News

• Nov 2017
  Awarded an Australian Research Council Discovery Project grant ($296,000) entitled
  

  Novel Microcantilevers for Multifrequency Atomic Force Microscopy.

• July 2016
  The following paper was selected as a finalist for the AIM best conference paper award.
  

  Design, modeling, and characterization of an XY nanopositioning stage constructed from a single sheet of piezoelectric material.

• July 2015
  Shannon Rios's paper "Design of a two degree of freedom resonant miniature robotic leg" has won the Best Student Conference Paper Finalist Award at the AIM conference.
  

• Nov 2014
  Recipient of the Vice-Chancellor's Awards For Research Excellence
  Recipient of the Pro Vice-Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Research Performance.

• April 2014
  According to the 2009--2013 citation record of the Scopus database, the following papers were ranked:
  
  

  The Most Cited Paper in IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology
  Design, identification and control of a flexure-based XY stage for fast nanoscale positioning
  (Received 112 citations)    [pdf]

• Nov 2012
  Awarded an ARC DECRA Fellowship.

• Nov 2012
  To serve on a PhD public defence committee panel at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU - Trondheim).

• Sept 2012
  According to the 5-year citation record of the Scopus database, the following papers were ranked:
  
  

  Top 2 Most Cited Paper in Precision Engineering (2009 - 2012)
  Review of circular flexure hinge design equations and derivation of empirical formulations
     [pdf]

• Sept 2011
  Awarded a University Research Fellowship.

• July 2010
  Awarded a University Special Project Grant.

• July 2008
  The following paper was selected as a finalist for the AIM 2008 best conference paper award.
  

  Design, Analysis and Control of a Fast Nanopositioning Stage

• Oct 2007
  Awarded an Early Career Researcher Grant, The University of Newcastle, Australia.