Jack Shortiss

- Ensuring design for manufacture of new generation turbocharger systems - Responsible for dimensioning and tolerance analysis, testing data analysis, structural analysis and simulation results interpretation

- Research Project: "Kinematic Wear Analysis of Turbocharger Wastegate Systems" - Developed kinematic design tool for use in future designs - Knowledge gained in the topics of kinematic synthesis of multibody systems and Wear tribology - Experienced gained with: MSC Adams Multibody Dynamics, ANSYS FEA

- Research Project: "Reliability of Piezoelctric Ceramic Actuators" - Researching literature on failure modes and solutions, developing testing methods and test setups, conducting accelerated lifetime testing. Conducting optical microscopy, interferometry and SEM EDX

- Foundational analysis on the feasibility of aerodynamics package on fully electric formula student racecar

Managing operation of a retail betting store

Specialisation: Computational Solid Mechanics Thesis: "Finite Element Modelling of Shot Peening" Classes Taken: - Continuum Mechanics - Advanced Mechanics of Solids - Finite Element Analysis - Non-Linear Finite Element Analysis - Plasticity of Conventional and 3D Printed Materials - Scientific Computation in MATLAB & Python - Mechanics of Plastics and Composites - Project Planning and Control - Advanced Technical Communication

Graduation Thesis - 9/10 Mitsubishi Turbocharger & Engine B.V. Specialization - Machine Engineering: - Machine Dynamics - FEM - Machine Elements

(Changed Major) Classes Taken: - Computer Science - Object Orientated Programming - Discrete Mathematics - Computer Organisation - Representation and Modelling