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Meet our school staff
Outstanding scholarship in innovation
Our staff are prominent experts across all facets of aerospace, mechanical and mechatronic engineering from robotics to space engineering to materials and combustion.
Key leadership
Professor Stefan Williams, Head of School
Associate Professor KC Wong, Deputy Head (Education) and Director Undergraduate Coursework
Associate Professor Matthew Cleary, Deputy Head (Research)
Ms Catherine Kinsella, School Manager
Dr Gareth Vio, Director Research Training
Dr Li Chang, Director Postgraduate Coursework
Professor Xiaozhou Liao, Director International
Associate Professor Dries Verstraete, Associate Director Engagement & Impact
Dr Mitch Bryson, Director Learning and Teaching
Dr Rod Fiford, Associate Director Learning and Teaching, WHS Coordinator
Associate Professor Michael Kirkpatrick, Director Information Technology
Associate Professor David Rye, Mechatronic
Associate Professor KC Wong, Aeronautical
Dr Matthew Dunn, Mechanical
Academics
Professor Liyong Tong, Composite and intelligent structures
Associate Professor Ben Thornber, Aerodynamics
Associate Professor Dries Verstraete, Aerospace design
Associate Professor KC Wong, Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) design
Dr Gareth Vio, Aeroelasticity
Professor Steven Armfield, Computational fluid dynamics
Professor Julie Cairney, Microscopy and microanalysis
Professor Qing Li, Biomedical and design
Professor Xiaozhou Liao, Transmission electron microscopy
Professor Yiu-wing Mai, Advanced materials
Professor Assaad R Masri, Combustion
Professor Simon Ringer, Nanoscale science and technology
Professor Roger Tanner, Rheology
Professor Lin Ye, Composite materials
Associate Professor Matthew Cleary, Combustion
Associate Professor Ahmad Jabbarzadeh, Rheology and molecular simulation
Associate Professor Michael Kirkpatrick, Fluid mechanics
Dr Li Chang, Advanced materials and precision manufacturing
Dr Matthew Dunn, Combustion
Dr Rodney Fiford, Human-centred design
Dr Agisilaos Kourmatzis, Multiphase flow
Dr Nicholas Williamson, Fluid mechanics
Mr Paul Briozzo, Mechanical design and manufacturing
Professor Eduardo Nebot, Field robotics
Professor Salah Sukkarieh, Field robotics
Professor Stefan Williams, Field robotics
Associate Professor Ian Manchester, Control, optimisation, robotics
Associate Professor David Rye, Field robotics
Dr Graham Brooker, Millimetre wave radar
Dr Mitchell Bryson, Aided inertial navigation systems, simultaneous localisation and mapping (SLAM), un-manned aerial vehicles (UAVs)
Dr Viorela Ila, Robotic perception, simultaneous localisation and mapping (SLAM)
Dr David Johnson, Field robotics
Dr Guodong Shi, Networks, control, optimisation
Emeritus Professor Grant Steven
Professional staff
Ms Bronwyn Sexton, Senior Administrative Officer
Ms Katharina Dittmer, Administration & Project Officer
Mr Duncan Stenger, Workshop Manager
Mr Greg Elder, Senior Technical Officer
Mr Greg Riviere, Senior Technical Officer
