Thomas Armour

Thomas Armour

Graduate Product Design Engineer

About me

I am a recent graduate form Loughborough university after studying a masters degree in Product Design Engineering. During this degree program I spent a year in industry at Triumph motorcycles then returned to complete the later two years of the degree.

Interests

  • Product Design
  • CAD Visulisation
  • Automotive Industry

Education

  • 2:1 MEng in Product Design Engineering, 2015 - 2020

    Loughborough University

  • A-levels, Product design (A), Maths (B) & Physics (B), 2012 - 2014

    Frensham Heights School

Experience

 
 
 
 
 

Student Design Engineer

Triumph Motorcycles Ltd

Jun 2017 – Jul 2018 Hinckley, UK

During my placement I worked within the accessories department at Triumph, developing new products for upcoming motorcycles and supported current existing products. At the conclusion of my placement, Triumph offered to sponsor me through the final two years of my degree.

Responsibilities include:

  • Creating CAD from designer sketches using surface modeling techniques
  • Verification of proposed models though the use of FEA, bolted joint analysis where appropriate
  • Developing engineering drawings to BS8888 to be used by suppliers for manufacture
 
 
 
 
 

Undergraduate Engineer Intern

BPE Design and Support Ltd

Aug 2016 – Sep 2016 Winchester, UK
Adapted engineering process flow diagrams and other technical drawings for a pharmaceutical client

Projects

Decoupled engine ancillary

Project Overview This project was conducted in collaboration with Perkins Engines, to develop a method of reducing engine losses through the decoupling of engine ancillaries.

Stop-Start Shower

Project Overview Within the current climate, improvements to domestic shower water usage have been highlighted as an opportunity to reduce domestic water wastage.

Mechatronics

Project Overview One of the starting images The project involved a task initially conducted with physical access to the Loughborough university mechatronics lab and the second half conducted remotely.

Carex visulisation

Project Overview This work was produced as part of a coursework assignment for a CAD module. The Bottle was modelled using NX 11 using surfacing modelling techniques.

Watch visualisation

University 1st year visulisation The brief for this project was to take an everyday object and recreate it with Seimens NX10.

Contact

To get in contact with me either Email me at Tomarmour@live.com or fill out the contact form below