MIME PhD research support
MIME PhD research support
MIME offers local and international postgraduate students the opportunity to study with some of Australia's leading medical engineering researchers and clinicians. By joining our highly interdisciplinary research team you become an active part of one of the largest medical engineering research initiatives in Australia.
PhD project topics and scholarship opportunities will be advertised on this page as they become available.
2019* recognised MIME PhD research support recipients
*The MIME PhD research support program was not run in 2020 and 2021 due to COVID restrictions.
Adaptive feedback strategy for gait assistance in Parkinson’s disease
PhD student: Lee Yu Wu
Clinical supervisor (FMNHS): Anna Murphy
Engineering supervisor: Professor Dana Kulić
Evaluation of a novel bioscaffold for intervertebral disc (IVD) reconstitution
PhD student: Aeolus Vilar
Engineering supervisor: Associate Professor Jess Frith
Towards more intuitive control of a robotic camera holder
PhD student: Yanjun Yang
Clinical supervisor (FMNHS): Associate Professor Charles Pilgrim
Engineering supervisors: Dr Elahe Abdi, Professor Dana Kulic
Application of blood plasma desiccated pattern in facile medical diagnosis
PhD student: Fan Du
Clinical supervisor (FMNHS): Dr James Doery
Engineering supervisors: Professor Wei Shen, Dr Liyuan Zhang
Haptics and instrumentation for surgery and robotic surgery
PhD student: Armin Ehrampoosh
Clinical supervisors (FMNHS): Professor Julian Smith, Dr Randall Moshinsky
Engineering supervisor: Professor Bijan Shirinzadeh
Smart auscultation for neonatal and paediatric care
PhD student: TBC
Clinical supervisor (FMNHS): Associate Professor Atul Malhotra
Engineering supervisor: Dr Faezeh Marzbanrad
Robotic-assisted microwave ablation surgery treatment of tumours
PhD student: Zexuan Hu
Clinical supervisors (FMNHS): Professor Julian Smith, Associate Professor Leon Lai
Engineering supervisors: Professor Bijan Shirinzadeh, Rohan Nowell
Engineered nano–bio cellular interfaces: anostructural–electroporation platform for intracellular delivery
PhD student: Ali-Reza Shokouhi
Clinical supervisor (FMNHS): Professor Gail Risbridger
Engineering supervisors: Professor Nicolas Hans Voelcker, Dr Roey Elnathan
Machine learning for physiological monitoring and epilepsy diagnosis
PhD student: Duong Nhu
Clinical supervisors (FMNHS): Professor Patrick Kwan, Dr Amanda Gilligan
IT supervisors: Dr Levin Kuhlmann, Dr Chang Wei Tan
Understanding haemolysis during blood separation in paper-based blood diagnostic devices
PhD student: Kai Liu
Clinical supervisor (FMNHS): Dr James Doery
Engineering supervisors: Professor Wei Shen, Dr Liyuan Zhang
Intraventricular flow dynamics with mechanical circulatory support of pulmonary circulation
PhD student: Kar Ying Thum
Clinical supervisor (FMNHS): Professor Kumud Dhital
Engineering supervisors: Dr Shaun Gregory, Dr Sam Liao
A comprehensive simulation-based ECMO mannequin for clinical training
PhD student: Rezan Al-Jafary
Clinical supervisor (FMNHS): Vincent Pellegrino
Engineering supervisors: Shaun Gregory, Professor Andrew Stephens
Applying engineering techniques to enhance in-field ECMO cannulation
PhD student: Tharushi Devindi Wanigasekara
Clinical supervisor (FMNHS): Vincent Pellegrino
Engineering supervisor: Dr Shaun Gregory
Intravenous nanotechnology for haemorrhage control in trauma
PhD student: TBC
Clinical supervisor (FMNHS): Associate Professor Joseph Mathew
Engineering supervisor: Professor Nicolas Voelcher
Improving diagnosis and management of multiple sclerosis with machine learning
PhD student: TBC
Clinical supervisor (FMNHS): Associate Professor Joseph Mathew
IT supervisors: Dr Xiaojun Chang, Dr Lan Du, Professor Wray Buntine
For further information about MIME PhD research support contact Andrew Carey, MIME Program Manager on andrew.carey@monash.edu