In this role, I assume the technical and business responsibilities for ensuring the delivery of outcomes and projects in several disciplines (sample included below):

Developing (a world-leading) technology of the next-generation Gas Turbine combustors based on flameless oxidation technology of ultra-low emission engines.

Biofuel Burner: improvement and optimisation of an innovative spray nozzle for biodiesel and methanol fuel for applications in oil refineries.

Biomass reactors; design and commercialisation of biomass gasifiers for biochar production.

Water Demineralisation plant design utilising waste heat recovery systems for the steel industry.  

Improving Efficiency of burners and heat streams utilisations for the process industry.

Solar Thermal Energy technologies for reducing the levelised cost of electricity. This project includes undertaking studies and developing solutions for reducing wind and dust loading on solar installations, and developing technologies and strategies for cooling and water management of solar power plants.

High-Temperature Thermal Storage project, for integrating with renewable energy sources. This is a research project aims at enhancing the competitiveness of renewable energy with coal/gas-generated electricity.

Solar PV Tracking System development for stand-alone/off-grid applications. This project focuses on design, manufacturing, and field testing and evaluation of a single-axis tracking PV system, which is currently in an advanced stage, with commercialisation of  Mark –II of the system expected in 2012.

As a Centre Manager, in addition to being an active member in initiating and establishing the centre in 2008, my role included managing the R&D and commercial activities of the Centre, technical consulting, developing industry partnerships, and coordinating projects within and outside of the centre. The Centre has since proven as a successful initiative attracting significant funding and industry partnerships.

Lead Engineer in Propulsion, Combustion and Energy Management Technology.  In this role, I participated in numerous projects (most of which cannot be disclosed);

Head of Group (acting); leading a team of 18 staff with responsibilities of staff supervision, projects budgeting, team and stakeholders relationship management. In this role, I also provided technical leadership for projects while ensuring compliance with OHS&W policies:

Project planning of field trials for the evaluation and certification of new countermeasure systems and technologies.

Design and performance validation of advanced designs of high-speed air and space vehicles, including preparing, supervising and participating in flight tests.

Development of analytical and business models for service life extension of high-value assets, resulting in the saving of multimillions dollars.

Design and implementation of strategies and field trials for performance evaluation and certification of new air defence systems. 

As a senior engineer my role focused on the design, modelling and commissioning of several products related to renewable energy including:

Downdraft biomass gasifiers for agricultural applications (rice husks, cotton hulls and alike), including the design of adsorption and cyclonic particulate clean-up systems, systems integration with a gas engine, and the preparation of documentation.

Design and commissioning of landfill flares, integrated into a municipal waste depot in NSW.

Design and development of  ultra-lean  low-emission burners for integrating with Stirling engines.

Design, development and commissioning of the ultra-lean seam gas combustion for application in mining site. This technology is currently integrated into full-size gas-turbine engines around the country. 

Biomass Industry: Assessment of Flow and Combustion Fields inside a Syngas Oxidiser Unit (SOU) of Biochar Reactors. Client: CIC

Water Sector: Flow and Sedimentation Characteristics in an Effluent Balancing Dam, Client: WA Water Corporation.

O&G Industry: Otway Gas Plant: Combustor Modelling and Improvement Study, Client: Woodside Energy Ltd.

Process Industry: A Numerical and Experimental Study of a Scaled Tyco Water Cupola Gas Combustion Chamber (Stage 2), Client: Tyco Water.

Power Generation & Emission Control: Analysis of the size of the frame on transverse forces and on the wake around Indigo Emitter Arrays, Client: Indigo Technologies

Combustion Systems: Development of Biomass Kiln Burners, Client: BEST Energies Australia.

Low-Emission Burners: An Integrated Compact Porous Burner – Heat Exchanger For Stirling Engines, Client: SES- UK, Best Energies Australia.

Renewable Energy: Flow and Combustion Model inside a Tar Cracking Reactor, Client: Renewed Fuels.

Renewable Energy: Mixing Characteristics of Syngas/Air in Venturi Mixers, Client: Renewed Fuels.

Aerospace Industry: CFD Modelling of Retractable Float System – Part II, Client: Tigerfish Aviation

Gas Production: A Study  of Fuel Manifold at  Teralba CSM Power Station,  Client: AMEC

Low-Emission Burners: Porous Burner Technology for the Reduction of Toxic and Foul Odours, Client:  CIC

Mining & Process Industry: Modelling and Performance Analysis of a Stack Burner System, Client:  SPP-CMB

Biomass; Char Gasification and Gas-Kinetics Modelling,  Client: BEST Pty Ltd