I am an experienced Aeronautical Engineer with an extensive background in commercial aircraft product analysis and design, project leadership, and the ability to develop new and innovative areas of research in any context. Possessing extensive practical and theoretical expertise and experience in both design and analysis of aviation parts and products. Accomplished and highly recognised at integrating industrial practises and tools into academic learning and teaching to prepare industry ready graduate engineers.

I was a lead analyst engineer on the 787-9 Inboard and Outboard flaps, 787-10 Edges, 777-9 product develop and programme for the Flaperon, Flaperon Hinged Panel (FHP) and Cove Lip Door (CLD) and the MQ-28 Ghost Bat. Other special projects in my portfolio include; the 787-9 bird strike and damage tolerance analysis, 777-9 Flaperon skins analysis, CLD analysis as well as the wing trailing edge FEA deflection analysis for 777X. I was also on the design team for the MQ-28 Ghost Bat.

I have written multiple strength check notes (SCNs) on carbon composite and metallic structures for certification against the federal aviation regulations (FARs). I am an expert in FEA using Patran and Nastran, Abaqus, Strand7, and have developed design skills using CATIA and SolidWorks.

Research Interest:

• Biomedical Engineering
• Industrial Design

Undergraduate Courses:

• MM103 – Engineering Mechanics
• MM211 – Solid Mechanics 1
• MM312 – Solid Mechanics 2
• MM324 – Mechanical Engineering Design
• MM465 – Advanced Mechanical Design
  

1. Wood, M. D. K. L., Mathieux, F., Evrard, D., Brissaud, D., “Results of the First Adapted Design for Sustainability Project in a South Pacific Small Island Developing State: Fiji”, Journal of Cleaner Production, Vol 18, Dec 2010.
2. Wood, M.D.K., Sun, X., Tong, L., Luo, Q., Katzos, A., Rispler, A.R., “Failure of Stitched Composite L-Joints Under Tensile Loading – Experiment and Simulation” Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites, Vol. 28, No. 6/2009
3. Wood, M.D.K., Sun, X., Tong, L., Luo, Q., Katzos, A., Rispler, A.R., “A New ENF Test Specimen for the Mode II Delamination Toughness Testing of Stitched Woven CFRP Laminates” Journal of Composite Materials 41 (14), pp1743-1772, July 2007.
4. Wood, M.D.K., Sun, X., Tong, L., Katzos, A., Rsipler, A.R., “The Effect of Stitch Distribution on Mode I Delamination Toughness of Stitched Laminated Composites – Experimental Results and FEA Simulation”, Composites Science and Technology 67 (6), pp1058-1072, May 2007
5. Sun, X., Wood, M.D.K., Tong, L.,“A Parametric Study on the Design of Stitched Laminated DCB Specimens”, Composites Structures 75 (1-4), pp72-78, Sept 2006.
6. Sun, X., Tong, L., Wood, M.D.K.., Mai, Y.-W., “Effect of Stitch Distribution on Mode I Delamination Toughness of Laminated DCB Specimens”, Composites Science and Technology 64 (7-8), pp967-981, June 2004

1. Pene, R. Kumar, and D. Wood, “A Robust Solution for Pothole Detection and Mapping in Developing Countries,” Singapore, 2024: Springer Nature Singapore, in Artificial Intelligence and Sustainable Computing, pp. 149-161. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-0327-2_11
2. Pene, R. Kumar and D. Wood, “Advancing Road Infrastructure: An Integrated Approach for Accurate Pothole Detection and Mapping in Developing Countries,” 2023 IEEE Asia-Pacific Conference on Computer Science and Data Engineering (CSDE), Nadi, Fiji, 2023, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/CSDE59766.2023.10487676
3. Presented at the International Conference, ICCM14 (14th International Conference on Composite Materials), in San Diego, Cal, USA in July 2003, titled “A Parametric Investigation into the Effect of Stitch Pattern on Mode I Delamination Toughness of Laminated DCB Specimens”
4. I presented at the ACCM4 (the 4th Asian-Australasian Conference on Composite Materials), in Sydney, Aust in July 2004; “The Effect of Stitch Distribution and Stitch Pattern on Mode I Delamination Toughness of Stitched Laminated Composites”

Chapters :

1. Kumar S., Kumar V., Ram K., Wood M., Cirrincione G and Kumar R. R.,  “ECG Signal Classification using Long-Short-Term-Memory Neural Networks-.” In: Esposito A., Faundez-Zanuy M., Morabito F., Pasero E. (eds) Neural Approaches to Dynamics of Signal Exchanges. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, Springer (2022) (accepted for publication)
2. Evard D., Lepercq W., Wood M.D.K., Matheuix F., Rohmer S. “Deployment of Life Cycle Thinking In Small Islands Developing States (DELICE-SIDS), May 2009.”  (Finalist for UNEP LCA 2009 Awards, Boston, USA)
3. Westerlund, L.C., Ho, G., Anda, M., Wood, M.D., Koshy, K. “Case study of technology transfer to a Fiji rural village using an improved ‘sustainable turnkey approach'” (2009) Technologies and Management for Sustainable Biosystems, pp. 245-252