Matthew Donough, Ph.D. Email & Phone Number

Sydney, Nsw, Au

Sydney, Nsw, Au

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Sydney, Australia

Current Projects: Process modelling of in-situ consolidation of thermoplastic composites Durability of composite propeller Lightweight mining equipment Self-repairing thermoplastic compositesRole and Responsibilities:  Developing and implementing research program in the area of composites and fibre placement manufacturing. Lead and promote activities designed to develop collaborative research with research colleagues internally and externally. Contribute to supervision of research higher degree candidates and honours students. Lead relevant meetings associated with the research project or related activities. Preparing and submission for external grants.

Melbourne, Australia

 Directs research and engineering efforts of design and testing of unmanned systems and sub-systems. Design, analysis and manufacture of ATN solar car chassis for the World Solar Challenge 2019. Contributes towards research efforts in composite materials and structures. Ensures timely project delivery and budget control with finance, technical and manufacturing staffs. Supervises and leads undergraduate teams in the respective projects. Disseminate research and development outcomes to the project stakeholders.

Melbourne, Australia

 Deliver course work on finite element analysis on aerospace structures. Provided learning support and management to over 50 students. Consistently achieved 81% on Good Teaching Score based on students’ feedback

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

 Systems integrator Composites design & manufacturing Flight testing and validation Keeping abreast with the latest development in UAS technology

Australia

 Maintain and build virtual buck on the Ford Ranger vehicle program. Support design and engineering activities between studio, CAD and manufacturing teams for the program. Collaborated and implemented a clash detection checks between components for project managers which allows early detection of potential issues.

Singapore

 Design and develop sub-structure components for an unmanned aerial vehicle project. Collaborate with stress engineers to deliver components that meet or exceed the required specifications

Singapore

- Command tour with 5th Singapore Infantry Regiment as an anti-tank platoon commander.- Instructor at Officer Cadet School for two cohorts of cadets

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Aerospace, Aeronautical And Astronautical Engineering

Thesis titled “Load ratio effects in the fatigue crack propagation of composite laminates and bonded joints”. Brief Synopsis of Research.

Bachelor'S Degree, Aerospace Engineering

1st Class Honors with a GPA of 3.5 out of 4.0 Additional Elective in Composite Materials and Catia V5

Diploma Of Electronics And Computer Engineering