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Hugo Richardson



_ABOUT

I am an innovator, driven to make a positive impact to society. As Co-founder and CTO, of an award winning cleantech startup, I developed our technology from moonshot to reality. Raising over £3 million and securing partnerships with automotive industry leaders Rivian and Volvo. I thrive when faced with a challenge. My roots in engineering and passion for design are constantly colliding, leading me to take an interdisciplinary approach to the complex and nuanced challenges we face.



_The Tyre Collective

1 Overview
2 Opportunity From Ambiguity
3 Manufacturing
4 Tech Stack
5 Partnerships
6 Entrepreneurship



_Design & Engineering

1 Dyson
2 Camper Monster
3 Human Centred Design
4 Canopy
5 Superform



_Personal Projects

1 Red Bull Soapbox 🏆
2 Offcut Toys

3 Parakeet Mobile

4 Periplus Project

OPPORTUNITY FROM AMBIGUITY

Problem Solving in Technical Uncertainty


>    Problem solving through experimentation
>    High quality, low volume functional prototyping
>    Simulation and analytical modelling
>    European patent granted  



My approach to problem solving is through experimentation. I iterate, fail fast and learn - never afraid to get my hands dirty. With a keen eye for detail, every prototype shown here has been built by my hands to gather more data and refine our product offering.



Fig. 1   Device evolution documenting key prototype milestones during development


As CTO, I took a multi-phased approach to de-risk our project - combining analytical modelling (CFD, MATLAB) with in lab testing and on-vehicle driving. I sought expert advice from academia and industry, able to quickly decode complex theories into tangible and easily testable design features. And the outcome? Following the Journey from concept to pre-product, we have developed the first fully integrated electrostatic tyre wear filter. Rigorously tested over 200,000 miles of on-road driving. Achieving 80% capture efficiency in-lab, 20% of airborne particles on-road, with up to 96% purity.

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