Dave Barnwell
Chartered Engineer at Semi Retired
Highworth, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolDave Barnwell is a Chartered Engineer with over three decades of deep experience in materials science, product development and manufacturing support, now semi‑retired but still active as a lead full‑stack developer on passion projects. He led strategic components and process engineering teams at Raychem, Tyco and Johnson Matthey, contributing to multiple world and US patents across cable, connector and adhesive technologies. Skilled at translating research into manufacturable products, he combines R&D, project management and hands‑on process improvement to drive commercial outcomes. Based in Highworth, England, he brings a rare blend of polymer science training and practical engineering leadership, underscored by publications and patented innovations. Quietly interdisciplinary, he pairs materials expertise with modern software development — a maker who moves between labs, production lines and code.
13 years of coding experience
LIRI, TPRI, Materials Science and Technology, Graduate in Polymer Science and Technology, LIRI, TPRI, Materials Science and Technology, Graduate in Polymer Science and Technology at Trowbridge Technical CollegeMaster of Science (MSc), Statistics Module, Master of Science (MSc), Statistics Module at Warwick UniversityGraduate in Polymer Science and Technology, Graduate in Polymer Science and Technology at Loughborough UniversityDip Polymer Engineering, Graduate in Polymer Science and Technology, Dip Polymer Engineering, Graduate in Polymer Science and Technology at University of the West of EnglandChartered Engineer, Materials Engineering, Chartered Engineer, Materials Engineering at University of Bath
Github Skills (19)
database-table10
pdo10
crud9
php7
database7
orm-library7
orm-framework6
sql6
dump6
mysql6
orm5
command-line-arguments5
cli3
markdown3
http2
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
davebarnwell/Discogs-API
May 2017 - Jul 2023
Discogs PHP API
Contributions:2 PRs, 5 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years 2 months
davebarnwell/cmd-php
Mar 2013 - Jun 2015
Contributions:9 commits, 1 PR, 8 pushes in 2 years 4 months
phphandlingcommand-line-argumentsargumentscli
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