Andreas Helwig

A.Prof Andreas Helwig of University of Southern Qld; FIEAust, ExecEng, CPEng, RPEQ, APEC Eng.

Alumni UniSQ 1978; Qld Rail 1974-1996 Engineering Cadet career developed into specialist engineer for applied research in carbon brushes/battery technology/electrical insulation systems/traction application bearing, remanufacturing maintenance/overhaul and reliability engineering specialist. This included new traction vehicle drive system specification as Electrical Engineering Rollingstock Maintenance; Type Test Engineer Witness for Queensland Tilt-train in Hitachi City Japan. 1997-2011 Director/Senior Engineer/Industry Engineering trainer running I H S & Helwig Engineering Consultants in rail/mining traction technology; Become a fulltime family carer in 2010, and then moved careers in 2013 UniSQ Lecturer Electro-Mechanical Engineering to AProf. Position 2022. UniSQ researcher in renewable energy, sustainable energy storage; sintering technology; axial flux/conventional electrical machines development/characterisation, resource recovery and circular economy techno-economic-impact business modelling. This is the 51st year in an engineering career.