Abstract
Having sailed since age 9, Elise saw studying engineering as a pathway to combine her love of sailing with her interest in maths and physics. She was accepted into the accelerated pathway and graduated with first class honours. The week after finishing her final engineering science exam, Elise started working at Emirates Team New Zealand. During the 35th America’s Cup, as the youngest full time employee, she worked in a number of areas including aerodynamics and designing 3D printed components.
Since winning the cup in Bermuda Elise was involved in the development of the new AC75 class. That involved setting up modelling the various options for testing in the simulator. After the concept was selected the class rule was written to limit the scope of development and to ensure relatively similar performance between boats whilst having plenty of development opportunities. Again she was involved in the aerodynamics and 3D modelling at the start of the campaign but transitioned into focusing on simulation, performance prediction and analysis during AC36.
Part of the IET’s Global EngTalk series, celebrating our 150th anniversary.
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