Curriculum Vitae of Fiona Sinclair - page 1

Personal Information:

Current Offshore Survival Certificate

Qualifications and Professional memberships:

Education:

1971-1978: Thames Valley Grammar School, Twickenham, Middx.

10 O'levels, 3 A'levels.

1978-1981: Imperial College of Science & Technology, London.

B.Sc. in Mathematics (1981). Specialising in applied maths and fluid mechanics.

1981-1982: Imperial College of Science & Technology, London.

M.Sc. in Aerodynamics, Fluid and Structural Mechanics (1982).

Engineering Council Part 2 exams (1986):

Fluid mechanics, Mechanics of solids, Structural analysis, Materials, Mathematics.

1986-1989: University College, London.

Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering (1991), Thesis: Motion damping characteristics of wind energy devices.

Professional Experience and Technical Skills:

• Research, development and consultancy in hydrodynamics, aerodynamics; and structural engineering
• Software development, including:
• Languages: Fortran (25 years), Matlab (4 years), Java (6 years), HTML (7 years), VRML (3 years), also C++, Basic and various other languages as required
• Various platforms & operating systems including UNIX, DOS, several types of Windows, Linux, VAX/VMS.
• Applications: can handle any spreadsheet, database, word processor, finite element or CFD application (given a user manual), as they tend to be similar. Includes MS Office.
• Translating code between languages and data between application formats, including writing interfaces
• Computational Fluid Dynamics (various codes - all are fairly similar)
• Finite element analysis (various codes - all are fairly similar) including ABAQUS
• Mesh generation (particularly for FE and CFD)
• Technical report and paper preparation and presentation
• Structural analysis/reassessment and code checking (to BSI/API/AISC/NPD/DNV etc.)
• Training / teaching of colleagues and students
• Laboratory testing - wind tunnel, wave basin, structures laboratory

Professional Experience (link)