BBE(Mech)/BMath MIEAust MAAS

Qualifications and Affiliations

• Combined Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical) / Bachelor of Mathematics (University of Newcastle)

Background

Katie completed her double degree program at the University of Newcastle in 2002 with Honours Class 1. As part of her Mechanical Engineering degree program Katie completed two major research projects. The first was a Student Fellowship with the Anglo-Australian Observatory involving the research and testing of an innovative astronomical instrument; and secondly, as her final year project at University, the measurement and analysis of bending strains produced in a 600 Watt wind turbine blade.

Since September 2002, she has been working for Heggies as a Project Consultant in the Newcastle office and recently in February 2009 promoted to the Newcastle Office Manager.

Katie has gained experience in a broad range of projects including the measurement, prediction and assessment of noise and vibration from a range of commercial and industrial developments. She is experienced in the assessment of noise and vibration associated with road and railway transportation systems as well as in the acoustical planning of land uses near such systems. She is familiar with noise modelling software such as ENM and SoundPLAN, which are used in the prediction of industrial/commercial noise and road and railway traffic noise. Other projects have included occupational noise and personal dust assessments and construction noise and vibration management plans.

Katie has also been a lecturer at the University of Newcastle in the faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment. She was co-lecturer of the third year subject in the four year Mechanical Engineering degree program: ?Acoustics, Vibration and Condition Monitoring? in 2003 and 2004. Katie also conducts Heggies internal training for new employees and has also conducted general introductory acoustics and vibration training to employees from other industries.