The Australian Control Engineering story began in Perth in 2014. Today, ACE delivers SCADA and control systems for water, energy, transport and industrial infrastructure."Our clients' success is how we measure our own. We bring expertise and genuine care to every challenge, delivering on time, on budget, and to the highest standard, because when our clients thrive, so do we."Supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) helps operators monitor and control essential infrastructure. It connects field equipment with the information people need to run their assets.ACE focuses on this operational layer: control logic, communications and system integration. Explore our utility SCADA engineering services.Australia’s shift towards renewable energy brings new demands for control and monitoring. Solar farms, batteries and substations need systems that work together.Meanwhile, water utilities manage ageing equipment across large regions. Transport and industrial operators also need clear operational data and maintainable controls.He studied for a Master of Electrical Engineering at Curtin University in Western Australia, completing the degree in 2006. His thesis explored control strategies for reverse osmosis desalination within a renewable energy system.This research featured in the 2006 publication Supervisory reverse osmosis desalination in an existing renewable energy system. It brought together PLC and SCADA control, instrumentation and energy efficiency.In 2007, Jordan Zhao received a Mondialogo Engineering Award. Mondialogo, an initiative by Daimler and UNESCO, organised the award. His team’s proposal was Development of Sustainable Power and Water Supply for Remote Areas and Disaster Response and Reconstruction in Indonesia. It was one of ten award-winning proposals selected from 92 entries, demonstrating the value of intercultural teamwork in engineering.Jordan designed control panels for research drilling at CSIRO. At Schneider Electric, he engineered SCADA networks and radio communications. He then spent seven years at ABB, leading factory tests, site commissioning and project delivery."I study the world's best methodologies to solve problems others can't."In 2014, Jordan earned Chartered Engineer status with Engineers Australia. ABB closed its WA SCADA engineering operation that year.