Meet our team of Creators, Engineers, and Visionaries
Academics
Alex Borovskis
Helixos Co-founder
Edward Obbard
School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
Patrick Burr
School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
Richard Hopkins
UNSW Engineering
Dr. Emma Lovell
School of Chemical Engineering
Dr. Matt Brand
School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
Prof. John Fletcher
School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications
Dr. Will Midgley
School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
Dr. Darson Li
School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
Postgraduates
Harvey Ling
Concept design lead
Leadership Team
Anna Koth-Ofoegbu
Project Manager
Cormac Morrison
Integration Engineer
Ishaan Nandrukar
Integration Engineer
Benjamin Kernohan
Integration Engineer
Eskil Tobias Aune
Integration Engineer
Ryan Suhardjo
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.
Siddarth Ravi
Team Lead
Keven Maharaj
Team Lead
Alfie Jones
Technical Officer
Blake Shackley
Team Member
Dharma Yuartha
Team Member
Jeremy Archer
Team Member
Manush Kamlesh Patel
Team Member
Nathan Huang
Team Member
Cameron Rolph
Team Member
Justin Michael
Team Member
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.
Amy Ling
Team Lead
Selina Yan
Gas Safety
Prathamesh Pawar
Team Member
Erika Daubaras
Cleaning
Jonathan Cao
Controls
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.
Vasilis Pteris
Team Lead
Owen Pang
Co-Lead
Ved Dhiman
Team Member
Albert Do
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.
Nandit Shah
Team Lead
Shrinil Desai
Team Member
Caroline Lee
Team Member
Connor Wiseman
Diagnostics
Dennis Chacko
Team Member
Finley Wallace
Team Member
Nicholas Piscioneri
Team Member
Tian Huang
Team Member
Bashitha Wimalaweera
Team Member
Jackson Hood
Team Member
Hamzah Muller
Team Member
William Xu
Team Member
Hamish Tregenza
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.
Rhys Johnston
Team Lead
Arki Najdzion
Team Member
Emma Tam
Team Member
Liam Krivacic
Diagnostics
Riccardo Longhi
Team Member
Chirag Channagiri Kowligi
Team Member
Anlong Guo
Team Member
Henry Yan
Team Member
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.
Jordan Whittaker
Team Lead
Kerry Yang
Team Member
Bani Rajpal
Team Member
Alex Holbrook
Team Member
James Liu
Team Member
Allen Chen
Team Member
Vishnu Sivamogga
Team Member
Marcus Carr
Team Member
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.
Adrian Sabato
Team Lead
Casey Thomas
Co-Lead
Sullyman Rasouli
Team Member
Anuva Gehija
Team Member
Oliver Koller
Team Member
Shakthi Lingesh Ananth
Team Member
Charlotte Davis
Team Member
Tirrapon Gallaher
Team Member
Toby Martin
Team Member
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.
Roshween Riar
Team Lead
Silviu Szkipala
Sponsorships
Justin Xia
Website Officer
Selina Yan
Prospectus
Daniel Vasek
Team Member
Tristan Ok
Team Member