Singapore Institute of Technology and Newcastle University, Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) Naval Architecture 2020
Associate Member of Royal Institution of Naval Architects 2017
As a naval architect at Solis Marine Consultants, Andrew provides engineering and analysis services for shipping incident investigations. His work consists of providing support to Solis Marine’s master mariners for their expert reports and incident investigations, specifically working on cargo stowage, lashing arrangements, vessel damage estimates and marine incident reconstruction.
His recent work includes investigations into failures in container lashing systems, stowage plan weight and force calculations, hull damage estimates from collisions and marine incident reconstruction with 2D plots of vessel tracks derived from AIS and VDR data. He has also attended onsite for salvage operations, marine warranty surveys, suitability surveys and damage surveys on board vessels.
Andrew is currently pursuing a Master of Philosophy (MPhil) postgraduate research degree through the Industrial Postgraduate Programme (IPP), a collaboration between Solis Marine Consultants, the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB), and Newcastle University. His research focuses on the development of autonomous underwater and surface vehicles (AUSVs) for offshore surveys, supervised by Newcastle Research & Innovation Institute Singapore (NewRIIS).