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Professional Engineers Registration Scheme SAE-A has taken a further step towards helping members to comply with Professional Engineers Registration Scheme in Victoria, with the appointment of research intern Joseph Zanzoul to develop our application for approval as an Assessment Entity. The Scheme came into force on 1 July this year, with a staged roll-out of mandatory registration dates over the next two years. Registration will become mandatory for fire safety engineers on 1 December 2021, civil and structural engineers on 1 October 2022, electrical engineers on 1 June 2023, and finally for mechanical engineers, including automotive and mobility engineers, on 1 December 2023.
University of Sydney, conducting his thesis on engine selection (ICE vs Electric) and creating carbon fibre suspension wishbones for the university’s Formula SAE-A car.
SAE-A has had a representative on the scheme’s Stakeholder Reference Group since November 2019, and the appointment of Joseph Zanzoul is the next key step in the process.
At present there are three assessment entities approved by the Business Licensing Authority: Engineers Australia (The Institution of Engineers Australia) for all five cohorts – fire safety, civil, structural, electrical and mechanical engineering; IPWEA Victoria (Institute of Public Works Engineering Australasia) for civil engineering; and Professionals Australia (The Association of Professional Engineers, Scientists and Managers Australia) for all cohorts except fire safety.
intends to represent mechanical engineers with a particular focus on automotive and mobility engineers.
Joseph is a final year mechanical engineering student majoring in mechanical design at the
Most engineers covered by the scheme are engaged in the building industry, so SAE-A
To contact Joseph email Research.Intern@sae-a.com.au
Electric police car project expands its scope SAE-A’s electric police car project has expanded its scope to explore the market for an Australian zero emissions vehicle (ZEV) platform suitable for many applications beyond its original police car focus.
Noi Kotev
Building on the work done by program director Murray Longe, SAE-A has recruited research interns Noi Kotev and Evan Favos – both active Formula SAE-A team members – to do the required market research. Noi is in her penultimate year of Mechanical Engineering (Honours) at Swinburne University of Technology, is passionate about sustainable engineering and the environment and is a powertrain and autonomous systems team member in the Swinburne Formula SAE-A team. Evan is studying Engineering at the University of NSW where he is team leader of the UNSW Redback Racing Formula SAE-A team, having previously led the chassis and aerodynamics development of Redback Racing’s first carbon monocoque chassis. Evan and Noi will work with steering group member Jim Griffin, of Multimatic Engineering Australia, to implement a market study proposal he has defined for the project. www.saea.com.au
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Since the project’s launch in June 2020, its exploration of Australian police vehicles has confirmed the dominant use of one tonne commercial vehicles, specifically Toyota Hilux and Ford Ranger, by every police force in Australia. Wider investigations have shown that a police ZEV ute platform could suit several other emergency services as well as generalpurpose vehicles, so the steering group has assembled a team to investigate the size and nature of that market.
Joseph Zanzoul
Individual members Darcy Burke Yuxi Cai Lucas Candido Ananya Chari Claude Dabare Emmalene Drew Joseph Dusting Mark Gilmayer Nick Goss Syed Ejaz Haider Mohairees Idzhan Ting Wei Lin Jakob Moeller Lloyd Morrissey Thomas Phelan Michaela Sykes-Turner Jayden Thomas Chanuka Wijesinghe Corporate Members Advanced Braking Technology Premcar SEA Electric
Evan Favos They will investigate the market’s needs and aspirations to determine the basic soundness of the SAE-A ZEV project to potential supporters and investors. To contact Noi or Evan email Research.Intern@sae-a.com.au
The SAE-A is where members enjoy many benefits and become a part of the advancement of the mobility and engineering profession across Australasia through the transfer of technical knowledge and skills, and an increased industry network. Individual and corporate memberships are available. More information at www.saea.com.au/membership VTE | 5
