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Oxford, GB

Oxford, GB

Oxford, England, United Kingdom

Exeter College, founded in 1314, is one of the oldest constituent colleges of the University of Oxford. The Middle Common Room (MCR) is its graduate student body of around 250 students. As President, I sat on the College's Governing Body and various committees, representing the interests of Exeter's graduate students. I also oversaw the MCR committee in.

Faculty Of Engineering And IT

Tutor/TA for several undergraduate courses:COMP3027 Algorithm DesignENGG1801 Engineering ComputingMTRX1705 Introduction to Mechatronic Design

University Of Sydney

• SECRETARY - SYDNEY UNI MECHATRONICS ORGANISATION (Apr 2017 -- Apr 2018)
• Maintained organisation of society affairs, ensured that administrative material was submitted within the relevant deadlines.
• Planned society meetings and recorded minutes. SECRETARY - SYDNEY UNI PHYSICS SOCIETY (Nov 2016 - Nov 2017)
• Helped to restart the society after a period of activity
• Maintained organisation of society affairs, including event coordination and administrationSPONSORSHIP COORDINATOR - SYDNEY UNI MECHATRONICS ORGANISATION (Apr 2016 -- Apr 2017)
• Communicated with industry connections on behalf of the student-run Sydney University Mechatronics Organisation

Sydney, Australia

Conducted research into photoionisation of the outer reaches of spiral galaxies by radiation from the galactic centre, accounting for warping in the galactic plane. Simulations were written in MATLAB.This research was conducted as part of a Denison Summer Research Scholarship from the School of Physics, supervised by Professor Joss Bland-Hawthorn of the.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Member of the JPL/MIT/Caltech team (CoSTAR) for the DARPA Subterranean Challenge, a robotics challenge in which the aim is to develop a team of robots to autonomous explore, map and navigate challenging subterranean environments. Contributed to architecture design and implementation of the team's multi-robot SLAM system, including algorithms for.

Sydney, Australia

Worked with the Confluence Server Platform team to optimise the dev loop for the Confluence Server developers. Primary focus was on build maintenance and test upgrades employing technologies including Java, JUnit, Selenium Webdriver, Docker and Apache Maven.

• The Australian Centre for Field Robotics is one of Australia's leading research groups for autonomous systems and automation. My internship related to ACFR's Smart Cities initiative, working towards the goal of.
• Software design and development for ACFR’s autonomous vehicle program, working primarily with Robot Operating System (ROS) drivers.
• Worked as part of team to integrate new sensors (optical camera & LiDAR) onto existing vehicle platform.

Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia

• Assisted in facilitating engineering conferences, meetings and networking events at the Sydney Division of Engineers Australia.
• Coordinated presentations and provided introductions for speakers at events of 100+ people.

Sydney, Australia

Investigated through simulation the viability of diffraction gratings as ultra-thin solar cells. Simulations were performed using an open-source Python simulation package called EMUstack.This research was conducted as part of a Denison Summer Research Scholarship from the School of Physics, supervised by Professor Martijn de Sterke of the Centre for.

Sydney, Australia

400+ hours experience tutoring students at all levels of primary and high school, specialising in Mathematics and Physics at the HSC level.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Engineering Science

Member of the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Autonomous Intelligent Machines and Systems (AIMS) and the Oxford Robotics Institute..

Bachelor’S Degree, Beng (Mechatronics (Space)) & Bsc (Adv. Physics & Computer Science), Honours Class I And The University Medal

Activities and Societies: ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC), Sydney University Mechatronics Organisation (SUMO).

Atar 99.70

HSC subjects: Mathematics Ext. 2, English Ext. 1, German Ext., Physics • Premier's Award for All-Round Excellence • Fortian Award for ATAR.