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.