Jed W. Email & Phone Number

Melbourne, Vic, Au

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Building Autonomous Airship that connects the world with sustainable, resilient, and adaptive airborne solutions to elevate global commerce, defence, logistics and energy harvesting.

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Demonstrate knowledge of engineering mechanical systems and design to first-year engineering students.Conduct regular meetings with lecturers to improve teaching methods and discuss effective strategies for student learning.Resolve conflicts within student teams and ensure they stay on track with their projects.Assist and guide students facing difficulties and challenges in their projects, labs, and assignments.Assess students’ lab work, assignments, and presentations, providing appropriate feedback.Develop and deliver engaging tutorial sessions that reinforce lecture material and enhance understanding.Create supplementary learning materials and resources to aid student comprehension and success.Facilitate hands-on workshops and lab sessions to provide practical experience with engineering concepts.

The project focused on advancing robotic harvesting by enhancing automation, sensing, and efficiency. This project targets a more sustainable and productive harvesting process through four key areas:1. Integrating advanced sensing technologies, including computer vision and machine learning, to improve object detection and classification within orchards.2. Developing intelligent robotic manipulation solutions that combine innovative design with AI-driven algorithms.3. Implementing sensing-based grasping techniques to enable gentle, efficient produce handling, minimizing damage.4. Optimizing workspace design, adaptive grasping, collection speed, and motion planning for greater operational efficiency.

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

My tutoring experience begins from Middle School, when I would frequently help my classmates with difficult maths problems and explaining complex concepts. The demand for my guidance increased during the final years of High School, as more and more classmates asked for my feedback for their written work, as well as for clarification in their understanding of mathematical concepts. Through these experiences, I discovered my passion for teaching, which, combined with my love of learning, invigorated me to pick up a handful of students in younger year levels and begin my tutoring career.

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Designed a construction payload for the rover capable of excavating 55 kg of regolith and deploying tiles over a 3-square-meter area within 20 minutes, setting a record at the Australia Rover Challenge.Developed a digital twin model of the robotic arm in Rviz for real-time visualization using the Robot Operating System (ROS2) framework.Fabricated various rover components, including soldering custom motor driver boards, welding the construction payload, and manufacturing metal linkages for the robotic arm.Optimized the camera and electronics housings on the robotic arm, reducing camera usage by 2 units while maintaining comparable perception capabilities for remote mission operations.

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Directed all technical development and maintenance of a 6-DOF robotic arm designed for the Lunar Mission Rover Competition.Developed a brushless motor cycloidal gearbox for robotic arm joints, optimized for simulated lunar surface conditions, resulting in a 25% weight reduction and a 10% increase in torque output.Led the team to achieve a 90% score in the robotic arm equipment servicing task at the Australia Rover Challenge (ARC), securing 2nd place overall.Attained the highest possible score in the extreme delivery and retrieval mission at the University Rover Challenge (URC).Managed the Robotic Arm System Acceptance Review for multiple international rover competitions (ARC and URC), ensuring compliance with budget constraints and adherence to stringent deadlines.Conducted performance assessments and trained new recruits, ensuring proficiency in both current operations and future advancements of the robotic arm.

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Leadership Position:House Chorals Captain (2021)Awards:Recipient of Academic Excellence(2020,2021)Recipient of Extra Curricular Achievement (2020,2021)Recipient of Citizenship Achievement (2020,2021)Recipient of Sports Achievement (2020,2021)Recipient of Music Achievement(2020,2021)Extra-curricular involvements: Basketball (2020-2021)Volleyball (2020-2021)Cross Country (2021)Badminton (2020-2021)School Music Production (2020-2021)

Bachelor Of Mechatronics Engineering (Honours) - Ai Stream, Minor In Smart Manufacturing, Mechatronics, Robotics, And Automation Engineering

Activities and Societies:Achievements: Excellence in Engineering Design (2023) Awarded by Monash University in recognition of the best.

Education record

Leadership Position: House Chorals Captain (2021) Awards: Recipient of Academic Excellence (2020,2021) Recipient of Extra Curricular.

Education record

Leadership position: Class captain (2019) Awards: Highest Achiever in Physical Education Highest Achiever in Further Maths (Unit 1&2).

Education record