21/02/2012 Improving efficient wind energy solutions
8/11/2011 Discussing VVVF Drive issues at NSW's 21st Electrical Engineering Safety Seminar (EESS)
8/08/2011 VVVF drives and electrical protection in mining environments
29/11/2010 ResTech presents again at 2010 NSW Electrical Engineering Safety Seminar
13/07/2010 Video Analytic System
ResTech has a core team of experienced engineers. Our permanent staff are supplemented by academics from the University of Newcastle.
As part of the research process, staff are seconded to where our customers applications are located. This is aimed at ensuring our work remains focussed on delivering commercially viable solutions for industry.
The expertise of the ResTech staff is spread across power systems, electronics and computer systems (software development, microcontrollers, etc.). This mix of skills and experience is vital to the success of the company because of the increasing need to apply some traditional 'light current' techniques (digital control, communications, computer-controlled devices, etc.), to the power systems area.
Tim completed his degree in Electrical Engineering at the University of Newcastle in 1989. He worked as a Research Engineer at the same institution in an Australian Research Council Centre for Excellence (The Centre for Industrial Control Science) developing hardware and software for advanced control systems. Tim subsequently managed the department's teaching and research laboratories and was involved in the development of various experimental, research and teaching apparatus.
In 2001 Tim left the University to work as an electrical engineer assisting in design and manufacturing various passenger rail vehicles, including EDI's Millenium Train, Goninan's OSC and Hunter Rail Cars and Bombardier's V'Locity and PURD projects.
Tim joined ResTech as Manager in October 2007, overseeing the research and development activities across a diverse portfolio of industrial projects.
Peter was a Cadet Engineer with the Electricity Commission of NSW while undertaking a degree in Computer Engineering at the University of Newcastle. Since completing his degree in 1987, he worked in the Power Projects (Electrical section) at the Sydney head office of the Electricity Commission of NSW.
In 1988 he started work at the Centre for Industrial Control Science at the University of Newcastle, initially as a Research Engineer and later as the Engineering Manager. During this time he was involved in numerous projects, including Orbtrack, a satellite tracking system for earth stations and UNAC, an advanced control system. The involvement was predominately in electronic hardware and microprocessor based digital system design. Peter also assisted with teaching duties at the University, including running a course in microprocessing interfacing and assembly language.
Peter commenced a Ph. D. in 1997 at the University of Sydney. His research covered Unsupervised Learning Algorithms and Architectures for the Implementation of Visual Processing. Peter was also employed as a casual academic in the School of Electrical and Information Engineering at the University of Sydney while completing his Ph.D. and also after being awarded his Ph.D. His duties included teaching a number of courses with topics including digital systems design, computer architecture, signals and systems and network programming.
In 2007, Peter started work at ResTech where he currently holds a position as Senior R&D Engineer. Work carried out at ResTech includes electronic circuit design, digital systems design, systems integration and other duties related to electrical and computer engineering.
Peter completed his qualifications at the University of Newcastle, and became a lecturer in Electrical Engineering at the University in 1972. Peter worked for a number of years on automatic control and related areas, concentrating mainly on the theoretical side and especially on the fundamentals of nonlinear systems theory. Peter held visiting appointments at UC Berkeley, at Concordia University Montreal, and at CNET (Centre National des Etudes des Télécommunications) in Paris.
Peter has lectured in a variety of topics in Electrical Engineering including circuit theory, electronics, electrical machines, automatic control, compiler design, assembly language, microprocessor architecture, operating systems, telecommunications, automata theory and electromagnetic field theory.
Peter maintains an interest in software design, is the author of a book, about 70 research papers, and extensive libraries of software provided for multitasking and /or realtime embedded applications. After retiring from the University he became a part-time consultant with ResTech, providing technical guidance and working on a variety of industrial projects.
Adrian completed his Computer Engineering degree in 1990 and has worked as a research engineer in a number of Australian Research Council Centres for Excellence at the University of Newcastle (The Centre for Industrial Control Science and later The Centre for Complex Dynamic Systems and Control).
Adrian has experience in signal processing, control and embedded systems from involvement in a diverse range of projects including commercial satellite tracking systems, mobile hardware & real time embedded software for a commercial Mine Vehicle Monitoring System, the development of software for use in a rapid prototyping of control systems, educational software for control system design and online condition monitoring equipment for large transformers.
In 2000, Adrian completed his Masters of Engineering and joined ResTech to continue technical engineering across a variety of projects for industrial clients.
After completing his Computer Engineering degree in 2005, Robin became a member of NuBots, the Newcastle University robotics team. During his time with the NuBots the team achieved 1st place in the international Robocup robotics competition. Robin also helped to design and write the code for a robotic bear and dog which was offered as a replacement when the Robocup changed platforms.
During his higher education, Robin worked part time for the University of Newcastle as an IT manager. This work involved the administration of Database systems in the Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics. Robin was also employed by the University as a tutor and occasional lecturer in the area of computer programming.
In 2007 Robin joined ResTech and specialises in embedded systems and general software development.
Heath moved to Newcastle from Glen Innes to start an Engineering degree in 2000. While at university he was sponsored by CCI Pope, receiving valuable industrial experience to complement his study. He received a Bachelor of Engineering (Computer) in 2004 and a Bachelor of Mathematics in 2005, progressing to full time with CCI Pope to develop non-destructive testing tools and technology.
In 2009 Heath joined ResTech as a Research & Development Engineer and is involved in a wide variety of engineering projects. He continues to search for better ways to get things done and won’t stop until his mobile phone can make the bed and do the dishes.
Mihiri completed his bachelor degree in Electrical & Electronics Engineering with First Class Honours at the University of Adelaide in July 2008. He completed his industry work experience at Maptek Pty Ltd as an Electrical & Electronics Design Engineer, which provided great exposure into Electrical & Electronics systems design and fabrication. Since completing his degree, Mihiri worked as a Control Systems Engineer for MatrixGroup CMS Pty Ltd in Adelaide in which he was heavily involved in the Automation Industry. Mihiri previously worked in the Rio Tinto Iron Ore Cape Lambert upgrade project and CBH grain storage site in Western Australia as a Systems Design Engineer, specialising in commodity and bulk handling systems. He maintains an interest in power and control systems. In 2010, Mihiri joined ResTech as a Research & Development Engineer.
