David Mackenzie Harcombe

Precision Mechatronics Lab
School of Electrical Engineering and Computing
The University of Newcastle
Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia
+61 2 4921 7463

David(dot)Harcombe(at)uon.edu.au

David M. Harcombe graduated from The University Of Newcastle, Australia with a Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical) (Honours Class 1) with the University Medal in 2016. He is currently a PhD student within the Precision Mechatronics Lab, located in the School of Electrical Engineering and Computing, The University of Newcastle. His research areas include high-speed AFM and piezoelectric cantilever gas sensors.

• Winner of the 2017 Faculty of Built Environment and Engineering Poster Competition
• The University Medal (2017)
• AmpRes Industry Scholarship (2017)
• Australian Postgraduate Award (2016)
• Dean of Engineering’s Medal (2016)
• Dean’s Merit List (2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016)
• Faculty of Built Environment Electrical Engineering Summer Scholarships (2015 and 2016)
• Vice Chancellor’s Honours Scholarship (2015)

The University of Newcastle, Callaghan Campus
Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical Engineering) with Honours Class 1 and The University Medal
Thesis title: High-speed estimation in Multifrequency Atomic Force Microscopy
Supervisor: Dr. Michael Ruppert

The University of Newcastle, Callaghan Campus

• ELEC1310 –  Electircal Circuits I
  Tutor and Lab Demonstrator (2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018)

• ELEC2320 –  Electircal Circuits II
  Tutor and Lab Demonstrator (2015 and 2019)

• ELEC3540 –  Analog and Digital Communications
  Tutor, Lab Demonstrator and Substitute Lecturer (2017)

• ELEC4210 –  Electronics Design
  Tutor and Lab Demonstrator (2018 and 2019)

• ENGG2440 –  Modelling and Control
  Tutor (2018)

• 2015 IEEE Multi-Conference on Systems and Control (MSC), September 21-23, Sydney, Australia.
• 2017 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM), July 3-7, Munich, Germany.
• 2017 World Congress of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC), July 9-14, Toulouse, France.
• 2018 7th Multifrequency AFM Conference, April 18-20, Madrid, Spain.
• 2018 11th International Conference on Intelligent Robotics and Applications (ICIRA), August 9-11, Newcastle, Australia.
• 2019 International Conference on Manipulation, Automation and Robotics at Small Scales (MARSS), July 1-5, Helsinki, Finland.
• 2019 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM), July 8-12, Hong Kong.