PhD Students

Naser Mostashiri

PhD Candidate

Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Auckland, New Zealand.
Project: UoA 5, Parallel robot for mastication of foods.
Supervisors: Jaspreet Dhupia, Peter Xu, Alexander Verl
Email: n.mostashiri [at] auckland.ac.nz

David Tomzik

PhD Candidate

Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Auckland, New Zealand.
Project: UOA 6, Cloud-based measurement and data acquisition for industrial and cyber-physical systems.
Supervisors: Xun Xu, Ray Zhong, Armin Lechler
Email: d.tomzik [at] auckland.ac.nz

Zixiao Chen

PhD Candidate

Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Auckland, New Zealand.
Project: Surface manipulation of soft, delicate objects.
Supervisors: Jaspreet Dhupia, Peter Xu, Martian Stommel
Email: czix041 [at] aucklanduni.ac.nz

Nastaran Saffaryazdi

PhD Candidate

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Auckland, New Zealand.
Project: UOA 7, Design of new methods for interaction measurement and control of soft tissue, including vision-based feedback.
Supervisors: Bruce McDonald, Peter Xu, Bernard Haasdonk
Email: zsaf419 [at] aucklanduni.ac.nz

Che-ming Chang

PhD Candidate

Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Auckland, New Zealand.
Project: Humanoid robotics interaction with humans.
Supervisors: Minas Liarokapis and Peter Xu
Email: ccha425 [at] aucklanduni.ac.nz

Homayoon Zarshenas

PhD Candidate

Auckland Bioengineering Institute.
Project: EMG based control method for rehabilitation robots.
Supervisors: Thor Besier, Bryan Ruddy
Email: hzar638 [at] aucklanduni.ac.nz

Jaime Lara

PhD Candidate

Auckland Bioengineering Institute.
Project: UOA 8, Novel methods for recording and analysing high-density EMG signals.
Supervisors: Leo Cheng, Oliver Röhrle
Email: jlar540 [at] aucklanduni.ac.nz

Masoumeh Hesam Mahmoudinezhad

PhD Candidate

Auckland Bioengineering Institute.
Project: Soft proprioceptive feedback for hard robots.
Supervisors: Iain Anderson, Samuel Rosset
Email: mhes473 [at] aucklanduni.ac.nz

Amy Garrett

PhD Candidate

Auckland Bioengineering Institute.
Supervisors: Andrew Taberner, June-Chiew Han
Email: agar399 [at] aucklanduni.ac.nz

Sivakumar Kandasamy

PhD Candidate

Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Auckland, New Zealand.
Project: Smart Actuation Technologies for Exoskeletal Systems.
Supervisors: Andrew McDaid, Kean Aw
Email: skan118 [at] aucklanduni.ac.nz

Jalil Shahabi

PhD Candidate

Department of  Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Auckland, New Zealand.
Project: Using meta-heuristic algorithms for interaction measurement and control of soft tissue.
Supervisors: Bruce MacDonald, Peter Xu
Email: jsha693 [at] aucklanduni.ac.nz

Christoph Hinze

PhD Candidate

Institute for Control Eng. of Machine Tools and Manufacturing Units, University of Stuttgart, Germany.
Project: USUTT4, Development of a cloud-based robot control environment for handling soft materials.
Supervisors: Armin Lechler, Alexander Verl, Xun Xu
Email: christoph.hinze [at] isw.uni-stuttgart.de

Benjamin Maier

PhD Candidate

Institute for Parallel and Distributed Systems, University of Stuttgart, Germany.
Project: USTUTT 3, Multi-physics simulations.
Supervisors: Miriam Mehl, Oliver Röhrle
Email: benjamin.maier [at] ipvs.uni-stuttgart.de

Harnoor Saini

PhD Candidate

Institute of Applied Mechanics (CE), University of Stuttgart, Germany.
Project: USTUTT 1, Computational skeletal muscle models for signal identification and sensor development.
Supervisor: Oliver Röhrle
Email: saini [at] mechbau.uni-stuttgart.de

Markus Wnuk

PhD Candidate

Institute for Control Eng. of Machine Tools and Manufacturing Units, University of Stuttgart, Germany.
Project: USTUTT 10, Kinematics and localisation of soft tissue objects.
Supervisors: Andreas Pott and Peter Xu
Email: markus.wnuk [at] isw.uni-stuttgart.de

Florian Jaensch

PhD Candidate

Institute for Control Eng. of Machine Tools and Manufacturing Units, University of Stuttgart, Germany.
Project: USTUTT 6, Machine learning and policy optimization methods applied to compliant control.
Supervisors: Alexander Verl, Peter Xu
Email: florian.jaensch [at] isw.uni-stuttgart.de

Johannes Köhler

PhD Candidate

Institute for Systems Theory and Automatic Control, University of Stuttgart, Germany.
Project: USTUTT 5, Development of Model Predictive Control (MPC) trajectory tracking formulations for soft tissue robotics.
Supervisor: Frank Allgöwer
Email: jokoehler [at] ist.uni-stuttgart.de

Shahnewaz Shuva

PhD Candidate

Institute of Applied Analysis and Numerical Simulation, University of Stuttgart, Germany.
Project: USTUTT 2, Model reduction techniques of soft tissue simulations.
Supervisors: Bernard Haasdonk, Thor Besier, Peter John Hunter
Email: shahnewaz.shuva [at] mathematik.uni-stuttgart.de

Jonathan Terfurth

PhD Candidate

Institute of Electrical Energy Conversion, University of Stuttgart, Germany.
Projec: USTUTT 7, Electro-mechanical actuator concepts.
Supervisor:  Nejila Parspour
Email: jonathan.terfurth [at] iew.uni-stuttgart.de

Johannes Walter

PhD Candidate

Institute of Sport and Motion Science, University of Stuttgart, Germany.