Rob McPherson

Final year Mechanical Engineer at the University of Cambridge

Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

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Experience

  • Mechanical Engineering Intern at Mott MacDonald
    Jul 2023 - Sep 2023 · 3 mos

    • Applied knowledge of steels, polymers, and composites to updating and correcting a pipe selection technical note. • Reduced costs at pumping stations where I queried valves and pressure tappings that I noticed were unintentional redundancies. • Presented for 30 minutes in a multidisciplinary project coordination meeting to explain my pipe layout work and justify my design decisions. • Corrected a calculation sheet that use inaccurate chlorine decay models and double counted the original dose. • Noticed and flagged that a diverging and converging duct were treated the same way in a network analysis despite completely different pressure losses properties due to boundary layer effects.

  • Mechanical Building Services Intern at Arup
    Jun 2023 - Jul 2023 · 2 mos

    • Investigated the differences between two overheating standards and their underlying research. Presented to the Building Services team and answered questions about their practical application. • Produced Excel macros and a workflow that turned a 4-6hr data entry job into a semi automated process taking 15 minutes. • Produced a naming convention and spreadsheet for duct sizing calculations so changes in fine ducts could easily be accounted for in the main ducts.

  • Bicycle Mechanic at Chevin Cycles
    Oct 2019 - Apr 2020 · 7 mos

    • Hands on experience building new bikes for stock and customer orders including inspecting for factory faults • Performed repairs on customer bikes, requiring the ability to communicate with customers - who usually have no technical knowledge on the subject - to determine exact problems • Due to severe parts shortages in the past 2 years, frequently dealt with customers being very frustrated about parts for repairs being unavailable for several months