Will Robertson
Director Of Engineering Programs at The University of Adelaide
Adelaide, South Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolWill Robertson is a Director of Engineering Programs and academic leader with 17 years’ experience bridging mechatronics research and engineering education at the University of Adelaide. He researches magnetic levitation, vibration control and biomechanics, and has translated that deep technical expertise into program leadership and curriculum development. A long-time LaTeX3 contributor and occasional LaTeX3 backend developer, he brings rigorous engineering practice to tooling and documentation—an uncommon blend of hands-on research, open-source stewardship and educational strategy. Based in Adelaide, he pairs a PhD in Mechatronic Engineering with a track record of evolving programs and systems that connect laboratory innovation to real-world engineering outcomes.
18 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
B.E., PhD, Mechatronic Engineering, B.E., PhD, Mechatronic Engineering at University of AdelaideSt Peter's College
Github Skills (4)
latex10
tex10
documentation9
build-automation8
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
latex3/latex3
Aug 2008 - Apr 2020
The expl3 (LaTeX3) Development Repository
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:725 commits, 9 PRs, 299 pushes in 11 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Will primarily focused on the development and maintenance of the LaTeX3 project, contributing to the core functionality and documentation. Their work involved refactoring code, moving files, updating build processes, and adding new features such as conditional compilation flags. The user also made various documentation tweaks, including improving the syntax documentation and adding engine-specific conditionals. They also worked on integrating the l3doc class and other related aspects.
latex3expl3latexlatex3-development
wspr/thesis
May 2009 - Mar 2016
My now-completed PhD thesis
Contributions:326 commits, 1 branch, 2 issues in 6 years 11 months
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