Rate My Professor Peter Fleury

Peter Fleury served as an electronics technician in the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Otago from early 2017 until November 2023. He joined the department as a part-time technician, working alongside Peter Small to manage electronics maintenance across the workshops. Over his seven-year tenure, he was responsible for electronics maintenance, contributing significantly to the operational smoothness of laboratory activities. The Department of Biochemistry acknowledged his departure with a farewell message, highlighting his dedicated service.

Fleury provided critical technical support to a wide range of research projects at the University of Otago. In the School of Dentistry, he assisted with strain gauge setups for studies examining strain distribution in implant-assisted removable partial dentures, including work on Kennedy Class I designs and the effects of loading conditions. He was also thanked for electrical connections in comparisons of CNC-milled titanium and zirconia frameworks to implants. Additionally, his expertise supported data capturing systems in research on estimation of jaw-opening forces in adults. In earth sciences, Fleury fixed numerous thermocouples for experiments on microstructural evolution of polycrystalline ice during non-steady state creep. He contributed to monitoring temperature-dependent elastic and anelastic properties using resonant ultrasound spectroscopy and provided technical support for in-situ fabric evolution experiments revealing insights into ice anisotropy development and weakening. Furthermore, he designed and built electrical and electronic systems essential for routine electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) analysis on water ice samples. His skills extended to constructing components for a model mouth used in studies on food oral processing. Operating as Peter Fleury Technical Services in Dunedin, he continued offering specialized technical services. Fleury's reliable contributions enabled advancements in experimental research across biochemistry, dentistry, and glaciology at the University of Otago.