Testimonials

Without Luke's help I'd never have finished my PhD. He's a skilled engineer with the fantastic combination of well-founded design & manufacturing experience and creative thinking, which helped invaluably with the conceptualisation & building of my test rig. I've also thoroughly enjoyed working with Luke over the last 8 years across several projects, and owe much of my understanding and skills to his guidance and tuition. If something new needs building with "outside the box" thinking, Luke is the person for the job:
Professional, multifaceted and passionate about the work.

Luke has an exceptional ability to translate complex artistic ideas into robust, workable systems. In our collaboration on Living Ghosts, an ambitious cross-disciplinary project, his mechanical music box design achieved a compelling balance between precision and fragility - exactly what the piece required. He brings a quietly inventive approach to technical problem-solving, proving to be a thoughtful and highly skilled collaborator. Working with Luke was a genuine pleasure.

Luke has been a strong and invaluable asset throughout this prototyping phase. He joined the project early, during the ideation stage, and brought original perspectives and research that added a real depth that wouldn’t have been captured otherwise.
His technical work was consistently high quality, and he handled tight timelines across a range of requested formats and materials with real diligence. Communication was just as solid. Clear, straightforward, and reliable when it came to expectations, budgets, and deliverables.
We wrapped up with a clean, well-organised handover of all data, materials, and physical components, which made a big difference and enabled the project to smoothly transition.
Luke is well suited to any technical engineering task, but especially those that align with his own interests and way of thinking as these induced an additional creativity which made him a part of the project, not just a hired engineer.

Luke’s contribution to planning and delivery of the project in February 2025 was an invaluable part of the success of the Westminster Council-funded project, involving skilful facilitating of discussion groups and initiating strategies for best practice during planning and implementation.

Luke has either led or been a principal contributor on multiple projects I’ve delivered. A slam poet, multi-instrumentalist, paleontologist, and engineer, he brings an unusually wide-ranging skill set in service of his real forte: science communication.

As either speaker or MC, Luke makes complex ideas accessible and knows how to engage audiences and how to create the conditions for meaningful conversations across disciplines and audiences.

Luke diagnosed the problem with my heater and carried out the repair work in a professional and flexible manner.

Luke served as Lab Manager of the Dynamics Group throughout my PhD and subsequent Research Fellowship at Imperial. His technical knowledge is exceptional, he has a rare ability to quickly understand a research challenge and identify practical, often ingenious solutions that you wouldn’t have thought of yourself. He was instrumental in the design and manufacture of several key improvements to my experimental rigs, making them more robust and fit for purpose. More recently, he has extended that same support to my students, guiding them through proper engineering drawing practice and hands-on problem solving with the same patience and creativity he showed me. If you need someone who combines deep practical expertise with inventive thinking and a genuine enthusiasm for the work, Luke is the person to call.

Luke designed, constructed and demonstrated a working robotic model of a prehistoric sea reptile, a plesiosaur. This was entirely his initiative, expertise and hard work. The success of this robot attracted the interest of David Attenborough who came to see it swimming in a large water tank and to talk to Luke about it. His visit was reported by the BBC in a TV programme “Attenborough and the Giant Sea Monster" which was broadcast on New Year's day in 2024. Luke's explanations in the film, talking to David Attenborough, were typically excellent - expert, articulate and enthusiastic. The department was hugely proud of Luke's achievement, from which followed multiple other public showings of the plesiosaur and articles on the College web site and elsewhere.