• Gender: Male
• Age: 61
• Designation: Engineer
• Highest Education Level: Graduate - Degree
• Current Gross Salary: EUR  28000 /Annum
• Expected Gross Salary: EUR  30000 /Annum
• Preferred Country: Ethiopia, Italy, UK
• Work Experience: 33.8 Year(s)

Education

2006-2009
London Metropolitan University
First Class Honours B Eng. Polymer Engineering
Some of the modules studied include:
Polymer Science
Advanced Polymer Processing and Simulation
Advanced Polymer Materials
Flow & Rheology

1996–1997
Institute of Export, London
Advanced Certificate in Overseas Trade.

Skill Sets

Technical Skills:
Design
2-D drafting, annotation, and illustration, free-form 3-D modelling.
Computer Aided Manufacturing CAM.
Specialist software: Rhinoceros 4.0 - Alpha Cam 2001 - Moldflow MPI-MPA
Laboratory
Mechanical and physical testing
Failure analysis
Model and prototype construction
Composite hand lamination
Other IT related
SPSS Data Base - Office 2007- Microsoft Groove Project

Language Skills:
Fluent in English and Italian, basic knowledge of Amharic and Spanish language

Work Experience

Polymer Engineer-
Aug 2009 – Feb 2010
Company Profile: Designers of aero parts
Project Profile: Design of a composite helicopter tank
Tasks performed during the project:-
Investigated the effect of high impact deformation on rubber composite laminates
Analysed previous product feature
Generated new design concepts
Formulated new rubber compounds
Built new prototypes
Tested mechanically and physically the new products
Studied and selected appropriate laminate composite adhesives

Final year project:” Study of the weld line effect on fibre reinforced polycarbonate”.
Oct 2008- June 2009
London Metropolitan University
Investigated the weld lines effect on injection moulded fibre reinforced polycarbonate specimens.
Mechanical and physicals tests performed during the project:
Measured fibres concentration and length distribution of various PC batches
Tested the strength of single and double gated samples
Examined the effect of strain rate on tensile strength for single and double gated samples
Tested the temperature effect on tensile strength of single and double gated samples

Polymer Product Design
Feb 2008- June 2008
London Metropolitan University
Designed a cricket kit for a charity organization that promotes cricket around the world. The kit contained 1 case, 2 bats and 1ball made with thermoplastic materials.
Tasks performed during the project:
Identified customer needs
Established target specifications
Generated and selected product design concepts
Selected the right materials to fit specifications
Built and tested models and prototypes

Other Work Experience:
2004–2005 Part-time work London.

Assistant Project Manager
1998–2003
Mescal Nautica Ltd Rome
Design and construction of 2 new sailing boats
Responsibilities:
Team player on the construction of the boats prototypes and moulds
Supervised the composite lamination projects
Assisted on final assembly works of moulded articles

Project Manager
1991–1996
Design Stoparredo, Rome
Interior Design, refurbishing company.
Project management, sales and after sales service.

Self employed
1986-1990
Trading Cosmetic Products, Rome
Responsibilities:
Selling cosmetic products business-to-business.

Future Goals

Interested to become involved in a management position within the following fields process engineer, product design and development within the plastic industry.