PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Dr Thanh Nho Do
Scientia Associate Professor
​UNSW Scientia Fellow (2018-2026)
CINSW Career Development Fellow
NSW Young Tall Poppy Awardee
Google Research Scholar Awardee
Ministerial Award for Rising Star in Cardiovascular Research 

Education:
- PhD in Mechanical Engineering (Surgical Robotics), Nanyang Technological University,       Singapore
- B.Eng in Manufacturing Engineering (Talented Program), Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology (HCMUT), Vietnam


UNSW academic Profile-here

​Address: Room 511, Level 5, F25, Samuels Building, School of Biomedical Engineering, UNSW Sydney, Australia

Email: tn.do {at} unsw.edu.au
Phone: (+61) 9385 2892
POSTDOC RESEARCH ASSOCIATES 
Dr Phuoc Thien Phan 
UNSW (ECA) Startup Fellow

Education:
B. Eng. in Manufacturing Engineering (Gold Medal ), Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, Vietnam 

Research Interests:​ Medical Robotics, Flexible Surgical Devices, Soft Robotics, Capsule  Endoscopy, Biodegradable Materials, System Modelling and Control, Mechanical Design and Manufacturing, Computational Method 

PhD Project: Advanced Miniature Actuators for Robotics and Medicine 

​Address: Level 1, E26 Biological Sciences South, Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, UNSW Sydney
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​Email: [email protected]
James Davies (Term 1/2022-)

Education:
B. Eng. in Mechatronics and MS. in Biomedical Engineering, Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

PhD Project: Soft Artificial Organs

​Address: Level 1, E26 Biological Sciences South, Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, UNSW Sydney
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​Email: [email protected]
PHD STUDENTS
Bibhu Sharma (Term 1/2023-)

Education:
-M.Eng in Biomedical Engineering, Mahidol University, Thailand
-B.Eng in Mechanical Engineering, Kathmandu University, Nepal
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Research Interests: Medical Robotics, Biomechanical Assistive Robots, Mechanical Design, Compliance Control, Soft Robotics

PhD Project: Advanced Soft Wearable Robotic System for Haptics and Human Augmentation

​Address: Level 1, E26 Biological Sciences South, Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, UNSW Sydney
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​Email: [email protected]
Emanuele Nicotra (Term 1/2022-)

Education:
- MS in Control & Robotics Engineering, Sapienza Università di Roma, Italy
- BS in Mechanical Engineering, Sapienza Università di Roma, Italy

Research Interest: Robotics, Soft Robotics, Control Theory, Model Predictive Control, Reinforcement Learning

PhD Project: Advanced Flexible Surgical Robots for Gastrointestinal Cancer and Cardiovascular Disease Treatments

​Address: Level 1, E26 Biological Sciences South, Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, UNSW Sydney
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​Email: [email protected]
Adrienne Ji (Term 1/2023-)

Education:
Bachelor of Engineering Honours (Biomedical Engineering), University of Sydney (USYD), Sydney

Research Interest: Medical Robotics, Soft robotics, Haptic devices

PhD Project: Bidirectional Aortic Compressive Device

​Address: Level 1, E26 Biological Sciences South, Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, UNSW Sydney
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​Email: [email protected]
Kefan Zhu (Term 1/2024-)

Education:
B. Eng. in Mechanical Engineering and Ms, in Biomedical Engineering, School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering and Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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Project: Flexible Surgical Robots
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​Address: Level 1, E26 Biological Sciences South, Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, UNSW Sydney
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​Email: [email protected]
Wan Jingjing (Term 2/2024-)

Education:
B.E. Beijing Jiaotong University 2018-2022 
M.E. National University of Singapore 2022-2023,
Research assistant. Sustech University 2023-2024
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Project: Multimodal Flexible Surgical Robots with Advanced Haptic Interface
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​Address: Level 1, E26 Biological Sciences South, Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, UNSW Sydney
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​Email: [email protected]
Hermione Truong (Term 1/2025-)

Education:
- B. Eng in Mechatronics (Honours) at UNSW, Sydney
- B. Sc in Pathology and Pharmacology at UNSW, Sydney
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Project: Flexible Surgical Robotics
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​Address: Level 1, E26 Biological Sciences South, Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, UNSW Sydney
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​Email: [email protected]
An Tong (Term 1/2026-)

Education:
B. Eng. in Mechatronics Engineering (Gold Medal), Vietnam Nantional University Ho Chi Minh - University of Technology, Vietnam 
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Project: Surgical Robot for Lung Cancer Treatment
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​Address: Level 1, E26 Biological Sciences South, Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, UNSW, Sydney
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​Email: [email protected]
Patrick Pruscino (Term 2/2024-)

Education:
B. Eng. in Mechatronics and MS. in Biomedical Engineering, Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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Project: Soft Surgical Robots
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​Address: Level 1, E26 Biological Sciences South, Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, UNSW, Sydney
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​Email: [email protected]
Tan Huynh (Term 3/2025-)

Education:
B. Eng. in Mechatronics Engineering (Honour), University of Technology Sydney, Australia 
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Project: Advanced Soft Micro-Endoscopic Soft Robot for Early Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
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​Address: Level 1, E26 Biological Sciences South, Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, UNSW, Sydney
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​Email: [email protected]
Bach Tran (Term 2/2024-)

Education:
B.E.  Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Vietnam 
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Research interests: • Silicon carbide, integrated sensors, flexible electronics, and bio-sensing applications.​

PhD Project: Soft and flexible sensors (co-supervise with Hoang-Phuong Phan)

​Address: Ainsworth Building J17 UNSW Sydney NSW 2052 Australia

​Email: [email protected]
Quang Anh Nguyen (Term 1/2025-)

Education:
B.E., Mechatronic Engineering, Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Vietnam, 2024 (First Class Honor)​
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Research interests: • Silicon carbide, integrated sensors, flexible electronics, and bio-sensing applications.​

PhD Project: Implanted SiC Sensors (co-supervise with Hoang-Phuong Phan)

​Address: Ainsworth Building J17 UNSW Sydney NSW 2052 Australia

​Email: [email protected]
Nhat Minh Doan (Term 2/2025-)

Education:
B.E., Mechatronic Engineering (Advanced Programs), Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Vietnam, 2025 (Valedictorian)​
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Research interests: • Silicon carbide, integrated sensors, flexible electronics, and bio-sensing applications.​

PhD Project: 3D Organoids manipulation and sensing (co-supervise with Hoang-Phuong Phan)

​Address: Ainsworth Building J17 UNSW Sydney NSW 2052 Australia

​Email: [email protected]
Hai Nhan Le (Term 2/2025-)

Education:
B.E., Mechatronic Engineering, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, Vietnam​
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Research interests: • soft robotics, cyborg insects, control.​

PhD Project: Cyborg Insects (co-supervise with Thang Vo-Doan)

​Email: 
Michael Abraham Listyawan (Term 2/2024-)

Education:
B.E.  Universitas Indonesia, Indonesia
Master of Philosophy, Yeungnam University, Korea
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Research interests: • Silicon carbide, integrated sensors, flexible electronics, and bio-sensing applications.​

PhD Project: Flexible, wearable, implantable biosensors using silicon nanomembranes. (co-supervise with Hoang-Phuong Phan)

​Address: Ainsworth Building J17 UNSW Sydney NSW 2052 Australia

​Email: [email protected]
Sinuo Zhao (Term 1/2024-)

Education:
B. Eng. in Mechatronic Engineering, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou, China, 2021
M. Eng. in Mechanical Engineering, School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering , UNSW Sydney, Australia (2023)
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Project: Flexible MEMS tactile sensors for surgical robotics (co-supervise with Hoang-Phuong Phan )
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​Address: Level 1, E26 Biological Sciences South, Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, UNSW Sydney
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​Email: [email protected]
Ming Xuan Chua (Term 3/2021-)

Education:
BE (HONS) Mechatronics Engineering, School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, UNSW
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Research interests: • Wearable Devices, Mechatronics, Robotics​

PhD Project: Soft Wearable Device for Upper Limb Augmentation (co-supervise with Leo Wu and Chun Wang)

​Address: Ainsworth Building J17 UNSW Sydney NSW 2052 Australia

​Email: [email protected]
MASTER/UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
Sakolpoo Juemjutitam (Zack)  (Term 1/2025-)

Education:
B.Eng in Mechanical Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
M.Eng. in Biomedical Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
​
Project: Medical Robot Arm For Endoscopic Surgery
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​Address: Level 1, E26 Biological Sciences South, Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, UNSW, Sydney
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​Email:  [email protected]
Peter Qiu (Term 1/2023-)

Education:
B.E., University of Sydney, Australia, 2022
M.E., UNSW Sydney, 2023 -2025
​
Project: Flexible mesoporous sensors for biomedical robotics (co-supervise with Hoang-Phuong Phan )
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​Address: School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, UNSW Sydney
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​Email: [email protected]
Hongru Chen (Term 3/2024-)

Education:
B.E., Robotics Engineering, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao, China, 2024
​M.E., UNSW, 2024 -2026

Project:  Wireless, implanted intracranial sensors (co-supervise with Hoang-Phuong Phan)
​
​Address: School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, UNSW Sydney

Josh Sapers (Term 1/2025-)

Education:
B.E. Mechanical Engineering, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering, Needham, MA, USA 2013-2017
​M.E., UNSW, 2023 -2025

Project:  Wireless, implanted intracranial sensors (co-supervise with Hoang-Phuong Phan)
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​Address: School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, UNSW Sydney

Bilah El Omari (Term 1/2025-)

Education:
B.E. Mechatronics and Master in Biomedical Engineering, UNSW Sydney

Project:  Pneumatic Compression Device for Medical Compression Therapy
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​Address: Level 1, E26 Biological Sciences South, Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, UNSW, Sydney

Eliza Tang (Term 1/2025-)

Education:
B.E. Mechatronics and Master in Biomedical Engineering, UNSW Sydney

Project:  Advanced Smart Compression Garment
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​Address: Level 1, E26 Biological Sciences South, Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, UNSW, Sydney
RECENT ALUMNI & VISITORS
Dr Trung Thien Hoang 
Current position: RMIT Vice Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Education:
B. Eng. in Biomedical Engineering (Silver Medal ), International University, Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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Research interests: wearable and miniaturized medical devices, biosensors, point–of–care diagnostic devices/solutions, medical robotics, functional materials, soft robotics.​

PhD Project: Soft Robotics for Haptics and Medical Applications

​Address: Level 1, E26 Biological Sciences South, Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, UNSW Sydney
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​Email: [email protected]
Dr Chi Cong Nguyen
Current position: Associate Lecturer, School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, UNSW Sydney

Education:
B. Eng. in Mechatronics Engineering (Gold Medal ), Hanoi University of Science and Technology (HUST), Vietnam   
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Research interests: medical robotics, flexible surgical devices, soft robotics, system modeling, advanced control algorithms

PhD Project: Advanced Flexible Surgical Robot for Gastrointestinal Cancer Treatment

​Address: Level 1, E26 Biological Sciences South, Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, UNSW Sydney
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​Email: [email protected]
Dr Mai Thanh Thai 
Current position: Assistant Professor at VinUniversity, Vietnam

Education:
​- MS. Aerospace Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Korea
- B. Eng. in Mechatronics Engineering (Gold Medal ), Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, Vietnam 

Research Interests: medical robotics, flexible surgical devices, soft robotics, system modeling, advanced control algorithms, haptic devices, circuit design, and microcontroller unit (MCU). 

PhD Project: Low-Cost Surgical System for NOTES with Wearable Haptic Displays 

​Address: Level 1, E26 Biological Sciences South, Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, UNSW Sydney
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​Email: [email protected]
Dr Anh Hien Tran 
Current position: Postdoc Research Fellow, University of Sydney

Education:
Master of Philosophy in Biomedical Engineering , Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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Research interests: • Cells loaded 3D silk scaffold for regenerative medicine • Bioactive scaffold design for Tissue Engineering • Biofilm infection treatment • Cell-Bacteria coculture system​

PhD Project: Photo-crosslinkable silk hydrogels for biomedical applications (co-supervise with Jelena Rnjak-Kovacina)

​Address: F25 Samuels Building, Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, UNSW Sydney
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​Email: [email protected]
Dr Thanh-An Truong 
​Current position: Postdoc Research Fellow, Griffith University

Education:
B.E.  Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Vietnam M.E. National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
​
Research interests: • Silicon carbide MEMS/NEMS, integrated sensors, flexible electronics, and bio-sensing applications.​

PhD Project: 3-dimensional soft silicon carbide nanoarchitectures (co-supervise with Hoang-Phuong Phan)

​Address: Ainsworth Building J17 UNSW Sydney NSW 2052 Australia

​Email: [email protected]
Dr Aditya Ashok 
Current position: Postdoc Research Fellow, Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, University of Queensland
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Education:
B.E. RMK College of Engineering and Technology (Affiliated to Anna University, Chennai), India, 2016
M.Tech. Centre for Nanosciences and Molecular Medicine, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, India, 2018
PhD, The University of Queensland (Yamauchi group)
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Project: multimodal, flexible electronics (co-supervise with Hoang-Phuong Phan)
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​Email: [email protected]​
Dr Arya Vasanth 
Current position: Research Associate, Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, University of Queensland
​
Education:
Integrated M.Sc. (Physics & Maths), School of Arts and Sciences, Amrita Viswa Vidyapeetham, India, 2018

Ph.D., School of Nano Sciences and Molecular Medicine, Amrita Viswa Vidyapeetham, India, 2023 (2D semiconductors and optoelectronic devices)
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Project: Porous semiconductors and sensors (co-supervise with Hoang-Phuong Phan)
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​Email: [email protected]
Akira McPhee (Term 1/2024-)

Education:
Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) (Mechatronics) / Master of Biomedical Engineering at UNSW
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Project: Soft compressive sleeve to treat lymphoedema
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​Address: Level 1, E26 Biological Sciences South, Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, UNSW, Sydney
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​Email: [email protected]
Vincent Tak Wai Wong (Term 1/2024-)

Education:
B.Eng in Mechatronics and MS. in Biomedical Engineering, Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney Australia
​
Project:  Bio-Inspired Frictionless Skin for Flexible Surgical Robot
​
​Address: Level 1, E26 Biological Sciences South, Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, UNSW, Sydney
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​Email: [email protected]​
Jaeden Andreazza (Term 1/2024-)

Education:
B.Eng in Mechatronics and MS. in Biomedical Engineering, Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney Australia
​
Project: Biomimetic Artificial Intestine for Medical Training
​
​Address: Level 1, E26 Biological Sciences South, Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, UNSW, Sydney
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​Email: [email protected]
Harrison Low (Term 2/2020-)

Education:
B. Eng. in Biomedical Engineering (Honours), Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, UNSW, Sydney
​
Research interests: soft robotics, mechatronics, and haptics.​

PhD Project: Soft Skin-Like Haptic Interfaces 

​Address: Level 1, E26 Biological Sciences South, Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, UNSW Sydney
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​Email: [email protected]
Ian Hadinoto (Term 3/2021-)

Education:
B. Eng. in Mechatronics and MS. in Biomedical Engineering, Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
​
Project: Soft Wearable Haptic Device
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​Address: Level 1, E26 Biological Sciences South, Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, UNSW Sydney
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​Email: [email protected]
Don Kevin Wellalagodage (Term 3/2021-)

Education:
B. Eng. in Software Engineering, School of Computer Science and Engineering and Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
​
Project: Soft Haptic Device for Interaction with Virtual Objects
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​Address: Level 1, E26 Biological Sciences South, Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, UNSW Sydney
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​Email: [email protected]
Sarah Dinh (Term 1/2022-)

Education:
B. Eng. in Mechatronics and MS. in Biomedical Engineering, Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

Project: Design and Development of Massage Device for Dry Eye Disease Treatment

​Address: Level 1, E26 Biological Sciences South, Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, UNSW Sydney
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​Email: [email protected]
Jack Spiggle (Term 3/2021-)

Education:
B. Eng. in Electrical Engineering, School of Computer Science and Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

Project: Design and Control of Soft Compression Garment for Medical Applications
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​Address: Level 1, E26 Biological Sciences South, Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, UNSW Sydney
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​Email: [email protected]
David Welch (Term 1/2021-)

Education:
BE (Hons) and ME Electrical Engineering, School of Computer Science and Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

Project: System Modelling and Control of Robotic Skin Artificial Muscle

​Address: Level 1, E26 Biological Sciences South, Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, UNSW Sydney
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​Email: [email protected]
Diana Huang (Term 3/2020-)

Education:
B. Eng. in Mechatronics and MS. in Biomedical Engineering, Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

Project: Development of Bio-Inspired Soft Tubular Gripper
​Address: Level 1, E26 Biological Sciences South, Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, UNSW Sydney
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​Email: [email protected]
Jason Quek (Term 3/2019-)

Education:
B. Eng. in Mechatronics and MS. in Biomedical Engineering, Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

Project: Soft Robotic Gripper with Variable Stiffness

​Address: Level 1, E26 Biological Sciences South, Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, UNSW Sydney
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​Email: [email protected]
Serena Taing (Term 1/2020-)

Education:
B. Eng. in Biomedical Engineering, Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

Project: Soft Compression Interface

​Address: Level 1, E26 Biological Sciences South, Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, UNSW Sydney
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​Email: [email protected]
James Davies (Term 2/2020-)

Education:
B. Eng. in Mechatronics and MS. in Biomedical Engineering, Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

Project: High Aspect Ratio Soft Artificial Pump

​Address: Level 1, E26 Biological Sciences South, Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, UNSW Sydney
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​Email: [email protected]
Timotius Teh (Term 2/2020-)

Education:
B. Eng. in Mechatronics and MS. in Biomedical Engineering, Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

Project: Soft Small Scale Actuators-Integrated Flexible Surgical Arm for Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES)

​Address: Level 1, E26 Biological Sciences South, Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, UNSW Sydney
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​Email: [email protected]
Luke Sy (Term 3/2019-)

Education:
- PhD in Biomedical Engineering, Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, UNSW (expected graduation 2021)  
- MS in Computer Science, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2017.  
- BSc in Electronics and Communications Engineering, University of the Philippines Diliman, 2011

Research interests: State estimation, Wearable robotics, Machine learning, Biomedical engineering

​Address: Level LG, Samuels Building, F25 and Level 1, E26 Biological Sciences South, Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, UNSW Sydney
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​Email: [email protected]

Personal Webpage: https://www.lukesy.net/
Mattia Bussu (Term 1/2020-)

Education:
- MSc Biomedical Engineering (Biomechanics), ETH Zürich,  Switzerland   
- BEng Mechanical Engineering with Management, First Class with Honours, The University of Manchester, UK.  

Project: Upper Limb Augmentation with Soft Artificial Muscle

​Address: Level 1, E26 Biological Sciences South, Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, UNSW Sydney
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​Email: [email protected]
Lehiany Asma (Term 1/2019)

Education:
  • M.Eng. and B. Eng. in Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (BEIHANG), Beijing, China

Project: Soft Wearable Haptic Device