Dr Don McCallum
Dr Don McCallum
SENIOR ASSOCIATE
Dr Don McCallum is an engineer and project manager. He is the Development Manager for the NSW Smart Sensing Network (NSSN), responsible for business development and engagement with key government and industry stakeholders. He has led multi-million dollar sensing projects for the water and recycling industries. He is also Partner Investigator in the ARC Training Centre in Data Analytics for Resources and Environments (DARE).
Don has a wealth of experience working with manufacturing and advanced materials for mines, refineries and laboratories. He started 3D printing Braille in 1999 in a role that gave him a taste of research and working for a humanitarian cause. After completing his PhD in 2005, he spent a few years with the high tech printing firm, Xaar, before moving on to bio-engineering and 3D printing at the University of Wollongong.
Prior to the NSSN, Don spent six years in Africa and the Middle-East in project coordination, strategy and technology in extreme environments and emergencies for the NGO Medecines Sans Frontiers. Don has worked with manufacturing and advanced materials for mines, refineries and laboratories and spent a few years with the high tech printing firm, Xaar, in Cambridge, UK, before moving on to bio-engineering at the University of Wollongong.
Don is keen to hear from all organisations; be they big, small, private companies, or public agencies, who are looking to innovate their way to a bright industrial future.