1. Romain Avy  +4479826 26986
8 Howard Walk @ avy-romain@hotmail.fr
Warwick
CV34 6ND
Nationality: French
French driving licence
EDUCATION
 2010-2013: MEng Masters Degree in Mechanical Engineering specialising in innovation and advanced
mechanical design (SUPMECA a selective Mechanical Engineering school in Toulon, France)
 2009-2010: HND specialising in Mechanical Engineering (Université de la Méditerranée, France)
 2007-2009: Undergraduate 2-years degree in Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering (University of Aix-
en-Provence II, France)
 2007: “Baccalauréat”, Final High School degree. Majored in Technology and electrical engineering.
Passed with distinction
LANGUAGE & COMPUTER SKILLS
French: Mother tongue Spanish: Fluent English: Fluent
 Simulation software: ANSA, NASTRAN, ABAQUS, LS-DYNA, ADAMS/VIEW&CAR, Matlab simulink,
SOLIDWORKS Simulation
 Optimisation software: Design studio for Genesis, ModeFrontier
 CAD and technical software: CATIA V5 (Mechanical Design, Shape, Analysis & Simulation, Machining, DMU
Kinematics , parametric), NX Unigraphics, SOLIDWORKS, PRO-ENGINEER
 Office Tools: Microsoft Office, Project, SimaPro
 Languages:, Scilab, Python, VBA, Matlab, Mathcad
INTERESTS
 From 2001: Soap box driver in European league. Design of a soap box
 Prizes: French Champion in 2006 and vice champion in 2009
 JLR Challenge 2015:Best activities team
 Sports : Ski, pool, gym, squash, soap boxing
UNIVERSITY PROJECT WORK
Design project:
 2012/2013: Design (CATIA) and manufacture of a boat using a human propulsion innovative (DFMEA,
Quality Tools) (200 hours).
 2012: Design and manufacture of an educational test bench showing how the Wankel engine works (100
hours).
Multi-body simulations (ADAMS /Views)
 Creation of a model representing the suspension system used in the Mars Rover (planetary Rover,
vehicle which went to Mars planet)
FEA and calculation (Nastran)
 Set up of a method to try to match the true values from an experimental test to a CAD model. Part studied
was a sensor installed at the end of a helicopter jet engine used to establish the push force developed.
Mechanical Engineer

2. WORK EXPERIENCE AND PROJECT
Penso Consulting Ltd (Sep 2014 to date / permanent position /CAE Engineer/Manufacturing design Enginner)
 Development of an excel spreadsheet (using macro) allowing to generate the input file (with an include
structure) for LS-Dyna model
 Responsible of rear bumper development in order to reduce mass and cost applied to vehicle having a
composite body structure. Low speed crash allowing to achieve the requirement: RCAR (structural and
bumper) ,ECE R42 (LS-DYNA)
 Durability and NVH (Nastran):Towing, pedal box stiffness, wiper motor bracket stiffness
 JLR carbon fiber Spoiler (Nastran). Set up a model with abuse load cases in order to find right thickness (to
determine the number a composite layers) necessary to pass the test
 Composite Roof. Set up a model with Aero load, abuse load cases, and failure load cases, hand calculation
around insert area
 RMDV2 :Support the team to upload and prepare DVP report for the RMDV2 process before FDJ
 Analysis of a luxurious military vehicle interior design to resist to a blast (sink, composite, panels, desk, cabinet)
 CAD Design of a bending test machine using CATIA ,hand calculation to verify the stiffness of it, quotation
 CAD Design of Jigs and fixture for Car build. Development of macros to generate manufacturing
documentations
 Training : LS-DYNA Introductory Course(Arup in Solihull), ModeFrontier, MSC Dynamic, Ncode Fatigue and
durability, Python(in CodeAcademy)
Creactive Design (Nov 2013/ 10 months Short-term Contract/ Mechanical design engineer)
 Design of a test rig to test the lifetime of a London Underground train driver’s seat
 Design of a trolley to carry 8 axles box bearing (50Kg each)
 Design of a device to check bearing end float on London Underground train axle
 Set up of 3D Scanning, 3D printing
 Calculation sheets using Excel for bolt analysis
 2D drawings (including GD&T)
 FEA study analysis (using SolidWorks Simulation)
CNIM (Mar 2013, 6 months Mechanical design intern)
 Design (CATIA and Pro-Engineer) of a drum screen installed in a nuclear power station.
 Risk assessment of the assembly
 Writing a product specification
 Drafting assembly instructions for this mechanical structure
 Structural calculation of parts
Cardiff University (Aug 2011/ 6 months/ engineering intern)
 Multi-body simulation: Creation of a model representing the Cardiff formula student car including centre of
gravity ,tyre parameters, brake parameters, suspension hard points in order to understand and improve the
behaviour of the car (ADAMS/CAR)
 Manufacture of a carbon fibre bumper beam to incorporate a shock absorbing liquid. The shock absorbing
liquid is an innovative shock absorber which has better performance than any foam
CARL (May 2009/ 2 months/ Composite material intern)
 Manufacturing of carbon fibre bodywork for the BB1 Peugeot concept car and some composite material
parts for the Citroën C4 WRC car
 Manufacturing of a soap box chassis made of a sandwich structure