Professor Hung Nguyen

Biography

Hung Nguyen is Adjunct Professor in the Department of Engineering Technologies. Formerly he was the Pro Vice-Chancellor for the Faculty of Science, Engineering & Technology at Swinburne University of Technology. With strong research interests in biomedical engineering, artificial intelligence, electrical and electronic engineering, and neuroscience, he has developed several medical devices for diabetes, disability, fatigue, and cardiovascular diseases. Professor Nguyen has published 347 refereed research articles and has been granted 13 full patents, received $6.14m of external competitive research funding including 9 ARC and 3 NHMRC grants. He has also been involved in the generation of $9.52m of commercialisation income including Commercialisation Australia grant ($1.93m) and Commercial Ready grant ($2.75m) as well as venture investments ($4.50m). 

Professor Nguyen was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in 2002 and was awarded a UTS Teaching Award (Individual Category) in 2000 and the 2016 Chancellor’s Medal for Exceptional Research at UTS. He was Assistant Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Innovation) (2014-2017) and Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology (2010-2014) at UTS, and was Founder/CEO of AIMedics Pty Ltd (2001-2006). He is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers, Australia; the Australian Computer Society; and the British Computer Society.