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Career Synopsis ·
Systems engineering academic; research focus on bio-robotic and biomedical
systems ·
Awarded 23
research grants totalling over $6 million in support from research councils
in the USA, UK, and Singapore ·
Author of over 80 refereed publications ·
Recipient of
several international research accolades from organizations including: the
IEEE Robotics and Automation Society, Robotics Society of Japan, and AIAA; research featured for innovation in public press
and news on more than 10 separate occasions Education Ph.D., Mechanical
Engineering (Biologically Inspired Systems), University, Cleveland, Ohio, 2001 Dissertation: “An Insect-Inspired Orientation Reflex for Autonomous Air Vehicles” M.S., Mechanical
Engineering (Robotics and Control), Thesis: “Design and Construction of a Biologically Inspired Hydrostatic Robot” B.S., Mechanical
Engineering, Senior Design Project: “An Orally Inserted Force Transducer for Evaluation of Tongue Movement in Stroke Patients” Professional Experience Academic Appointments ·
Senior Lecture in Mechatronic Systems,
Department of Mechanical Engineering Imperial College,
London, UK 5/11-present ·
Overseas Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering ·
Assistant Professor, Department of Systems Engineering ·
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering ·
Senior Lecturer in Biodynamics, Department
of Mechanical Engineering University of Bristol,
Bristol, UK 1/08-5/11
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Lecturer in
Neural Engineering, Industrial Appointments ·
Chief Executive Officer (co-founder), BioRobots, Ltd., ·
Director of Engineering, Think-A-Move, Ltd., ·
Director of Controls Engineering, Orbital Research Inc., Selected Honours and Awards · Finalist (Best Paper), Int. Conf. on Intelligent Automation & Robotics (ICIAR), 2008 · Finalist, New Technology Foundation Award on Entertainment and Robotic Systems, 2007 (IEEE/RSJ judged award recognizing best robotics research at IROS, 1987-2007) · Best Paper in Conference, IEEE Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2004 · Hyper Human Tech Outstanding Research Award, 2004 (awarded
by Hyper Human Tech, Ltd. & The Robotics Society of ·
Finalist, BioRobots
Ltd., Weatherhead ( · Who’s
Who in the World (2009), Who’s
Who in Engineering Higher Education (2007) · Best Paper in Session, IEEE/AIAA Int. Conf. on Digital Avionics & Systems (DASC), 2002 ·Teaching Assistant of the Year, (Nomination, Mechanical Engineering, CWRU), 1997 Research Grants · Principal Investigator, A Tongue Movement Command and Control System Based on Aural Flow Monitoring, May 2008 - Nov 2011, UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), grant EP/F01869X, £364,450 ·
Principal Investigator, Role of Adaptive
Compliance in Neurorehabilitation of the Hand,
April 2008 - Sept 2011, · Principal Investigator, Autonomous Amphibious Robots for Surf Zone Operations, March 2008 – Dec 2010, National University of Singapore Temasek Defense Systems Institute (TDSI), grant TDSI/06-006/1A, S$196,086 · Principal Investigator, Field Utility of the Morphing Micro Air-Land Vehicle (MMALV), Jan 2005 – Sept. 2007, subcontract on US Special Operations Command-Naval Postgraduate School (USSOCOM-NPS) Field Experimentation Cooperative Program, grant reference RSE63, ~$400,000 (variable overhead) · Principal Investigator, Interactive Emergent Behavioral Simulation Toolbox Phase II, April 2006 – Sept. 2006, US Naval Postgraduate School Integrated Distance Learning Foundation, extension of grant reference BCD01, $35,000 · Co-Investigator, A Multimodal Hands-Free Machine Interface System for Robotic Tele-operation, March 2006 – Feb. 2008, U.S. Army Tank and Automotive Command (TACOM), grant W56HZV-05-0656 Phase II, $750,000 (Investigator transferred due to change of employment) · Co-Investigator, A Bi-Modal Hands-Free Robotic Tele-Operation System Based on Physiological Recording, Nov. 2005 – Feb 2006, U.S. Army Tank and Automotive Command (TACOM), extension of grant W56HZV-05-C-103 $50,000 · Co-Investigator, A Biologically Inspired Morphing Micro Air-Land Vehicle, May 2005 – Jan 2008, U.S. Air Force Research Laboratories Munitions Research Directorate, grant FA8651-05-C-0097, $750,000 · Principal Investigator, Human Machine Interface System Based on Aural Flow Monitoring for Medical Assist Devices, June 2005 – May 2007, U.S. National Institutes of Health, Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research, grant 2R44HD042367-02, $750,000 (Investigator transferred due to change of employment) · Principal Investigator, Exploratory Research in Biologically Inspired Systems, Sept. 2004 – Sept. 2006, Naval Postgraduate School Research Initiation Proposal, grant reference BSEYH, $180,000 · Principal Investigator, Research Fellowship in Biologically-Inspired Control Systems for Unmanned Air Vehicles (UAVs), June 2005 – Oct. 2005, U.S. Navy Myer Institute of Systems Engineering, grant reference I97PI, $60,000 · Principal Investigator, Interactive Emergent Behavioral Simulation Toolbox, June 2005 – Oct. 2005, Naval Postgraduate Integrated Distance Learning Foundation, grant reference BCD01, $50,000 · Principal Investigator, Hands-Free Robotic Interface for Soldiers in the Field Based on Physiological Signal Recognition, Feb. 2005 – Sept. 2005, U.S. Army Tank and Automotive Command (TACOM), grant 56HZV-05-C-103, $70,000 · Co-Investigator, A Biologically Inspired Morphing Micro Land and Air Vehicle, May 2004 – Dec. 2004, U.S. Air Force Research Laboratories Munitions Research Directorate, grant FA8651-04-C-0234, $100,000 · Principal Investigator – An Ear Device Enabling Hands-Free Wheelchair Control, Aug. 2003 – Feb. 2004, U.S. National Institutes of Health, Center for Medical Rehabilitation, grant 1R43HD042367−01A1, $100,000 · Principal Investigator – Self Organized Collective Intelligence for Unmanned Air Vehicle Swarms, May 2002 – May 2004, U.S. Air Force Research Laboratories, Air Vehicles Directorate, grant F33615-02-C-3222, $750,000 · Principal Investigator – Decentralized Hybrid Control Strategies for Autonomous Multi-Agent Swarms, Dec. 2001 – May 2002, U.S. Army Research Office, grant DAAE30-02-C-1053, $70,000 · Principal Investigator – Biologically Inspired Insect-Like Reflexes for Autonomous Air Vehicles, May 2000 – May 2002, U.S. Air Force Air Force Research Laboratories, Munitions Research Directorate, grant F08630-00-C-0023, $420,000 · Principal Investigator – Modular Robotic Heavy Ordinance Handling Systems, Jan. 2000 – Sept. 2001, U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command, grant N00024-00-4041, $630,000 · Principal Investigator – Swarm Intelligence and Command Interface for Collective Operation of Military UAV Teams, April 2001 – Oct. 2001, U.S. Air Force Research Laboratories, Air Vehicles Directorate, grant F33615-01-M-3139, $100,000 · Principal Investigator – Auto-adaptive Fuzzy Rule Base for Control of Autonomous Satellite Swarms, Aug. 1999 – Feb. 2000, U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Space Vehicles Directorate, grant F29601-99-C-0172, $100,000 · Principal Investigator – Biologically Inspired Target-Seeking Reflex for Autonomous Munitions, May 1999 – Feb. 2000, U.S. Air Force Research Laboratories, Munitions Research Directorate, grant F08630-00-C-0023, $100,000 · Principal Investigator -Unified Control Solution for Heavy Payload Handling Robots, Aug. 1998 – March 1999, U.S. Naval Sea Systems, grant N00024-98-C-4082, $70,000 Invited Lectures · Biologically Inspired Architectures for Mobility: Coupling, Complexity and Control, Department of Computer Science, University of York, York, UK May 2010 · Adaptive Architectures Systems for Enhanced Robot Mobility, School of Systems Engineering, University of Reading, Reading, UK, Feb 2010 · Fusion of Mechanical and Control Architectures Enabling Adaptive Behaviour, Department of Computer Science, University of Aberystwyth, Aberystwyth Wales, Feb 2010 · Critical Impediments and Future Challenges for Multi-Modal Robotic Locomotion, Plenary Opening Talk, 2009 IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and System Workshop on Multi-Modal Robotic Locomotion Systems, Oct 2009 · Neuromechanics in Design for Mobile and Medical Robots, India Institute of Science (IIS) Bangalore, India, Nov 2008 · Biologically Inspired Flight Control Systems, Madras Institute of Technology (MIT), Chennai, India, Oct 2008 · Mechanical and Control System Design for Multi-Modal Mobility, Bio-Inspired Autonomous Systems Workshop, Sponsors: UK Defence Science and Technology Laboratories and The University of Southampton, Southampton, UK, March 2008 · Biologically Inspired Approaches to Mobile and Medical Robotics, Bristol Robotics Laboratory, University of West England (UWE), Bristol, UK, Feb 2008 · Insect-Inspired Systems for Adaptive Behaviour, University wide seminar, Anna University, Chennai, India, Jan 2008 · Confluence of Active and Passive Control in Medical and Mobile Robots, Science and Engineering of Natural Systems (SENSe) Research Group, Department of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK, Dec. 2007 · Biologically Inspired Hierarchical Systems: Coupling of Mechanics and Control, Institute of Engineering Systems and Design, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK, Aug 2007 · Confluence of Active and Passive Mechanisms in Robotic Control, Unilever Corporation, Biomimetic Robotics Development Group, Port Sunlight, UK, April 2007 · Systems Engineering for Defense: Acquisition Perspectives for Better Equipped Forces, Seminar Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA, Nov. 2006 · Hierarchical Subsystems for Increased Robot Autonomy: Current Status and Future Promise, Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) Unmanned Vehicle Systems (UVS) Panel, Washington, DC, USA, Aug. 2006 · Biologically Inspired Hierarchical Architectures in Mobile Vehicle Autonomy, Office of Naval Research Global Headquarters, London, UK, Feb. 2006 · Neuromechanics in Insect Morphology and Robotic Design, Seminar, Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, USA, Jan. 2006 · Biologically Inspired Robotics: Neuromechanics and Control Implications, Seminar, College of Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College London, London, UK, Nov. 2005 · An Integrated Systems Architecture to Provide Maritime Domain Protection, Invited lecture to US Pentagon, Washington, DC, USA, May 2005 (co-presenter with three colleagues) · Modeling of Multi -Agent Complex Systems and Emergent Behavioural Architectures, Seminar, School of Business, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, USA, March 2005 · Biologically Inspired Robotics for Advanced Mobility, Moss Landing Marine Research Laboratories, Monterey, CA, USA, Feb. 2005 · Introduction to Biologically Inspired Engineering Systems, Seminar, Department of Physics, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, USA, Nov. 2004 · Novel Approaches for Control of Microsatellite Collectives, U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) Space-based Multi Aperture Radar System Workshop, Albuquerque, NM, USA, May 2003 Selected Professional Activities · Co-Chair, IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Technical Committee on Biorobotics ·
Founder, Biologically Inspired Systems
Laboratory, Naval ·
Engineer in Training (EIT) ( ·
American Society of Mechanical Engineers (2001
Student chapter conference coordinator, · Reviewer: IEEE Transactions on Robotics, IMECH Journal of Mechanical Engineering Design, IMECH Journal of Engineering Manufacture, Journal of Robotics and Autonomous Systems (RAS), Int. Journal of Simulation and Process Modelling, IEEE Conf. on Engineering in Medicine and Biology (EMBC), IEEE Conf. on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), IEEE Intelligent Robots & Systems Conf. (IROS), American Control Conference (ACC), IEEE Conf. on Decision Control (CDC), IEEE/ASME Int. Conf. on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM), IEEE/AIAA Digital Avionics Conf., many others Major Media Coverage of Research (news, television specials, etc.) · “Tongue clicks to control wheelchairs”, New Scientist (magazine), Assistive technology an prosthetic limb control research published Dec 4, 2010, pg 24 · “Seabird's morphing wings inspire design for robots that can both fly and swim”, Physics Org (on-line science news), locomotion modelling research featured in article published Nov 19, 2010 · “Assisted Living”, BBC Inside out (television programme), medical/rehabilitation robotics research featured by BBC, broadcasted Nov 8, 2010 · “Morphing machine has ability to fly and crawl”, Flight International (magazine), Micro-robotics research in featured in Issue 173, Number 5135, April 22-28, 2008 · “A bird? A plane? Or a cockroach?”, Defence Management (magazine), Bio-inspired robotics research featured in article published April 17, 2008 · “Sound Move”, The Engineer (magazine), physiological audio signal recognition/rehabilitation research featured in Issue 297, Number 7740, Jan 29-Feb 08, 2008 · “IEEE Members in the News: Innovators in Health Care – The Tongue Steered Wheelchair”, The Institute (IEEE) (magazine), human-machine interface research highlighted in feature story, Oct 5, 2007 · “Tongue movements allow quadriplegics to control computers”, Physics Org (on-line science news), assistive technology featured in article published August 2, 2007 · “Steering with A Slip of the Tongue”, Hindustan Times (newspaper), human-machine interface research featured in (India) national newspaper article, July 13, 2007 · “Earplug Provides Steer-by-Tongue Control”, New Scientist Magazine (magazine), Science news feature on human-machine interface research published in Issue 2611, pg 23, July 7, 2007. Portions of article subsequently carried and published by: the Times of India, Associated Content Media, Yahoo News, UK Lifestyle Extra, and many others · “Sunday Morning”, Tokyo Broadcasting Systems (television station) Robotics research featured on New Year’s television special broadcast nationally (in Japan) Jan 1, 2007 · “Military Machines: Warbots”, Military Channel (television station), Robotics research featured on television special (produced by Discovery Channel) broadcast internationally (USA programme) Jan 2006, subsequently rebroadcast several times · “True Value: Lean, Mean NPS Programs Offer Maximum Bang for the Buck”, Monterey County Herald (newspaper), Robotics research featured on (front page) of newspaper article, issue released Monterey, CA, USA, Jan 30, 2006. · “Roach Inspired Technology”, Cleveland Plain Dealer (newspaper), Biologically-inspired control research featured in newspaper, issue released in Cleveland, OH, USA, April 3, 2003 |
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