Our people
IBTEC comprises of academic and research staff from AUT faculties, as well as other collaborative universities, hospitals and medical industries.
The IBTEC team
Joyce D'Mello
Administration Manager
Hassan Liaquat
Research Fellow
Harrison Jones
Research Officer
Matin Khalili
Research Officer
Usman Shaikh
Research Officer
Andrew Lowry
Research Officer
Kalani Fruean
Research Assistant
Mike Arnold
Research Associate
Our alumni
Learn more about some of the recent alumni from our research institute and read about the research they were involved in.
Our students
Nimesha Weerasinghe (PhD)
An Investigation into Directionally Sensitive Hydrophilic-Hydrophobic Polymers for Biomedical Applications
Ahmed Kaleem Al-Attar (PhD)
An Investigation into Miniaturization and Compactness of Lung Therapy Devices
Upeka Madhavi De Silva Kalumith (PhD)
Speech analysis for mild Traumatic Injury (mTBI)/concussion detection through advanced Artificial Intelligence techniques
Hamid Rasouli Panah (PhD)
Detecting trends and patterns of infectious diseases for early warning of potential outbreaks
Usman Shaikh (PhD)
Using capacitive EEG for assessment of cognitive workload and rehabilitation progress
Sarla Kumari (PhD)
Rajat Sehgal (PhD)
Estimation of Free Living Energy Expenditure in humans using wearable sensors and Machine Learning
Fredy Alberto Rojas Rodriguez (PhD)
Advancing Outcome Research in Chiropractic Care: An AI-Based Approach for Personalized Treatment Plans
Ifeanyi Jacobs (PhD)
Bioimpedance Measurement of Physical Activity
Osama Anis (PhD)
Therapeutic Ultrasound for the non invasive treatment of Gout
Arunima Ballav (PhD)
Wound Healing Using Electrical Impedance Spectroscopy
Ameya Mahale (PhD)
An AI-Driven Multimodal Wearable Sensing for Assessing Cardiovascular Risk in New Zealand Population
Minh Hoang Quach (PhD)
Generative AI for Speech Analysis in Concussion Diagnosis: Enhancing Diagnostic Accuracy and Robustness
Juan Berrios (PhD)
AI in clinical decision support system for mild cognitive impairment
Weifan Zhao (PhD)
Multimodal fusion technique in neurological disorders
Tong Wang (PhD)
Towards Accurate and Efficient TinyML-Based Edge Deployment for Elderly Fall Detection
Kimia Samandar (PhD)
Enhancing musculoskeletal modelling accuracy
Yangzhe (Jack Li) (PhD)
Form factor optimization of photonic artificial muscle technology
Sruthy Krishna (PhD)
Wearable multimodal physiological sensing for early detection and longitudinal monitoring of neurodegenerative disorders
Arunkumar S (PhD)
Optimizing Edge AI and federated learning for non-invasive physiological monitoring
Donglai Xu (PhD)
Evaluating exoskeletons and ergonomics to Reduce Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders in Dental Professionals
Qizhong (David) Wang (PhD)
Patient-Specific Musculoskeletal Finite Element Modeling for Precision Planning of Periacetabular Osteotomy in Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip
Nam Nguyen (PhD)
Digital Transformation Of Medication Label Identification in the Operating Theatre: Technological Evolution
Phuong Dang (PhD)
Speech-Based Multi-Label Classification Model for the Simultaneous Detection of Mental Health Using Self-Supervised Representations and Multi-Task Learning
Taoran Cui (PhD)
Towards a Micro Electromechanical Therapeutic Solution for Bone Marrow Edema: Multiscale Biomechanical and Multiphysics Modelling Approaches
Samuel Joseph Montague Biddick (ME)
Kieran Zane Scott (ME)
Visitors to IBTec
31 March 2026 - 30 March 2028
Assoc. Prof. Chujun Yang, Shunde Polytechnic University, China
24 June 2024 – 23 August 2024
Michaella Kim, University of Manchester
10 June 2024 – 4 October 2024
Louis Hounilh, CESI Engineering School, France
8 September 2025 - 7 March 2026
Maria Elena Gonzalez Thomas, University of the Basque Country, Spain
15 February 2024 – 31 March 2024
Professor Sridhar Krishnan from Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada, along with PhD students Binh Nguyen and Sammy Abdou