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The Simulation Group Australia

The Simulation Group is a world leader in detailed analysis and optimisation of complex supply chains.We specialise in providing fact based strategic insights to the most challenging business problems. Founded in 1999, The Simulation Group has grown to become one of the largest consultancies of its type in the world and has completed more than 500 projects in many countries and continents including Australia, South America, Africa, Indonesia and Canada. Our people are the best in the business. Members of the executive team pioneered dynamic simulation modeling approaches to the mining, transport and logistics industry over twenty years ago. We now have a committed core of over 40 consultants which includes highly experienced directors and senior staff ensuring continuity in our work with clients. The Simulation Group's Consultants have a combination of mining, operations management, problem solving and business experience. This is coupled with strong academic backgrounds and a passion for solving complex problems through a combination of advanced analytical skills and client engagement.

Website:
www.thesimulationgroup.com
Mr Khanh Pham
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Khanh Pham is the General Manager of TSG's WA operations.  He is part of the firm’s executive team.

Since joining TSG in 2005, Khanh has worked extensively with clients internationally and within Australia leading simulation-based value chain studies. He has worked across a diverse range of operations and commodities for resource companies large and small.

He has consulted on large scale capital expansion projects and value chain improvement projects where outcomes are underpinned by the application of operations research modelling and analytics techniques.

Khanh has a Bachelor of Science and a Bachelor of Engineering (Hons 1A) from the University of Western Australia as well as post graduate qualifications in Applied Finance.

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The Simulation Group

The Simulation Group is a world leader in detailed analysis and optimisation of complex supply chains.We specialise in providing fact based strategic insights to the most challenging business problems. Founded in 1999, The Simulation Group has grown to become one of the largest consultancies of its type in the world and has completed more than 500 projects in many countries and continents including Australia, South America, Africa, Indonesia and Canada. Our people are the best in the business. Members of the executive team pioneered dynamic simulation modeling approaches to the mining, transport and logistics industry over twenty years ago. We now have a committed core of over 40 consultants which includes highly experienced directors and senior staff ensuring continuity in our work with clients. The Simulation Group's Consultants have a combination of mining, operations management, problem solving and business experience. This is coupled with strong academic backgrounds and a passion for solving complex problems through a combination of advanced analytical skills and client engagement.
Website:
http://www.thesimulationgroup.com/
Mr Piero Velletri
Managing Consultant 
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Piero Velletri is a Managing Consultant at The Simulation Group with 20 years experience in the resource and mining industry, the majority of which has involved the practical application of discrete event simulation to complex value chains.

He has worked on projects for a diverse client base ranging from Tier 1 mining companies through to mid-tier producers, both in Australia and overseas. He has built significant expertise in multi-user supply chains and understands the challenges of optimising capacity on shared infrastructure.  In 2012, Piero was involved in the establishment of The Simulation Group’s Santiago office where he delivered numerous projects for one of the world’s largest copper mines.

Piero holds a BEng (hons) and PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Western Australia as well as a MSc in Information Technology from Tohoku University in Japan.

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1.  QUALIFICATIONS

  • PhD (Teknologie Doktor): Department of Human Factors Engineering (former Department of Injury Prevention), School of Mechanical and Vehicular Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden: 2000
  • MSc (with distinction): Faculty of Power and Aeronautical Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland: 1992

2. APPOINTMENTS AND EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

  • My employment record includes 12 years of academic career at the School of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Western Australia (Perth, Australia) and 7 years of a industrial research career at Toyota Central Research and Development Laboratories TCRDL, Japan Automobile Research Institute JARI and ESI Group in France (manufacturer of finite element codes PAM-SOLID, PAM-SAFE and PAM-CRASH).

3. RESEARCH INTERESTS AND ACTIVITIES

 

  • Algorithms and models of computational biomechanics for image guided-surgery, surgical planning, surgery simulation and surgical robot control
  • Real-time computation on commodity hardware
  • Injury biomechanics
Prof. Adam Wittek
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Miss Emma Congear
Student 
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Emma is an environmental engineering student in her fourth year of study. She is also the Creative Marketing Team Coordinator for Engineers Without Borders UWA and recently returned from volunteering in Cambodia with the organization.
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Mr Arman Siahvashi
PhD Candidate 
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Dr Putrino develops advanced sensors based on technologies such as silicon photonics and microelectromechanical systems (MEMS).

He is involved in a large number of sensing applications which include volatile organic gas sensing such as toluene/benzene, sensing of bacteria for biomedical applications, and spectroscopic measurement of chemical components for a wide variety of agricultural and industrial applications.

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Dr Gino Putrino
Research Associate Professor 
Bio

Dr Putrino has a strong research and patent output for sensing technologies based on microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) and photonics.

Current research activities include:

  • Sensing for determination of bacteria resistance to antibiotics
  • bacterial detection to identify Pseudomonas
  • Infrared and THz spectroscopy - including detection of components such as nitrogen or glucose.
  • Hydrogen, toluene, methane and other gas detection via direct detection mechanisms.

He has expertise in the advanced manufacturing techniques required to build novel sensor devices.

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