Dale started with HD on 29th September, and has already successfully tackled numerous projects and fully integrated himself within the team. Dale says:“It’s great to be back! After carrying out a year’s placement with Haughton Design in 2012 as a part of my degree in Industrial Design and Technology at Loughborough University, I have returned as a permanent member of the design team.
The placement experience was excellent and gave me exposure to a vast array of different projects in a variety of industries, fueling my interest in design engineering and the direction I wished my career to progress.
Developing upon this newfound experience and understanding, gained during my placement year, I decided to invest my final year of University immersing myself into medical device design.
As part of my final year major design project, I redesigned an Epinephrine Auto-Injector that provided; phone alerts if the device was left behind, a stable injection platform, an intuitive and swift drug delivery system, audio guidance for third party users and reminders of drug expiration all incorporated within a socially acceptable design.
To complement this I wrote my dissertation on ‘the use of tolerance analysis in the design of mechanical medical devices’, much to my tutor’s exasperation!
I strongly believe that the quality of my placement with Haughton Design played a significant role in me graduating top of my year, with the highest design project mark ever awarded, providing me with a high first class honors degree from the best design school in the country!
Now that I am back at Haughton Design I am looking forward to developing my mechanical design knowledge and class IIb and III medical device experience.
Having recently moved to the Peak District I now spend the majority of my time sport climbing, road cycling and fell running within the National Park.”
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