with the mechanical and characteristics of materials. Designing microwave resonators for products that are used in various industrial applications. Density independent technique was implemented on a microwave technique to increase the yield of the product. The propagation pattern of microwaves was studied in different applications to come up with new concepts for new products. Work on multi millions projects for London Underground Network. Work on solving multi millions of problems, ranging from tracks, trains, lifts and escalators. Referees : Available if required.

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