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Adam Pinkstone B.Eng, M.Sc.

Nationality: British

E: adampinkstone@hotmail.com

T: +447766462125

Full UK Driving Licence

Current address:

24 Gunnersbury Way, Nuthall, Nottingham,

NG16 1QD.

My name is Adam and I feel I’m different. My experience, drive to solve problems and passion for design

and engineering gives me a unique working approach. I’m passionate about creating, whether that be

cooking a meal, building a bicycle or hand carving a long bow I always have a project on the go. Currently

it’s a 3D printed tri-copter; a work in progress updated as I go on my Behance profile (https://www.

behance.net/APinkstone). This is the passion I bring with me in my career, to create the new, innovate

and helpful products that truly affect the lives of the people they are made for. As such I want to learn,

work and develop my skills with like-minded people who are at the forefront of design.

Education.

Integrated Product Design, MSc with Merit. Brunel University London 2013-14. - Followed a keen interest in sustainable design whilst undertaking product redesigns for improved sustainability through full life cycle analysis. - Undertook modules in Human Factors, designing products that are truly for people taking into account all aspects of how we interface with the made world. - Developed my skills in design management & research looking at design and engineering from a business perspective focusing on how design can aid in a business’s success. - Worked with Industry throughout my masters further developing my professional skills and ability to work with real world companies (Experience defined over the next page). - Worked on design futures modules in which we focused on the prediction of future design trends. - Built upon my CAD (Computer aided design) abilities, attaining a high grade creating small space achitecture projects in solidworks and developing skills in organic form CAD in Rhino and Solidworks.

Dissertation title: “Designing a Product-Service-System for home based modular computing.”

Mechancial Engineering with Aeronautics, BEng. Brunel University London 2010-13. - Developed a knowledge of production materials and manufacturing methods. - Attained a strong base in mechanics, thermodynamics and aerodynamics. - Undertook several projects developing skills in CFD & FEA. - Attained a top grade in the technical drawing module (by hand drawing).

Dissertation title: “Development of a mechanism for the actuation of a Morphing Winglet for a Boeing 737-700.”

Engineering Education Scheme, Gold Award. 2008-09.Worked with Dunlop Bestowbell (Meggit Polymers) to develop a underwater pressure testing rig which measured any leaking air from the test piece (Jet engine hosing).

Trent College. A-Level. 2009. Product Design: A, Physic: C, Maths: C, Economics: A (AS Level).GCSE. 2007. 4xA*’s (Including Physics & Design), 5xA’s (Including Maths), 1xB, 1xC.

Sofware SkillsSolidworks (Highly Experienced), Key Shot, Rhino, AutoCAD (2d drawing), Siemans NX, CFD & FEA (computational fluid dynamic & finite element analysis using ANSYS) and Matlab.Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign, MS Office.

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Work Experience, Collaborations and Exhibitions.

Technical Procurement Ltd. 2011 - Present.Worked with Technical Procurement, my family business on a freelance basis since 2011 operating in construction, refurbishments and design of interiors, specialising in nightclubs, bars, hotels and restaurants. I have been responsible for the company’s logo, graphic design of print and digital media, undertaken admin. Work including Excel accounts and other I.T. duties. I have also have gained experience of site work, visiting many building sites working with designers, engineers and tradesmen of all levels.

Crown Packaging. 2014.2nd place in design competition involving collaboration with Crown Packaging & CPI (Centre for Process Innovation) to create new and innovative packaging design concepts to incorporate printed electronics and to develop new uses for the fledgling technology (Co-Innovate Project). (Re-link - project shown later in portfolio)

Ormston Wire. 2014.Group project working with Ormiston wire to create new product design concepts using their current product offerings primarily the making of metal wire. Whilst taking into account their current production abilities finding new innovation opportunities. Concepts they are currently looking to develop further.

Performance Brunel. 2013.Worked with Performance Brunel who design and produce sporting goods. Engineered a 3D-printed part to be used within their proof of concept real tennis ball shooter. Involved taking an existing machine with no accurate drawings and accurately reverse engineering a snap fit funnel to allow the tennis ball to be loaded into the machine.

Lammermuir Pipe Organs. 2009.Volunteered as an assistant organ builder for 1 month. Worked with two highly skilled craftsmen building and refurbishing wooden pipe organs, requiring high levels of concentration and patience and helped further improve my woodworking and practical skills.

Made In Brunel 2013. Exhibited 2 projects: 20G Aircraft Cargo Barrier Net, Design & Development of a Mechanism for the Actuation of a Morphing Winglet.

Made in Brunel 2014. Exhibited 3 projects: Cocoon - Custom Tree Houses, Expanse - Modular office building, Relink - Printed Electronic Packaging. I was also joint head of postgraduate “Made in Brunel 2014” responsible for the curation and display of the projects within the postgratude area, and heavily involved in the overall organisation of the exhibition.

Other Experience.

Timber Frame Building. 2012.Traditional Timber Frame Building course in which I learnt how to work large green oak timbers using traditional methods and to construct timber-framed buildings, considerably developing my practical skills.

Solo Travel. 2010.Traveled solo around the world including Canada, Hong Kong, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Mainland China. Developed a strong sense of self-reliance and organisation. Perseverance put to test when the 2010 Icelandic volcanic ash cloud shut down almost all flights home at the end of the trip. After 4 flights over 3 days, passing through 5 countries I finally arrived back on home soil!

Mongolia Expedition. 2008.Trekked through Mongolia with a group of 20 students. Climbed Munkh Khairkhan, the second highest mountain in Mongolia and trekked the Altai mountain range - one of the most remote in the world. Developed strong teamwork and communication skills.

Interests.I am a keen diver BSAC (British Sub Aqua Club) qualified, rock climber, skier and photographer.

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A d a m P i n k s t o n e

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Capabilities:

Product Design - 6-9,14-19.

Environment & Small Scale Architecture Design - 6-7.

Mechanical & Aeronautical Engineering - 10-13.

Concept Sketching & Drawing - 7, 14, 20.

Online Portfolio: https://www.behance.net/APinkstone

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Cocoon is a design led concept business plan which sells and sublets custom built treehouses to

individuals and companies.

Cocoon provides users with an unparalleled experience of reconnecting people with nature through the

unique architecture of a treehouse. Cocoon can be bought by an individual to be set up in their garden

as a retreat or office space. Alternatively companies can buy a number of products with the aim to rent

it to their customers as a holiday business model. The customer has full control of the features of their

treehouse such as its size, interior layout and material, meaning they receive a product that is perfectly

customised to their needs. This project was undertaken as a full design business plan which included

everything from costing and manufacture to marketing with web and app design. Individuals, companies

and governments are growing increasingly aware of nature and the environment with our increasing

submersion in the modern age and attachments to technology. Making the concept of immersion in

nature more needed and important .

The above image shows Cocoon suspended in the trees. This image shows the largest incarnation of the

treehouse at 8m x 2m. Access would be built based on each potential locations individual requirements,

with options including: stairs, suspension bridge, ramp and even the raising and lowering of the

treehouse itself. As can be seen below both website & app design was undertaken within the business

plan.

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The image below shows the smallest incarnation of Cocoon (2m diameter), with a sleeping area in the

top half of the circle and a storage area in the lower half. This version also has stairs for access with the

tread made from rough saw logs.

Initial concept sketches, showing the differents sizes

in the length of the treehouse.

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Re-Link - Printed Electronic Packaging.

An Industry based project in collaboration with and designed for Crown Packaging and CPI (Centre

for Process innovation). The aim being to devleop new concepts for metal packaging whilst using the

emerging technology of printed electronics. Printed electronics allow for super thin electronics to be

used in a similar vein to current packaging labels, yet with the potential for a wide variety of added

functionality.

Relink. Brand Specific, Emotive Interaction.The project focuses on finding innovative applications for the printed electronics with respect to Crowns

current business model within metal packaging. Having produced 40 initial concepts we aimed to find

a way of making packaging significantly more successful. We found emotion centric packaging to be

particularly engaging with the consumer making purchasing decisions that are only 20% intellectual

yet 80% are emotional. So we aimed to relink consumers to packaging through creating brand specific

emotive interactions with that packaging. We created 2 concepts; the first centred around the Heinz

brand (Little Drummer), using glass jar lid closures on children’s food to create sound through the use

of pressure sensors and a speaker. With the collection of these jar lids becoming a Childs mini drum

kit. The second concept is centred around Heineken as a brand and created promotional packaging for

their brand tailored to special events such as concerts and festivals. The concept is an interactive metal

bottle which lights up. The bottle takes an emotional design approach aiming to evoke a similar feeling

to holding up a lighter during a concert.

Little Drummer Concept.

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Star Light Concept.The Star Light bottle concept was presented as a secondary concept, that used currently avaliable

technology that could be released commercially within a year. It features printed Heineken stars which

light up when a red Heineken star is pressed on the back of the bottle.

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“Development of a mechanism for the actuation of a Morphing Winglet for a Boeing 737-700.”

2013

This project follows the design and development

of a mechanism for the actuation of a morphing

winglet for use during a typical civil aviation

flight mission. The advantages of such a system

are described below and the results within this

project focused on displaying the system and

structures ability to cope with the expected

forces encountered throughout the flight

mission and an analysis of the final designs

performance.

Current Winglet Technology

Aircraft winglets are a bio-inspired concept in which a wing has vertical sections towards its tip. These

winglets are inspired by bird wings in which the primary flight feathers at the tips of the wing can curl

up to an almost vertical angle. This adaptation allows for increased lift without an increase in wing

length, which would reduce the turning circle of these birds making it difficult to manoeuvre effectively.

This function of the bird wing can be seen clearly on the left wing in the picture above.

Why Morphing Winglets ?

All current winglet designs share a common difficulty in that they are fixed, therefore their aerodynamic

shape can only be optimised in one state. Therefore, winglets are most commonly configured by

optimising the winglet for the whole flight mission and not individual stages. This, therefore means that

the aerodynamics of the aircraft are not optimised and therefore have efficiency losses through drag.

The advantage of morphing winglets is that throughout the flight mission the aerodynamics of the wing

can be optimised for each stage. When referring to a morphlet that can adjust to all flight mission stages

and compared to a fixed winglet “It has been determined that a significant 4.2–6.6% specific air range

gain can be accomplished across all cruise phases for a maximum-range mission profile, in addition to

achieving a 3.1% lift to drag ratio improvement in climb.”[1]

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Modelling the Expected Aerodynamic Forces

using Tornado.

Tornado is a computer program used to model

conceptual aircraft and solve for various

aerodynamic derivatives using a wide range of

aircraft geometries. It uses vortex lattice method

and models all lifting surfaces as thin plates.

Tornado uses MATLAB to run its code and uses a

text based interface which allows for the geometry

associated with the project to be easily imported

and adjusted for its varying cant, twist and rudder

angles. Tornado is still in the development phase

and is being developed in cooperation between

Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), University

of Bristol, Linköping University and Redhammer

Consulting Ltd. An example of results shown

below.

Final Design

The final design concept shows a simple hinged

mechanism design and the incorporation of a

conventional flap into the winglet which allows

for futher refinement of the winglets aerodynamic

profile during the flight mission, but also allows

for the winglet to use the aerodynamic forces

to assist the movement of the winglet between

different cant angle positions. It also features two

electro-mechanical acuators (EMA’s) to drive and

assist the motion of the winglet. This design uses

conventional aircraft materials and acuators to

achieve its motion and so could be approved for

use in a much sorted time scale than other efforts

using unconventional methods and materials.

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Finite Element Analysis (FEA)

FEA was conducted to validate and iterate the design using ANSYS. This therefore then allowed for the

definition and selection of appropriate material use.

Conclusion.

The process of conducting this study produced results clearly defining the major aerodynamic loads

experienced by morphlets during a standard flight mission and manoeuvres undertaken by a Boeing

737. Showing the proposed design can withstand such forces whilst using conventional methods of

actuation of the aircraft control surfaces and standard aerospace grade materials. This study also showed

the potential for using those aerodynamic forces as part of the winglet actuation to be developed in

further research.

Further Work.

- Aero elastic study of the effects of using the aerodynamic loads to actuate the winglet.

The possibility of using the aerodynamic loads to actively actuate the winglets requires a full aero

elastic study to discern the effects of the winglets moving in such a way that it would not adversely

effect the aircrafts stability or performance.

- Development of a morphing skin at the winglet hinge point.

At the point of intersection between the winglet and the main wing there is the need to develop a

morphing skin to cover the mechanism to prevent excess drag (interference drag), which could counter-

act any efficiency gains. A solution such as that shown with reference [2] could be employed.

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References:

[1] D. D. Smith; R. M. Ajaj; A. T. Isikveren; M. I. Friswell “Multi-Objective Optimization for the Multiphase

Design of Active Polymorphing Wings”, Journal of Aircraft, Vol. 49, No. 4 (2012), pp. 1153-1160.

[2] N. M. Ursarche, T. Melin, A. T. Isikveren, M. I. Friswell, “Technology Integration for Active Poly-

Morphing Winglets Development”, Proceedings of SMASIS08, October 28-30, 2008

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Japanese hand saws differ from their European counter parts in that they cut on the pull stroke and not

the push. This has several advantages. Firstly, the blade is working in tension not compression which

allows a much thinner blade can be used as sheet metal which is much stronger in tension. This , enables

a thinner kerf (cut width) which cuts more effectively requiring less force input. The user has much more

control over the saw and can therefore be more accurate. These saws also feature handles approaching

50% the length of the whole saw making them particularly long. This is because of the pulling nature of

the cut and so users can maintain control and a smooth cut.

Japanese Folding Hand Saw.

These saws can therefore be long and cumbersome during transport or storage. As such the below

design concept is for a folding saw which folds in half when not in use, and utilises the long handle as a

blade guard once folded away. The design also aims to keep the saw as simple and with as few parts as

possible following the initial design ethic.

Initial idea sketch.

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The handle locks in the use postion between the sliding pin and a hole within the blade which is used to hang the

saw when not in use. The locking screw clamps the handle wood together around the blade when used as a guard.

Simple design with only 4 parts: the blade, handle, locking screw and nut.

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The SMART Module.

Our use of technology particually mobile has become interwoven into our lives, with the increased

capabilities of smart phones and tablets, and the growing dominance of software several questions can

be asked:

How should the design of technology in our homes change ?

Why do we still have many large black boxes full of our electronics ?

How can we make our technology more enviromentally friendly ?

This project describes the process of re-designing how we approach technology

design in our homes. Specifically with the aims of reducing redundancy, increasing interconnectivity

and improving the environmental credentials of the technology we design.

The key concept followed is a drive towards modular computing and how designing for modularity

across technology platforms can yield many benefits.

Culminating in a modular, hardware, Product – Service - System that brings all home based technology

into a single system, simplifies technology interfaces and control, reduces redundancy, improves

flexibility, manageability and features environmental credentials superior to that of the conventional.

Freeing electronics from their shackles !

The separation of electronics from their castings enables users to take more control over how they

present their technology but also it enables a system that creates less waste, by enabling upgrades,

expansion and adaptability.

With ever decreasing volumes taken up by electronic components and a reduced need for bulky cooling

equipment dedicated casings for electronics are becoming less and less necessary, making room for a

more modualar system to be used.

Design for modularity however has its difficulties with market wide adoption required to exploit its

potential fully. This would therefore require many businesses to change their current sales models,

which may take a long time. As such this project aims to only explore the potential advantages of

modular electronics within the home by following a Product - Service - System design process.

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“A Conceptual Product - Service - System.”

The SMART module is a modular casing design concept which allows for quick and simple electronic

exchange, aesthetic customisation, wide ranging connectivity and easy material separation.

It works within the concept of a modular system in which the user can build their home technology

system through the collection of modules adding to functionality with each addition.

This design follows a brief to produce the simplest incarnation of the electronics casing, that allows for

adaption to almost any possible technology integration (ability to adjust the interior volume), is made

from recyclable materials and allows for easy material separation.

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Rear view of the module showing the 5 most

commonly used wired connections allowing for

maximum connectivity.

Front and rear view of a module with wooden

panels and a leather pull strap.

An example of a home system consisting of 10 modules, customised for its home.

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Service Aspect.

The provision of a Product - Service - System within the technology market provides many benefits from

the perspective of users, suppliers and the environment.

An improved relationship with customers and a business model that is much more adaptable to

customer’s requirements. All whilst retaining a stake in the products they make when users do not buy

out right their products.

Environmentally, the fact that producers retain a stake in their products means extending product life,

re-use, recycling, reducing consumption, designing for modularity, disposing responsibly and energy

efficientcy all become good business sense.

This service offers to the users the added benefits of system upgradability, set up, disposal and

maintainance with either a rental or one-off payment.

The customer journey for the SMART module Product - Service - System.

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A Couple of my recent Sketches.

I love to draw and think of myself as a rough sketcher and accurate drawer.