Biomechatronics Lab

Human Motion Capture, Monitoring and Evaluation

The research group has state-of-the-art motion capture technologies to measure human motion in indoor and outdoor environments, including six-cameras optical motion capture system, force plates, wireless inertial sensor network, and wired and wireless surface electromyogram. These technologies allow us to study human motion in various settings and understand the physiological and biomechanical behaviour of the musculoskeletal system.

Design and Development of Assistive and Rehabilitative Device

One of the main focuses of this group is to design and develop assistive and rehabilitative devices. In the past, we had designed and developed various devices using innovative technology and material such as 3D printing and shape memory alloy. We also worked with local medical institutions to test, evaluate and improve our design. We welcome any interested party or like-minded research group or individual to collaborate and work together to improve the quality of life, particularly of those who have difficulty performing their activities of daily living.

Intelligent Water Quality Monitoring, Control and Management

This project is part of our continuous effort to conserve the environment around us and beyond. It is a collaboration project within the university and with local and international institutions, focusing on how to apply the latest mechatronics principles and technologies and different artificial intelligence approaches to solve problems related to water quality monitoring, control and management.

Dr Darwin Gouwanda

Dr. Darwin Gouwanda heads the Biomechatronics Lab. research group. His work involves the integration and application of mechatronics engineering principles in biomedical engineering, focusing on the gait and posture analysis, assistive and rehabilitative devices, and biological processes, such as anaerobic digestion.

Dr Darwin is a graduate member of Board of Engineers Malaysia (BEM), a chartered engineer of Institute of Mechanical Engineering (IMechE) and an active member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers - Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (IEEE-EMBS). He is the 2021-2022 chair elect of the IEEE EMBS Malaysia chapter and the technical program chair of the society flagship conference IECBES.

Current GRS

Ms Yap Yi Ting

Yi Ting received her B.Eng (Hons) in Biomedical Engineering from Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman in 2016. She is currently a PhD. student at School of Engineering, Monash University Malaysia. Her research mainly focuses on dynamic simulation of human musculoskeletal gait models.

Mr Talha Shahid

Talha graduated with his Bachelor of Mechatronics Engineering from National university of science and technology (NUST) in 2011 and subsequently his Masters in Mechatronics Engineering (Research) from National university of science and technology (NUST)  in 2014. His work focuses on designing and developing an Electrooculogram (EOG) activated Wearable Soft Hand Exoskeleton for assistance in activities of daily living (ADL)

Mr Chan Yon Sin

Chan Yon Sin graduated with his Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering from University of Malaya in 2018 and subsequently began his doctoral degree at Monash University Malaysia in 2019. His work focuses on the understanding of oil palm harvesters’ motion from an engineering perspective using wireless wearable devices, electromyography and OpenSim musculoskeletal model.

Mr Lee Khai Hoe

Lee graduated with a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Monash University in 2019. In 2021, he began his Masters of Engineering Research in Monash University where he focused his work on developing an autonomous surface vehicle for water sampling.

Mr Mubarak Min Khant

Min Khant graduated with his Bachelor of Mechatronics Engineering from Monash University Malaysia in 2019 and subsequently started his Masters of Engineering Research degree at Monash University Malaysia in 2021. His work focuses on using wearable inertial sensors to estimate the lower extremity muscle activities during gait.

Alumni

Dr Chong Tune Hau

Chong Tune Hau graduated from Monash University with a bachelor's degree in Mechatronics Engineering in 2014. He was the vice president of Monash University Post- graduate Association (MUPA) in 2017. He was involved in organising Advanced Engineering Colloquium as Publicity Officer in 2017. He obtained his doctoral degree in 2020. His thesis focuses on the design and development of an ankle rehabilitation robot using innovative shape memory alloy actuators. .

Mr Chong Poh Shin

Shelley graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Monash University. She was a part of the BEMS group in 2017, when she did her final year project. In 2018, she joined the BEMS group to pursue her Master in Engineering Science (Research), where she explored the practicality of bipolar and multipolar radiofrequency ablation for treating liver cancer. In 2020, Shelley successfully completed her Master studies following the submission of her thesis to the university. She is currently working as a Research Engineer in Huawei Technologies.