Postgraduate Email s2167184@sms.ed.ac.uk Social Media https://www.linkedin.com/in/tom-summers-9a363659/ Engineering Discipline Electronics and Electrical Engineering Research Institutes Energy Systems Biography Tom is an EngD student with the Industrial CDT for Offshore Renewable Energy (IDCORE).Tom graduated with a degree in Aeronautical Engineering, and gained experience of working in both academia and the aerospace industry during his studies. He gained further experience working in academia at the University of Bristol's Advanced Composite Institute, where Tom worked as a research collaborator for a year after graduating, before training to be a teacher through the Teach First programme in South Wales.Tom began the IDCORE programme in September 2021 and is sponsored by Cornwall-based tidal developer HydroWing. Academic Qualifications MEngPGCE Professional Qualifications and Memberships Student member of the IMAREST Teaching Tom was a secondary school teacher for four years prior to starting the IDCORE programme.