KGS Friends

Careers in...

Engineering Glaziers Hall, London Bridge

Monday 8th February 2016, 6.30 - 8.30pm

friends@kgs.org.uk

020 8939 8859

www.kgs.org.uk/community/alumni

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Welcome to the KGS Friends Careers in Engineering Evening for Year 11 and Sixth Form pupils who are interested in developing careers in engineering or energy. This event will provide a great opportunity to gain an insight into the industry, guidence on the qualifications or experiences that are most valuable and advice on how to get ahead. You will have the opportunity to meet members from the Institute of Chemical Engineers and the Energy Institute, as well as Old Kingstonians and other professionals working in the engineering and energy sectors to gain an in-depth understanding of the subject.

Thank you to The Worshipful Company of Scientific Instrument Makers for allowing us to use the beautiful Glaziers Hall for our event. Thanks also to Gopal Srinivasan (OK 1961) and Claire Saul (OK 1987) for their invaluable help in organising this event.

On the following pages you will find further information on our hosts, who will be based in the River Room and Court Room. Refreshments will be served in the Library break-out-room throughout the evening.

Please make your way to the River Room for a welcome speech at 6.30pm.

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Contents

River Room Host Biographies Page 4

Court Room Host Biographies Page 6

Roving Host Biographies Page 8

Useful websites Page 9

Science Rocks Invitation Page 10

Careers Showcase Invitation Page 11

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River Room HostsDr Joan Wales (Former Parent, Oil & Energy)Joan leads the Safety and Operational Risk Group at BP that deals with BP’s Corporate Businesses and Functions (such as Oil Trading and Technology). A Physical Chemist by training, Joan has enjoyed a wide career in BP in many businesses both in the UK and the US. BP’s operations are global in nature and encompass conventional oil and gas activities in addition to petrochemicals, manufacturing, marketing, oil trading and sustainable energy generation.

Leah Regel (OK 2003, Oil & Energy)Leah is a subsea engineer currently working in the operations team for BP off-shore Angola. Leah completed a Masters in General Engineering (with an electronics specialism) and started her career in Aberdeen on the BP graduate scheme. Her first role was working on a large subsea project which gave her a taste of everything from design and testing through to offshore construction and installation. Leah recently gained accreditation as a Chartered Engineer from the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology.

Roman Bulgachev CEng MEI (Oil & Energy)Roman joined the industry in 2002, working first as a field engineer for Halliburton in Russia before joining BP in 2007 to increase production of BP assets worldwide. As one of his projects Roman helped Azerbaijan to increase oil production by an extra 10% through quality control of operations. Roman is a recipient of the BP gold medal for excellence, the author of twenty technical papers and the holder of two patents. He is an active member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers, volunteering as a technical editor and a member of conference committees.

Stephanie Soper and Shane Mellon (Electrical Engineers)Stephanie is a 2014 graduate from the University of Bath and is currently working as an electrical engineer for Hoare Lea in their Oxford office. Whilst working at Hoare Lea she has been involved in a wide range of projects including archives, lecture theatres and laboratories; a number of which are now reaching completion.

Matthew Phinbow and Mike Neylon (Building Services Engineer)Matthew has over twenty years experience in the building services industry with Hoare Lea since he joined as a Graduate Engineer. During this time, he has gained a considerable amount of experience across all market sectors, and pioneered the use of 3D CAD technology within the practice. Matthew has concentrated on the Science sector in recent years, completing challenging new build and refurbishment projects in both the commercial and academic market place. He has developed simple design solutions to often complex user requirements and delivered co-ordinated schemes that minimise risk during installation.

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Jonathan Gray (OK 2008, Civil Engineer)Jonathan has previously worked on Blackfriars Railway Bridge, Reading Viaduct and a suspension bridge in Rwanda. During his time in the KGS Sixth Form, Jonathan was sponsored by Balfour Beatty to study Civil Engineering at Loughborough University. Since graduating, Jonathan has continued to work for Balfours on Crossrail at Whitechapel Station.

Jon Sowman and Andrew Cowen (Electronic Engineers)Jon did his undergraduate degree in Engineering at Selwyn College, Cambridge, specialising in control and instrumentation. He is currently studying for an Engineering Doctorate at the University of Southampton and has experience in both control and electronic engineering.

Andrew graduated from Southampton University in 2014, with a Masters in Electronic Engineering. He now works as a Signal Processing Engineer for Cobham Antenna Systems, working on high speed radio transceivers and processing equipment for both commercial and military aviation industries. Andrew’s job involves a wide range of electronic tasks, ranging from designing circuits and writing code to constructing prototype PCBs and testing and debugging hardware.

Dr Mike Inkson (Chemical Engineer) Mike worked for Tate and Lyle for twenty years in the UK, Africa and the USA and then joined SKIL. Currently Mike is both a process engineer and a project engineer.

Maria Benaki (Geotechnical Engineer)Maria is a civil engineer with a Major in Geotechnical Engineering. Her work experience is in the energy sector and particularly the oil, gas and renewable industries. Currently her work involves the assessment of jack-up rig foundations in order to evaluate and predict their performance prior to, during and after installation.

Eric McKinnon CEng (Chartered Engineer)Eric is a professional engineer sharing the values of professional bodies such as the EI and IET in working to engineer a better world by inspiring the next generation of engineers and technicians. Eric’s projects involve providing clean water to communities in Kenya, and his roles involve external moderation for awarding bodies.

Stephen Lloyd (Combustion and Heat)Stephen has a Masters in Engineering Science from St. John’s College, Oxford and an M.Sc. in Thermodynamics and Related Studies from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Birmingham. He is currently CEO of Spindeep Ltd., a small private consultancy to the oil, gas and power (conventional and nuclear) industries. His clients have included BP, Shell, Exxon-Mobil, Q8, British Gas, ADCO, KBR, Amec-Foster Wheeler, Petrofac and CB&I.

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Court Room Hosts

William Sandall and Paul Swinney (Electronics)William is a recent graduate with a degree in Engineering and currently works for KiWi Power. He is working on shaping the future of the UK’s energy supply to make it smarter and more sustainable. William is fortunate to have the opportunity to work very practically with electronics hardware, as well as on big development projects across international teams.Paul is a Technical Delivery Manager at KiWi Power Ltd

Ratna Bhusal (Energy)Ratna graduated with a Masters in Engineering (Mechanical) from the University of Cambridge in 2013, and later that year joined the Renewable Energy team at Grontmij (now part of Sweco). Specialising in the biogas sector, Ratna has mainly worked with wastewater companies in pioneering biomethane injection to grid projects. With experience in process engineering, anaerobic digestion, gas to grid projects, CHP, design and feasibility studies, Ratna was recognised as the renewable energy policy expert within the company. Currently working for WSP Parsons Brinckerhoff, Ratna is part of the District Energy Feasibility team and works with various UK councils to conduct feasibility and master planning studies within the district heating sector.

Davina Reid (OK 2009, Civil Engineering)Davina is a graduate civil engineer with Mott MacDonald working in their Water Consultancy division. She works on a variety of water-related projects including flood alleviation schemes and water resource planning. Davina also completed a Year in Industry placement before university where she worked in transport planning. For information on summer placements and graduate schemes visit https://www.mottmac.com/careers/graduate/

Andrew Walker (Energy)Andrew is an Energy Manager for Energy Construction Services within British Gas Business and works on Energy Performance Contracts for NHS Trusts. His route to energy is not a traditional one as he first started out as a chemist, moving to fire testing and research before working in a building consultancy.

Mark Graham (Oil & Gas)Mark has spent his career in the upstream oil and gas sector working first in the Middle East for Schlumberger as an Electric Wireline Logging Engineer then with Shell International as a Petroleum Engineer in the Far East and Europe. In 1992 he co-founded an oil and gas consultancy (TRACS International – asset valuation and training) which was subsequently sold to AGR (a Norwegian listed company)

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in 2008. He has recently chosen to go independent and set up Montrose Insight Ltd, through which he acts as a part time advisor for an exploration company in PNG and still does some projects for other international clients.

Richard Lucas (Civil/Oil & Gas)Richard has been a member of the Institution of Civil Engineers for fifty years. After working on the construction of Terminal 1 at Heathrow airport in the 1960s he worked on various bridge designs in the UK before moving into oil and gas pipelines. Since then he has spent forty years working on pipeline design and construction both in the UK and overseas.

James Forsey (Civil Engineering)James is a fourth year student in Civil Engineering at University College London. He has worked for major civil engineering companies such as Kier and Vinci during his summers between studies, working on site and in the design office. Next year James will begin his career as an engineer with Buro Happold, a large engineering design firm based in London.

Wael Itani (Mechanical Engineering)Wael is a graduate Public Health Engineer with experience in consultancy design in Atelier Ten, a company based in London. He did an undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering in Lebanon then decided to travel to the UK to do a Masters in Building Services Engineering.

Howard Railton (Chemical Engineering) Howard is a Project and Construction Manager at HMR Development. He is also currently Chairman of SATRO.

Omer Ahmad IEng MEI (Energy)Omer is an engineer working in a corporate business setting. He provides policy, regulatory and commercial advice to business teams across EDF Energy to maximise the deployment of renewable generation in the UK, engaging externally with Government, regulators, industry, NGOs and international bodies such as the European Commission and the United Nations.

Careers Table Ivanka Brown and Adriana Vargas are from The Women’s Engineering Society (WES). WES is a charity and a professional network of women engineers, scientists and technologists offering inspiration, support and professional development.

Claire Saul (OK 1987) from KGS Friends will have literature from the The Institution of Engineering and Technology and the The Engineering Development Trust.

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Roving Hosts

Gopal Srinivasan (OK 1961, Energy and Environmental Engineer)Gopal is an Energy and Environmental Engineer whose forty five year career covers process plant operation with ICI, design and construction with a chemical plant contractor and then thirty years consultancy with Atkins Ltd. Gopal’s wide experience in the energy sector includes work with industry, commerce, and policy makers both in the UK and abroad.

Daniel Saul (Electronics)Whilst at Sutton Grammar School Daniel won an Arkwright Scholarship and was sponsored by the Radio Communications Trust. He was also mentored by Surrey Satellites during his sixth form studies. Daniel has won awards at the Big Bang Fair in 2014, for Excellence in Digital Design, and the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair Award. This award took him to Los Angeles to represent the UK at an international fair, which led to an apprenticeship with the WCSIM during his university course. Last summer he worked as an intern at the National Physics Laboratory, Teddington.

Roger Phinbow (Building Services)Roger is a retired Building Services and Computer Aided Draughting Engineer.

Mirko Farentani (Energy)Mirko deals with whole life carbon assessments, embodied carbon analysis and life cycle analysis for recognising environmental issues to influence clients’ decision making. He has knowledge of various life-cycle databases, including a vast environmental product declaration that allows a broad understanding of technologies and building materials. He also delivers code for sustainable homes pre-assessments, BREEAM pre-assessments and energy and sustainability statements.

Sam Botterill (Energy)Sam works for KiWi Power and currently deals with the commercial aspects of government policy related to the energy industry, and demand-side response in particular. He was Formerly Technical Manager at the Energy Institute, producing technical analysis of safety issues in carbon capture and storage. In addition, Sam project managed work on pipeline failure rates in the North Sea and safety issues in large scale power generation.

Duncan Milligan (OK 2006, Oil & Gas)Duncan has spent the past decade since leaving KGS working in various roles in the oil and gas industry. He currently works for Goldman Sachs.

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Useful Websites

http://www.smallpeicetrust.org.uk/Smallpeicetrust courses have inspired young people for more than 50 years to consider engineering as a career route. Opportunities for residential courses at universities across the UK for students of all ages.

http://www.etrust.org.uk/The EDT runs the Headstart programme for Lower Sixth Form students to sample engineering courses at universities across the UK as well as running the Year in Industry Programme that offers paid gap year placements to students interested in engineering and technology as well as placements in the third year of university.

https://www.tomorrowsengineers.org.uk Tomorrow’s Engineers is a one stop shop for information and resources about the amazing careers available in engineering.

http://www.whynotchemeng.com/whynotchemeng is a schools and careers initiative devised by the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) to promote the diverse range of careers in chemical, biochemical and process engineering to school students aged 14-18.

http://www.careersinaerospace.com/information about Aerospace Engineering and many other aviation-related careers.

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SECOND Anniversary Lecture at Sutton High School

29th February 2016

Space is limited, so please go to https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/science-rocks-second-anniversary-lecture-tickets-19732754199 to reserve your tickets

Science Exhibition from 6.00 to 6.45 Join us for light refreshment and enjoy the exhibits

Keynote Address and Science Lectures from 6.45 to 8.30

Our Keynote Speaker:

Anne-Marie Imafidon, child prodigy and Head STEMette

Presenters: Dr Simon Foster, Solar Physicist at Imperial College: Sunspots and the Sun

Chris Brockley-Blatt, Mullard Space Science Lab: The Engineering behind Solar Orbiter

Krtin Nithiyanandam, Sutton Grammar School: Early Detection and Treatment of Alzheimers

Your hosts for the evening: Megan and Elizabeth O’Shea, Science Rocks

www.ScienceRocksUK.co.uk Facebook.com/science99rocks

Twitter.com/ScienceRocks5 YouTube.com/ScienceRocksUK

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If your School would be interested in attending please contact Alison Truphet alisontruphetlsl@gmail.com

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