Masters’ Thesis

These are pages from my masters’ degree thesis. I invented the subject, and carried out all of the literary and scientific research myself. The title of the project was: “Analysing with engineering and geospatial methods the feasibility of towing offshore wind turbine blades ashore to reduce cost of decommissioning.” After a year of high-performance marine craft, I was realizing that my interests lay also in sustainable engineering.

Material Science

The study of materials, components, their manufacturing, and their failure. This is from a short paper - a case study analyzing additive manufacturing. A car piston, aircraft lug, and hip prosthetic are analyzed. I enjoyed this class most out of any at Southampton, unequivocally. The class was called “Failure of Materials and Components.” We learnt about fatigue cracking, corrosion, stress concentrations - I will never look at the built world the same way.

Design Search Optimization

Mathematically finding the optimal design. In this case, the shape of a small aircraft is optimized using a few different optimization techniques.

Risk Analysis

This is a risk analysis paper for a ship’s ballast water treatment system. The assessment of human, material, and financial risks throughout the life cycle of engineered things.