SCHOOL OF MECHANICAL AND MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING,
TYREE FOUNDATION INSTUTUTE OF HEALTH ENGINEERING
UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES, SYDNEY
Principle Investigator
Dr. Hoang-Phuong Phan
"Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile" Albert Einstein.
Education:
B.E. The University of Tokyo, Japan, 2011 (first class hornor) Supervisor: Y. Nakamura - Fellow of IEEE, Fellow of WAAS
M.E. The University of Tokyo, Japan, 2013, Supervisor: I. Shimoyama, Director of Information & Robot Technology (IRT)
Ph.D. Griffith University, Australia, 2016, Principal Supervisors: D.V. Dao and N.-T. Nguyen (ARC Laurate Fellow)
Adjunct positions:
Stanford University, CA, USA, 2017, Visiting scholar
Northwestern University, IL, USA, 2019, Visiting scholar
Professional service:
Editorial Board Member: Micromachines, Sensors, Scientific Reports
Youth Editorial Board, Soft Science
Reviewer for: ARC grants (DP, LP, FT, DECRA, LIEF), Nature Comm, Adv. Mater., Adv. Funct. Mater., APL, IEEE EDL, etc.
Teaching:
Electromechanics (2318ENG)
Kinematics and Dynamics (2517ENG)
Introduction to Electronics (2319ENG)
Robotics (MTRN4230)
Postdoctoral Fellows
Dr. Tuan-Khoa Nguyen
Vice Chancellor Postdoc Fellow
B.E. Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Vietnam 2009
M.E. Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Vietnam 2011
Ph.D. Griffith University, Australia, December 2018
Expertise: MEMS/NEMS, Micro/nano fabrication, Flexible electronics, SiC|AlN|SiN|SiOx thin films and nanomembranes
Post Graduate Students
Aditya Ashok
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
Current position: PhD candidate, The University of Queensland (Yamauchi group)
Project: Porous semiconductors and sensors
(Co-supervision with Prof. Y. Yamauchi at UQ)
Thanh-An Truong
B.E. Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Vietnam
M.E. National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
PhD Project at UNSW: 3-dimensional soft silicon carbide nanoarchitectures
Chi Cong Nguyen
B.E. Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Vietnam, 2020
(Valedictorian)
PhD Project at UNSW: Soft surgical robotics using hydraulic actuators
(Co-supervision with Dr. Thanh Nho Do and Prof. Nigel Lovell GSmBE)
Sinuo Zhao
B.E., Mechatronic Engineering, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou, China, 2021
M.E., UNSW (2021-2023): Flexible MEMS tactile sensors for surgical robotics
PhD project: Flexible, 3D electronics and soft robotics
Peter Qiu
B.E., University of Sydney, Australia, 2022
M.E., UNSW, 2023 -2025
Project: Flexible mesoporous sensors for biomedical robotics
Undergraduate Students
Stephanie Liaw
B.E. School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, UNSW, 2023
Project: Wearable acoustic sensors and interfaces for health monitoring
Alexander Cunio
B.E. School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, UNSW, 2023
Project: Flexible, wireless pulse wave sensors for telehealth applications
James Jiang
B.E. School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, UNSW, 2024
Project: 3D printed sensors
Matthew Johnstone
B.E. School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, UNSW, 2024
Project: Flexible, wireless microprocessors
Mitch Battersby
B.E. School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, UNSW, 2024
Project: Wireless pressure sensors
Visiting Scholars / Students
Yiyan Xu
B.E., Electronic and Information Engineering, Wuhan Polytechnic University, China, 2020
M.E., Electrical Engineering, UNSW 2024
Project: Near Field Communication Technologies for health care applications
