Saad Taslaq

As a Graduate Electrical Engineer at AECOM, I am part of the Secondary Electrical Engineering team within the Transmission & Distribution sector. I work closely with experienced engineers and professionals, contributing to detailed design, drafting, and power system protection for various high-voltage infrastructure projects. Key Responsibilities: 1) Client-facing responsibilities, engaging with stakeholders to ensure project requirements are met. 2) Power system modeling and analysis using: - ETAP for arc flash studies and fault analysis. - PowerCAD for cable sizing, voltage drop analysis, and protection coordination to ensure compliance with AS/NZS standards. - PowerFactory for fault studies and network analysis. - Detailed design and drafting, focusing on secondary systems for substations and transmission networks. Key Projects: East Rowville Terminal Station – 66kV Feeder Replacement RNA (Rail Network Association) / MTM South Kensington Tie Station – Traction Power Red Cliffs Terminal Station – Transformer Replacement Cranbourne Terminal Station - Adding 66kV Bus Protection, Bus Ties and CBMs This experience has allowed me to develop technical expertise in substation protection and control, power system analysis, and design standards, while enhancing my ability to collaborate within multidisciplinary teams.

Building Australia’s first peer-to-peer EV charging network, empowering communities to share home chargers with nearby drivers. Our mission is to reduce range anxiety, make electric vehicle ownership more accessible, convenient, and affordable while accelerating the transition to a cleaner transport future. From idea to launch, I’m leading product development, partnerships, and growth strategy to bring community-powered charging to life.

The project aims to design a small-scale autonomous vehicle called MiniDrone. The autonomous vehicle will run through a course that will test the MiniDrone’s ability to navigate through obstacles along a drawn path. As a software engineer, I focus on the perception, navigation and control side of the MiniDrone.

The research project is focused on the role of public charging infrastructure and how it will alleviate range anxiety concerns. The findings will support business cases for developing public EVCI initiatives. The research is aligned with the Sustainable Driving Program education and advocacy objective. As well as aligned with Transurban’s Social License and Leadership objectives.

Responsible for teaching high school students to build and code autonomous robots.

Worked on the Project Meta team in collaboration with Monash Health, MCHRI, and Monash Partners. • Leading front end development using React/GraphQL on a project aimed at optimising communication & information distribution in healthcare settings

Growth Strategy Project for a new cleaning product and committed to: o Identifying market entry cost estimates o Outlining potential barriers to entry o Achieving solutions to the safety, size, growth and value of target market

Leading, coordinating, and organising events for students across the university. Teaching students how to use programs such as TinkerCAD.