The Department of Engineering Technologies provides courses in all areas of telecommunications, robotics, biomedical engineering and electrical engineering. All graduates leave with the skills and knowledge to make an immediate contribution to their fields. We also conduct research covering the latest developments shaping our world. Our research strengths include artificial intelligence in manufacturing, automation and control systems, electric vehicles, power system stability and control and signal and image processing. 

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Biomedical Engineering

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Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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IT Network Design and Technology

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Robotics and Mechatronics Engineering

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Academic staff

Name
 Position
 Contact
Dr Kafeel Ahmed Lecturer kahmed@swinburne.edu.au
Belal Alsinglawi Postdoctoral Researcher balsinglawi@swinburne.edu.au
Madhubhashi Dinithi Bamunuarachchi Research Associate mbamunuarachchi@swinburne.edu.au
Liam Bradley Graduate Software Engineer lbradley@swinburne.edu.au
Associate Professor Philip Branch
 Associate Professor 

+61 3 9214 5847 

pbranch@swinburne.edu.au 
Associate Professor Jason But 
 Associate Professor

+61 3 9214 4839

jbut@swinburne.edu.au
Karina Cereceda Castellani Lecturer ncerecedacastellani@swinburne.edu.au
Professor Zhenwei Cao
 Professor 

+61 3 9214 8809 

zcao@swinburne.edu.au
Karina Cereceda Lecturer ncerecedacastellani@swinburne.edu.au
Associate Professor Rifai Chai
 Associate Professor

+61 3 9214 8119

rchai@swinburne.edu.au
Dr Jaideep Chandran

 Lecturer

+61 3 9214 8840

jchandran@swinburne.edu.au
Dr Simon Cook

 Research Fellow

+61 3 9214 8304

smcook@swinburne.edu.au
Dr Marif Daula Siddique Postdoctoral Research Fellow msiddique@swinburne.edu.au
Dr Derui Ding Senior Research Fellow dding@swinburne.edu.au
Dr Michelle Dunn
 Senior Lecturer

+61 3 9214 8986

jdunn@swinburne.edu.au
Negin Foroughimehr
 Postdoctoral Research Fellow nforoughimehr@swinburne.edu.au
Dr Xiaohua (Jamie) Ge
 Senior Lecturer 

+61 3 9214 8908

xge@swinburne.edu.au
Dr Alexandre Xavier Mendes Research Fellow axaviermendes@swinburne.edu.au
Ismat Hijazin
 Senior Lecturer 

+61 3 9214 8007

ihijazin@swinburne.edu.au
Dr Karyn Jarvis
 Research Engineer 

+61 3 39214 3898

kljarvis@swinburne.edu.au
Dr Muhammad Awais Javed
 Research Fellow 

+61 3 9214 4970

mjaved@swinburne.edu.au
Professor Jiong Jin
 Professor 

+61 3 9214 8778

jiongjin@swinburne.edu.au
Tatiana Kameneva Associate Professor

+61392144697

tkam@swinburne.edu.au
Rohit Kaul Research Software Engineer rkaul@swinburne.edu.au
Dr Ilya Kavalchuk Lecturer ikavalchuk@swinburne.edu.au
Dr Charlotte Keatch Postdoctoral Fellow ckeatch@swinburne.edu.au
Dragi Klimovski
 Senior Lecturer 

+61 3 9214 8322

dklimovski@swinburne.edu.au
Dr Mehdi Korki
 Lecturer 

+61 3 9214 4761

mkorki@swinburne.edu.au
Bin Liu Research Fellow bliu@swinburne.edu.au
Professor Zhihong Man
 Professor of Engineering 

+61 3 9214 5175

zman@swinburne.edu.au
Associate Professor Mehran Motamed Ektesabi
 Associate Professor

+61 3 9214 8532

mektesabi@swinburne.edu.au
Professor Simon Moulton
 Professor of Biomedical Electromaterials Science 
 smoulton@swinburne.edu.au
Professor Mehdi Seyedmahmoudian
 Professor

+61 3 39214 552

mseyedmahmoudian@swinburne.edu.au
Associate Professor Mahnaz Shafiei
 Vice-Chancellor's Women in STEM Fellow 

+61 3 39214 4890

mshafiei@swinburne.edu.au
Professor Weixiang Shen
 Professor

+61 3 9214 5886

wshen@swinburne.edu.au
Lihong Tang Postdoctoral Research Fellow lihongtang@swinburne.edu.au
Dr Gokul Sidarth Thirunavukkarasu Lecturer gthirunavukkarasu@swinburne.edu.au
Professor Paul Stoddart
 Professor of Biomedical Engineering; Coordinator, ANFF-VIC BioInterface Engineering Hub

+61 3 9214 5839

pstoddart@swinburne.edu.au
Dr Adriana Teixeira do Nascimento Research Fellow anascimento@swinburne.edu.au
Utami Tran
 Lecturer (Teaching Intensive) 

+61 3 9214 3787

utran@swinburne.edu.au
Professor Scott Wade Professor 

+61 3 9214 4339

swade@swinburne.edu.au
Sally Waller Associate Professor swaller@swinburne.edu.au
Dr Armita Zarnegar Lecturer azarnegar@swinburne.edu.au
Dr Xianming Zhang
 Associate Professor 

+61 3 9214 5735

xianmingzhang@swinburne.edu.au
Zhiyu Xu Postdoctoral Researcher Fellow, Department of Computing Technologies zhiyuxu@swinburne.edu.au
Associate Professor Jingxin Zhang
 Associate Professor; Academic Director of Research Training 

+61 3 9214 5765

jingxinzhang@swinburne.edu.au
Professor Jinchuan Zheng
 Professor

+61 3 9214 4335

jzheng@swinburne.edu.au

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