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Sydney

Sydney, Australia

▪ Collaborative development of train design proposals within the Downer Major Projects technical team, responding to Australian and international rolling stock project tenders.▪ Directly responsible for managing mass estimates during design development, ensuring longitudinal and lateral balance, and compliance with rail network interface standards.▪ Drafting and release of numerous technical engineering documents including subsystem specifications, engineering calculation documents and technical tender writing.▪ Highly focused systems engineering role involving management of technical and hazard safety requirements, as well as compliance with numerous rolling stock and passenger accessibility standards.

▪ Responsible for the development of a highly-parameterised CAD model in CATIA V5, which defines the external aerodynamic surface of the recently fabricated carbon-fibre semi-monocoque vehicle shell. ▪ Worked closely with two other team members, performing iterative aerodynamic design refinement and optimisation through RANS steady-state CFD analysis using ANSYS Fluent.▪ Frequent collaboration with multiple sub-teams within Sunswift, including the structures, energy, dynamics and industrial design teams to account for various design interfaces in the progressive development of the external aesthetics and functional shape of the 4-seater solar vehicle.

Sydney, Australia

▪ Project-based workflow involving the organisation and management of wind tunnel testing for numerous international large-scale civil development projects.▪ Developed skills and knowledge in a broad range of wind engineering services, including Wind- Induced Structural Loads Analysis, Façade Cladding Pressure Studies and Pedestrian Wind Environment Assessments.▪ Independent wind tunnel operation, data-processing and experimentation using various data acquisition tools and equipment.▪ Preparation of technical reports and communication with clients in detailing the results and methodologies of various wind engineering services and wind tunnel studies.▪ Solely responsible for the management of in-house 3D printing of scaled development test models, which form the focus of all wind tunnel studies undertaken at Windtech.▪ R&D using SOLIDWORKS and 3D printing to develop test stands and rigs for acquisition equipment.

Sydney, Australia

▪ Generation of engineering drawings and consultation with external manufacturers in the design and realisation of an aluminium rear suspension trailing arm with integrated mechanical handbrake, achieving a 40% weight reduction over the previous design.▪ Design and FEA optimisation of multiple mechanical and structural components relating to the Sunswift solar race car “eVe”, including structural analysis of carbon fibre parts.▪ Management of multi-part assemblies and shape design in the context of modifying and optimising external vehicle bodywork. ▪ Production of engineering drawings to AS 1100 standards for external manufacture.▪ CFD analysis using ANSYS Fluent, strong experience with RANS, steady-state analysis in the context of external flow dynamics and aerodynamic design optimisation.▪ Good experience with FEA using the static structural and composite analysis packages within the ANSYS Workbench.

Sydney, Australia

▪ CAD development of 3D site models and fly-by animations as a sales tool, supplementing project proposals for prospective clients.▪ Use of created site models as a preliminary shading analysis tool, to communicate advice regarding optimal solar panel placement.▪ Assistance in the generation of monthly and quarterly reports for existing clients, using Excel to import, analyse and communicate solar generation and sunlight intensity data.▪ Design and manufacture of an insulation-displacement connector to facilitate the solar array system installation process.

Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace, 82.187 Wam

Activities and Societies: UNSW Solar Car Race Team Sunswift

Mechanical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Engineers Without Borders1 semester exchange scholarship

Higher School Certificate, 97.50 Atar