Tom Summers

postgraduate

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.

MEng

PGCE

Student member of the IMAREST

Tom was a secondary school teacher for four years prior to starting the IDCORE programme.