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Melbourne, Vic, Au

Auckland, New Zealand

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Eindhoven Area, Netherlands

-Designed and fabricated a machine to process plastic waste into sheet material. -Increased production efficiency by 400% by suggesting and validating an alternative technology. -Composed machine designs which received over 30 thousand downloads and has been built in over twenty countries.

Lamu, Kenya

Research and development of a process to build a 24m recycled plastic sailing dhow

Bend, Oregon

-Conceptualised, engineered and fabricated a semi-automated sheet-press machine. -Designed and integrated mechanical, electrical and hydraulics systems into a machine that was efficient, safe, reliable, ergonomic and cost effective.

Altona, Victoria, Australia

-Responsible for dealing with customer inquiries, returns and sales-Ran the hire shop on weekends where equipment was hired out, inspected on return and repaired if required-Trained in electrical test and tagging, occupational health and safety, Australian consumer law etc

Monash University, Victoria, Australia

Monash University, Victoria, Australia

Melbourne, Australia

-Designed and commissioned an interactive hygiene station for aboriginal children suffering from blinding trachoma. -Received international recognition at the 2019 World Engineers Convention. -Completed mechanical and fluid system designs for full scale production after the prototype’s success.