Meet our team

Leanne Collins

Favourite animal?
Horse

Favourite piece of equipment at the Tech School?
Laser Cutter

Favourite Youtube channel?
SmarterEveryDay

When you were in school what did you want to be when you were older?
Sports star

What is your hidden talent?
Golf drives

Favourite hobby away from work?
Gardening

Favourite scientific principle?
Energy E = MC2

What is your favourite ice cream flavour?
Vanilla

Paul D'Orio

Favourite animal?
Lion

Favourite piece of equipment at the Tech School?
Motion Capture

Favourite Youtube channel?
Unreal Engine Channel

When you were in school what did you want to be when you were older?
Sports Scientist

What is your hidden talent?
Building Ikea flat packs

Favourite hobby away from work?
Looking out for people’s safety

Favourite scientific principle?
Human kinetics- bio-mechanical principles

What is your favourite ice cream flavour?
Lemon sorbet

Kellie Andrews

Favourite animal?
Dog

Favourite piece of equipment at the Tech School?
Robots

Favourite Youtube channel?
How Stuff Works

When you were in school what did you want to be when you were older?
Doctor

What is your hidden talent?
Karaoke

Favourite hobby away from work?
Gardening

Favourite scientific principle?
Occam’s Razor

What is your favourite ice cream flavour?
Chocolate

Matt Hill

Favourite animal?
Wombat

Favourite piece of equipment at the Tech School?
DJI Inspire 2 (Drone)

Favourite Youtube channel?
Mark Rober

When you were in school what did you want to be when you were older?
The Prime Minister

What is your hidden talent?
I can recite the alphabet backwards

Favourite hobby away from work?
Throwing frisbees.

Favourite scientific principle?
Bernoulli’s principle

What is your favourite ice cream flavour?
Choc Mint

Mim Glasby

Favourite animal?

Killer Whale

Favourite piece of equipment at the Tech School?

Laser cutter

Favourite Youtube channel?

Physics Girl

When you were in school what did you want to be when you were older?

A pilot

What is your hidden talent?

Always saying “yes”

Favourite hobby away from work?

Multi-day hiking/biking/skiing/sailing trips

Favourite scientific principle?

First Law of Thermodynamics

What is your favourite ice cream flavour?

Chocolate and coconut

Lachlan Patrick

Favourite animal?
Wombat

Favourite piece of equipment at the Tech School?
Bantam PCB milling machine

Favourite Youtube channel?
Great Big Story

When you were in school what did you want to be when you were older?
Nuclear Engineer

What is your hidden talent?
Blacksmithing

Favourite hobby away from work?
Sailing and Rock climbing

Favourite scientific principle?
Akin’s Laws of Spacecraft Design

What is your favourite ice cream flavour?
Boysenberry

David Rusden

Favourite animal?
Eagle

Favourite piece of equipment at the Tech School?
CNC

Favourite Youtube channel?
Veritasium

When you were in school what did you want to be when you were older?
I had no idea!

What is your hidden talent?
Mountain biking

Favourite hobby away from work?
Guitar building and playing

Favourite scientific principle?
The atom and hence all matter is mostly made up of empty space!

What is your favourite ice cream flavour?
Rum and raisin

Elly Broadbent

Favourite animal?
Dolphins

Favourite piece of equipment at the Tech School?
Virtual Reality Headsets

Favourite Youtube channel?
iPadArtRoom

When you were in school what did you want to be when you were older?
Opera Singer

What is your hidden talent?
Singing

Favourite hobby away from work?
Painting and Drawing

Favourite scientific principle?
The Theory of Colour and Light

What is your favourite ice cream flavour?
English Toffee

Lachlan Mackenzie

Favourite animal?
Spotted Pardalote

Favourite piece of equipment at the Tech School?
Hemp Brick Smasher

Favourite Youtube channel?
Digital Naturalism Laboratories

When you were in school what did you want to be when you were older?
Environmental Scientist

What is your hidden talent?
I can whistle really loudly

Favourite hobby away from work?
Growing plants

Favourite scientific principle?
Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle

What is your favourite ice cream flavour?
Choc-mint

Liana D'Orio

Favourite animal?
Dog

Favourite piece of equipment at the Tech School?
Laser Cutter

Favourite Youtube channel?
TED Talks

When you were in school what did you want to be when you were older?
Kindergarten Teacher

What is your hidden talent?
Making gnocchi

Favourite hobby away from work?
Going for a run with my daughter Lola and our dog Alby

Favourite scientific principle?
Newton’s third law of motion

What is your favourite ice cream flavour?
Coffee

Nick Rhyder

Favourite animal?
Camel

Favourite piece of equipment at the Tech School?
Sony Alpha 7 III

Favourite Youtube channel?
Stuff Made Here

When you were in school what did you want to be when you were older?
Graphic Designer

What is your hidden talent?
Fixing cars

Favourite hobby away from work?
Film photography

Favourite scientific principle?
Special relativity

What is your favourite ice cream flavour?
Coconut

Tim Joiner

Favourite animal?
Giraffes

Favourite piece of equipment at the Tech School?
Laser Cutter

Favourite Youtube channel?
Adobe

When you were in school what did you want to be when you were older?
Fireman

What is your hidden talent?
Handstands

Favourite hobby away from work?
Bikes

Favourite scientific principle?
Color theory

What is your favourite ice cream flavour?
Phish Food

Flynn Hyslop

Favourite animal?
Giraffes

Favourite piece of equipment at the Tech School?
Laser Cutter

Favourite Youtube channel?
Adobe

When you were in school what did you want to be when you were older?
Fireman

What is your hidden talent?
Handstands

Favourite hobby away from work?
Bikes

Favourite scientific principle?
Color theory

What is your favourite ice cream flavour?
Phish Food

Brenton Logan

Favourite animal?
Red Panda

Favourite piece of equipment at the Tech School?
3D Printer

Favourite Youtube channel?
STEMbite

When you were in school what did you want to be when you were older?
Physiologist

What is your hidden talent?
Size constancy

Favourite hobby away from work?
Cycling

Favourite scientific principle?
Newton’s Laws of Motion

What is your favourite ice cream flavour?
Choc Mint

James Collins

Favourite animal?
Echidna

Favourite piece of equipment at the Tech School?
Virtual Reality Headsets

Favourite Youtube channel?
TEDx Talks

When you were in school what did you want to be when you were older?
IT Industry

What is your hidden talent?
Ice skating

Favourite hobby away from work?
Video Games

Favourite scientific principle?
E = mc2

What is your favourite ice cream flavour?
Rainbow