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About The Developers

The University of Melbourne

The Geothermal application was developed by two Master of Engineering students at the University of Melbourne as their final year research project. The aim of this project was to create something new and their focus was on closed-loop ground-source heat pump (GSHP) systems and their groud-heat exchangers (GHEs).

Significant Time Spent

Analysing Geothermal Systems
Learning SWIFT Language
Learning Xcode
Developing User-Friendly Design
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Liangliang (Leon) Zhang
Master of Engineering (Environmental)
Research Student

Leon is an international student who will graduate from the University of Melbourne in 2016. He is currently enrolled in the Masters of Engineering (Environmental) and plans to work in the relative field after graduation.

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Andrew Sheehan
Master of Engineering (Civil with Business)
Research Student

Andrew is set to finish his Masters of Engineering in 2016 and looks to work internationally in 2017. He is also a founding director of Deka Studio, a company that develops websites and online stores.

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Dr Guillermo Narsilio
Primary Supervisor

Guillermo is a Certified GeoExchange Designer (by the US Association of Energy Engineers) and an IGSHPA Accredited Installer. He is an Australian Research Council Future Fellow currently based at The University of Melbourne working on geothermal modelling.

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Nikolas Makasis
Secondary Supervisor

Nikolas is a PhD candidate at The University of Melbourne developing advanced computational models of ground heat exchangers and integrating machine learning into the design of geothermal systems.