Professor Fazel Naghdy was born in Tehran, Iran. He received his first degree from Tehran University in 1976. He then received an MSc from the Postgraduate School of Control Engineering, University of Bradford, England, in 1980 and received his PhD from the same University in 1982. Currently he is a Professor and Head of School at University of Wollongong, School of Electrical, Computer & Telecommunication Engineering. Fazel has extensive research experience in the areas of Intelligent mechatronics including telepresence, robotics and control. He has received many research awards and published around 160 technical papers in international journals and conferences. His current research interests include embedded Internet systems, haptic rendered virtual manipulation of clinical and mechanical systems, intelligent control and learning in non-linear and non-structured systems. Fazel Naghdy has been heavily involved in professional activities. He has been on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Control Engineering Practice published by International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC) for 10 years, a member of International Computer Science Conventions (ICSC) Academic Advisory Board, and has served on a large number of International scientific committee of various international conferences. He has also been a member of NSW IEE Regional Committee for five years. Field of Study: Embedded Internet systems, haptic rendered virtual manipulation of clinical and mechanical systems, intelligent control and learning in non-linear and non-structured systems Professional Activities and Affiliations: • Director of Centre for Intelligent Mechatronic Research, part of the Engineering Manufacturing Research Strength (University of Wollongong) • Member, Editorial Board of International Journal of Automation, Mobile Robotics & Intelligent Systems • Member of various international conference review committees. • Member, the review Editorial Board of the IEEE Transactions on Mechatronics • Member, the review Editorial Board of the IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering • Member, the review Editorial Board of the IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in BioMedicine • Member, Editorial Board of the International Journal of Applied Intelligence • Member, Editorial Board of the Journal of Control Engineering Practice published by the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC) • Member, Qatar National Research Fund review board • Member, International Computer Science Conventions (ICSC) Academic Advisory Board
Journal Articles
Actuator saturation control of uncertain structures with input time delay (with H. Du and N. Zhang), Faculty of Informatics - Papers (2011)
This paper presents a robust saturation control approach for active vibration attenuation of building structures...
Fuzzy clustering of human motor motion, Faculty of Informatics - Papers (2011)
Real-time haptic modeling and simulation for prosthetic insertion (with Catherine A. Todd), Faculty of Informatics - Papers (2011)
Velocity-dependent robust control for improving vehicle lateral dynamics (with H. Du and N. Zhang), Faculty of Informatics - Papers (2011)
In this paper, a yaw moment controller of which parameters are dependent on the vehicle...
Towards a gender inclusive information and communications technology curriculum : a perspective from graduates in the workforce (with Anthony J. Koppi, Judy Sheard, Sylvia Edwards, and Wayne Brookes), Faculty of Informatics - Papers (2010)
Book Chapters
Symbolic modelling of dynamic human motions (with David A. Stirling, Amir S. Hesami, Christian H. Ritz, and Kevin Adistambha), Faculty of Engineering - Papers (2010)
Numerous psychological studies have shown that humans develop various stylistic patterns of motion behaviour, or...