PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Dr Thanh Nho Do
Scientia Senior Lecturer 

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

Editors
- Nature Communications Engineering
- Sensors 
- Micromachines

UNSW academic Profile-here

​Address: Room 1003, Level 1, E26, Biological Sciences South, Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, UNSW Sydney, Australia

Email: tn.do {at} unsw.edu.au
Phone: (+61) 9385 2892
PHD STUDENTS
Phuoc Thien Phan (Term 3/2019-)

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: p.phan@student.unsw.edu.au
Mai Thanh Thai (Term 3/2019-)

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: maithanh.thai@student.unsw.edu.au
Trung Thien Hoang (Term 3/2019-)

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: trungthien.hoang@student.unsw.edu.au
Harrison Low (Term 2/2020-)

Education:
B. Eng. in Biomedical Engineering (Honours), Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, UNSW, Sydney
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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: h.low@unsw.edu.au
Chi Cong Nguyen (Term 3/2021-)

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: cong.c.nguyen@unsw.edu.au
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: j.j.davies@student.unsw.edu.au
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: bibhu.sharma@unsw.edu.au
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: e.nicotra@ad.unsw.edu.au
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: adrienne.ji@unsw.edu.au
Thanh-An Truong (Term 2/2022-)

Education:
B.E.  Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Vietnam M.E. National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
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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: an.truong1@unsw.edu.au
Anh Hien Tran (Term 2/2021-)

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: hien.a.tran@unsw.edu.au
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: mingxuan.chua@student.unsw.edu.au
MASTER/UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
Kefan Zhu (Term 1/2022-)

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: Soft Wearable Devices
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​Address: Level 1, E26 Biological Sciences South, Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, UNSW Sydney
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​Email: kefan.zhu@student.unsw.edu.au
RECENT ALUMNI & VISITORS
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
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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: i.hadinoto@student.unsw.edu.au
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
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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: k.wellalagodage@student.unsw.edu.au
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: nhu.dinh@student.unsw.edu.au
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: j.spiggle@unsw.edu.au
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: david.welch@student.unsw.edu.au
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: diana.huang@student.unsw.edu.au
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: jason.quek@student.unsw.edu.au
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: s.taing@student.unsw.edu.au
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: j.j.davies@student.unsw.edu.au
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: timotius.teh@student.unsw.edu.au
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: l.sy@unsw.edu.au

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: mbussu@student.ethz.ch
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