Our Team - Falmouth

Simon is the Managing Director of Solis Marine Engineering Ltd, providing engineering, design and analysis services to the offshore, shipping and renewables industries. His work includes hydrostatic and hydrodynamic analysis, finite element analysis, engineering design, project management and planning. He has delivered many technically challenging projects with particular emphasis on integrating the offshore operational experience with design engineering.

Upon graduating with a Masters of Engineering in Ship Science (Naval Architecture) in 2007 from the University of Southampton, he then worked as a Naval Architect at BMT Defence Services for four years and has extensive knowledge of ship and submarine design and operation, stability analyses, structural analysis, hydrodynamics, and standardisation. In 2011 Simon joined James Fisher Marine Services, then operating as Mojo Maritime, a marine contractor in the offshore renewable industry. His experience with submerged structures, hydrodynamics and detailed design was utilised on numerous engineering projects ranging from research and development through to offshore construction, often in demanding sites subject to significant tidal and wave environments. This work included planning, mobilisation, transportation, lifting analyses, subsea cable analysis, mooring design, ballasting structures, computational fluid dynamics, finite element analysis, tank testing, dynamic positioning, ship design, ROV design, contribution to standards, logistics

  Patrick is a Naval Architect  providing engineering, design, and analysis services to the offshore, shipping, and renewable sectors. His work has included structural calculations and finite element analyses, weight estimates, stability assessments, hull form design, arrangements, hydrodynamic analyses, model testing supervision, regulatory compliance and approval, and broader engineering support for the marine industry. His work is focused on providing practical and functional designs which meet all operational requirements while remaining cost effective and simple to construct.

Patrick received his Bachelor of Science in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering from Webb Institute in 2007. After graduation he began work as a Naval Architect with Elliott Bay Design Group. His work with EBDG included designs of, and engineering support for, a broad range of vessels, including passenger and passenger-vehicle ferries, work boats, tugs, barges, fishing vessels, offshore support vessels, landing craft, research vessels, cruise ships, and more. Patrick became a licensed Professional Engineer in the state of Washington in 2012, followed by P.E. licenses in the states of Alaska, New York, and Louisiana. In 2017 Patrick began a joint Masters programme in Ship and Offshore Technology with the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland and Hamburg University of Technology in Hamburg, Germany. For his Masters thesis he developed a multi-vessel manoeuvring simulation tool for use in the evaluation and optimisation of towed manoeuvres. Upon completion of his Masters degree, in 2019 he returned to the UK to work on the development of a smart wind assisted propulsion system for SMAR Azure Ltd in Edinburgh. The work included structural design and analysis, mechanical design, work on a velocity prediction programme and route analysis tools, validation of aerodynamic analyses, working to obtain approval in principle, and planning for construction and model testing of half-scale models.

Oliver is a Naval Architect  providing engineering, design and analysis services to the offshore, shipping and renewables industries. His work includes power and propulsion, concept design, engineering design, and project management.

Since graduating from Ship Science (Yacht and Small Craft) at Southampton University Oliver joined Frazer-Nash Consultancy and worked on a range of tasks from pre-concept assessments to vessel trials, conversion, refit and ship life extension projects. Oliver’s focus has been High speed craft design where he has worked as a High-Speed Naval Architect at the Naval Design Partnering (NDP). Through his time at the NDP he developed in house tools for rapid design and costing alongside pre concept designs to inform tender assessment and requirement generation. Oliver has also worked on site with the Tide-class tanker team undertaking the UK customisation at A&P Falmouth and has worked as a requirement engineer for the T31 Arrowhead 140 build specification.

 Syafiqah is a Naval Architect  providing engineering, design and analysis services to the offshore, shipping and renewables industries. Prior to this, Syafiqah was a Graduate Naval Architect at KBR Inc, where she worked on a range of projects including detailed design of offshore gas platforms in the Caspian Sea, a feasibility study of Singapore’s LNG jetty and developing the design of offshore renewable facilities. Throughout her role, she used numerous marine related commercial software packages and developed hydrostatic and hydrodynamic analysis skills in areas including moorings, motions and stability. Syafiqah also has experience as a Research Associate at Newcastle University where she worked on a project that investigated the effect of wind and tide on fuel consumption.

As a researcher, Syafiqah worked on analyses and simulation of data using Minitab software as well as producing progress reports and presentations. Syafiqah graduated from Newcastle University with an MEng in Offshore Engineering and prior to that degree she gained experience working onboard a container ship as an Engine Cadet carrying out various duties as a seafarer. Syafiqah also holds a Diploma in Marine Engineering from UniKL MIMET, Malaysia, where she has learned to use workshop tools and machines such as welding and lathes.

Ros is Managing Director of Solis Marine Engineering Pte Ltd in Singapore, providing deisgn engineering services to the shipping, marine renewables and offshore sectors. As a naval architect, her background is in  salvage, wreck removal and shipping incident investigations.

Previously working in offshore design, Ros has a  background in complex hydrostatic and hydrodynamic analyses with significant experience in offshore installations, moorings, ocean transport, motion analyses and metocean studies.

As project manager, she has delivered a number of complex projects in the clean shipping and autonomous vessel industries for both private and government clients in the UK and Singapore. 

As well as having given written and oral expert evidence in court she also has recent experience providing technical advice on a number of complex and politically sensitive salvage and wreck removal operations worldwide. 

Fangxu is a Senior Naval Architect providing engineering, design and analysis services to the offshore and maritime, renewables industries and green shipping. Fangxu’s work includes hydrodynamic analysis, stability analysis, mooring strength and fatigue analysis, offloading analysis, riser and umbilical analysis, engineering design, project management and planning.

He has delivered many challenging large-scale permanent installation projects and FPSO mooring system design and installation projects. Upon graduating with a Master of Science in Offshore Technology in 2013 from the National University of Singapore, he then worked as a Naval Architect at PAPE Engineering for six years and has extensive knowledge of mooring system design for FSO / FPSO and derrick barges, SURF (subsea umbilicals, risers and flowlines) installation, structural design, pipe laying design and dynamic position system design.

In 2019 Fangxu joined London Marine Consultants Asia Pacific where he worked extensively in design, engineering, project management and interface roles for mooring and riser designs for FPSO and offshore installation projects, which include numerous technically challenging projects in the deep water and tropical storm regions. This work involved project management, mooring and riser system design, stability analysis, offloading availability analysis, cost estimation, and scope of work definition.