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Meet our team of Creators, Engineers, and Visionaries

Academics

Edward Obbard

Edward Obbard

School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering

Patrick Burr

Patrick Burr

School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering

Richard Hopkins

Richard Hopkins

UNSW Engineering

Dr. Emma Lovell

Dr. Emma Lovell

School of Chemical Engineering

Dr. Matt Brand

Dr. Matt Brand

School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering

Prof. John Fletcher

Prof. John Fletcher

School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications

Dr. Will Midgley

Dr. Will Midgley

School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering

Dr. Darson Li

Dr. Darson Li

School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering

Postgraduates

Harvey Ling

Harvey Ling

Concept design lead

Leadership Team

Anna Koth-Ofoegbu

Anna Koth-Ofoegbu

Project Manager

Cormac Morrison

Cormac Morrison

Integration Engineer

Ishaan Nandrukar

Ishaan Nandrukar

Integration Engineer

Benjamin Kernohan

Benjamin Kernohan

Integration Engineer

Eskil Tobias Aune

Eskil Tobias Aune

Integration Engineer

Mechanical Structures

Design, manufacture, and test critical infrastructure and components of the tokamak. Ranging from supports and coil structures; to vacuum vessels for SOUTH, we also develop miscellaneous apparatuses to facilitate experiments and R&D for other teams.

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Siddarth Ravi

Team Lead

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Keven Maharaj

Team Lead

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Alfie Jones

Technical Officer

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Blake Shackley

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Dharma Yuartha

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Jeremy Archer

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Manush Kamlesh Patel

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Nathan Huang

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Cameron Rolph

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Justin Michael

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Vacuum & Fuelling

The “V&F” team is responsible for designing a vacuum vessel to confine the plasma and prevent contamination, alongside the tokamak’s front and back-end gas fuel lines. From designing high-purity hydrogen fuel lines to testing valves, fittings, and control systems, we develop and operate fuelling and vacuum systems to create the clean, controlled environments fusion needs to thrive.

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Amy Ling

Team Lead

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Selina Yan

Gas Safety

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Prathamesh Pawar

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Erika Daubaras

Cleaning

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Jonathan Cao

Controls

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Neggy Dehghan

Team Member

Control Systems

We handle the technical integration of the tokamak’s subsystems, acting as the glue of the project, and manage high level operational control systems.

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Vasilis Pteris

Team Lead

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Owen Pang

Co-Lead

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Allen Chen

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Ved Dhiman

Team Member

Coil Control

Coil Controls objective is to implement controllers capable of tracking and creating the current profiles produced by the plasma department for each of the coil systems: toroidal, poloidal and central solenoid.

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Nandit Shah

Team Lead

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Shrinil Desai

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Caroline Lee

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Connor Wiseman

Diagnostics

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Dennis Chacko

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Finley Wallace

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Tian Huang

Team Member

RF Engineering

We combine microwave engineering with interesting physics to heat up our plasma. If you want to learn new things an ordinary course can’t teach you, RF engineering is for you.

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Rhys Johnston

Team Lead

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Arki Najdzion

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Emma Tam

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Liam Krivacic

Diagnostics

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Riccardo Longhi

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Chirag Channagiri Kowligi

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Plasma Modelling and Diagnostics

Simulates plasma dynamics and develops diagnostic tools to measure key properties such as temperature, density, and confinement quality. These models and measurements are essential for guiding magnetic confinement design and optimizing plasma performance.

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Jordan Whittaker

Team Lead

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Aryan Makhija

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Kerry Yang

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Nicholas Piscioneri

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Bani Rajpal

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Alex Holbrook

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James Liu

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Energy Storage

We are responsible for acquiring, storing, and delivering energy to the Tokamak. Our members must take their electrical engineering expertise and step it up to hundreds or even thousands of amps of current.

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Adrian Sabato

Team Lead

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Casey Thomas

Co-Lead

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Lachlan Butcher

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Yuehan Xia

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Sullyman Rasouli

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Anuva Gehija

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Business and Development

This team drives outreach and strategic growth by managing partnerships, funding, and marketing efforts, from liaising with sponsors and suppliers to pitching AtomCraft to the world.

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Roshween Riar

Team Lead

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Silviu Szkipala

Sponsorships

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Hayne

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Justin Xia

Website Officer

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Selina Yan

Prospectus