Research staff

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering – Research staff

Dr. Joynul Abedin

Research Fellow
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Room 213, 20 Research Way, Clayton Campus, Clayton VIC 3800

Miss Taylah Banham

Research Fellow
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Dr. Junior (Nathaphon) Buddhacosa

Research Fellow
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Room 127, 17 Alliance Lane (Building 37), Clayton Campus

Research Interests:

Long-term durability and environmental degradation of advanced polymer composite materials, Composite structures and manufacturing, Thermal degradation and fire performance, Material Characterisation with Non-Destructive Techniques (NDT), Mechanical performance of materials, Microstructure analysis, and Finite Element Analysis (FEM).

Dr. Armin Ehrampoosh

Research Fellow
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Room 134 , Building 37, Clayton

Research Interests:

Robotic Assisted Minimally Invasive Surgery, Mechatronics, Haptics, Robotics, Control

Dr. Sanjiv Gunasekera

Research Fellow
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Dr. Mehrdad Khamooshi

Research Fellow
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Dr. Shaotong Liu

Research Fellow
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Mr. Tim Lu

Research Officer
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Dr. Naimeh Naseritaheri

Research Fellow
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Research Interests:

Renewable energy resources : Advanced photo/electrochemical systems Energy storage : Printable microsupercapacitors Healthcare devices: Developing optical and electrochemical biosensor arrays

Dr. Daren Peng

Senior Research Engineer
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Dr. Lingzhe Rao

Senior Research Fellow
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Dr. Mahraz Raveshi

Research Fellow
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Desk 5, Room 236, 20 Research Way, (Building 82; New Horizons)

Research Interests:

• Small-scale fluid mechanics (microfluidics and nanofluids), with applications in cell biology, lab-on-a-chip, and drug discovery • Advanced manufacturing (microfluidics and microactuators) • Droplet microfluidics • Microfabrication and nanofabrication • Microscopy techniques • Microfluidics for assisted reproduction

Dr. Andrew Stephens

Research Fellow
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Dr. Stephen Terrington

Research Fellow
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Room 153, Building 37

Research Interests:

Vorticity generation, transport and conservation; Free surface flows

Dr. Joel Weightman

Research Fellow
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Room 127, 17 Alliance Lane (Building 37), Clayton Campus

Dr. Yunpeng Xue

Senior Research Fellow
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Room 127, 17 Alliance Lane, Clayton Campus

Research Interests:

Multiphase flow, Vortex flow, Flow diagnostic, Buoyant flow

Dr. Hugh Zhou

Research Fellow
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Room G01, 18 Alliance Lane (Building 36) , Clayton Campus VIC 3800