Zachary graduated from the University of Adelaide with a degree in Aerospace and Mechanical engineering (First Class). He is currently a doctoral researcher into the application of machine learning techniques to accelerate and optimise the docking of autonomous underwater vehicles operating in complex fluid domains. His scholarship is part funded by Boeing Defence Australia.  

Zac’s thesis is supervised by Prof. Karl Sammut, Assoc. Prof. Paulo Santos and Assoc. Prof. Russell Brinkworth. 

Zac has previously worked with both BAE Systems Australia and RUAG Aerospace within the F35 JSF program, NULKA and a range of other aerospace programs.