ProfessorChris Pretty

Professor

Mechanical Engineering

  • Professor
    Mechanical Engineering
  • +6433692393 (Work)
  • Civil Mechanical E513

TEACHING & SUPERVISION

  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
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    Narrow-Band Optical Methods for Blood Analyte Detection
    1 Apr 2022 - 30 Sep 2025
    Dixon, Josephine
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
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    Control of Elbow Exoskeleton using twisted-string actuators
    1 Apr 2021 - 31 Mar 2023
    Weymann, Sylvia
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
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    Heart-rate Variability and Neural Stimulation in Intensive Care and Medical Contexts
    1 Mar 2021
    Cameron, Christopher
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
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    Development, construction, and characterization of a control unit for an elbow exoskeleton with twisted string actuation and hollow motor shaft
    1 Sep 2020 - 31 Mar 2021
    Kress, Anna-Lena
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
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    Novel dielectric elastomer actuators for biomedical rehabilitation applications
    1 Mar 2020 - 31 Dec 2025
    Ellingham, Richie
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
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    Assist-As-Needed Active Robotic Shoulder Exoskeleton for Stroke Rehabilitation
    1 Mar 2019
    McKenzie, Strathan
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
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    Model-Based Hemodynamic Management of Critically Ill Patients
    1 Feb 2019 - 30 Sep 2022
    Smith, Rachel
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
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    Design and Analysis of a Climbing Robot for Window Cleaning
    1 Mar 2018 - 1 May 2019
    Yu, Zhihong
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
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    A Hybrid Assist-as-need Elbow Exoskeleton for Stroke Rehabilitation
    1 Jan 2017
    Chatfield, Logan
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
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    Development and Miniaturisation of a Venous Oxygen Blood Measurement Sensor
    1 Jan 2017
    Campbell, Jake
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
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    Digit Hybrid Assist-as-need Exoskeleton for Stroke Rehabilitation
    1 Jan 2017
    McKenzie, Lachlan
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
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    Electrode-skin Impedance Compensation for Improved Bioelectrical Signal Acquisition
    1 Jan 2017
    Fortune, Ben
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
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    Electromography for Stroke Rehanilitation
    1 Jan 2017 - 7 Sep 2017
    Hansenne, Eva
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
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    Virtual Reality and Haptic Feedback Enhanced Intuitive Teleoperation of Robotic Systems
    1 Oct 2016 - 31 Jul 2022
    Su, Yunpeng
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
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    Control of Snake Robots for Locomotion in Unstructured Environments
    1 Sep 2016 - 9 Dec 2019
    Javaheri Koopaee, Mohammadali
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
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    Adaptive modelling and control of quadrotor UAV’s using real-time system identification
    1 May 2016
    Morris, Daniel
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
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    Measurement of Lung Mechanics During Spontaneous Tidal Breathing in Out-Patient Care
    1 Apr 2016 - 10 Aug 2020
    Howe, Sarah
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
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    Glycaemic control
    1 Feb 2016 - 29 Sep 2020
    Uyttendaele, V
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
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    Towards Accurate Earth-Referenced LiDAR Mapping with an Autonomous Mobile Robot
    1 Jan 2016 - 17 Apr 2020
    Young, Matthew
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
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    A Collaborative Hybrid Control Multi-Agent System to Automate Fruit Harvest and Yield Management
    1 Dec 2015 - 20 Jun 2019
    Saleh, Khalid
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
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    Design and Control of a Snake Robot
    1 Jan 2015 - 1 Jan 2018
    Gilani, C
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
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    Improvements to Ergonomics and Reliability of the Digital Image Elasto-Tomography Breast Cancer Screening Device
    1 Jan 2015 - 1 Jan 2017
    Bewley, C
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
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    Metabolic dynamics and their modeling and control
    1 Jan 2015 - 1 Jan 2018
    Stewart, K
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
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    Model-based Arterial Flow and Stroke Volume Estimation for Hemodynamic Monitoring in a Critical Care Environment
    1 Jan 2015 - 17 Dec 2019
    Balmer, J
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
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    Rehabilitative Robotics
    1 Jan 2015 - 1 Feb 2019
    Stewart, A