Principal Investigator

Surya G. Nurzaman, Ph.D.

 Senior Lecturer, School of Engineering, Monash University

Graduate Students - Main Supervisor

Shiv A. Katiyar

PhD Student (2016 - ....)

Research areas: Soft robotics, embodied intelligence, morphological computation, legged locomotion, energy efficiency

Julian Tan

PhD Student (2017 - ...)

Research  areas: bio-inspired robotics, aerial search, energy efficiency

Lee Loong Yi

PhD Student (2018 - ...)

Research  areas: soft robotics, grasping

Teo Yu Xuan

PhD Student (2018 - ...)

Research  areas: soft robotics, wearable robotics, human motion analysis, agricultural robotics

Omar Ali Syadiqeen

Master Student by Research (2018 - ...)

Research  areas: aerial robotics

Graduate Students - Co Supervisor

Loo Junn Yong

PhD Student (2018 - ...)

Research  areas: dynamical systems, state estimation, soft robotics

Main supervisor: Tan Chee Pin, Ph.D.

Talha Shahid

PhD Student (2018 - ...)

Research  areas: wearable robotics, soft robotics

Main supervisor: Darwin Gouwanda, Ph.D.

Chan Yon Sin

PhD Student (2019 - ...)

Research  areas: human motion analysis,  agricultural robotics 

Main supervisor: Darwin Gouwanda, Ph.D.

Undergraduate Students

Sem 2 / 2018 - Sem 1 / 2019

Ho Shoaw Liang (Research areas: bio-inspired robotics, aerial search)

Jason Zhe Jie Mek (Research areas: soft robotics, grasping)

Kong Kah Chun (Research areas: soft robotics, grasping, state estimation)

Werner Wei Chyuan Lum (Research areas: compliant legged locomotion, energy efficiency)

Sem 1 / 2019 - Sem 2 / 2019

Akshayen Brahmananda (Research areas: wearable robotics, human motion analysis)

Cayvern Kishen Mahendra (Research areas: compliant legged locomotion, energy efficiency)

Evan Davies Daid Gwyn (Research areas: soft robotics, grasping, state estimation)

Ryo Osawa (soft robotics, grasping, mobile robotics)

Internal Collaborators

Tan Chee Pin, Ph.D.

A/Prof, School of Engineering, Monash University

Alpha A. Gopalai, Ph.D.

 Senior Lecturer, School of Engineering, Monash University

Darwin Gouwanda, Ph.D.

 Senior Lecturer, School of Engineering, Monash University

Teh Pei Lee, Ph.D.

 A/Prof, School of Business, Monash University

Khoo Boon How

Assistant Lecturer, School of Engineering, Monash University

External Collaborators

Fumiya Iida, Ph.D.

  Reader in Robotics, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, UK 

Prof. Norma Binti Che Yusoff

Professor at the Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Malaya, Malaysia

Prof. Ong Seng Huat

Professor at the Institute of Mathematical Sciences, University of Malaya, Malaysia

Alumni

2018

* Undergraduate Students:

Khu Cun Hong (Sem 1 / 2018 - Sem 2 / 2018) 

Ferdy Julius Perry Phe (Sem 2 / 2017 - Sem 1 / 2018)

Ismaiil Suhayb Hossen (Sem 2 / 2017 - Sem 1 / 2018) 

Loo Junn Yong (Sem 2 / 2017 - Sem 1 / 2018) 

Rupesh Kumar Dey (Sem 2 / 2017 - Sem 1 / 2018) 

Sheng Hong Chuwa (Sem 2 / 2017 - Sem 1 / 2018) 

Teo Yu Xuan (Sem 2 / 2017 - Sem 1 / 2018) 

2017

* Undergraduate Students:

Andrew Peter Lim  (Sem 1 / 2017 - Sem 2 / 2017)  

Mustafizur Rahman(Sem 1 / 2017 - Sem 2 / 2017)

Nowrin Islam (Sem 1 / 2017 - Sem 2 / 2017)

Tan Sin Loon (Sem 1 / 2017 - Sem 2 / 2017)

Eranda Kutalunga (Sem 2 / 2016 - Sem 1 / 2017)  

Howgen Kesuma (Sem 2 / 2016 - Sem 1 / 2017) 

Malika Helapita Ralalage (Sem 2 / 2016 - Sem 1 / 2017) 

Shamayel Ahmed (Sem 2 / 2016 - Sem 1 / 2017) 

Wijeratne Heruka Andradi (Sem 2 / 2016 - Sem 1 / 2017) 

2016

* Undergraduate Students:

Yasidu Karunasekara (Sem 1 / 2016 - Sem 2 / 2016) 

Yew Ming Leong (Sem 1 / 2016 - Sem 2 / 2016)

Dulanja Samarakoon  (Sem 2 / 2015 - Sem 1 / 2016)   

Jacob Gnana Arasu  (Sem 2 / 2015 - Sem 1 / 2016)

Maninda Andradi  (Sem 2 / 2015 - Sem 1 / 2016)

Sachinta Rusiru Jinadasa  (Sem 2 / 2015 - Sem 1 / 2016)

2015

* Undergraduate Students:

Chua Yue Han (Sem 1 / 2015 - Sem 2 / 2015)  

Kai Shan Wong (Sem 1 / 2015 - Sem 2 / 2015)

* Master Students (at ETH Zurich):

Ivan Ovinnikov (2013 - 2015)

Stefan Frey (2013 - 2015)

Umar Javed Warni (2013 - 2015)

Yongjae Kim (2013 - 2015)