Adam graduated with a First Class Honours in Mechanical Engineering, achieving the George Carter Scholarship in Engineering from the University of Cambridge. His degree was accredited for both Mechanical and Electrical engineering with comprehensive study across multiple other engineering disciplines.

Adam gained experience in technical roles surrounding a broad range of industries. His career began in Explosives, Ballistics, and Failure Analysis, focusing on the design and implementation of shaped charges for demolitions of large structures, the effects of high-velocity impacts on aeroplane components, and the mathematical modelling of air cannon ballistics for aerodynamic acceleration testing. Following this, Adam created jigs and protocols for rigorous testing used on medical prosthetics. This involved analysing various organic and artificial products, and performing lifting, fatigue and abrasion tests.

Whilst working as a Multidisciplinary Engineer at technical engineering consultancy, Fearsome, Adam gained experience across a number of disciplines. Some of his projects included;

• Performing comprehensive stress, deflection, and structural analysis, including specifying and detailing custom pressure vessels for life-critical scenarios.

• Repeatedly (dis)assembling gas-fuelled machines/products to determine faults and implement fixes.

• Executing full process mechanical design, from early research and development to Design for Manufacture (DfM), for systems operating in extreme temperatures. This included creating thermodynamic models using combustion engineering theory.

• Developing gas and liquid chemical processes for precise medical dose predictions, incorporating electronic control systems for testing and analysing complex multimolecular systems.

• Designing mechatronics and software for sub-millimetre precision movement robotics, including a prototype for use near human eyes, and developing a novel system for high-speed rotating camera-laser arrays to capture circumferential 3D scans.

Throughout these projects, Adam consistently applied key mathematical principles to create sophisticated models using various software languages. He utilised these models to assist in analysis across different engineering domains.

Adam joined Hawkins in January 2025 as an Associate based in our Glasgow office.