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Brunswick West, VIC, AU

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Leading product design activities for the design of a new-to-the-market x-ray lung imaging device, the XV Scanner. This includes aesthetic and UX considerations along with the design of cladding, mechanical structures and operator and patient-interfacing systems. Leading Usability Engineering (IEC62366-1) activities including design, formative and.

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Leading the design of patient-interfacing systems in a new-to-the-market x-ray lung imaging device (XV Scanner) along with supporting wider mechanical design, risk management and regulatory activities:- Concept design and proof of concept studies- Mechanical design, first principles calculations, CAD modelling and simulation- Designing and building system.

Australia

Leading packaging/machinery mechanical design, supporting the NPD process, coordinating with suppliers, developing capex proposals, cost-benefit analyses, commissioning and risk assessments of new technology and sustainability reporting and internal championing.- Mechanical engineering (product, packaging and machinery)- Capex proposals and cost-benefit.

Melbourne, Australia

Leading product development projects (in-house and consulting) in Australia and Cambodia and providing support for projects in Timor Leste, Vanuatu and Indonesia. This included designing the new Oxygen Distribution System (in partnership with Freo2.org), currently in use in Ugandan rural health centres. These projects required a high-level of active risk.

Shenzhen, Guangdong, China

UNLEASH HACKS 2020, Online:Facilitating team development and the implementation of solutions addressing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in a digital, local hackathon. UNLEASH is a global initiative uniting the world’s top talents to share ideas, build networks and grow solutions to help reach the SDGs.UNLEASH 2019 - Shenzhen, China: In this role.

Auckland, New Zealand

Full-time role while completing PhD studies part-time. This role involved supporting internal and external clients with mechanical engineering, product development and 3D CAD support, coordinating two first year engineering project courses, a third year Product Design course and supervising a number of fourth year engineering projects in the areas of.

India And Cambodia

This role involved co-leading a team of professional engineers and undergraduate students through a human-centered-design process in rural India. The project worked with a local NGO to identify new areas for rural development while also introducing students to effective HCD tools and techniques.My role was to lead conceptual design activities and classes.

East Tamaki, Auckland

Graduate engineering role supporting the design and verification of the new-to-the-market AirSpiral breathing circuit (part of the 950 Humidification System) along with the design of associated production equipment. Interaction with a wide range of industry professionals, production staff and end users, experience in plastic extrusion, automated production.

Wellington New Zealand

This role involved supporting the Production Engineer through the planning and completion of various projects including earthquake strengthening of glass racks and design and implementation of a production monitoring software package.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Engineering

Focused on enhancing the way in which humanitarian technology development is conducted through embedding design thinking, creative.

Diploma, Design And Specification Of Plastics

Undertaken while working at Fisher & Paykel Healthcare. Polymer structures, processing operations, machinery and product design. Polymer.

Bachelor Of Engineering (B.E.), Industrial And Product Design, First Class Honours

Activities and Societies: Massey Albany Snow Club, Engineering Society, Hockey Club, Cricket Club, University Games, Tertiary.

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