
Faculty Members
A unique aspect of the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge is that the event maintains a faculty of technical experts and alumni who have been drawn together as an ‘advisory board’ to help develop regulations and procedures which challenge the status quo of accepted wisdom and encourage new ideas. While faculty members demonstrate a great deal of expertise and passion for their own scientific discipline, they are able apply their skills to the concept of solar car competition in general and the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge in particular.
Faculty members can be found helping to resolve intricate technical questions in the scrutineering hall and advising Officials on issues of compliance along the route. Although the Faculty was only formalised in the last decade, for some members, involvement in the World Solar Challenge go back to the very first event in 1987. With both highly regarded academic and scientific credentials and long standing experience of the event, faculty members have a great deal of admiration for each other as demonstrated by respectful debate of the diverse opinions which often emerge when breaking new ground.

Members

Chris Selwood AM
BWSC Ambassador
QUALIFICATIONS:
Electrical Engineering
PRIMARY AREA OF INTEREST:
Passion for this planet and his unflagging interest in alternative energy and sustainable transport
YEARS ON THE FACULTY:
6 Events (foundation member of faculty)

Emeritus Professor John Storey
Chief Scientist
QUALIFICATIONS:
BSc(hons) in physics, PhD in chemistry
PRIMARY AREA OF INTEREST:
Ensuring that the event continues to challenge the smartest minds on the planet to apply innovative solutions to solar car design.
YEARS ON THE FACULTY:
6 Events (foundation member of faculty)

Dr David Rand AM
Chief Energy Scientist
QUALIFICATIONS:
BA, MA, PhD, DSc – all from the University of Cambridge. Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE). Member of the Order of Australia (AM).
PRIMARY AREA OF INTEREST:
Ensuring that the event continues to attract participation and thereby bring comfort to an ageing scientist in the sure knowledge that the quest for a sustainable world is in safe hands.
YEARS ON THE FACULTY:
6 Events (foundation member of faculty)

Paul Gwan
QUALIFICATIONS:
Dip Mech Eng, BSc
PRIMARY AREA OF INTEREST:
The overall adherence to the World Solar Challenge regulations and the enjoyment of participating with teams from all around the world.
YEARS ON THE FACULTY:
6 Events (foundation member of faculty)

Prof. Peter Pudney
Chair of the Technical Committee
QUALIFICATIONS:
BAppSc (Computer Studies), MAppSc (Computer Studies), PhD (Applied Mathematics)
PRIMARY AREA OF INTEREST:
Energy-efficient transport
YEARS ON THE FACULTY:
6 Events (foundation member of faculty)

Dr John K Ward
Chief Scrutineer
QUALIFICATIONS:
PhD & B.Eng (elec)
PRIMARY AREA OF INTEREST:
Energy management and strategy optimization - especially how these apply to the challenges facing electricity distribution networks with increasing renewable energy and how this can be mitigated using energy storage and demand management.
YEARS ON THE FACULTY:
6 Events (foundation member of faculty)

Dr David Snowson
Cruiser Class Manager
QUALIFICATIONS:
Bachelor of Engineering (BE) (Computer Engineering), Hons class 1. Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
PRIMARY AREA OF INTEREST:
Hardware and software systems design, performance optimisation.
YEARS ON THE FACULTY:
6 Events (foundation member of faculty)

Bart De Moitié
Assistant Chief Scrutineer
QUALIFICATIONS:
BSc (Electromechanical Engineering), MSc (Electromechanical Engineering
PRIMARY AREA OF INTEREST:
Witnessing the implementation of innovative solutions to the challenges presented to teams while ensuring compliance to the World Solar Challenge regulations.
YEARS ON THE FACULTY:
3 Events

Glenn Platt
QUALIFICATIONS:
BSc ElecEng (Hons), PhD (Electrical Engineering)
PRIMARY AREA OF INTEREST:
Renewable energy and clean technology.
YEARS ON THE FACULTY:
3 Events

Dr Kirsty Veale
QUALIFICATIONS:
Senior engineering fellow at CERN - Large Hadron Collider project) (Geneva)
YEARS ON THE FACULTY:
2 Events

Dr Fiona Leverone
QUALIFICATIONS:
Specialist engineer designing solar thermal rocket propulsion systems at Dawn Aerospace (Netherlands)
YEARS ON THE FACULTY:
2 Events