About

Dr Sonya A Brown is a Senior Lecturer in Aerospace Design at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in the School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering. Dr Brown's research interests include multifunctional composite materials, structural energy storage capability, the continued advancement of high-quality carbon composite materials, and the manufacturing technologies to produce composite components reliably for the aerospace industry. Dr Brown was awarded her Doctor of Philosophy from the School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering, the University of Sydney in 2012. She is a regular media contributor to aerospace topics and a world-class communicator.

Prior to joining UNSW, Dr Brown was the Materials Research Engineer and Lab Manager at Quickstep Technologies. In this position, she worked across all the company's projects, providing technical and laboratory support for Quickstep's F-35 Lightning II and C-130J Super Hercules production programs, in addition to composite materials development and data analysis for developmental projects.