Experience

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  Metal box research and development

  Jun 1987 - Oct 1990

  Senior engineer

  Development of improved manufacturing processes

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  T&n technology

  Oct 1990 - Sept 1997

  Senior engineer

  Project manager on a numerous high tech manufacturing processes

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  Invetech pty

  May 1995 - Sept 1997

  Senior engineer

  Project manager an numerous high tech custom made manufacturing processes

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  Epsi tech

  Sept 2003 - Jan 2019

  Project developement and appropriate technology specialist

  Undertaken numerous diverse projects from offering engineering production consultancy, project administration of diesel power plant installation and design and build of process machinery for automotive industry: (see list of projects & clients)Experience in the following industries• Automotive o Brake linings, valve guides, piston products, gaskets, shell bearing, Tier 2 injection molding supplier• Latex products (gloves and condoms)• Oil & Gas o Spiral wound gaskets,o Diesel generator sets Generation sets & Pump sets site installation and MDR compilation• Biodiesel & Biogas• Food & beverage can manufacture 2 piece, • Firefighting (sprinkler installation design), • Turbine blade and nozzle manufacture• Medical waste • Theatre Automation• Food production, FMCG. • Foundry (green sand plant), • Ordinance (distress flares), • Fastener manufacture• Carpet manufacture• Pneumatics & Hydraulics,• Hanger (clothes) recycling• Polyester casting• Improved Charcoal Production Systems (ICPS) & biocharExperience with following systems and methodologies• 2D Draftsman/designer: Autodesk AUTOcad level - Fluent • 3D Draftsman/designer: Autodesk Inventor level - Fair• Project tracking and project management using EVA (Earnt Value Analysis) systems• Zone 0 and Zone 1 explosion risk.• Writing technical documents, specifications, manuals, technical articles, proposals, concept notes, budget proposals, grant applications & documents control: • Compilation of MDR for O&G industries • Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) (GaBi)• Experience in the field CDM and carbon crediting, including baseline calculations.• Experience with Quality systems, (ISO 9000, ISO 9001, and BS 5750) 6σ(six sigma), Q1 Machine safety protocols, AS 4024.1 safety of machinery, machine guarding BS: 5304:1988 passive and active• FMEA (Failure Mode effect Analysis) for special purpose machinery• WiP reduction, JIT, OPT, MRP. FMS Show less

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  Lao institute for renewable energy

  Jan 2011 - Sept 2013

  Chief engineer

  Specific projects worked on in the last three years:Biodiesel (small scale decentralised production)Engineering supervision of construction of 100 ltr batch biodiesel facility Manufacturing biodiesel to EN & ASTM standardsPower from biogas (Development of Biogas to energy Lab) Construction and testing of a biogas to power generation test labRainwater harvesting (with Child Fund)Preliminary study and proposal for rainwater harvesting in Nong het district, Xiangkhouang province Lao PDRImproved charcoal production systems (ICPS)Program manager on testing of Improved charcoal production systems, making of charcoal using retort manufactured from locally based materials (https://www.facebook.com/adamretort)Solar water purification systemsFeasibility study and program design for water purification system partially financed by carbon credits.Low cost, low tech water filtration systems (with abundant water)Development of drinking water filtration system based on manufacture using locally available productsLow carbon village programs (With Indufor)Development and demonstration of low carbon technologies for introduction into REDD++ accounting zonesManufacturing plant energy efficiency (with Sunlabob/Laos Tobacco Limited)Energy efficiency study of tobacco processing and cigarette manufacture and facility in Vientiane capital, Laos PDR. Solar food drying (with Sunlabob)Program manager and Engineering lead on proposal for coffee drying plant (40 tph) using solar air technologyCarbon Credits and CDM Lead Engineer in development of Carbon credit knowledge Hub for Lao PDR Documents control Instigation and implementation of Documents control system for research instituteLife Cycle analysis (LCA) Undertaking of LCA for fuel switch for rural electrification project Show less

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  Warmheart foundation

  Mar 2014 - Jul 2016

  Program manager: environmental programs

  Position: Environmental program manager Development of agricultural extension program for the introducing of Biochar as an organic soil amendments for agricultural communities in Northern ThailandThe program encompasses a comprehensive integrated initial trails through to ‘in field’ implementation. Initially instigated as a system to mitigate the annual ‘haze’ which pollutes the northern regions of Thailand by encouraging rural farmers to pyrolize their field waste biomass instead of burning. Then utilizing the biochar generated in as agricultural amendment (using as a substrate for organic fertilizer and soil amendment) Principle aims of program:• Reduction of annual ‘haze’ by conversion of waste biomass to biochar• Using biochar to use as an agricultural soil amendments, increasing agricultural yields and reducing farmers cost of synthetic fertilizer.• Greenhouse Gas Reduction Biochar Upstream: Design build and trial of field appropriate portable pyrolysis units for charring ‘in field’ waste biomass. Development of ‘in field’ pyrolysis process to optimize the process parameters.• Higher gravimetric yield• Maximize adsorbency• Portability size/weight • Reduce labor input hour/ton• Cost (low maintenance)• Durability/Usability Development of biochar evaluation and testing systems appropriate with local conditions. Development of field appropriate biochar based fertilizers and soil amendmentsBiochar Downstream: Design, development of Experimental Farm plan and implementationExperimental farm a 0.8 ha terraced rice farm 15 Km south of Warm heart Campus consisting of 33 experimental plots to test 10 different treatments and a control.Five years experiment. Show less

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  Chiang mai university

  Jul 2018 - Jul 2019

  Research associate

  Working under Asst. Prof Manoj Potophan, Director of the Natural Resource and Environmental Economic research center,• Developing micro economic algorithms for biochar based soil ameliorations.• Presentation of paper at Green technology ICUE 2018 Green Energy for Sustainable Development: “Practical Application of Biochar Fertilizer for Use in Rice Cultivation. ‘One Ton per Rai ’ Experiment in Eastern Thailand”

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  Gordon hirst

  Jan 2020 - now

  Self employed consultant/contract engineer