I'm a Chartered Engineer and graduate of the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow.
I have worked over forty years in industry mostly as a mechanical design engineer but I also have AutoCAD draughting and IT skills. I am particularly interested in the development of design methods and use of computers for solving analytical problems. Since my retirement I have been active in Volunteer Guiding for 15 years and have become interested in engineering history. I am currently active as a Research Volunteer at Glasgow's Riverside Museum of Transport and Travel.

Born:

• Kelvinside, Glasgow

Education:

• Primary School, Glasgow
• Queen Victoria School, Dunblane

Academic Qualifications:

• MSc in Mechanical Engineering from University of Strathclyde
• BSc (1st class honours) in Mechanical engineering from University of Strathclyde
• PgD in Information Technology from University of Paisley
• SCOTVEC HNC module in Computer Aided Draughting, Reid Kerr College, Paisley
• HNC in Mechanical Engineering from Stow College, Glasgow
• ONC in Mechanical Engineering from Stow College, Glasgow

Professional Qualifications:

• Chartered Engineer
• Corporate Member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers

Career Experience:

• Five year Engineering Apprenticeship with British Polar Engines, Govan, Glasgow
• Two years Design Draughtsman with British Polar Engines.
• Eight years as a Design Engineer with Weir Pumps Limited, Cathcart, Glasgow.
• Sixteen years as a Senior Design Engineer with Babcock Energy Limited, Renfrew.
• Other shorter terms with: Howden Packaging Equipment, Howden Tunnelling, Howden Buffalo, Clyde Bergemann, Clyde Design Partnership and Foster Wheeler Energy Limited.
• Senior Mechanical Engineer with Seadrec Limited and Clark & Standfield Limited, Paisley.

Code Committee Work:

• Have served for a short time on the BSI code writing committee for BS5500 Saddle Supports for Horizontal Vessels, Sub-group SSWP8.

Publications:

• Co-author of the technical paper: Design Criteria for Boilers and Pressure Vessels in the United Kingdom, ASME PVP-VOL. 97, 1984.
• Have contributed to IMechE discussions on Bolted Joints: Proceedings of the IMechE, 1991,Vol. 205, No. E1.
• Author of the textbook: Basic Discontinuity Analysis of Multishell Axisymmetric Junctions, self-published 1994.
• Author of the programs: AJAP-1, KELGEN-1 and OvalPipe-1

Additional Interests:

• Photography.
• Hillwalking.
• Computer aided design.
• Built my own PC computer.

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