People

Academic staff

Andrew Weightman – Group lead and Reader in Medical Mechatronics

William Crowther – Reader in Aerodynamic Engineering

Ben Parslew – Senior Lecturer in Aerospace Engineering

Glen Cooper – Senior Lecturer in Solid Mechanics and Bioengineering

Mostafa Nabawy – Lecturer in Aerospace Engineering

Lei Ren – Reader in Biomechanics and Biorobotics

Katharine Smith – Senior Lecturer in Aerospace Engineering

Research associates

Deepak Ajayakumar – Robotics Systems Engineer (KTP associate with Procter and Gamble)

Joshua Barnfather – Robotics Systems Engineer (KTP associate with Nuvia Ltd)

Inmo Jang – Robotics Research Associate in Tele-robotics

Zhengyi Jiang – Research Associate multi-platform inspection, maintenance and repair in extreme environments

PhD researchers

Yasin Alhamwy
Next generation AVEXIS for nuclear environments
yasin.alhamwy@manchester.ac.uk

Iuliu-Cezar Ardelean
Robotics for air quality monitoring
iuliu-cezar.ardelean@student.manchester.ac.uk

Edward Cooke
Wide area wireless sensing using a power harvesting robotic platform
edward.cooke@manchester.ac.uk

Damian Crosby
Robotics for hazardous environments: a mechatronic tail for dynamic compensation of a robotic arm applied to a quadruped robot
damian.crosby@manchester.ac.uk

Qiang Fu
Design, implementation and analysis of a cost effective rehabilitation robot for children with cerebral palsy
qiang.fu-2@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk

Lutong Li
Low cost rehabilitation robotics
lutong.li@manchester.ac.uk

Kwok John Lo
Jumping Robotics
kwokcheungjohn.lo@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk

Edward MacNeil
Design of soft robotics for nuclear decommissioning
edward.macneil@manchester.ac.uk

Pinar Urhal
Robotics for additive manufacturing
pinar.urhal@manchester.ac.uk

Muhammed Said Yilmaz
Haptics for Robotics: human perception, manipulator design and systems integration
muhammed.yilmaz@manchester.ac.uk