Resume

Full and detailed resume available on request - mrfarley[at]gmail.com

Summary

Currently employed as a development engineer since 2007 with Ricardo Plc. Primarily involved in the analysis and development of gearboxes using advanced CAE techniques. However, my role has provided me with experience in a number of areas including project management, prototype design, transmission test, part procurement, resource management and client communication.

Qualifications

Dates:

March 2005 - September 2007

Institution:

Brunel University
Qualification: PhD Tribology and Surface Engineering
Overview Research into highly engineered thin film coatings and their application to gears for improved life and load bearing capacity.
Unique contributions include:

  • Development of a computational model to simulating multilayer surface coatings under mixed rolling-sliding contact.
  • Simulating the response of three advanced surface coatings under dry conditions using Abaqus.
  • Conducting a physical comparison of the relative wear rate of the same three coatings.
  • Developing a subroutine to estimate low cycle fatigue life and subsurface crack initiation for heavily loaded coated surfaces.

Dates:

September 1999 - June 2004

Institution:

Brunel University
Qualification: MEng (Hons) Mechanical Engineering - 1st Class

Overview

Four year thick sandwich degree in Mechanical engineering at Brunel University, West London. Thorough grounding in mechanical engineering covering modules in thermodynamics, fliud mechanics, electronics, structural analysis, project management, IPR and design and analysis.

MEng Project: Two seater light aircraft
Creation of a computer program aiding the design of light aircraft, tested and justified through the design and scale build of a rear engine two-seater light aircraft for aerodynamic analysis and flight testing.

BEng Project: Multi-disciplinary Integrated Mass Estimation System
Sponsored by Airbus UK to develop parametric equations to directly relate the weights of the leading and trailing edge sections of the wing to primary design drivers easy to obtain at the beginning of the design phase.

Recently Published Papers

  • ‘Performance evaluation of multilayer thin film coatings under mixed rolling-sliding contact conditions’, Wear, 2010
  • ‘The investigation of roller bearing misalignment damage through advanced non-linear contact analysis’, NAFEMS World Congress, 2009
  • ‘Innovative Technology for Wind Turbine Gearboxes’, China Wind Energy Conference 2009
  • ‘Development of a Computational Method of Low Cycle Fatigue Prediction for Multi-Layer Surfaces under Rolling/Sliding Contact Condition’, SAE World Congress 2007