Strengthening the nation's defence force is certainly an important job, and there to help solidify the future of the force's capabilities, is Hurstville's Michael Saleh.
Mr Saleh has received a leadership award for his engineering work for Australia's defence force.
The Defence Materials Technology Centre (DMTC) recently honoured ANSTO collaborators at its 2019 Awards for Excellence.
Mr Saleh, a senior structural engineer with ANSTO, received two awards for his leadership and contribution to the development of advanced and innovative modelling and testing regimes, which will improve the safety and functionality of next generations of defence equipment platforms.
His work on projects across nearly a decade was recognised, including his previous work on blast and shock models for land vehicles and his current efforts to develop and validate modelling that will improve defence's understanding of the life-of-type of Navy ships.
"[It has] allowed me to work with leading edge technologies and within many multi-disciplinary teams," he said.
"I want to encourage more young people to pursue careers in STEM across the various scientific and engineering fields that can benefit the wider Australian community and advance our international standing.
"The awards are about acknowledging the quiet achievers and putting a spotlight on work that is proving to be significant now, but will be an even bigger contributor to fefence's capability edge in the future," DMTC chief executive Mark Hodge said.
"In Michael Saleh's case, we have an embodiment of the strong outcome-focus that is so evident right across the teams that make up the DMTC community. His absolute focus on collaboration - on leading a multi-disciplinary team to achieve collective goals - is to be commended."