Group leader
MQ early career fellowship
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Lecturer
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Andrew Belford is a lecturer 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. |
Postdoctoral Associate
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Dr Salman Jalalifar obtained his PhD in Maritime Engineering from Australian Maritime College, the University of Tasmania. His PhD research focuses on the operational management of the fast pyrolysis process using numerical modeling. Besides several years in the energy-related industry, he has a scholarly track record in heat transfer, energy conversion, fluid mechanics, numerical modelings, and multi-phase flow dynamics. Dr Jalalifar is currently working on designing and fabricating a smart device for a drowning detection and tracking system that would continuously monitor the wearer’s swimming pattern, depth, and heartbeat and send a signal to emergency services and lifeguards in case of a potential drowning event.
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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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Research Engineer
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Peter Phuong Phan is an Electronics Engineer with passion in designing IoT systems. His main research is about embedded systems and wireless communication systems (LoRa, WiFi, BLE). His completed project include:
1) Embedded system for complex traffic light (train, bus, car and pedestrian) 2) Embedded system to simulate musical instruments and precise motor controller for ventilator using Matlab 3) Automatic line follower and maze solver robot using C language 4) Automatic tennis ball collector robot (https://github.com/Peter-Electronic) |
Graduate Students
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Sajad A. Moshizi graduated from Amirkabir University of Technology, majoring in Mechanical Engineering and a minor in fluid dynamics. His PhD research aims to develop a biomimetic vestibular system to restore balance of body. Since vestibular disorders afflict 1 in 3 people throughout their lives, his project seeks to help elderlies to decrease the consequences of vestibular dysfunction, including chronic impairment of balance, posture, and/or gaze stability. He has fabricated several novel hair cell sensory systems using advanced materials and nanotechnology with high sensitivity, very low-frequency detection, and low response time. He has modeled a bioinspired vestibular system equipped with the hair cell sensor using 3D printing technology. This research paves the way for developing the next generation of vestibular implants, with the ultimate goal of restoring balance dysfunction. The research findings have been published in prestigious journals such as Nano-Micro Letters, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, and Advanced Materials Technologies.
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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. |
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Masoud Mohseni Dargah is a joint PhD candidate in the Cotutelle PhD program between Macquarie University and Tarbiat Modares University, Iran. He obtained his BSc in laboratory medicine and worked as a medical technologist in clinical laboratories. Masoud also pursued his master's degree in biological chemistry. His research interests include cancer pathobiology, nanomedicine, and medical diagnostics. His PhD project is on designing medical diagnostic devices and microfluidics.
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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.
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Ivan Bakhshayeshi is an HDR student at the school of engineering, Macquarie University. He is also a member of the Data Analytics Lab (data-science-group.github.io) and Engineering Australia. His research interests are in the areas of data science and artificial intelligence. Ivan has conducted several industrial and academic projects related to data analytics, computer vision, GIS.
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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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Maryam Shahriari received her bachelor’s degree in Medical Laboratory Science from Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. She worked as a Medical Laboratory Scientist in accredited Laboratories in Iran. Meanwhile, she focused on treating Acute Myeloid Leukemia through Drug Delivery methods. She has been qualified as a Medical Laboratory Scientist by the Australian Institute of Medical Laboratory Scientists (AIMS). She is currently undertaking a master’s degree at Macquarie University, and her master’s degree is focused on the treatment of vestibular disorders by developing biomimetic biocompatible piezo-resistive flow sensors.
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Visiting Students
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Fatemeh Ezheian is a PhD candidate in Nano-biotechnology in the factuality of advanced science and technology at University of Isfahan, Iran. Her current project is on design particular geometrical patterned substrates for regulation of MSCs behavior. |
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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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