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Digital Dentistry: CAD/CAM and Surgical Lasers

-Research and development of novel ultrasonic 2D array transducers for dental imaging and automotive spot weld inspection-Prototype design, manufacture and testing of an ultrasonic medical device in conjunction with a private dental device company-Measurement of the mechanical and acoustic properties of skin-tissue phantoms-Finite Element Analysis in PZFlex of the acoustic response of ultrasound contrast agents for targeted drug delivery-Feasibility studies for high precision glass thickness measurements

Industrial Research Ltd became part of the Research and Technical Services group under Callaghan Innovation, a government agency formed in February 2013. My position and professional responsibilities were transferred accordingly.

Thesis title "Ultrasonic Non-destructive Testing of Fibre Reinforced Composites".Experimental and FEA investigations into the propagation of ultrasonic waves in anisotropic structures with a focus on glass-fibre reinforced composites.

Soil testing - Scala penetrometer and auger.Wind Speed calculations - NZS 1170.Site Surveying.Computer administration.

Marked assignments for 100 level paper aimed at architecture, building science, physics and engineering students.Demonstrated digital electronics labs for 200 physics and engineering students.Research Student with the Radiation Imaging and Detection Group, continuing my second honours project on Scintillator Decay Time Measurements.

Worked with the Photonics team investigating the Photostability of Zwitterionic Chromophores for Nonlinear Optics and measured the photoluminescence of Quantum Dot samples.