Academic staff

Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering - Academic staff

Professor Yan Wong

Professor
Head of Department
Biomedical Engineering Course Director
Department of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering
Room 214, 14 Alliance Lane, Clayton Campus

Research Interests:

Biomedical Engineering: Brain Machine Interfaces for upper limb movement control, visual cortex and retinal stimulation, improved cochlear implant fitting techniques, new electrode technologies such as stentrodes and the use of local field potentials to improve neural prostheses. Neuroscience: spike-LFP coding, movement planning and decision making

Dr. Faezeh Marzbanrad

Deputy Head of Department
Senior Lecturer
Department of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering
Room 225, 14 Alliance Lane, Clayton Campus

Research Interests:

Biomedical Signal Processing, Machine Learning, Time-Frequency Analysis, Statistical Data Analysis, Time Series Analysis and Classification, Maternal and Fetal Healthcare.

Dr. Fatemeh Babaeian

Senior Lecturer
Department of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering
Room 230, 14 Alliance Lane, Clayton Campus

Research Interests:

Applied electromagnetics, RF sensors and Identification, Antennas, Microwave, and Signal processing.

Professor Behrooz Bahrani

Professor
Department of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering
Room G17, 16 Alliance Lane, Clayton Campus

Research Interests:

My research is focused on application and control of power electronic converters. The aim is to explore advanced topologies and control techniques to facilitate massive integration of renewable energy resources.

Dr. Michael Burke

Lecturer
Director Graduate Research & Graduate Experience/Culture ECSE
Department of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering
Room G04b, 18 Alliance Lane, Clayton Campus

Research Interests:

Robotics, Robot learning and control, Control as inference

Dr. Pamela Carreno-Medrano

Lecturer
Early Career Research Representative ECSE
Department of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering
Room G06A, 18 Alliance Lane, Clayton Campus

Research Interests:

Human-robot interaction, human-centred and embodied AI, robot learning, socially assistive robotics, affective computing

Mr. Aaron Choong

Assistant Lecturer (Education-Focused)
Equity Diversity and Inclusion Director ECSE
Department of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering
Room 227, 14 Alliance Lane, Clayton Campus

Ms. Taylor Christie

Assistant Lecturer (Education Focused)
Department of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering

A/Professor Bill Corcoran

Associate Professor
Department of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering
Room 216, 16 Alliance Lane, Clayton Campus

Research Interests:

Applied Physics, Communication Systems, ENGINEERING, Electro-optical Technology, Electronic/Optical Materials, Fiber Optics, Information and Communication Technology (ICT), Lasers, Optical Communications, Optics, Photonics, Physical Sciences, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY/MATHEMATICS/COMPUTER SCIENCE, Signal processing, Telecommunications

Dr. Mehdi Ghazavi Dozein

Lecturer
Department of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering
Room G11, 16 Alliance Lane, Clayton Campus

Research Interests:

1) Power System Dynamics and Stability of Emerging Renewable-Rich Power Systems, 2) Power System Integration and Operation of Hydrogen Technologies. 3) Understanding the real-life operational challenges in emerging power systems, also investigating their physical and operational characteristics.

Dr. Tian Yu Goh

Lecturer (Education-Focused)
HSW Chair ECSE
Department of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering
Room 318, Woodside Building for Technology and Design, 20 Exhibition Walk, Clayton Campus

Dr. Wynita Griggs

Lecturer
Deputy Director of Education (3rd & 4th Year) ECSE
Director of Postgraduate Education ECSE
Department of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering
Room 226, 14 Alliance Lane, Clayton Campus

Research Interests:

mathematical control theory, stability theory, dissipative systems, ergodicity under feedback control, robust control, Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), connected vehicles, vehicle-/pedestrian-in-the-loop simulation (e.g., SUMO)

A/Professor Mehrtash Harandi

Associate Professor
Department of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering
Room 232, 14 Alliance Lane, Clayton Campus

Research Interests:

Machine Learning Computer Vision Signal Processing

Professor David Hill

Professor of Electrical Power and Energy Systems
Department of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering
Room G12, 16 Alliance Lane, Clayton Campus

Research Interests:

Energy and power systems, dynamics, control, security, reliability, resilience

A/Professor Yi Hong

Associate Professor
Department of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering
Room 224, 14 Alliance Lane, Clayton Campus

Research Interests:

Wireless Security, Error Control Coding, Modulation Techniques, Communications Technology, Secure UAV communications, Intelligent reflecting surface-aided Communications

Dr. Shahed Khan

Assistant Lecturer (Education Focused)
Director of International ECSE
Department of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering
Room 230, 14 Alliance Lane, Clayton Campus

Dr. Gayathri Kongara

Senior Lecturer
Department of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering
Room 221, 16 Alliance Lane, Clayton Campus.

Research Interests:

Software Defined Radios, Signal processing algorithms for wireless communication systems and Education focused research.

Professor Dana Kulic

Professor
Director of Research ECSE
Department of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Room G07B, 18 Alliance Lane, Clayton VIC 3800

Research Interests:

human-robot interaction, robot learning, human motion analysis

A/Professor Jonathan Li

Associate Professor
Department of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering
Room 319, Woodside Building for Technology and Design, 20 Exhibition Walk, Clayton Campus

Research Interests:

Engineering Education - Student Engagement and Scalability using Technology, Mobile and Web applications, Network dimensioning, simulation and modeling, TCP/IP optimisation, Quality of Service (network and user-perceived),

Dr. Timothy Molloy

Senior Lecturer
Department of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering
Room G04A, 18 Alliance Lane, Clayton Campus

Research Interests:

Decision and control under uncertainty, competition, and information constraints for robotics and related domains. Specific interests include inverse optimal control, partially observed Markov decision processes (POMDPs), quickest change detection, dynamic and differential game theory, and event-based sensing and perception.

Professor Rajendran Parthiban

Professor and Deputy Dean Education
Department of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering
Room 3.67, Woodside Building for Technology and Design, 20 Exhibition Walk, Clayton Campus

Research Interests:

Optical Networks Visible Light Communication Vehicular Communication Grid/Cloud/Fog Computing Internet of Things VR/AR in Education

Professor Malin Premaratne

Professor
Department of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering
Room 114, 20 Research Way, Clayton Campus

Research Interests:

Optics, BioOptics, Numerical Analysis, Numerical Software, Quantum Mechanics, Quantum Electrodynamics, Modeling and Simulation, Semiconductor Theory and Devices, Optics of Nano devices, Plasmonics, Software Engineering, Mathematics

A/Professor Liz Ratnam

Associate Professor
Department of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering
Room G17A, 16 Alliance Lane, Clayton Campus

Research Interests:

My overarching research thrust is to accelerate the energy transition toward net-zero power grids. My current research interest is in developing new control, estimation and optimisation frameworks to facilitate robust grid operations, advance transactive energy markets, and to improve the security and resilience of cyber-physical power grids.

A/Professor Reza Razzaghi

Associate Professor and ARC DECRA Fellow
Industry Advisory Committee Chair ECSE
Department of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering
Room G15, 16 Alliance Lane, Clayton Campus

Research Interests:

My research aims to deliver real-time monitoring, control, and advanced protection techniques to enhance reliability and security of power networks with the presence of volatile renewable energy resources.

Mr. James Salamy

Lecturer
Deputy Director of Education (2nd Year) ECSE
Department of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering
Room 234, 14 Alliance Lane, Clayton Campus

Dr. James Saunderson

Senior Lecturer
Director of Education ECSE
Department of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering
Room 221, 14 Alliance Lane, Clayton Campus

Research Interests:

My research is in mathematical optimization and its applications. I am particularly interested in the algebraic and geometric aspects of optimization models and algorithms. In terms of applications, I have worked on problems in areas such as signal processing, machine learning, power systems, (quantum) information theory, and quantum metrology.

Professor Emanuele Viterbo

Professor
Department of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering
Room G09, 16 Alliance Lane, Clayton Campus

Research Interests:

Error control coding for data storage, Information storage in synthetic DNA, Modulation and coding for wireless communications, Sphere decoder, Algebraic space-time codes: Golden code and Perfect space-time codes, Lattices in wireless communications and algebraic number theory, Irregular and jittered sampling.

Dr. Wenle Weng

Senior Lecturer
Department of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering
Room 217, 16 Alliance Lane, Clayton Campus

Research Interests:

• Photonic sensing and precision metrology • Nonlinear and microresonator photonics • Advanced lasers and frequency combs • Photonic computing and imaging

Ms. Jessica Woolley

Assistant Lecturer (Education Focused)
Department of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering

Professor Mehmet Yuce

Professor, ARC Future Fellow
Department of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering
Room 229, 14 Alliance Lane, Clayton Campus

Research Interests:

Wearable sensors, IoT Sensors, electronics, implantable devices, wireless body Area network (WBAN), energy harvesting, biosensors, neural engineering/recording, analog/radio-frequency/digital integrated circuits for wireless, biomedical, and RF applications.

Dr. Elizabeth Zavitz

Senior Lecturer
Deputy Director of Research ECSE
Department of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering
Room 233, 14 Alliance Lane, Clayton Campus

Research Interests:

Dr Zavitz’s research investigates the neural and computational mechanisms underlying visual perception with an aim of developing biologically inspired algorithms that describe how neural populations encode and transform visual information. This work contributes to advancements in artificial perception and biomedical engineering.