Overview
Background
Dr T. Thang Vo-Doan is a Lecturer of the School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering at the University of Queensland. He was a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Biology I, University of Freiburg, Germany (2019-2023). He was also a Research Fellow at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore (2016-2018). He was awarded his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, NTU in 2016. He received his M.Eng. degree in Manufacturing Engineering and B.Eng. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, Vietnam in 2010 and 2008 respectively. He was awarded the prestigious Human Frontier Science Program Cross-disciplinary Fellowship (2019-2022).
He directs the UQ Biorobotics lab after joining in the University of Queensland. Current research activities of the lab focus on insect-machine hybrid robots, bio-inspired robotics, insect structures and functions, biomechanics, fast lock-on tracking, and brain imaging in untethered insects.
Availability
- Dr T. Thang Vo-Doan is:
- Available for supervision
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology
- Masters (Research) of Manufacturing Engineering, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology
- Doctor of Philosophy of Mechanical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University
Research interests
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Biorobotics
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Insect-machine hybrid robots
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Bio-inspired robotics
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Insect structures and functions
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Biomechanics
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Fast lock-on tracking
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Brain imaging in untethered walking Drosophila
Works
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2015
Journal Article
Deciphering the role of a coleopteran steering muscle via free flight stimulation
Sato, Hirotaka, Vo Doan, Tat Thang, Kolev, Svetoslav, Huynh, Ngoc Anh, Zhang, Chao, Massey, Travis L., Van Kleef, Joshua, Ikeda, Kazuo, Abbeel, Pieter and Maharbiz, Michel M. (2015). Deciphering the role of a coleopteran steering muscle via free flight stimulation. Current Biology, 25 (6), 798-803. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2015.01.051
2015
Conference Publication
Cyborg beetle: thrust control of free flying beetle via a miniature wireless neuromuscular stimulator
Vo Doan, T. T., Li, Y., Cao, F. and Sato, H. (2015). Cyborg beetle: thrust control of free flying beetle via a miniature wireless neuromuscular stimulator. 2015 28th IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS), Estoril, Portugal, 18-22 January 2015. Piscataway, NJ, United States: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. doi: 10.1109/MEMSYS.2015.7051142
2014
Journal Article
A biological micro actuator: graded and closed-loop control of insect leg motion by electrical stimulation of muscles
Cao, Feng, Zhang, Chao, Vo Doan, Tat Thang, Li, Yao, Sangi, Daniyal Haider, Koh, Jie Sheng, Huynh, Ngoc Anh, Aziz, Mohamed Fareez Bin, Choo, Hao Yu, Ikeda, Kazuo, Abbeel, Pieter, Maharbiz, Michel M. and Sato, Hirotaka (2014). A biological micro actuator: graded and closed-loop control of insect leg motion by electrical stimulation of muscles. PLoS ONE, 9 (8) e105389. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0105389
2014
Journal Article
Newly developed stepwise electroless deposition enables a remarkably facile synthesis of highly active and stable amorphous Pd nanoparticle electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reaction
Poon, Kee Chun, Tan, Desmond C. L., Vo, Thang D. T., Khezri, Bahareh, Su, Haibin, Webster, Richard D. and Sato, Hirotaka (2014). Newly developed stepwise electroless deposition enables a remarkably facile synthesis of highly active and stable amorphous Pd nanoparticle electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reaction. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 136 (14), 5217-5220. doi: 10.1021/ja500275r
2013
Conference Publication
Insect-machine hybrid system
Vo Doan, Tat Thang, Kolev, Svetoslav, Huynh, Ngoc Anh, Zhang, Chao, Massey, Travis L., Abbeel, Pieter, Maharbiz, Michel M. and Sato, Hirotaka (2013). Insect-machine hybrid system. 2013 35th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 3-7 July 2013, Osaka, Japan. Piscataway, NJ, United States: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. doi: 10.1109/embc.2013.6610126
2010
Conference Publication
Design and simulation of flexure-based planar force/torque sensor
Pham, Huy Hoang and Vo Doan, Tat Thang (2010). Design and simulation of flexure-based planar force/torque sensor. 2010 IEEE Conference on Robotics, Automation and Mechatronics, Singapore, 28-30 June 2010. Piscataway, NJ, United States: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. doi: 10.1109/ramech.2010.5513191
Supervision
Availability
- Dr T. Thang Vo-Doan is:
- Available for supervision
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Available projects
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Biorobots and fast lock-on tracking
Several Bachelor, Master, and PhD projects on insect-machine hybrid robots, insect-inspired robots, fast-lock on tracking, and biomechanics of insect locomotion are available in the lab. Please contact Dr. T. Thang Vo-Doan for more detail, if your background is in engineering (etc. mechanical, mechatronics, electronics, biomedical) or biology (etc. neuroscience, zoology, biophysics).
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