Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
As Chief Executive Officer of Australian Vacuum Services since 2020, I oversee the delivery of high vacuum equipment and services to support local science and industry partners. With a Ph.D. in Applied Physics and over six years in this role, I collaborate with leading international suppliers to drive innovation in plasma and thin film technologies. My professional journey spans more than two decades, including expertise in data loggers, satellite communications, and electrical wiring. I am driven by a commitment to fostering advancements in applied physics and maintaining the highest standards of quality and safety in our operations.
Based in Sydney we are the leading vacuum technology company for service support and supply of high vacuum equipment. Australian Vacuum Services works with leading international suppliers to support local science and industry partners with a focus on plasma technology and thin film technology.
Technical Support in water level sensor technology, vendor / stakeholder engagement. Configuration of scientific / technical instrumentation such as programmable data loggers. Instrument repairs / testing calibration systems (flow meters, flume, wave basin paddles). Drone operator both aerial and underwater, LiDAR and photogrammetry analysis. Project management, technical working group on flood warning radio alert systems. Electrical safety SOP documentation writing - Electrical Wiring rules AUS/NZ standards.
Research and development support in both academic and industrial applications, vacuum solutions and vacuum support. Nanotechnology expertise, surface analysis, semiconductor device fabrication advice.
Extensive experience in precision measurement and calibration of commercial gas flow meters, mass flow generators and mass flow controllers. Furthermore, I assist with the testing and calibration of petroleum/diesel and natural gas (LPG, butane, CNG) flow meters at the Londonderry Flow Facility for both pattern approval and Australia's oil / gas industry. Assisting with an International Key Comparison in gas / mass flow using NMIAs working standards. Testing and calibration of mass flow controllers (MFC), mass flow generators and gas flow meters. Testing and calibration of a range of gas flow meters (rotary, variable area, turbine, Coriolis). Assisting with the development of Test Methods for NMIAs new working standard in gas flow. Writing calibration reports and entering data into NMIAs Quality Control systems
Development of Australia’s new working standard in AC electrical power based on a sampling technique using two synchronized digital voltmeters, high precision inductive voltage and multi-range current transformers, allowing fast, accurate and flexible calibration / reporting of reference electricity meters. Extensive experience in precision measurement and calibration of electrical equipment for power and energy (Fluke, Zera, SRS, Zimmer, Clarke-Hess, Keysight, Radian, Rotek, EP&T, Landis+Gyr, N4L). I assisted with the development of both voltage and current precision transformers and have recently assembled and calibrated a resistive voltage divider for an international customer as part of a national working standard in AC electrical power. Flashing FTDI chips for USB control-ware. Developed Visual Basic and LabVIEW code to control and interrogate instruments for calibration purposes. 3D printing of electronic instrument parts and Raspberry Pi plus Arduino prototyping / development. Development of a new working standard in electricity for low-frequency power. Testing and calibration of next-generation electricity and phase meters, power analyzers. Superconducting chip measurement for NMI’s pulse-driven Josephson voltage standard. Writing test methods, development of code and implementation of software validations. Using Arduino / Raspberry Pi based hard / software for controlling electronics in the lab. Performed AC-DC transfers of our Digital Power Comparator (DPC) against Holt standard. Presented a technical seminar on the new working standard in electrical power at NMI. Performed laboratory safety inspections and followed several NMIA training courses. Using NMI calibration database software and NMI’s quality system and policies. Organizing science seminars by external visitors for the Physical Metrology team. Involved in the Strategic Planning and Engagement working groups at NMI.
Responsible for setting up an experimental condensed-matter physics laboratory. Installation and operation of cryogen-free dilution fridge from Leiden Cryogenics. Cold-finger design, fabrication and installation, RF sample box and low-pass filter design. Debugging software programs to run lab equipment such as a superconducting vector magnet. Isolating measurement equipment and removing ground loops to avoid mains interference. Magneto-transport and low-temperature characterization of conducting diamond films. (Hall bar) characterization of silicon (on insulator) nanowires, rings, diodes and transistors. Electronic transport of group IV and III-V semiconductor nanowires. FT-IR, Raman and SIMS spectrometry of ion-implanted semiconductor devices.