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Dr Thanh Nho Do�� is currently a Scientia Senior Lecturer at��Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering (GSBmE), University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney.�� He directs . In 2015, he��was awarded his PhD degree in Mechanical Engineering (Surgical Robotics) from the School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering (MAE), Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore.�� He also received his B. Eng. degree in Manufacturing Engineering with Honor Program from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, Vietnam. He was a Postdoctoral Scholar at California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI), UC Santa Barbara (UCSB), USA. He also worked as a Research Fellow and a Group Leader at Robotic Research Center, School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering (MAE), Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore.

His main research interests include:

• Flexible surgical devices, especially Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES) systems, for gastrointestinal cancer treatments
• Soft robotics including��stretchable sensors��and actuators for haptic/tactile displays and their applications to other robotic systems
• Soft assistive device for heart failure and soft artificial organs
• Soft Wearable Haptic Devices��
• Functional materials for soft electronics and biomedical applications
• Variable stiffness structures for flexible endoscopic systems, soft robotics and other biomedical applications
• Miniature soft magnetic robots for drug delivery systems
• Soft magnetic capsule endoscopy for obesity treatments and gastrointestinal diagnosis
• Soft pneumatic/hydraulic actuators
• Soft programmable planar fabric actuators
• Advanced wearable systems for haptic/tactile displays and NOTES systems
• Advanced mechatronic systems for the treatment of tracheal diseases and other respiratory disorders
• Nonlinear backlash/hysteresis modeling and identification methods
• Advanced control algorithms (feedforward and nonlinear adaptive control) for flexible medical systems and smart materials and structures

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Editorial Activities:

• Editor-Nature Communications Engineering
• Guest Editor-Sensors, Special Issues "Soft Sensors, Actuators and Sensing Technology for Medical Applications"
• Guest Editor-Micromachines, Special Issues "Soft Robotics: Design, Fabrication, Modeling, Control and Applications"
• Topic Editor-Frontiers in Medical Technology-Diagnostic and Therapeutic Devices, Research Topic "Wearable Soft Robotics in Diagnostics and Therapeutics"

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Dr. Do is currently��looking for undergraduate and postgraduate students to join his��research group starting 2025. The research projects include

• Project 1:��The design, fabrication, modeling, control of novel soft artificial organs using soft robotic technologies��(soft sensors and actuators)��

• Project 2:��The development of flexible surgical surgical robotics for gastrointestinal cancer treatments,

• Project 3:��Soft wearable haptic devices for VR/AR and medical applications

• Project 4:��Soft wearable assistive device for human augmentation

Prospective students with background in mechanical design, mechatronics, robotics, control systems, and soft materials with good hands-on skills please feel free to contact Dr. Do to discuss desired projects. Please also include��CV and transcript together with names and contacts of at least two academic referees.

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There are several scholarships available for both domestic and international students. Please follow the below links for deadlines and other information:

• Determine Your Eligibility for a Scholarship:��

• Meet English requirement:��/english-requirements-policy��

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