Dual citizenship in Australia and Great Britain.

EDUCATION

2005 - 2008
Bachelor of Aerospace Engineering Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT), City/Bundoora Campus
Graduate with 1st Class Honours

2007
Space Station Design Workshop
Presented by Institute of Space Systems, University of Stuttgart, Germany Held at University of Sydney

2001 - 2003
Bachelor of Space Sciences University of Western Sydney, Penrith/Parramatta Campus

1995 - 2000
Malvina High School
School Certificate and Higher School Certificate

1996
United States Space and Rocket Centre
Space Academy

1997
United States Space and Rocket Centre
Advanced Space Academy

1998 - 1999
Southern Cross Cultural Exchange
Student Exchange program to the United States for approximately 2 months

2003
Australian Gymnastic Federation accredited by Australian Coaching Council
Level 1 Gymnastics and Trampoline Coaching Accreditation

EDUCATIONAL HIGHTLIGHTS

Computational Skills: Solidworks, Hypermesh, Nastran, Matlab, Microsoft Office
Classes of interest: Aerospace Design, Spaceflight Systems Design, Project Management, Systems Engineering
Thesis Title: Architecture for Future Comet Sample Return Missions

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

May 2009 – Current
YTEK
Propulsion Engineer (Contractor to DSTO)

March 2008 - May 2009
Nike Factory Store
Apparel/Footwear Sales /Clerk
- Customer service
- Merchandising
- General duties
- Product Refill

August 2006 - Mid 2008
Victorian Space Science Education Centre
Student Educator
- Briefing High School Students for Mars Simulations
- Assisting High School Students with Mars Simulations on "Mars Surface
- Assisting High School Students with Lab Experiments
- General Duties: Giving out lunches, organising flight suits, labelling lockers

October 2007 - February 2008
Giordano Store Sales/Clerk
- Customer service
- Merchandising and building displays
- Money handling/banking
- General duties
- Worked at 4 stores

January 2008 - February 2008
QANTAS - Maintenance Engineering Industry Experience
- Meetings: Reliability, Department, Delay Call, Service Literature
- Experience with Engineering Instructions
- Experience with Service Difficulty Report Closures
- Experience with Service Literature and Service Bulletins

Briefly in 2007
RMIT Engineering
Engineering Design Tutor
- Teaching
- Concept Explanation
- Marking students work
- Consulting with students

November 2005 - February 2006
Blake Dawson Waldron Solicitors
Legal Technology Group Paralegal
- Data Entry
- Court Filing
- Word Processing
- Legal Assistance
- Document Creation/Collation
- Previously worked in this role April 2004 - December 2004

May 2003 - 2004
Ryde RSL Youth Club
Sports Coach
- Trampoline coach, ages 5 - 17
- Kindy-gym coach
- Assistant coaching
- Previously worked in this role between 1995 - 1998

December 1998 - 2007 (On and Off)
Jupiter Video
2nd in Charge Manager
- Customer service
- Video cataloguing
- Money handling
- General duties

January 2001 - November 2001
Island Girl Store
Sales/Clerk
- Customer service
- Merchandising and building displays
- Money handling/banking
- General duties

Approximately 2 years (dates unavailable), then again as Christmas Casual November 2007 - February 2007
Payless Shoes
Store Sales/Clerk
- Customer service
- Merchandising and building displays
- Money handling/banking
- General duties

May 1998 (work experience for 1 week during high school)
Boeing Australia
QANTAS JET BASE Engineering
- Assisting in avionics/structural/aeronautic engineering
- General office duties and computer/administration work

January 1994 - 2003
Baby Sitting - Various Families
- Babysitting for 4 families (child ages range from 5 to 13)
- Child-care
- Food preparation
- Cleaning and household duties
- Study help and teaching
- Answering phone and taking messages

PERSONAL ACHEIVEMENTS

2008
Mars Desert Research Station Participant
Selected as crew engineer as part of Crew 64 for 2 weeks

2006
Rockets in Schools Voluntary Program
Visit Primary Schools to demonstrate and teach children the fundamentals of rockets

2006
Women in Engineering Day
Voluntary work to introduce High School girls to University Life and the Engineering Industry

2006
Member of the International Golden Key Honour Society

2006
Student Member of Engineers Australia

2001
Open Water SCUBA Licence NAUI Scuba, Byron Bay

1998
Southern Cross Cultural Exchange Student Exchange Program to Arizona, United States

1998
Highlife Education Certificate
The 1998 National Young Leaders Day