RAeS - IMechE JOINT LECTURE
ENGINEERING FOR LIFE –
THE MAKING OF MODERN AIRCREW ESCAPE SYSTEMS
PHILIP ROWLES,
VICE PRESIDENT OF ENGINEERING,MARTIN-BAKER AIRCRAFT COMPANY LTD.
PROGRAMME INTRO
The RAeS Heathrow Branch and IMechE Southwest London Area welcome Philip Rowles, the Vice President of Engineering at Martin-Baker Aircraft Company Limited, who will deliver a joint lecture that will explain the key technical challenges and the solutions employed in modern aircrew escape systems.
Martin-Baker is the world’s leading supplier of aircrew escape systems, having supplied 53% of the ejection seats currently in service globally, and having saved over 7500 aircrew lives since the first life saved in 1949.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Philip Rowles is the Vice President of Engineering for Martin-Baker Aircraft Company Limited. Since graduating with a bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering in 1994, Philip has accumulated 23 years of experience in the aerospace industry, taking on roles of increasing responsibility in; analysis, design, project engineering, systems engineering, and engineering management.
Philip started his career in stress and thermal analysis of structures and electronic payloads for communications and earth sensing satellites before bringing those skills to the design of airborne weapons carriage and release equipment, including the pyrotechnically operated equipment used on Tornado and Typhoon aircraft, and the triple rail Brimstone missile launcher.
Moving into hydraulic power systems, Philip designed and project managed hydraulic pump and motor based equipment for aerospace and marine applications in both the civil and military domains, becoming co-inventor of a patented clutch mechanism for the Airbus A380 engine driven hydraulic pumps.
After joining an actuation systems business, Philip lead the design and verification of a suite of electro-mechanical actuators used in various systems of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, and hydro-mechanical flight control actuators for the Airbus H175 helicopter.
Joining Martin-Baker as Chief Engineer fulfilled a long held ambition to work with the company, the broad range of engineering disciplines and the fascinating technologies which collaborate to save lives under extreme circumstances.
Philip currently volunteers as an industry advisor to the Kingston University, Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, and co-invented “Lifting Aspirations” a frequently run STEM workshop which won the Engineering category during the British Science Association National Science and Engineering Week 2014.
Philip Rowles is a Chartered Engineer, Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society and Kingston University alumnus.
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