The Team

  Led by Prof Erich is based at the Univesity of Newcastle, Australia

Prof. Erich Kisi is a Materials Scientist who has been studying the internal structure of materials using Neutron Diffraction, X-ray Diffraction and Electron  Microscopy for more than 3 decades. This background was invaluable in co-inventing MGA thermal storage technology. He has authored more than 140 scientific publications and participated in research grants valued at more than $9M. 
(read Erich's profile)

Dr Heber Sugo also has a Material Science PhD and 3 decades of research experience. He worked extensively on the thermal efficiency of buildings and is a co-inventor of the MGA technology.

Dr Dylan Cuskelly is a Mechanical Engineer/Materials Engineer specializing in the synthesis, properties and selection of materials. He is the third co-inventor of the MGA technology and continues to work on aspects of the materials.

Dr Anthony Rawson is a Mechanical Engineer specializing in computational materials science. His PhD thesis titles 'Modelling and Application of Advanced Thermal Storage Materials' covered property characterization, long term behaviour and economical implementations. Dr. Rawson now resides in Cologne, Germany and is an active contributor to the team.

Mr Alex Post is a PhD student working on concentrating solar power system analysis, thermionic emission power generation and their combination using highly concentrated solar radiation as well as thermo-economics.

Mr Mark Copus is a PhD student working on the scale up of MGA thermal storage materials from lab scale to commercial size.

Mr James Bradley is a professional mechanical engineer and PhD student working on technologies for extracting work from the heat stored within MGA units.

Mr Benjamin Fraser is  PhD student working on thermal modelling and design of MGA storage blocks including direct solar irradiation, cavity receiver design, heat exchange tube placement and design.

Mr Samuel Reed is a PhD student working on the synthesis of new MGA materials with properties outside the current range of temperatures both at the high end (>500 degrees C) and the low end (<250 degrees C).