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Two Hub Postdocs awarded ARC Early Career Industry Fellowships

POSTED: 06 May, 2024

The Australian Research Council (ARC) today announced $22.5 million in research funding for 50 Early Career Industry Fellowships over 3 years under the Industry Fellowships Programs to help build innovation in the industry, community organisation, not-for-profit, and other government and publicly funded research sectors, and to facilitate the adoption, translation and commercialisation of Australian research over time.

Our Hub Postdoctoral Fellows, Drs Shanmuga Sundar Dhanabalan and Md Ataur Rahman, at RMIT’s Functional Materials and Microsystems under the leadership of Professor Madhu Bhaskaran and Professor Sharath Sriram have each been awarded one of the prestigious Early Career Industry Fellowships with our Industry Partners Vlepis and nthalmic. Congratulations!

Dr Shanmuga Sundar’s project, along with nthalmic and Sleeptite, focused on innovative materials and manufacturing for flexible pressure sensing systems. The project aimed to develop a flexible pressure sensing system using soft electronics technology with high sensitivity, fast response time, and high stability through advanced design and materials technology. The project is expected to generate new knowledge in soft electronics and sensors using innovative materials and an efficient manufacturing approach.

Dr Md Ataur Rahman’s project with Vlepis is focused on cyber-secure, battery-free, and wireless wearable patch technology. The aim is to investigate wearables’ technological and manufacturing challenges and integrate prominent high-frequency electrical, optical, and chemical signals on a single tiny patch. The project is expected to benefit national security and defence, agriculture, manufacturing, and human and animal health sectors with remote area accessibility.

Let’s take a moment to celebrate these outstanding achievements!

For more information: ARC media release