Team Members

Dr Mark Ng
Senior Lecturer
Leader of the Control Engineering and Industrie 4.0 Laboratory

Scot Davidson
Ph.D. Researcher
Research title: Advancements in Biomedical Signals Using Artificial Intelligence for Real-Time Detection and Classification of Epileptic Seizures
Supervisors: Dr Mark Ng (Main, Ulster), Prof. James McLaughlin (Co, Ulster), Assoc. Prof. Boon Leong Lan (Co, Monash Malaysia)
Bio: Scot (davidson-s18@ulster.ac.uk) is currently pursuing his Ph.D. at the Nanotechnology and Integrated Bioengineering Centre (NIBEC), Ulster University, UK. He graduated with the MEng in Mechatronic Engineering from Ulster University in 2019. He also graduated with the MEng in Mechatronic Systems with German Masters from Hochschule Augsburg in 2018. His current research focuses on anomaly detection and classification of biomedical data for real-time diagnosis applications. His research interests are digital signal processing, high performance computing, and big data.

Niamh McCallan
Ph.D. Researcher
Research title: Data-Driven Techniques and Multidimensional Analysis of Biomedical Signals for Detection and Classification of Epileptic Seizures
Supervisors: Dr Mark Ng (Main, Ulster), Prof. James McLaughlin (Co, Ulster), Assoc. Prof. Boon Leong Lan (Co, Monash Malaysia)
Bio: Niamh (mccallan-n2@ulster.ac.uk) is currently a Ph.D. researcher at the Nanotechnology and Integrated Bioengineering Centre (NIBEC), Ulster University, UK. She graduated with the BSc in Biomedical Engineering from Ulster University in 2018. Currently her research focuses on anomaly detection and classification of multidimensional biomedical data. Her research interests are data analytics, digital signal processing, and big data.

Will Aston
Ph.D. Researcher
Research title: Industrialised manufacturing processes for 3D printable biomedical sensor devices
Supervisors: Dr Ming-Wei Chang (Main, Ulster), Dr Mark Ng (Co, Ulster), Prof. James McLaughlin (Co, Ulster)
Bio: Will (aston-w@ulster.ac.uk) is currently pursuing his Ph.D. at the Nanotechnology and Integrated Bioengineering Centre (NIBEC), Ulster University, UK. He graduated with the MEng in Mechatronic Engineering from Ulster University in 2020. He also graduated with the MEng in Mechatronic Systems with German Masters from Hochschule Augsburg in 2019. His current research focuses on 3D Printer control optimsation. His research interests are digital signal processing, control theory, and clean energy.

Stefanie Wucherer
Ph.D. Researcher
Research title: Developing a hybrid model and supervised learning approach for automated handling tasks using tactile feedback
Supervisors: Dr Mark Ng (Main, Ulster), Prof. Florian Kerber (Main, Augsburg University of Applied Sciences), Dr. Robert McMurray (Co, Ulster)