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Welcome TO MY PORTFOLIO
Alexander Xydas MSC (DISTINCTION) ENGINEERING DESIGN
BSC (HONS) SPORTS TECHNOLOGY
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Small Educational background & what I have achieved during my studies
Graduated in 2009 from Loughborough
university with a BSc (First-Class
Honours) in Sports Technology.
In 2010 graduated from
Loughborough university with an MSc
(Distinction) in Engineering Design.
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Top Part A student on Sports
Technology Programme.
Over 2 years, developed a seed concept
to the prototype stage & received
positive comments from major sports
companies, as to the value &
commercial potential of the idea.
Secured funding (£11,500) for patent
application & commercialisation.
Qualified for an educational
placement programme for students
who have a viable business idea & the
aspiration to convert that idea into a
real business venture. Awarded a cash
bursary (£2,500) & generic business
support. Attended 30 hours of
business related training & mentoring.
In-depth understanding of entire NPD process with experience in a number of relevant projects. Ideal job would be part of a group that works on product development from the ideation stage all the way through to the commercialisation.
1. Nintendo Wii Fit Fitness accessory for the Wii Fit system used with balance
board, enhancing aerobic challenge & entertainment factor. • Developed seed concept to prototype stage, gaining practical
experience in concept development, CAD, FEA, materials, rapid
prototyping, user testing, FOB costing.
• Presented & received positive feedback from two major sports
companies, as to value & commercial potential. Pursued
negotiations to license, gaining NDA & patenting experience.
• Numerous redesigns of product in order to reduce manufacturing
costs & hence increase profit margin.
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a. Material wall thickness variation for manufacturing purposes.
b. Internal construction - stiffening rib configuration for optimum strength.
c. FEA for worst case scenario failure prevention & to achieve optimum
weight-strength ratio.
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Nintendo Wii Fit
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d. Initial concept sketches of fitness accessory.
2. Cycling
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Design of a cycling ergometer, part of MSc dissertation.
Mathematical model of the resistance unit developed &
used to drive CAD process.
a. Design of entire system on CAD Unigraphics NX.
b. Resistance unit comprises of fan impeller & eddy-current brake
c. FEA, Manufacturing processes & materials, sustainable product
design.
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Cycling
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d. Developed mathematical/theoretical model of resistance
unit – model incorporated in an Excel sheet which was used
to drive CAD process. Changes in worksheet update in
model.
e. Experimental testing carried out to verify theoretical model.
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Cycling
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f. Other design considerations include clamping mechanisms,
clip features and other fastening methods.
g. Packaging size and weight considerations made affected
cost of shipping, storage and portability.
h. Design for Assembly/Disassembly (DfA/DfD) & Design for the
Environment (DfE).
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3. Product
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Product Point of Sale
Design of a display unit for
a currently available sports
product (pedometer). The
aim of this project was to
present a professional
point of sale.
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Gained practical experience of using a wide
range of software across the various design and
manufacture activities of a commercially
available product.
a. Shape analysis - reflective face analysis, radius
analysis, curvature combs.
Treadmill
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b. Mould cavity production – process plan, tooling selection, machining operations cut feed rate, cut
spindle speed, stock allowance set, CAD/CAM data generation.
Reverse
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The objective was to reverse engineer a football boot
sole & provide manufacturing data for its production.
a. Data collection using a Computer Measurement Machine (CMM) &
hand tools to measure the physical boot sole.
b. 3D solid CAD model created using data acquired.
c. Female mould cavity & machining steps created from CAD model.
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