Meet the team

Professor
Ahmed Abu-Siada

Professor

Ahmed holds a PhD in Electrical Engineering from Curtin University, with research interests spanning Power Systems, Renewable Energy, Asset Management, and Fault Diagnosis. He has supervised over 40 completed HDR theses and authored 300+ journal articles and conference papers in these research areas.

Lecturer
Dr Himanshu Himanshu

Lecturer

Himanshu is an avid researcher in multidisciplinary research domains including networking, Internet of Things, cybersecurity, AI and machine learning for networking/security with key focus on solving engineering problems having societal impact in collaboration with industry.

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Professor Iain Murray

John Curtin Distinguished Professor

On secondment to WASM

Iain has worked in the field of assistive technology for more than 25 years both as a practitioner and researcher. Currently employed as the Curriculum Lead – Engineering and in the School of Electrical Engineering, Computing & Mathematical Sciences, his research interest include; learning environments for people with vision impairment, embedded sensors in health applications, the Internet of Things and assistive technology.

A/Professor
Cesar Ortega-Sanchez

A/Professor

Cesar is a Computer Systems Engineer from the Metropolitan Autonomous University in Mexico. He obtained the degree of Master of Science in Digital Systems from Brunel University and the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Electronics from the University of York, both in the UK.

Lecturer
Anuradhi Welhenge

Lecturer

Anuradhi is an Early Career researcher in the domains of Biomedical Engineering, Embedded Systems, and Internet of Things. She received her PhD from Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand and Master of Biomedical Engineering from University of New South Wales, Australia.

Lecturer
Dr Siavash Khaksar

Lecturer

Siavash specialises in embedded systems and digital hardware-software co-design. He currently teaches several embedded system and digital design units at Curtin University having developed lecture materials and designed professional engineering laboratories for these units as well as acting as a faculty advisor for Curtin’s online IoT course offered on edX.

Doctor
Nazanin Mohammadi

Doctor

Senior Lecturer
Dr Kit Yan Chan

Senior Lecturer

Kit Yan Chan is currently a Senior Lecturer in EECMS. His research interests include artificial intelligence, machine learning, deep learning and their applications such as power flow optimization, underwater acoustic communications, load consumption forecasting and medical-kit. He has been working in the AI research fields for more than 20 years.

Professor
Yue Rong

Professor

Professor Yue Rong is an experienced researcher and passionate educator in electrical and electronic engineering. His research interests include signal processing for communications, underwater acoustic communications, underwater optical wireless communications, machine learning, speech recognition, and biomedical engineering.

Lecturer
Dr Nasim Ferdosian

Lecturer

Nasim is a lecturer and researcher specializing in Wireless and Mobile Communication Networks, with experience in both industrial and academic settings. She has contributed to several large-scale international and European Horizon2020-ICT projects during her postdoctoral research studies in various universities and research centres.

Senior Lecturer
Dr Nimsiri Abhayasinghe

Senior Lecturer

Nimsiri is an academic with close to 20 years of experience in teaching in Electronic and Embedded Systems. His research interests include human gait analysis, human navigation and localization, IMU based assistive systems and consumer electronics.

Lecturer
Dr King-Sun Chan

Lecturer

Dr King-Sun Chan received the PhD in Information Technology from the City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. He is currently a lecturer teaching both undergrad and postgrad units in networking.

Lecturer
Dr Ehsan Pashajavid

Lecturer

Ehsan is a renewable energy integration specialist. His research mainly focuses on distributed generation integration, electric vehicles, microgrids, and application of power electronics to power systems. He has demonstrated a strong track record of contributing to these fields throughout his career.

Professor
Arindam Ghosh

Professor

Arindam obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Calgary, Canada in 1983. He was with the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (1985-2006), and the Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia (2006-2013). He was a Fulbright Scholar and is a Fellow Indian National Academy of Engineering INAE and IEEE. He was conferred IEEE PES Nari Hingorani Custom Power Award in 2019.

Lecturer
Dr Dowon Kim

Lecturer

Dowon has been teaching and researching at Curtin University since 2020. His responsibilities include teaching (power system analysis, protection, reliability, electrical circuits and power electronics), and supervising postgraduate studies and engineering projects. His research interests include digitalised power system, high voltage condition monitoring and protection, and wireless power transfer systems.

Professor
Sumedha Rajakaruna

Professor

Sumedha is an experienced educator and researcher in electrical power engineering with more than 35 years of experience. He obtained his PhD from the University of Toronto, Canada in 1993 as a Commonwealth Scholar.

Lecturer
Dr Yanyan Yin

Lecturer

Yanyan joined Curtin University in 2017 as a Curtin research fellow. She is currently a lecturer and researcher with responsibilities of teaching units in power areas, like power electronics, electrical machine drives & control and industrial automated systems.

Professor
David Davidson

Professor

David joined Curtin University in 2018, serving as Engineering Director at the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) and Curtin Institute for Radio Astronomy until 2022. He was interim discipline lead for Electrical and Computer Engineering at Curtin in 2023 and continues to lead projects in astronomical instrumentation and signal processing.

Associate Professor
Adrian Sutinjo

Associate Professor

Adrian received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Calgary, Canada. His current research interests include antennas, RF and microwave engineering, electromagnetics, signal processing, and radio astronomy engineering. He has been with the Curtin Institute of Radio Astronomy since 2012. He is a Chartered Engineer (CPEng) and a Professional Engineer Fellow (FIEAust).

Professor
Ba-Ngu Vo

Professor

Ba-Ngu received the bachelor’s degree in mathematics and electrical engineering (with first class honours) in 1994, and his Ph.D. degree in 1997. He is a Fellow of the IEEE, and co-recipient of the 2010 Eureka Prize for “Outstanding Science in support of Defence or National Security.”