Harry Warring

With a passion for understanding how the world works, Harry began a PhD in Physics.

His research took him to new and exciting areas that hadn’t been extensively studied before.

“My PhD research was focused on a group of magnetic semiconductors known as rare earth nitrides. The materials have very strange properties and my project involved leveraging these properties to create new types of electronic devices. It was exciting because everything was new and hadn’t been done before.”

Excellent support

Harry’s supervisors were very supportive during his research and had a large amount of wisdom to impart. He really enjoyed drawing on their breadth of experience and expanding his theoretical and technical skill sets.

A future in space

“My degree gave me the skills to work through problems systematically and this has been indispensable to my career. I am now working in an engineering role with a strong research and development focus. Being able to get to the root cause of issues quickly is very important.”

Since completing his PhD in 2016, Harry joined the start-up company, Rocket Lab, which recently launched the first orbital rocket from their launch site in Mahia, Hawke’s Bay.

“I am a test engineer at Rocket Lab and am responsible for ensuring flight readiness of our launch vehicles. We have flown two missions in the past two years. Our latest flight put several satellites into orbit.”