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Andrew Belford is an Adjunct Fellow and Research Associate at Macquarie University in the School of Engineering. He received his Bachelor of Electrical and Electronic Engineering degree from the University of Adelaide in 1985, and has worked in industrial automation and process control for more than 30 years. He is a senior member of the IEEE, a Fellow of Engineers Australia, and a Chartered Professional Engineer (CPEng). He is currently working with the Mechatronics Group at Macquarie. His research interests include robust and adaptable automated systems, and instrumentation and measurement for MEMs devices. He is currently undertaking a PhD in structural health monitor of ships, using sensors and machine learning. |
Dr. M A Parvez Mahmud is a postdoctoral research associate at the School of Engineering, Macquarie University. He received his PhD in Engineering from Macquarie University. His research interest includes piezoelectric and triboelectric energy harvesters, towards the development of self-powered flexible electronic devices.
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PhD students
Sajad A. Moshizi graduated in Mechanical Engineering with a Bachelor of Science degree from Bahonar University of Kerman and completed his Master of Science degree in energy conversion from Amirkabir University of Technology. His academic interests are in the fields of aerodynamics and Nanofluidics, with a focus on simulation. His PhD research addresses the fabrication and simulation of semicircular canals in the vestibular system. He is finalizing a forthcoming publication on recently completed project on development of and applications for VGNs/PVA-hydrogel flow sensors. He is also running experiments to confirm the modelling for his VGNs/PDMS flow sensor for sleep apnoea therapy applications. |
Mojtaba Abdollahzadeh graduated in Mechanical Engineering with a Bachelor degree from Shiraz University and a Master degree from Sharif University of Technology. His research interests are in the field of biomimetic sensors and microfluidics. His PhD research concerns the development of a chemical wearable sensor that can detect a wide range of molecules and biomarkers.
Hadi Ahmadi received his master degree in Mechanical Engineering-Energy Conversion branch from Semnan University. Besides spending several years in automotive industry, he has academic background in the field of heat transfer, fluid mechanics, turbulence modelling and CFD. His PhD research focuses on the numerical and experimental investigation of cochlea and basilar membrane in mammalian auditory system. |
Masoud Mohseni Dargah is a joint PhD student in the Cotutelle PhD program between Macquarie University, Australia and Tarbiat Modares University, Iran. His PhD project is aimed for designing middle ear prostheses for hearing recovery, using numerical and experimental analyses. Additionally, he obtained his BSc in laboratory medicine and worked as a medical technologist in clinical laboratories. Masoud pursued his master's degree in biological chemistry, focused on cancer therapy using gene therapy and nano-material. He has also been involved in designing a diagnostic kit for cancer detection.
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Sujan Shrestha received his Bachelor degree in Electronic and Communication Engineering from Tribhuvan University, Nepal in 2010. Author persuaded his Master study in Information and Communication Engineering from Chosun University, Gwangju, South Korea, in 2017. He has worked as an Engineer in companies as such Huawei, Broadcasting firms. His research interest includes antenna design and wave propagation, rain attenuation, microwave and satellite communication. His PhD project is focused on development of novel Antennas for Biomedical applications.
Rockson Kwesi Tonnah graduated from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (Ghana) and Hanbat National University (South Korea) with a B.Sc. Chemical Engineering and MEng in Chemical and Biological Engineering, respectively. He recently completed Macquarie University research masters in Engineering and has progressed to a Ph.D candidate. His doctoral research is on the development of bio-inspired nanofluidic materials for salinity gradient energy conversion (renewable energy) and direct lithium ion extraction. Rockson enjoys reading about socioeconomics, geopolitics and philosophical thought experiments for leisure.
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Dr. Huan Xiao is a postdoctoral research associate at the School of Engineering, at Macquarie University. She received her Ph.D. in the School of Natural Sciences from Macquarie University. Her main research interests cover membrane science & technology, and chemical & environmental engineering processes to solve environmental or energy problems.
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David Wren completed his Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) degree at Macquarie University in 2020 majoring in mechanical engineering. Having switched from a mechatronic engineering major after completing up to and including his 300 level within this major, he has a good knowledge base around mechatronic systems in addition to mechanical engineering. He is currently pursuing a robotics based masters research project.
Visiting Students
Marzieh Souzanipour is a PhD student in Nanobiotechnology at University of Isfahan. Her thesis concerns the design and functionalization of enzyme-conjugated dendrimer nanocarriers conjugated for targeted delivery of anticancer drug.
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Alumni
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Zinat Changani. Her PhD research was focused on pumpless microfluidic nano-biosensor and nanocomposite membrane.
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