
Biography
Dr Thanh Nho Do is currently a Scientia Lecturer at Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering (GSBmE), University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney. He directs UNSW Medical Robotics Lab. 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...view more
Dr Thanh Nho Do is currently a Scientia Lecturer at Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering (GSBmE), University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney. He directs UNSW Medical Robotics Lab. 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
Please visit UNSW Medical Robotics Lab
Dr. Do is currently looking for undergraduate and postgraduate students to join his research group starting in Term 2 (June/2021) or Term 3 (Sept/2021) . The research projects will mainly focus on the design, fabrication, modeling, control of soft robotics (soft sensors and actuators), and flexible mechatronic systems for surgical robotics (gastrointestinal cancer treatments), assisted device to restore function for human organs, wearable computing, haptic/tactile displays, capsule endoscopy, tracheal diseases and related respiratory disorders, and other biomedical devices. 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 .
There are several scholarships available for both domestic and international students. Please follow the below links for deadlines and other information:
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Determine Your Eligibility for a Scholarship: https://selfassessment.research.unsw.edu.au/
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Meet English requirement: https://www.unsw.edu.au/english-requirements-policy
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Key-dates: https://research.unsw.edu.au/key-dates
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UNSW Post Graduate Research Scholarship for International Students,
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UNSW Post Graduate Research Scholarship for Domestic Students
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Australia Awards and Endeavour Scholarships and Fellowships
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UNSW/Home Country Joint Scholarship
My Grants
- 2021-2023: Vanguard Grant, Heart Foundation fo Australia, (Lead CI)
- 2021-2022: 2021 Technology Research Grants, Intuitive Surgical, USA (Lead CI)
- 2021: the Frontiers Technology Clinical Academic Group 2020 Grant (Lead CI)
- 2018-2022: UNSW Start-Up Grant (Sole CI)
- 2018-2022: UNSW Scientia Fellowship (Sole CI)
- 2018-present: (Sole CI or co-CI) Generous Supports for Research Including Minor/Major Equipment Grants from the University of New South Wales etc.
My Teaching
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