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PhD Students

Afsoon Fakhr Abdollahi

Miss Afsoon Fakhr Abdollahi

PhD Student

School of Engineering and Materials Science
Supervisors: Dr. H Shaheed, Prof. K Althoefer and Dr. M Thaha

Capsule endoscope, Modelling, Control, Design refinement

Mohammed Al-Dubooni

Mr Mohammed Al-Dubooni

PhD Student

School of Engineering and Materials Science
Supervisor: Professor Kaspar Althoefer
07845544551

Eversion Robotics, Soft Robotics, Continuum Robotics

Tayyab Ansari

Mr Tayyab Ansari

PhD Student

School of Engineering and Materials Science
Supervisor: Dr Ketao Zhang, Prof Hazel Screen

Assistive robotics, Rehabilitation robotics

Eisa Anwar

Mr Eisa Anwar

PhD Student

EECS, Supervisor: Dr Ildar Farkhatdinov
Queen Mary University of London

Robotics, Machine Learning, User Experience (UX) Design, Human Computer Interaction (HCI), Wearable Robotics, Data Science

Simone Asci

Mr. Simone Asci

PhD Student

SEMS, Supervisors: Dr. Angadh Nanjangud, Dr. Lorenzo Jamone

Manipulators, Control, Design, Modelling

Matteo Cecamore

Mr Matteo Cecamore

PhD Student

EECS, Supervisor: Dr Ildar Farkhatdinov

human-robot interaction, robot design and control

Nathalia Cespedes Gomez

Miss Nathalia Cespedes Gomez

PhD Student

EECS, Supervisor: Dr Ildar Farkhatdinov (50%); Anne Hsu (50%)
Centre for Advanced Robotics, Queen Mary University of London

rehabilitation robotics, social robotics

Zhengqi Chen

Mr Zhengqi Chen

PhD Student

EECS.
Team: Cognitive Robotics and Intelligent Systems for the People (CRISP). Supervisors: Dr Lorenzo Jamone (SEMS), Dr Elisabetta Versace (SBBS), Dr Emmanouil Benetos (EECS).

Tactile Sensing, Tactile Robotics, Animal-Robot Interaction, Robotic Manipulation, Cognitive Robotics, Robotics for Farming

Gabriele Giudici

Mr Gabriele Giudici

PhD Student

EECS, Supervisors: Jamone, Farkhatdinov, Althoefer

Sarah Hussain

Ms Sarah Hussain

PhD Student/Teaching Associate

School of Engineering and Materials Science
Supervisor: Dr Hasan Shaheed & Dr Lei Su

Myoelectric prosthetics, Tactile Sensing, Soft Robotics, Control Systems, Artificial Intelligence, Contact Sensing

Zhujin Jiang

Mr Zhujin Jiang

School of Engineering and Materials Science
Supervisors: Dr Ketao Zhang and Prof Kaspar Althoefer

artificial muscles, torsional actuators, quadruped robots

Danyaal Kaleel

Mr Danyaal Kaleel

PhD Student

School of Engineering and Materials Science
Primary Supervisors: Professor Kaspar Althoefer and Professor Benoit Clement, Secondary Supervisor: Dr Ketao Zhang, Industrial Supervisor: Dr Adrian Baker
07913360929

Machine learning, Control, Marine/Ocean robotics, Eversion robots, Soft robots, Inflatable robots

Thomas Kaplan

Mr Thomas Kaplan

PhD student

EECS
Supervisors: Dr Lorenzo Jamone (CRISP) & Dr Marcus Pearce (Music Cognition Lab)

Rhythm Perception, Cognitive Models, Sensorimotor Synchronisation

Haiyi Kong

Miss Haiyi Kong

PhD Student

School of Engineering and Materials Science
Supervisors: Dr. Guang Li, Dr. Jun Chen

Chen Liu

Mr Chen Liu

PhD candidate

SEMS, Supervisor: Dr Ketao Zhang, Dr Lei Su

Medical Rehabilitation Robots, Smart Actuators, Flexible Sensing, Exoskeleton Robotics

David Hernandez Lopez

Mr David Hernandez Lopez

SEMS. Supervisor: Dr Hasan Shaheed, Dr Mo Thaha and Prof. Althoe

Robotic retractor, Soft robotics, Design, Modelling, Control, Colorectal surgery

Thomas Mack

Mr Thomas Mack

PhD Student

SEMS, Supervisor: Prof. Kaspar Althoefer
ARQ, SAPHIR

Eversion robotics, Soft robots

Hassan Mirza

Mr Hassan Mirza

PhD Student, Research Assistant and Demonstrator

Electronic Engineering and Computer Science

Soft Actuation, Quadrupedal Systems, Machine Learning, Computational Engineering

Zain Murtaza

Mr Zain Murtaza

EECS, Supervisor: Dr Lorenzo Jamone
Cognitive Robotics and Intelligent Systems for the People (CRISP), ARQ

coordinated manipulation, human-robot coordination, handover

K M Talha Nahiyan

Mr K M Talha Nahiyan

PhD Student

School of Engineering and Materials Science
Supervisor: Dr Hasan Shaheed, Dr Ranjan Vepa

Hand Movement Classification, Prosthetics Control, Machine Learning

Charlotte Nordmoen

Ms Charlotte Nordmoen

PhD Student

EECS, co-supervisor: Dr Andrew McPherson and Dr Ildar Farkhatdin
Queen Mary University of London

artist-media and technology interaction, artist-robot interaction and co-creation

Navin Patel

Mr Navin Patel

PhD Student

SEMS department, ARQ
Primary Supervisor: Dr Ketao Zhang, Secondary Supervisors: Professor Henri Huijberts, Professor Kaspar Althoefer
07588 670349

Multi Agent modelling, Self Organisation, Dynamical Systems and Chaos, Control theory, Robotics modelling, Network theory

Aaron Smiles

Mr Aaron Smiles

DCE DCT Doctoral Student in Mixed Reality and 3D Computer Vision

EECS, Supervisors: Dr Ildar Farkhatdinov, Dr Changjae Oh

Mixed Reality, Computer vision, Human-robot interaction, Cognitive load, Telemanipulation, Telepresence

Yutong Sun

Ms Yutong Sun

PhD student, supervisor James Busfield


Cem Suulker

Mr Cem Suulker

PhD Student

School Of Engineering and Materials Science (SEMS)
Supervisor: Prof. Kaspar Althoefer

Soft Robotics, Soft Actuators, Control of Soft Robots, Soft Exoskeletons, Eversion Robots

Yan Wang

Mr Yan Wang

PhD Student

SEMS, Supervisor: Dr Ketao Zhang

Robot mechanisms, Aerial robots, Reconfigurable robots

Xin Yang

Miss Xin Yang

SEMS. Supervisors: Dr Hasan Shaheed and Prof. Vassili Toropov

micro-drones, swarm, modelling, control