Robert Bennett Email & Phone Number

Brisbane, QLD, AU

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

• Working as part of the mechanical engineering team to develop a novel, containerised hydrogen power bank, to support renewable energy generation and use at industrial sites. The system consists of an in-house designed.
• Mechanical, fluid and gas system design, specification, documentation, and equipment selection
• Determining process conditions and calculating operating parameters
• Liaising with external manufacturers and suppliers
• Hands-on assembly of prototype systems and test rigs
• Mechanical integration and packaging of peripheral equipment and components

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

• Working as part of the mechanical engineering team to develop a novel, containerised hydrogen power bank, to support renewable energy generation and use at industrial sites. The system consists of an in-house designed.
• Mechanical, fluid and gas system design, specification, documentation, and equipment selection
• Determining process conditions and calculating operating parameters
• Liaising with external manufacturers and suppliers
• Hands-on assembly of prototype systems and test rigs
• Mechanical integration and packaging of peripheral equipment and components

Greenford, London

• Test & development of HEV/BEV powertrain systems for heavy-duty, commercial vehicles.Roles & Responsibilities:
• Overall management & delivery of Vantage Power’s numerous test & development programs.
• Planning, execution, analysis & reporting of testing; from vehicle-level down to component-level.
• Design & build of test-rigs.
• Li-ion cell, module & pack testing using Arbin & Bitrode test-benches & programmable PSUs/loads.
• Test team management (two direct reports).

Fareham, UK

• Development of a prototype, grid-scale, thermal energy storage system.Roles & Responsibilites:
• Used Solidworks and ANSYS Mechanical/CFX for design and analysis of components and assemblies used in a prototype grid-scale energy storage system.
• Created detail drawings using GD&T in accordance with ISO standards (129, 5458, 5459, etc.) & liaised with supply-chain, and in-house/external workshops to facilitate component manufacture.
• Conducted inspection and approval of manufactured components using CMM and manual inspection tools.
• Conducted testing of components & sub-assemblies.
• Supported in-house manufacturing of parts using manual machine-shop tools, CNC machines, and TIG welding.

Ithaca, New York Area

• Design and manufacture of a Formula SAE car for the 2010 and 2011 international Formula SAE competition.Roles & Responsibilites:
• Designed, manufactured and tested the 2011 car's anti-roll bars and significantly improved their performance compared to the previous year's design.
• Competition driving and on-track testing of the cars.

Ithaca, New York Area

• Researching the properties of superfluid 3He at ultra-low temperatures (sub 1 mK), especially under the influence of impurities and nanometer scale confinement.Roles & Responsiblities:
• Running of sub-mK experiments on a dilution refrigeration equipped with a PrNi5 demagnetisation stage.
• Working in a cleanroom, carrying out nanofabrication of experimental cells.
• Day-to-day running of research group’s laboratory, including supervision and training of graduate and undergraduate students working within the group.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Superfluidity Of 3He In Restricted Geometries

I studied the effects of nanometer-scale confinement on the phase diagram of superfluid He-3. The He-3 sample was confined to a 10 mm x 7.

Msci, Physics, First Class Honours

Education record

A-Levels: Maths (A), Physics (A), Chemistry (A)