PhD Students
9. Dr. Che-Ming (Ben) Chang, 2024
PhD Thesis
Current Position: Robotics Development Engineer, Acumino
First Position: Robotics Development Engineer, Acumino
8. Dr. Joao Buzzatto, 2024
PhD Thesis
Current Position: Postdoctoral Associate, MIT
First Position: Postdoctoral Associate, MIT
7. Dr. Mojtaba Shahmohammadi, 2023
PhD Thesis
Current Position: Product Development Engineer, Fisher & Paykel Healthcare
First Position: Product Development Engineer, Fisher & Paykel Healthcare
6. Dr. Yongje Kwon, 2023
PhD Thesis
Current Position: Co-Founder / Developer, Ramblocks
First Position: Research Associate, New Dexterity
5. Dr. Nathan Elangovan, 2022
PhD Thesis
Current Position: Senior Robotics Development Engineer, Acumino
First Position: Research Associate, New Dexterity
4. Dr. Geng Gao, 2022
PhD Thesis
Current Position: Senior Robotics Development Engineer, Acumino
First Position: Robotics Research Scientist, Acumino / New Dexterity
3. Dr. Gal Gorjup, 2021
PhD Thesis
Current Position: Robotics Development Engineer, Airnamics
First Position: Robotics Development Engineer, Airnamics
2. Dr. Anany Dwivedi, 2021
PhD Thesis
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Artificial Intelligence Institute, University of Waikato
First Position: Postdoctoral Associate, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
1. Dr. Lucas Ferrari Gerez, 2021
PhD Thesis
Current Position: Lecturer, University of Glasgow
First Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University
Co-Supervised PhD Students
Qi Zhang, 2024 (main supervisor: Prof. Peter Xu)
Research Associates
Junbang Liang, 2023 (Notable Achievements: 6 Conference Papers – IEEE/RSJ IROS & IEEE SSRR)
Current Position: PhD Student, Columbia University
Visiting PhD Students
Francesco De Pace, 2020 (Visiting From: Politecnico di Torino)
Current Position: Postdoctoral Associate, Technische Universität Wien
ME Students – Research Theses
Devin Mukalanyaye Ranasinghe, 2024
Bryan Busby, 2023 (Notable Achievements: 1 Conference Paper – IEEE EMBC)
Dah Young Kim, 2022
Alex Hayashi, 2022 (Notable Achievements: 1 Conference Paper – IEEE ICRA)
Jimmy Lin, 2021
Vandna Patel, 2021
Navin Perera, 2021 (Notable Achievements: 1 Conference Paper – IEEE/RSJ IROS)
Arran Davis, 2020
Helen Evans, 2019
Varatharajan Srinivasan, 2019
Omar Hakim, 2024
Sidharth Jayaprakash, 2024
Zhenyu Jin, 2024
Siyun Luo, 2024
Peter Strobel, 2024
Yuran Zhou, 2021 (Notable Achievements: 1 Conference Paper – IEEE ICRA)
Nigel Sim Joon Leck, 2020
Kyaw Tun Ko, 2020
Rohit Joshua Rajasekar, 2020
Waris Hasan, 2019 (Notable Achievements: 1 Journal Paper – IEEE RA-L | 1 Conference Paper – IEEE/RSJ IROS)
Harsha Thiruvengadam, 2019
Junan Chen, 2018 (Notable Achievements: 1 Journal Paper – IEEE RA-L)
Alexandre Eichene, 2018
Ashkan Eslamighane, 2018
Sai Sasanka Jupalli, 2018
Chi-Hung Yang, 2018 (Notable Achievements: 1 Journal Paper – IEEE RA-L)
Shivang Pathak, 2017
Brahmaji Alla Rudhra, 2017
Pratik Sankh, 2017
Undergraduate Students – Part 4 Project Groups
Geoffrey Huang & Masahiro Kobayashi, 2023 (Notable Achievements: Defence Technology Agency, Part 4 Project Award)
Sennah Lee & Matthew Shepherd, 2023
Ben Hart & Koen Van Rijnsoever, 2023
Harry Bond & Rhys Holland, 2023
Caleb Parker-Lee & Jesse Weston, 2023
Daniel Balmes & Joshua Schoeman, 2022
JunBang Liang & William A’court, 2022 (Notable Achievements: Crown Robotics Technology Centre, Part 4 Project Award
Megan Lecchi & Reuel Terezakis, 2022 (Notable Achievements: 1 Conference Paper – IEEE ICRA)
Joshua Ng & Nicholas Scott, 2022
Corey Duguid & Angus Lynch, 2022 (Notable Achievements: Defence Technology Agency, Part 4 Project Award)
Beau Carner & Jose Vaquero, 2022
Gus Barrowman & Nathan Varney, 2021
Jack Breen & Finn McDonnell, 2021 (Notable Achievements: Crown Robotics Technology Centre, Part 4 Project Award)
Bonnie Guan & Joshua Frankson, 2021
Russell Feng & Zach Macleod, 2021
Peter Mitchell & Reuben O’Brien, 2021 (Notable Achievements: 1 Conference Paper – IEEE SSRR)
Anushka Siriwardane & Sabrina Teoh, 2021
Zane Imran & Adam Scott, 2020 (Notable Achievements: Crown Robotics Technology Centre, Part 4 Project Award | 1 Conference Paper – IEEE SSRR)
Chester Jerrat & Bradley Sauvarin, 2020
Lucy Johnston & Leon Thambiran, 2020 (Notable Achievements: IEEE/RSJ IROS, Robotic Grasping and Manipulation Competition, 3rd Place in Manufacturing Track)
Alexander Ruddell & Rochester Zhang, 2020 (Notable Achievements: Mechanical Engineering Group (MEG), Part 4 Project Award)
Dasha Shieff & Amber Turner, 2020 (Notable Achievements: 3 Conference Papers – IEEE ICRA, IEEE EMBC, IEEE ICAR)
Bryan Busby & Tzer Xi Lim, 2019
Charlie Chen & Jimmy Lin, 2019
Amaasha de Alwis & Seo In Park, 2019
Lydia Hingston & Jonathan Mace, 2019 (Notable Achievements: Mechanical Engineering Group (MEG), Part 4 Project Award | 1 Conference Paper – IEEE SSRR)
Charlie Hu & Alice Xiao, 2019
Keshav Krishna & Geetanjali Lamba, 2019
Yige Cao & Lucy Young, 2018 (Notable Achievements: Beckhoff Automation Limited, Part 4 Project Award | 1 Conference Paper – IEEE ICRA)
Luke Cen & Varun Karkera, 2018 (Notable Achievements: Caliber Design, Part 4 Project Award)
Laurence de Burgh & Jonathan Willis, 2018
Evan Maunder & Brandon Samountry, 2018
Karl Pereira & Mark Pochivalov, 2018
Peter Gasparini & Geng Gao, 2017 (Notable Achievements: Crown Robotics Technology Centre, Part 4 Project Award)
Bruno Johnston & Zak Flintoff, 2017 (Notable Achievements: Mechatronics Staff, Part 4 Project Award | 1 Conference Paper – IEEE/RSJ IROS)
Jared Lean & Nisal Manamperi, 2017
Andrew McLaren & Zachary Fitzgerald, 2017 (Notable Achievements: EDNZ, Part 4 Project Award | 1 Conference Paper – IEEE/RSJ IROS)
Regan Cornelius & Eythan Prendergast, 2017
Undergraduate Students – Summer Research Scholarships & Internships
Caleb Probine, 2021 (Notable Achievements: 1 Conference Paper – IEEE SMC)
Alexander Williams, 2020
Petar Gorgiovski, 2019
Likhitha Satrasala, 2019
Mohd Babar, 2018
David Shi, 2018
Tom Bewley, 2018 (Notable Achievements: 1 Conference Paper – IEEE ICRA)
Visiting Undegraduate Students
Aditya Majali (Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani), 2022
Ish Kadakia (University of Melbourne), 2020
Total Numbers:
9 PhD Students
1 Research Associate
1 Visiting PhD Student
10 ME Students (Research Theses)
19 ME Students (Research Projects)
76 Undergraduate Students (Part 4 Projects)
7 Undergraduate Students (Summer Scholarships and Internships)
2 Visiting Undergraduate Students