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Ioan Smallwood

Engineering Director

Ioan is a Chartered Mechanical Engineer with more than 20 years’ experience in turbine design, stress analysis and project delivery. He has worked across wind and tidal energy, from concept design and system layout through to manufacture, testing, maintenance and operation.

His expertise includes linear and nonlinear analysis, fatigue, bolted joints, hydraulic systems and design optimisation. Alongside the analysis, Ioan brings valuable hands-on experience from wind turbine maintenance and quayside tidal turbine operations. He enjoys finding practical ways to make complex engineering more efficient, robust and ready for the real world.

Project Experience

University of Southampton and Airbus test rig design, analysis and build

eCTV on turbine charging system design

Bombora cell module design and stress analysis

1MW tidal turbine – concept design, detailed design, manufacture, test, operation.

Vestas – Celtic Wind Technology; V27; V44; V47; V52; V80; construction, service and maintenance experience.

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