Adam Kyte
Professional Activities
Industry Sectors
- Marine
- Wide range of design experience obtained at the RNLI
- Design development of surf-skis
- Environmental impact analysis
- Automotive
- Development of a prototype performance car engine (Audi)
- Development of the cooling performance of a high power motor
- Power Generation
- Thermal modelling and redesign of engine test facilities
- Consumer Goods
- Development of improved shower valves
- Development of a pressure-swirl atomiser
- Oil & Gas
- Development of a novel product for a hydrocarbon cracking reactor
- Process
- Assessment of design modifications to a chemical vapour decomposition reactor
Relevant Skills
- Structural engineer with good stress and fatigue analysis experience
- Fluids engineer with wide range of design experience
- Skilled design engineer
Education
MSc. In Maritime Engineering Science (Distinction)
University of Southampton
B. Eng. Degree in Mechanical Engineering (1st Class Hons)
University of Liverpool
- IMechE prize for design/build of a diesel engine cold starting device.
Additional Information
- Chartered Engineer & Member of the IMechE.
- Winner of the 1991 Young Inventor of the Year Award for the design and manufacture of a motorcycle ignition timing device.
- Winner of Channel 4’s “Full Metal Challenge” 2003. Designed, built and raced an 8-wheel drive twin-engine vehicle, (27 contestants)
- Winner of Channel 4’s “Scrapheap Mega Challenge”. Powering and arming a yacht to sink opposition vessels (using coconuts as ammunition!)
- Competitive Surf-skier and K2 paddler
