Professional Activities

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

(a) PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP
• Member of Australian Computing Society (ACS)
• Member of International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE)
• Member of Econometric Society
• Senior Member of International Association of Computer Science and Information Technology (IACSIT)


(b) JOURNAL EDITORAL BOARD APPOINTMENTS

• Associate editor of the Journal of Mechanics in Medicine and Biology (JMMB)
• Associate editor of the Journal of Medical Imaging and Health Informatics (JMIHI)
• Associate editor at International Journal of Mathematics and Statistics (IJMS)


(c) CONSULTANT APPOINTMENTS

• Research Consultant, Aerospace, Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, RMIT University
• Platform Technologies Research Institute (PTRi) member, RMIT University
• Health Innovations Research Institute (HiRI) member, RMIT University
• School Research Committee (SRC) member, RMIT University

RECORD OF WORK EXPERIENCE AND CAREER

(a) UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA

Engineering Computational Biology, School of Computer Science and Software Engineering
The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway

From July 2013 – Present

Appointment: Assistant Professor

Roles:
• Investigation of cell response mechanics.
• Computational modelling using Discrete Element Methods.
• Programming in supercomputing environment.
• Mathematical modelling in biology.

Research Scope: Cellular mechanics, Discrete Element Method, colon crypt cancer, cartilage tissue construct.

(b) TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY

Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology and The Key Laboratory of Advanced Reactor Engineering and Safety, Ministry of Education, Beijing, 100084, China

From January 2012 – October

Appointment: Visiting Research Scientist

Roles:

• Investigation of quasi-static granular pebble flow behavior in a wide silo.
• Computational modelling using Discrete Element Methods.
• Research mentorship at postgraduate level.

Research Scope: Quasi-static granular pebble flow, experimental methods, Discrete Element Method, pebble-bed nuclear reactor.

(c) RMIT UNIVERSITY

School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering Bundoora, Victoria 3083, Australia

From August 2009 – January 2012

Appointment: Research Fellow of Biomedical Engineering

Roles:

• Conduct lecturing and tutorial on Thermal-Fluid Engineering at the undergraduate level.
• Extend research performance and reputation of the discipline in biomedical engineering.
• Manage research activities and milestones for university and industry partners.
• Assist school in organisation of academic functions.

Research Scope: Biofluid Mechanics, Medical Imaging, Biomedical Device, Cardiac Flow Analysis, Flow Visualisation, Medical Image Processing.

Supervisory Roles: Postgraduate and final year project supervisor at RMIT University.

• Training of students in LabView and Matlab programming.
• Training of students in ANSYS software.


(d) UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE

School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
South Australia 5005, Australia

From January 2006 –August 2009
Appointment: PhD Research Scholar

Roles:

• Research in biomechanics
• Research in magnetic resonance image processing
• Development of Medflovan Software
• Transfer of technology and commercialisation
• Tutoring Thermo-Fluids 1 (Flow Visualisation), Materials & Manufacturing, Design Graphics & Communication, Engineering Systems Design & Communication 


(e) KRUGER VENTILIATION INDUSTRIES PTE. LTD.

R&D Department
No. 17, Tuas Avenue 10. Singapore 639141
From March 2004 – December 2005
Appointment: Mechanical Engineer

Roles:

• Ventilation Evaluation using CFD Flovent
• Software development of automated systems
• Wind Tunnel Data Acquisition (programming in LabView)
• Fan Performance Graph Generation (programming in Matlab)
• Technical training in engineering software (Pro-E, SolidWorks, SolidEdge, Flovent)
• Quality assurance and management


(f) UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY

Biomedical and Multimedia I.T. Group
School of Information Technologies
New South Wales 2006, Australia
From July 2003 – January 2004
Appointment: Research Associate

Roles:

• Research in medical image processing using MRI
• Research in pattern recognition and information retrieval
• Development of Automatic Target Recognition
• Data mining and spatial clustering
• Tutoring postgraduate level course COMP5318 - Data Mining

(g) SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONAL

Six Sigma Management Department
7000, Ang Mo Kio Ave 5, Singapore 569877
From January 2000 – July 2000
Appointment: Assistant Engineer

Roles:

• Six Sigma Quality Assurance
• Project on Non-Repeatable Run-Out (NRRO) analysis of hard disks
• Second position for the Seagate Internship Competition
• Completed Training in Green Belt Six Sigma (Awarded certification)
• Reduction of Mechanical Vibration based on Component Analysis
• Design of Experiment (DOE) (programming in Minitab).
• Track Closure Issues in Hard Drives (Vibration analysis)
• Programming of Fast Fourier Transform analysis (programming in Matlab)
• Quality assurance issues and improvement of product life cycle
• Spindle motor design analysis (CAD using AutoCad)

RECORD OF WORK EXPERIENCE AND CAREER

(a) IFBME DIPLOMA AWARD

Title: A Novel Measurement System for Cardiac Flow Analysis Applied to Phase Contrast Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Heart
Conference: World Congress for Medical Physics and Biological Engineering (2009), Munich, Germany, 7-12th Sep 2009.

(b) OUTSTANDING PAPER AWARD

Title: Flow imaging and validation of MR fluid motion tracking
Conference: 13th International Conference on Biomedical Engineering (ICBME 2008), Singapore, 3-6th Dec 2008.

(c) YOUNG INVESTIGATOR AWARD

Title: Blood flow assessment in the aortic heart valve based on magnetic resonance images using optical flow analysis
Conference: XVth International Conference on Mechanics in Medicine and Biology (15th ICMMB), Singapore, 6-8th Dec 2006.

(d) TRAVEL AWARDS

• Ian Potter Foundation Travel Grant (A$1000 granted 1 December 2010),
• National Heart Foundation of Australia (A$2000 granted 11 May 2010),
• National Heart Foundation of Australia (A$2000 granted 6 May 2009),
• Walter and Dorothy Duncan Trust (A$750 granted 1 April 2009).