AEROSPACE ENGINEERING — Project Management (Minor)
I’m a third-year Aerospace Engineering student focused on aircraft systems, aerodynamics, and systems engineering. I’m passionate about spacecraft, science fiction, and working in collaborative, multidisciplinary teams.
Off the clock, you’ll usually find me writing, playing footy, or out on a hike. Later in the evening, I’m probably playing video games or reading a good book.
Current portfolio
University lunar-rover design project based on a space-mission brief. I individually designed the rocker-bogie suspension system before integrating it into a multidisciplinary team rover. We worked within a 20 kg mass limit, a 300×500×500 mm packed limit, and 200 mm minimum ground clearance for lunar terrain.
As a large 8 member team, each student was tasked with modifying a structural bracket through the full engineering lifecycle: requirements, concepts, hand calculations, trade-off analysis, CATIA modelling, additive manufacturing, and physical failure testing. The benchmark bracket failed at 51.27 N, while the redesigned aerospace bracket voted upon reached 112.965 N — more than double the benchmark capacity. I then reworked my design based on the given data to perform better.
Led a team through the design, basic simulation, manufacture, testing, and iterative improvement of a hand-launched glider lifting-line theory. The final design used a 1.17 m wingspan and aspect ratio of 8. We won the longest flight-time category and placed third for average flight time among 36 teams.
Modelled wing and vertical stabiliser components from engineering drawings, scaling parts, building sheet-metal and structural components, producing subassemblies, and completing a full UAV wing assembly in CATIA V5.
A multidisciplined team developed a spring-powered strap-launching system to make securing vehicle loads easier and safer. The project analysed user needs and system requirements, functional architecture, spring verification, gear reduction, material selection, and safety and reliability analysis. I tackled a lot of the system design. The team developed CAD models together. System Design Review: 9/10.
Smaller builds, still worth a look.
Designed and manufactured a carbon-fibre wing using aerodynamic analysis, foam-core shaping, and composite layup. A three-point bend test on the finished part reached approximately 1,215.6 N before failure.
Analysed flexural and local buckling in a stiffened box-beam structure, including spar caps, section properties, and structural optimisation, before building and load-testing three physical models. Final design was then built using Aluminium sheets.
Compared theoretical and experimental aircraft stability derivatives. This includes pitch-moment slope and elevator control power using wind-tunnel measurements and MATLAB predictions. Results were within about 12.6% of theory, with the difference analysed in detail.
Where the hours went.
Questacon Invention Convention — Canberra
Selected as one of 25 Australian students for a week-long STEM program focused on project development, prototyping, teamwork, networking, and pitching. The experience strengthened my interest in STEM, particularly space and engineering.
White Gum Global — Co-Founder
Co-founded an initiative to fund solar lights for students in Timor-Leste, raising more than $3,000 through online and community fundraising. We delivered 150 lights and took part in interviews, fundraising events, and public speaking along the way.
RMIT — Space Science to Aerospace Engineering
After Year 12, I began studying Space Science at RMIT before realising that hands-on design, analysis, and project work were where I wanted to focus. That discovery led me to transfer into Aerospace Engineering, where I’m now building toward a career in the space and aerospace industries.
Mycelia - IT and Data Analysis Support
My work with Mycelia has granted perspective, workforce knowledge, and supported my growth in working within collaborative teams. I helped identify what data needed to be collected, stored, managed and requested. Began work on a basic Power BI dashboard for the end of the pilot year to justify both funding, and support from the board. I have learnt more about communicating important data points such as energy usage and membership growth. I currently provide general IT support, including SharePoint administration, account and email setup, and backend policy management.
Still building.
A long-term creative project that keeps the other half of my brain busy. I’m working toward a full-length science-fiction novel alongside engineering, giving me a place to keep creating outside the technical work I do most days.
Drafting is underway. More updates soon.
What I actually reach for.
SolidWorks · CATIA V5 · Fusion 360
MATLAB · ANSYS · XFLR5 · FoilSim
Composite layup · 3D printing · Aluminium prototyping
Python · Excel · Power BI · VS Code
