Researcher

My Expertise

Wearable health sensors and digital health technologies, including cuffless blood pressure monitoring and continuous physiological sensing. Smart wearable devices for healthcare monitoring and telehealth applications. Advanced sensor technologies such as electrochemical biosensors, capacitive sensing, and multimodal wearable sensors. Unmanned aerial vehicles (drones), including UAV design, manufacturing, and aerospace engineering. Advanced manufacturing technologies, including robotics, composite materials, and sensor-guided fabrication. Clean energy technologies, particularly hydrogen electrolysis and electrochemical energy systems.

Biography

Dr Shuai He is a Senior Research Associate in the School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering at the University of New South Wales (UNSW). His research focuses on wearable sensors, connected health technologies, and advanced sensing systems for biomedical and engineering applications. He contributes to the ARC Research Hub for Connected Sensors for Health, developing next-generation wearable sensing technologies for continuous health...view more

Dr Shuai He is a Senior Research Associate in the School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering at the University of New South Wales (UNSW). His research focuses on wearable sensors, connected health technologies, and advanced sensing systems for biomedical and engineering applications. He contributes to the ARC Research Hub for Connected Sensors for Health, developing next-generation wearable sensing technologies for continuous health monitoring, and has helped secure over AUD 10 million in competitive research funding through national and international collaborations. Prior to joining UNSW, he served as an Associate Professor at Qingdao University of Technology, worked as a Senior Executive Engineer at Shanghai Aircraft Manufacturing Company contributing to the CR929 aircraft program, and founded Australia Advanced Aerospace Technology Pty Ltd, where he raised $3 million in investment to develop industrial-grade drone technologies. He received his PhD in Aerospace Engineering from RMIT University and has published in leading journals including Advanced Science, Nano Energy, and Applied Physics Reviews.


My Grants

  • Chun Wang, Liao Wu, Jin Zhang, Claude Sammut, Shuai He, Boming Geng, Composite 3D Printing through Sensor-Guided Collaborative Robots, ARC Linkage Project, LP240100386, AUD 262,168, 2025
  • Shuai He et al. ARC Research Hub for Connected Sensors for Health, ARC Hub, IH210100040, AUD 5.0M, 2022
  • Rahman Daiyan, Rose Amal, Zhipeng Ma, Mandalena Hermawan, Shuai He, Advanced Electrolyser Systems for Renewable Fuels Production, TRaCE Lab to Market Fund, AUD 4.2M, 2024
  • Sonya Brown, Garth Pearce, Shuai He, Drone Manufacturing Optimization and Propeller Development, ACM CRC, APN019, AUD 720,000, 2024
  • Shuying Wu, Chun H. Wang, Shuai He, Erjiang Fu, Mitigating Microvibration in High-Pointing-Accuracy Satellite Devices via Multiscale Shear Damping, NSW Space Network Research Pilot Project, AUD 120,000,2025
  • Robert Patterson, Toan Phung, Shuai He, Zhenyu Liu, Beyond CO₂ Capture and Storage (CCS): “Carbon Recovery” from Plasma Electrolysis, BAJC R&D Fund, Project BA24008, AUD 200,000, 2024
  • Jin Zhang, Cyrille Boyer, Xiaojing Hao, Shuai He, Erjiang Fu, Lightweight Photovoltaic Modules for Low-load Capacity Building Roofs, ARC Linkage Project, AUD 273,775, 2022

My Research Supervision


Supervision keywords


Areas of supervision

Dr Shuai He welcomes supervision of Higher Degree Research (HDR) students in interdisciplinary areas spanning mechanical engineering, sensing technologies, and advanced manufacturing. His supervision interests include wearable and biomedical sensors for health monitoring, smart sensing systems and signal processing, electrochemical and electro-mechanical sensors, and digital health technologies such as cuffless blood pressure monitoring. He also supervises research in unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) and drone technologies, aerospace structures and composite materials, advanced manufacturing and robotics, sensor-guided manufacturing, and energy technologies including hydrogen electrolysis and electrochemical energy systems.


Currently supervising

Dr Shuai He currently co-supervises multiple HDR candidates within the School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering at UNSW. His supervision portfolio includes PhD and research students working on topics related to wearable sensing technologies, advanced manufacturing systems, smart materials and structures, and energy technologies. He works closely with students on interdisciplinary projects connected to the ARC Research Hub for Connected Sensors for Health and other collaborative research initiatives, supporting students in both fundamental research and industry-linked innovation.

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Location

Room 311A, level 3, J17 UNSW