{"id":14880,"date":"2023-02-17T03:31:13","date_gmt":"2023-02-17T03:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/?page_id=14880"},"modified":"2025-09-19T12:01:28","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T04:01:28","slug":"meet-the-team","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/learning-teaching\/science-engineering\/school-of-electrical-engineering-computing-and-mathematical-sciences\/electrical-engineering\/meet-the-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the team"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n \n\n
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\"Professor<\/div>
\n Ahmed Abu-Siada \n <\/div>

Professor <\/h2><\/div>

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. <\/p><\/div>

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    \"Senior<\/div>
    \n Dr Himanshu Himanshu\n <\/div>

    Senior Lecturer<\/h2><\/div>

    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.<\/p><\/div>

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      \"Associate<\/div>
      \n Cesar Ortega-Sanchez\n <\/div>

      Associate Professor<\/h2><\/div>

      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.<\/p><\/div>

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        \"Professor\"\n<\/div>
        \n Ba-Ngu Vo\n <\/div>

        Professor<\/h2><\/div>

        Ba-Ngu received the bachelor\u2019s 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.”<\/p><\/div>

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          \"Lecturer<\/div>
          \n Anuradhi Welhenge\n <\/div>

          Lecturer <\/h2><\/div>

          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.<\/p><\/div>

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            \"Senior<\/div>
            \n Dr Siavash Khaksar\n <\/div>

            Senior Lecturer<\/h2><\/div>

            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\u2019s online IoT course offered on edX. <\/p><\/div>

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              \"Senior<\/div>
              \n Nazanin Mohammadi\n <\/div>

              Senior Lecturer<\/h2><\/div>

              Coming soon<\/p><\/div>

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                \"Senior<\/div>
                \n Dr Kit Yan Chan\n <\/div>

                Senior Lecturer<\/h2><\/div>

                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. <\/p><\/div>

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                  \"Professor<\/div>
                  \n Yue Rong \n <\/div>

                  Professor <\/h2><\/div>

                  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.<\/p><\/div>

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                    \"Lecturer\"\n<\/div>
                    \n Dr Nasim Ferdosian\n <\/div>

                    Lecturer<\/h2><\/div>

                    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. <\/p><\/div>

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                      \"Senior<\/div>
                      \n Dr Nimsiri Abhayasinghe\n <\/div>

                      Senior Lecturer<\/h2><\/div>

                      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. <\/p><\/div>

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                        \"Lecturer\"\n<\/div>
                        \n Dr King-Sun Chan \n <\/div>

                        Lecturer<\/h2><\/div>

                        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. <\/p><\/div>

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                          \"Senior<\/div>
                          \n Dr Ehsan Pashajavid\n <\/div>

                          Senior Lecturer<\/h2><\/div>

                          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. <\/p><\/div>

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                            \"Professor\"\n<\/div>
                            \n Arindam Ghosh\n <\/div>

                            Professor<\/h2><\/div>

                            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.<\/p><\/div>

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                              \"Professor\"\n<\/div>
                              \n Sumedha Rajakaruna\n <\/div>

                              Professor<\/h2><\/div>

                              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. <\/p><\/div>

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                                \"Lecturer\"\n<\/div>
                                \n Dr Yanyan Yin\n <\/div>

                                Lecturer<\/h2><\/div>

                                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.<\/p><\/div>

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                                  Ahmed also holds multiple patents in condition monitoring, fault diagnosis, and building-integrated photovoltaic thermal panels. He has delivered several keynote speeches at various IEEE and international conferences, served as General Chair for the IEEE iSPEC 2022 and CMD 2018, and is the Founding Editor-in-Chief of two international journals.<\/p>\n"},{"id":"siavash","title":"","content":"

                                  Siavash is also the project coordinator and supervisor for undergraduate and postgraduate students at Curtin University. <\/p>\n"},{"id":"kit","title":"","content":"

                                  He serves as an editor for several reputed journal, such as International Journal of Fuzzy Systems, Sensors, Journal of Engineering Design.<\/p>\n"},{"id":"nasim","title":"","content":"

                                  Her current interdisciplinary research unites two strands of Data Science and cutting-edge Communication Technologies towards autonomic intelligent 6G networks.<\/p>\n"},{"id":"nimsiri","title":"","content":"

                                  Nimsiri is an Electronic and Telecommunication Engineering graduate from University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka and obtained his PhD from Curtin University. He has been in leading academic positions before he joined the School of EECMS.<\/p>\n"},{"id":"king","title":"","content":"

                                  His research interest includes router design, routing algorithms, medium access control, quality of service, scheduling, priority support, 5G, and NOMA.<\/p>\n"},{"id":"ehsan","title":"","content":"

                                  Ehsan is a theme lead at CIET and the interim lead of GEEP at Curtin University. He is also actively involved in several ARC and RACE for 2030-funded research projects.<\/p>\n"},{"id":"sumedha","title":"","content":"

                                  His areas of specialisation are renewable energy, power electronics, energy storage and generators. As the founding director of Green Electric Energy Park, a remotely deliverable real-scale hardware laboratory at Bentley, he transformed the student learning in renewable energy not only at Bentley but also at the global campuses of Curtin. He is actively engaged in externally funded national research projects driving energy transition towards net zero.<\/p>\n"},{"id":"yanyan","title":"","content":"

                                  Her research interests include high frequency power model analysis, applications of power electronics in renewable energy systems, optimisation and advanced control in industry. She is an IEEE member and has served as sessional chair and technical committee member for many international conferences.<\/p>\n"},{"id":"david-davidson","title":"","content":"

                                  David’s research, primarily in computational and engineering electromagnetics, has significantly impacted commercial software and radio astronomy, including detailed electromagnetic simulations for SKA-Low stations. He has held visiting appointments at prestigious universities worldwide, is a Fellow of the IEEE, and was named among Stanford University\u2019s top 2% scientists in 2023 and 2024.<\/p>\n"},{"id":"ba-ngu","title":"","content":"

                                  Ba-Ngu is best known as a pioneer in the stochastic geometric approach to multi-object system. His research interests include signal processing, systems theory, and stochastic geometry, with emphasis on target tracking, sensor management, computer vision, and situational awareness. He is best known as a pioneer in the stochastic geometric approach to multi-object system. The underlying theme of his research is system\/phenomena subject to uncertainty and statistical variability. The aim is to develop advanced methodologies for analysis, modelling and (optimal) design of systems as well as applying these results to real-world problems.<\/p>\n"}]}],"controls":{"page_switch_toggle":false,"support_toggle":false,"breadcrumb_toggle":true,"navi_toggle":true,"section_nav_toggle":true,"alternate_font_toggle":false}},"featured_image":false,"author_meta":{"first_name":"Lois","last_name":"Paffet - Physics","display_name":"289382f"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14880","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/168"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14880"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14880\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30166,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14880\/revisions\/30166"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}