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
T’heniel Chetty
Research Officer
Mahdi Heidarian
Research Officer
Harrison Jones
Research Officer
Matin Khalili
Research Officer
Usman Shaikh
Research Officer
Andrew Lowry
Research Officer
Kalani Fruean
Research Assistant
Xiale Paane
Research Assistant
Atarangi Oceania Kepu Kosene Apiata
Research Assistant
Our students
- Matin Khalili (PhD)
Motion Artifact Reduction in Capacitive Electrodes for ECG Recording Systems - Tanvi Chandel (PhD)
Impact of Blood Pressure Measurement Error on CVD risk Prediction and Management - Mahdi Heidarian
Investigating the Effect of Hair in EEG Acquisition - Hassan Liaquat (PhD)
An investigation into using ultrasound for skin therapy - 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 - Adebanji Adeleye (PhD)
Audio analysis for healthcare application - emotion detection and Mild Traumatic brain Injury(mTBI) - Usman Shaikh (PhD)
Using capacitive EEG for assessment of cognitive workload and rehabilitation progress - Chengwei Feng (PhD)
Human motion modeling and analysis with pose estimation and sensor technology - 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 - Dilhani Thashila Dodangoda (MPhil)
Eye-tracking using Image Processing - Minh Hoang Quach (MCIS)
Speech analysis as a decision support system in healthcare for detecting mild Traumatic Brain Injury - Priyadarshini Natarajan (MCIS)
Visitors to IBTec
- 15 February 2024 – 31 March 2024
Prof. Sridhar Krishnan from Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada, along with PhD students Binh Nguyen and Sammy Abdou. - 10 June 2024 – 4 October 2024
Louis Hounilh, CESI Engineering School, France - 24 June 2024 – 23 August 2024
Michaella Kim, University of Manchester
Our alumni
Learn more about some of the recent alumni from our research institute and read about the research they were involved in.
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