Steve Mitchell Email & Phone Number

Newcastle, Nsw, Au

Tomago, New South Wales, Australia

Cameron Park

In January 2015 I joined Ampcontrol to become the Engineering Manager of Ampcontrol CSM. As the Engineering Manager I am the site engineering authority, providing technical leadership to the organisation and managerial leadership of our engineering teams. Our Engineering Teams include Product Management, Product Engineering, and Product Support.The role's major responsibilities include:• Providing site engineering input into the scoping of all new product developments • Providing site engineering input for the preparation of development proposals, functional requirements specifications, budget estimates, project plans and Product Life-cycle Risk Assessments. • Manage the manufacturing phase of R&D projects in accordance with approved plans• Ensure all designs and engineering changes are in compliance with all relevant design standards and product certification details.• Supervise and develop the engineering team and support staff.• Set team and individual employee goals• Ensure the engineering team's adherence to professional standards and ethics

I maintain a Conjoint Senior Lecturer position at the University of Newcastle where I continue to supervise several postgraduate research students in the area of condition monitoring and diagnostics of equipment used in the power and mining industries.https://www.newcastle.edu.au/profile/steve-mitchell

In 2013 I successfully promoted an innovative project idea to obtain significant research funding from a collaborative organisation known as CRCMining. My proposal was to develop wireless charge electric mining machines for use in underground mining environments. This project promotion gained significant CRCMining project funding from the international mining equipment manufacturers Caterpillar, Sandvik and Joy, and the mining houses Anglo American and Barrick Gold. The project premise was that in 2012 the International Agency for Research on Cancer reclassified whole diesel exhaust as a class 1 carcinogen. This change in classification has significant implications within the mining sector and has resulted in increased mining legislative pressure to minimise “as far as reasonably practicable” diesel particulates from the underground environment. I developed a technical implementation strategy that leverages an emerging technology which can facilitate the wireless charging of battery vehicles (no emissions of carcinogenic pollutants). Not only does the project focus on the safety of the mining personnel and their health with regards to diesel particulates, its aims benefit the environment by reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and it is of public interest as it fosters the application of alternative transportation technology that is not dependent upon fossil fuels. It has required significant engagement with financial stakeholders, government safety authorities (Australia and USA), the university sector and the general public with extensive and ongoing private meetings, conference and seminar presentations of my work. The more public forums include the CRCMining Research and Innovation Forum (2014), Institute of Engineers Australia presentation (Newcastle Branch - 2015), NSW Trade and Investment 25th Electrical Engineering Safety seminar (2015) and the NSW Trade and Investment 26th Mechanical Engineering Safety seminar (2016).

In 2009 I was appointed as a Lecturer at the University of Newcastle. I lectured Electrical, Electronics and Computer Engineering subjects at campuses in both Australia and Singapore. I continued in this role, and that of Program Convenor for Computer Engineering, until 2013. I taught a diverse range of subjects including:• Advanced computer systems• Embedded computer architecture• Embedded software and firmware• Analog, digital and radio frequency electronics• High speed printed circuit board design My teaching consistently ranked well above the University and School average with Student Feedback on Teaching (SFT) scores. My lecturing experience is based on cohorts with over 100 students and I have also been awarded a “Highly Commended” in the Faculty Teaching innovation awards. Where applicable, my teaching methods include a strong practical project focus which has been shown to improve theoretical retention, student initiative, and enhance their real world problem solving ability. I also have had several years’ experience teaching offshore cohorts in Singapore. The teaching delivery was based around an intensive 2 week theoretical delivery in person, followed by project and tutorial activities which I supervised remotely in conjunction with local tutors over a block of several weeks. I would then return to assess the student projects and prepare them for their final examination.My academic research was focused on the condition monitoring and diagnostics of equipment found in the power, mining and heavy industry areas which has resulted in 30 international publications.

In 2000 I was appointed as a senior research assistant at the University of Newcastle. The research was based on the condition monitoring of high voltage transformer bushings. It was during this period that I commenced my PhD part-time. From 2005 I was appointed as a professional officer at the university, providing electronic design and teaching support to the Electrical Engineering Department. During this period I commenced teaching advanced electronics at the Singapore Campus on a fly in fly out basis.

In 1995 I was appointed as an electronic design engineer for Bramco Electronics, a company that manufactured equipment for mining and industrial applications. During this time my work primarily focused on the design of innovative control and protection relays which were widely adopted in underground mining settings both in Australia and internationally.

In conjunction with my Electrical Engineering degree, I commenced a 7 year Industrial Traineeship with A.Goninan & Co Pty Ltd in 1988. The Traineeship provided a broad range of electrical engineering experience including train/locomotive design, manufacture and commissioning. It also involved significant heavy industry plant maintenance. This structured engineering training ground has proved to be an invaluable foundation from which to build a career as a professional engineer.

Phd, Electrical Engineering

Bachelor Of Engineering, Electrical, Hons