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Kyle P. Badenhorst--https://www.linkedin.com/in/kpbadenhorst/
Summary
Mechanical Engineer with an interest in Process, Thermal-Fluid and HVAC systems. Graduate of NWU (BEng, Hons). I
have experience in MS Office suite, SolidWorks, ANSYS, MATLAB and Engineering Equation Solver (EES). Currently
employed at Controlled Environment Solutions (CES) as a Commissioning and Validation engineer in the HVAC field
and have GDP and cleanroom experience on a wide range of Blue chip sites.
Education
Jan 18 -
North West University – Meng. In Mechanical Engineering
Jan 13 – Nov 17
North West University – Beng. (Hons) in Mechanical Engineering
Feb 01 – Nov 12
St. Dominic’s College, Welkom, South Africa
Experience
Oct 20 – Present
Junior Commissioning Engineer
Controlled Environment Solutions Ltd (CES)
CES is a HVAC company specialising in designing HVAC systems to validating and commissioning cleanrooms &
Various HVAC systems. Sites that I’ve been in are Eli Lilly, Pfizer, Janssen Biological services, Abbot, Stryker, AbbVie
and various other. Tasks I was involved in:
• Commissioning and Validating Cleanrooms and HVAC systems
• Balancing of Air and Water systems
• Conducting surveys on air supply and detecting faults on compressed air and nitrogen systems
• Microbial Sampling
• Trouble shooting HVAC Systems
Jan 20 – Oct 20 Junior Project Engineer
Dyno-Rod.
Dyno-Rod is company that focus on tasks around drainage and wastewater treatment systems, tasks under taken
range from unblocking and drain repairs to CCTV drain surveys and wastewater treatment system maintenance.
• Quality control of CCTV surveys
• Stock control and Asset management
• Site visits, preparation of quotations for clients & client interactions etc.
• Manhole testing and Pipe pressure testing and drain commissioning
Nov 16 – Jan 17
Vocational Engineering Student
Rheinmetall Denel Munitions.
Rheinmetall Denel Munitions specializes in the development, design and manufacture of large- and medium-calibre
ammunition families and is a world leader in the field of artillery, mortar and infantry systems as well as plant
engineering
• Feasibility study on implementing a Diffusion-Absorption refrigeration cycle (Thermodynamic cycle
development).
• Diffusion-Absorption Refrigeration Blender showcase model.
• Compiled Presentations on explosives.
• Designed and 3D- printed webcam mount.
• Mortar demilitarization and material reclamation data structure.
Jan 13 – Nov 17
North West University Projects
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Thermal machines: Gas Turbine
Develop, optimize and validate the thermodynamic cycle design of a gas turbine (Brayton Cycle)
Calculate emissions produced, Pressure vessel and Blade angles
Thermal-Fluid System Design: Coal-Fired Power Station
Develop and optimize the thermodynamic cycle for a Coal-Fired Power Station (Rankine Cycle)
Calculate and optimize both combustion process and Mill load line and determine emissions produced
Design turbine blade angles and Pressure vessel
Mechanical Design: 2-Speed Gearbox
Gear and shaft design
Bearing and lubrication selection
Gearbox case design
“Dog”-clutch design
Technical drawings and Bill of Materials
Final Year Project: Manufacturing of bubble pump and design and testing of Heron’s Fountain
Manufacture bubble pump
Design and manufacture Heron’s Fountain
Test Heron’s fountain and effects nozzles have on cycle times and pump heights
Systems Engineering: Bridge design and small-scale prototype design and testing
This was a group project of 11 people to go through the entire engineering design process, from conceptual
design to risk analysis and costing and finally small-scale design and testing. In this project I was project
leader and broke down and delegated the workload between the various individuals and also personally did
the financial aspect of the project.
Additional Skills & Attributes
• Computing: Analysis and design software include Solidworks, Flownex, MATLAB, Star-CCM+, and EES;
Microsoft Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint), ANSYS
• Safe Pass & Manual handling completed and certified
• Confined Space – High Risk with Full BA completed and certified (2020)
• MEWP & Working at Heights (2021)
• Member (MIEI) of Engineers Ireland since 2019.
• Full clean Irish driving license.
• Occupational Health and Safety Training (SafriSafe, 2016) & IOSH – Managing Safely (2020)
• Hobbies include Soccer, gyming, gaming, and playing electric guitar.
• Languages: English (Mother-tongue), Afrikaans (Intermediate)
Personal development
Cornell University –
1) ANSYS – Hands on Introduction to Engineering SImulations (2020)
- Meshing techniques for different bodies depending on type of simulation
- Create different simulation models
- Interpreting results and effectively displaying results
Udemy –
2) HVAC Professional – Part 1 (2020)
- Learn HVAC Fundamentals & Basics
- Recap on psychometrics, Vapour compression cycle etc.
- Exposure to ASHRAE
IBM –
3) Python basics for Data Science (2021)
- Python programming fundamentals
- Data analysis using Python
References
Excellent professional & academic references available upon request.
