HOLLY NICHOLAS

Focused Third Year Engineering Student with Project Management experience adept at planning, directing, and maintaining continuous operations in various departments.

Experienced in directing cross-disciplinary stakeholders and maintaining efficient progress in accordance with project scope.

Applies a creative and analytical approach to operations for continuous process improvement.

Skilled at identifying or anticipating problems and providing solutions.

Excels through mentoring, training and empowering team to perform to a high standard.

NURacing Formula SAE-A Competition 2024

Role: Aerodynamicist

• Official member of the University of Newcastle's Formula SAE-A Race Team.
• Performed aerodynamic analysis on the chassis using CAD software including CREO parametric and Onshape.
• Various projects performed throughout the competition prep time including: 3D designing, developing, and printing of prototypes, development of printed circuit boards (PCB's) and microprocessors, working with CAN BUS systems.
• Worked efficiently on competition days to assist with effective testing and competency requirements of the formula SAE car.

Embedded Control Systems

Role: Mechatronics engineer

• Developed all the software packaging (Using C++ and MATLAB) to shift the equilibrium position of a Rotary Pendulum Arm to 180 degrees.
• Conditions: The system must begin with the pendulum arm at 0 degrees (Vertically facing downwards), then swing up to 180 degrees (Vertically facing upwards) and remain in the new established equilibrium despite perturbations to the system.

Aircraft Build - Zenith 750 STOL 2023

Role: Structures, avionics and mechanical engineer

• Assembled the rudder and aircraft wings which involved riveting, drilling, filing, priming, and removing all foreign object damage (FOD) at each stage of development
• Plumbed the fuel lines including fitting the fuel senders.
• Designed, prototyped, created and wired the dashboard with various instruments including the engine information system (EIS), transponders, altimeters, etc.

Zenith 750 STOL Aircraft Build Project 2023

• Successfully spearheaded a collaborative Aerospace Project between the University of Newcastle and TAFE NSW.
• 12 University of Newcastle students participated in assembling a Zenith 750 STOL aircraft.
• The pilot program was a huge success and as a result of increased funding, the program expanded it's capacity, taking on 60 students in 2024.

• KENYA PROGRAM, 01/01/18, 12/01/19, Designed accessible teaching resources for kindergarten children experiencing poverty in Kenya.
• RICE COOKING PROGRAM, 01/01/18, 12/01/18, Cooked nutritious meals for distribution at the Manly Homeless shelter, Produced 170 meals of Minestrone soup in one afternoon by working cohesively with a team of volunteers
• STELLA MARIS LIBRARY TUTORING PROGRAM, 01/01/18, 12/01/20, Tutored for a program that teaches younger students' basic English skills such as Essay writing, comprehension and reading.
• CHARITY LEAGUE TAG AND RUGBY LEAGUE GAME, 01/01/23, 11/01/23, I was voted into a volunteer role termed 'Sports Coordinator' by my University College of Residence. The role involves organising all sporting events throughout the year. It also involves organising an inter-college charity league tag / league team event. This year, all proceeds were donated to a cancer foundation 'RUNDIPG'. The day raised over $3000 in proceeds.
• GIRLS ON A MISSION EDUCATOR, 2022 - PRESENT, I volunteer as an educator with 'Girls on a Mission' which is a program that encourages female Year 10 high-school students to get involved in STEM. The two-day workshop held at TAFE NSW has the girls build a model motorised F-35. The girls build the model, attach the motor and propeller, trim up the controls and fly the aircraft.

• NURacing: The University of Newcastle's official Formula SAE racing team

• DAN ATTANSIO, 0424 856 120
• JEN HANSON, 0420 960 113
• ALEX MORRIS, 0421 932 132
• PROFESSOR GABRIEL LODEWIJKS, 0478 492 182
• KYLIE DOYLE, 0422 890 908