Special Lecture on Robotics by Prof. Dikai Liu: Exploring Physical Human-Robot Collaboration
On Tuesday, October 14, 2025, Assoc. Prof. Ronnapee Chaichaowarat, Ph.D., organized a Special Lecture on Robotics under the topic “Physical Human-Robot Collaboration: Research Challenges and Applications.” The session was honored to have Prof. Dikai Liu, Distinguished Professor and Director of the ARC Research Hub for Human-Robot Teaming for Sustainable and Resilient Construction, School of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, Australia, as the special guest speaker. In his talk, Prof. Liu outlined the major challenges in physical human-robot collaboration (pHRC) research, presenting various human modelling approaches and human models that enable intuitive and effective pHRC. He also shared detailed case studies illustrating the development and real-world deployment of intelligent robots designed for physical collaboration.
Now Accepting Applications for Lecturer Positions!
1. Full-time Lecturer Positions in the Automotive Design and Manufacturing Engineering (ADME) Qualifications - Ph.D. in Engineering or a closely related field (required) - Ability to teach in a broader range in the curriculum and lab teaching experience (preferred) - Strong record of student supervision and mentorship (preferred) - Ability to work effectively in a multicultural and multi-disciplinary environment - Proven history of collaboration with staff, fellow faculty or industry - Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with proficiency in English - Willingness to shape the future of Automotive Engineering education and research in the region. For more detail about the lecturer positions in ADME program, please visit this link. 2. Full-time Lecturer Positions in the Aerospace Engineering (AERO) Qualifications - Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering or a closely related field (required). - Strong record of student supervision and mentorship (preferred). - Demonstrated ability to conduct independent research. - Experience in publishing in academic journals. - Industrial or research experience in aerospace (a plus but not mandatory). - Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with proficiency in English. - Ability to work effectively in a multicultural and multi-disciplinary environment. For more detail about the lecturer positions in AERO program, please visit this link. ***Interested applicants are requested to submit a self-introduction email in English, including personal background, educational history, and work experience, to the email address: supatcharin.n@chula.ac.th from October 16 to November 30, 2025.*** If you have any inquiries, please contact Ms. Supatcharin Namyothee via email: supatcharin.n@chula.ac.th
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Prof.Viboon Sangveraphunsiri, Ph.D
Education Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA MS.ME. Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, USA BS.ME. Mechanical Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand Organizations Professor of Mechanical Engineering, International School of Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University Head of Research Center “Regional Center of Robotics Technology”, Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University. Research Areas Control of Dynamic Systems Advanced Control Systems Robotics Medical Robotics System Identification Autonomous Robotics System Vision System CAD/CAM/CAE/Rapid Prototype in product design Awards Received Thailand Best Researcher Award 2016 Thailand Outstanding Technologist Award 2017 Chulalongkorn Engineering Outstanding Alumni 2017
6 February 2023
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Prof. Yan Zhao, Ph.D.
Education Ph.D. Electronic Engineering, Queen Mary University of London, UK M.Sc. Communication Engineering, University of Birmingham, UK B.Sc. Information Engineering, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT), China Academic Services and Membership Chair of the IEEE Thailand Section Joint MTT/APS Chapter Managing Editor of Engineering Journal (http://engj.org/) Advisor of the SPIE Student Chapter in Chulalongkorn University Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Member of the Optical Society of America (OSA) Founding Member of the innovative Electromagnetic Academic of Thailand (iEMAT) Research Interests Antennas Metamaterials Computational electromagnetics Finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method Indoor localisation Invited Talks Directivity enhancement using hyperbolic metasurfaces Introduction to the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method Controlling the resonances of indefinite materials for maximizing efficiency in wireless power transfer Analysis of image magnification by hyperlens structures using a spatially dispersive FDTD method in cylindrical coordinates Research Projects Microwave applications of hyperbolic metasurfaces (The Thailand Research Fund), Jun. 2016 – May 2019 Design of a wireless charging system for laptop computers (Chulalongkorn University), Nov. 2015 – Oct. 2016 Design of compact metamaterial for enhancing antenna performance (Chulalongkorn University), Nov. 2014 – Oct. 2015 Design of metamaterial-based RF energy harvesting system (Chulalongkorn University), Jul. 2014 – Jun. 2015 A PC-to-PC data transfer system using optical wireless communication (Asahi Glass Foundation), Aug. 2013 – Feb. 2015 Design of a compact MIMO antenna for LTE systems (Mobicrat), Dec. 2013 – Feb. 2014. Development of an indoor localisation system using optical wireless communication technology (Chulalongkorn University), Aug. 2013 – Aug. 2014 Investigation and design of metamaterial enhanced wireless energy transfer and harvesting systems (The Thailand Research Fund), Jul. 2012 – Jul. 2014 A campus geographic information system based on RFID technology (Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University), Dec. 2011 – Dec. 2012 Publications Book Chapters Zhao, Y. (2014). “Modeling of optical metamaterials using the FDTD method”, Chapter 3 in Computational Nanotechnology Using Finite Difference Time Domain, CRC Press. Argyropoulos, C., Zhao, Y., Kallos, E. & Hao, Y. (2010). “Finite-difference time-domain modelling of electromagnetic cloaks”, Chapter 7 in Metamaterials, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC. Zhao, Y., Belov, P. & Hao, Y. (2008). “Accurate FDTD modelling of a perfect lens,” Chapter 8, “Spatially dispersive FDTD modelling of wire medium,” Chapter 9 in FDTD Modelling of Metamaterials: Theory and Applications, Artech House, Incorporated Pub. Hao, Y., Alomainy, A. & Zhao, Y. (2006). “Antenna Design & Propagation Measurements and Modelling for UWB Wireless BAN,” Chapter 16 in Ultra Wideband: Antennas and Propagation for Communications, Radar and Imaging, Wiley & Sons. Journal Articles Zhao, Y. (2016). “Design of high-gain, wideband antenna using microwave hyperbolic metasurface,” AIP Advances, vol. 6, no. 5, p. 055022. Saadi, M., Zhao, Y., Naseer, O. & Wuttisittikulkij, L. (2016). “A beam scanning-based indoor localization system using light emitting diodes," Engineering Journal, vol. 20, no. 3, pp. 197-206. Zhao, Y. (2016). “A dual-wideband microstrip antenna for LTE indoor base stations,” Electronics Letters, vol. 52, no. 8, pp. 576-578. Saadi, M., Zhao, Y., Wuttisttikulkij, L. & Khan, M. T. A. (2016). “A heuristic approach to indoor localization using light emitting diodes,” Journal of Theoretical and Applied Information Technology, vol. 84, no. 3, pp. 332-338. Khansalee, E., Nuanyai, K. & Zhao, Y. (2015). “A dual-band rectifier for RF energy harvesting,” Engineering Journal, vol. 19, no. 5, pp. 189-197. Zhao, Y. (2015). “Nondiffracting beam emission from hyperbolic metasurfaces,” Journal of Optics, vol. 17, no. 4, p. 045103. Wittayasooporn, N., Panichevaluk, A. & Zhao, Y. (2015). “PicoGrid: A web-based distributed computing framework for heterogeneous networks using Java,” Engineering Journal, vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 153-165. Saadi, M, Bajpai, A., Zhao, Y., Sangwongngam, P. & Wuttisittikulkij, L. (2014). “Design and implementation of secure and reliable communication using optical wireless communication,” Frequenz, vol. 48, pp. 501-509. Zhao, Y. (2014). “Evanescent wave amplification and subwavelength imaging by ultrathin uniaxial μ-near-zero material,” AIP Advances, vol. 4, p. 027115. Zhao, Y., & Leelarasmee, E. (2014). “Controlling the resonances of indefinite materials for maximizing efficiency in wireless power transfer,” Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, vol. 56, no. 4, pp. 867-875. Zhao, Y., & Vongkulbhisal, J. (2013). “Design of visible light communication receiver for on-off keying modulation by adaptive minimum-voltage cancelation,” Engineering Journal, vol. 17, pp. 125-129. Saadi, M., Wuttisittikulkij, L., Zhao, Y., & Sangwongngam, P. (2013). “Visible light communication: Opportunities, challenges and channel models,” International Journal of Electronics and Informatics, vol. 2, pp. 1-11. Vongkulbhisal, J. & Zhao, Y. (2013). “R-LABS: An RFID-based indoor localisation system using antenna beam scanning,” Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments, vol. 7, pp. 251-266. Vongkulbhisal, J., Chantaramolee, B., Zhao, Y., & Mohammed, W.S. (2012). “A fingerprinting-based indoor localization system using intensity modulation of light emitting diodes,” Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, vol. 54, no. 5, pp. 1218-1227. Zhao, Y. (2012). “Investigation of image magnification property of hyperlens formed by a tapered array of metallic wires using a spatially dispersive finite-difference time-domain method in cylindrical coordinates,” Journal of Optics, vol. 14, no. 3, pp. 035102. Zhao, Y., & Hao, Y. (2011). “A subject specificity analysis of radio channels in wireless body area networks,” Engineering Journal, vol. 15, no. 3, pp. 39-48. Belov, P.A., Palikaras, G., Zhao, Y., Rahman, A., Simovski, C.R., Hao, Y. & Parini, C.G. (2010). “Experimental demonstration of multi-wire endoscopes capable of manipulating near-fields with subwavelength resolution,” Applied Physics Letters, vol. 97, pp. 191905. Zhao, Y., Palikaras, G., Belov, P.A., Dubrovka, R.F., Simovski, C.R., Hao, Y. & Parini, C.G. (2010). “Magnification of subwavelength field distributions using a tapered array of metallic wires with planar interfaces and an embedded dielectric phase compensator,” New Journal of Physics, vol. 12, pp. 103045. Zhao, Y. & Hao, Y. (2009). “Full-wave parallel dispersive finite-difference time-domain modeling of three-dimensional electromagnetic cloaking structures,” Journal of Computational Physics, vol. 228, pp. 7300-7312, 2009. Argyropoulos, C., Kallos, E., Zhao, Y. & Hao, Y. (2009). “Manipulating the loss in electromagnetic cloaks for perfect wave absorption,” Optics Express, vol. 17, pp. 8467-8475. Zhao, Y., Belov, P.A., & Hao, Y. (2009). “Subwavelength internal imaging by means of the wire medium,” Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics, vol. 11, pp. 075101. Argyropoulos, C., Zhao, Y., & Hao, Y. (2009). “A radial-dependent dispersive finite-difference time-domain method for the evaluation of electromagnetic cloaks,” IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, vol. 57, pp. 1432-1441. Sani, A., Zhao, Y., & Hao, Y. (2009). “An efficient FDTD algorithm based on the equivalence principle for analyzing onbody antenna performance,” IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, vol. 57, pp. 1006-1014. Belov, P.A., Zhao, Y., Hao, Y., & Parini, C. (2009). “Enhancement of evanescent waves inside media with extreme optical anisotropy,” Optics Letters, vol. 34, no. 5. Belov, P.A., Zhao, Y., Tse, S., Ikonen, P., Silveirinha, M.G., Simovski, C.R., Tretyakov, S., Hao, Y. & Parini, C. (2008). “Transmission of images with subwavelength resolution to distances of several wavelengths in the microwave range,” Physical Review B, vol. 77, pp. 193108. Zhao, Y., Argyropoulos, C. & Hao, Y. (2008). “Full-wave finite-difference time-domain simulation of electromagnetic cloaking structures,” Optics Express, vol. 16, pp. 6717-6730. Zhao, Y., & Hao, Y. (2007). “Finite-difference time-domain study of guided modes in nano-plasmonic waveguides,” IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, vol. 55, pp. 3070-3077. Zhao, Y., Belov, P.A., & Hao, Y. (2007). “Accurate modelling of left-handed metamaterials using finite-difference time-domain method with spatial averaging at the boundaries,” Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics, vol. 9, pp. 468-475, 2007. Zhao, Y., Belov, P.A., & Hao, Y. (2007). “Accurate modelling of the optical properties of left-handed media using a finite-difference time-domain method,” Physical Review E, vol. 75, pp. 037602. Zhao, Y., Hao, Y., & Parini, C.G. (2007). “FDTD characterisation of UWB indoor radio channel including frequency dependent antenna directivities,” IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, vol. 6, pp. 191-194. Zhao, Y., Belov, P.A., & Hao, Y. (2007). “Modelling of wave propagation in wire media using spatially dispersive finite-difference time-domain method: numerical aspects,” IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, vol. 55, pp. 1506-1513. Belov, P.A., Zhao, Y., Sudhakaran, S., Alomainy, A. & Hao, Y. (2006). “Experimental study of the sub-wavelength imaging by a wire medium slab,” Applied Physics Letters, vol. 89, pp. 262109. Zhao, Y., Belov, P.A. & Hao, Y. (2006). “Spatially dispersive finite-difference time-domain analysis of subwavelength imaging by the wire medium slabs,” Optics Express, vol. 14, pp. 5154-5167. Zhao, Y., Hao, Y., Alomainy, A. & Parini, C.G. (2006). “UWB on-body radio channel modelling using ray theory and subband FDTD method,” IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, vol. 54, pp. 1827-1835. Zhao, Y., Hao, Y. & Parini, C.G. (2005). “Radiation properties of PIFA on electromagnetic bandgap substrates,” Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, vol. 44, pp. 21-24.
10 October 2016
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Paulo Fernando Rocha Garcia, Ph.D.
Education 2015 Ph.D., Department of Electronics & Computer Engineering, University of Minho, Portugal. Thesis Title: "Hybrid Hypervisor Partially Deployed on FPGA". Doctoral work included research periods at the University of Wurzburg, Germany, and the Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand. 2011 MSc in Real Time Embedded Systems, Department of Electronics & Computer Engineering, University of Minho, Portugal. Thesis Title: "M2uP – Multithreading Microprocessor: Front-End implementation". Graduate work included research periods at the University of Maribor, Germany, and the Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand. 2008 BSc in Industrial Electronics and Computers, Department of Electronics & Computer Engineering, University of Minho, Portugal. Grants Awarded Thailand : 2023 PMU-C: "A Holographic Health Information Platform for Patient Education Delivering Personalized Genetic Counselling to Users", with Bumrungrand Hospital, 9.9M THB (Co-PI) Publications Journal Articles Fryer, J. & Garcia, P. (2023). "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Practices and Perspectives on Hardware Acceleration for Embedded Image Processing", Journal of Signal Processing Systems, Springer. (accepted pending minor revisions: revisions submitted) Sebastien, C. & Garcia, P. (2022). "Arbitrarily Parallelizable Code: A Model of Computation Evaluated on a Message-Passing Many-Core System." Computers 11, no. 11, p. 164. Garcia, P., Darroch, F., West, L., & Brooks Cleator, L. (2020). "Ethical Applications of Big Data-Driven AI on Social Systems: Literature Analysis and Example Deployment Use Case", Information, 11, p 235. Stewart, R., Berthomieu, B., Garcia, P., Ibrahim, I., Michaelson, G., & Wallace, A. (2019). "Verifying parallel dataflow transformations with model checking and its application to FPGAs", Journal of Systems Architecture. Garcia, P., Bhowmik, D., Stewart, R., Michaelson, G., & Wallace, A. (2019). Optimized Memory Allocation and Power Minimization for FPGA-Based Image Processing. J. Imaging 2019, 5, 7. Stewart, R., Duncan, K., Michaelson, G., Garcia, P., Bhowmik, D. & Wallace, A. (2018). RIPL: A Parallel Image Processing Language for FPGAs. ACM Trans. Reconfigurable Technol. Syst. 11, 1, Article 7 (March 2018). Gomes, T., Garcia, P., Pinto, S., Monteiro, J. & Tavares, A. (2016). "Bringing Hardware Multithreading to the Real-Time Domain," in IEEE Embedded Systems Letters, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 2-5, March 2016. Garcia, P., Gomes, T., Monteiro, J., Tavares, A. and Ekpanyapong, M. (2016). "On-Chip Message Passing Sub-System for Embedded Inter-Domain Communication," in IEEE Computer Architecture Letters, vol.15, no.1, pp. 33-36, Jan.-June 1. Gomes, T., Pereira, P., Garcia, P., Salgado, F., Silva, V., Pinto, S., & Tavares, A. (2016). “Hybrid Real-Time Operating Systems: Deployment of Critical FreeRTOS Features on FPGA,” International Journal of Embedded Systems 2016, 8:5-6, pp. 483-492, Inderscience. Gomes, T., Garcia, P., Salgado, F., Monteiro, J., Ekpanyapong, M., & Tavares, A. (2015). "Task-Aware Interrupt Controller: Priority Space Unification in Real-Time Systems," Embedded Systems Letters, IEEE, vol.7, no.1, pp. 27-30, March 2015. Garcia, P., Gomes, T., Salgado, F., Monteiro, J. & Tavares, A. (2014). "Towards Hardware Embedded Virtualization Technology: Architectural Enhancements to an ARM SoC", ACM SIGBED REVIEW, Vol. 11, no. 2, June 2014. Cardoso, N., Rodrigues, P., Vale, J., Garcia, P., Cardoso, P., Monteiro, J., Cabral, J. Mendes, J., Ekpanyapong, M. & Tavares, A. (2012). "A generative-oriented model-driven design environment for customizable video surveillance systems", EURASIP Journal on Embedded Systems.
10 July 2023
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Sindhu Achuthankutty, Ph.D.
Education - Ph.D. in Computer Science (March 2021) – Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women, Coimbatore, INDIA. Area of Research: Image Processing and Machine Learning Techniques Title: An Optimized Feature-Based Framework for Pancreatic Cancer Detection. - Master of Philosophy in Computer Science (M.Phil.) (December 2015) – PSGR Krishnammal College for Women, Coimbatore, INDIA. - Master of Computer Applications (MCA) (April 2005) – Bharathiar University (Regular), Coimbatore, INDIA. - B. Sc. Mathematics (April 2002) - Nirmala College for Women, Coimbatore, INDIA. Awards - Received "BEST PAPER AWARD" in International Conference on Engineering and Advancement in Technology 2018 (ICEAT 2018) Organized OSIET in Association with Sri Krishna College of Engineering and Technology, March 22-23, 2018. International Journal Publications A. Sindhu & V. Radha. (2020). “An Optimal Feature Selection with Whale Algorithm and Adaboost Ensemble Model for Pancreatic Cancer classification in PET/CT Images”, Bioscience Biotechnology Research Communications (BBRC), Vol. 13, No. 4. Oct-Nov-Dec 2020. pp. 1886-1894. Scopus Indexed A. Sindhu & V. Radha. (2019). “Pancreatic Tumor Segmentation Based on Optimized K-Means Clustering and Saliency Map Model”. International Journal of Recent Technology and Engineering (IJRTE). ISSN: 2277-3878, Vol. 8, Issue 4, November 2019. pp. 9276-9280. Scopus Indexed A. Sindhu & V. Radha. (2018). “An Analysis of techniques in Image Processing for detecting pancreatic tumour- A review.”, Journal of Advanced Research in Dynamical and Control Systems (JARDCS), Vol. 10, 03-Special Issue, 2018 (ISSN number: 1943-023X). Scopus Indexed A. Sindhu & S. Meera. (2015). “A Survey On Detecting Brain Tumour In MRI Images Using Image Processing Techniques” – IJIRCCE, Vol. 3, Issue 1, January 2015. pp. 123-129. (Impact Factor – 4.5). IJIRCCE. International Journal of Innovative Research in Computer and Communication Engineering. ISSN (Online) – 2320-9801, ISSN (Print)-2320-9798. A. Sindhu & S. Meera. (2015). “An ANN Approach For Classification of Brain Tumour Using Image Processing Techniques in MRI Images”. International Journal of Engineering Sciences and Research Technology (IJESRT), Vol. 4, Issue 12, December 2015. pp. 340-346. (Impact Factor- 3.785).
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