Compensating Parkinson's disease tremor using gyroscopic mechanism

Project title: Compensating Parkinson's disease tremor using gyroscopic mechanism

Position: PhD candidate

Benefits: 

• 100% tuition fee waiver

• RM2,850 monthly stipend for 42 months

Supervisors: Dr. Chan Ping Yi

Project Description:

The motivation of this research is to help patients with disabling Parkinson’s disease tremor to carry out daily activities. Such desired solution is not met by the current technologies, to date. In general, robotics exoskeleton type of compensator is effective in reducing tremor but it is rigid and heavy in weight, which is impractical for the clinical use. In this project, we are interested in using gyroscopic mechanism to compensate for 2 DOF of tremor motions. 

Requirements:

1. Open to Malaysians and International Students. 

2. Applicants must have met the minimum academic requirement first class Honours (CGPA of at least 3.67) or equivalent (second upper with the fulfilment of additional criteria):

Additional criteria to rank the applicant for scholarship:

(a) Research experience

(b) Paper publication

(c) MSc degree (for PhD study)

3. Have a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical / Electronics Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, or similar disciplines. 

4. Students who are expected to graduate in the near future are also encouraged to apply; willing to work on campus 

5. Having prior journal publications is preferable

6. Strong skills in programming/ using tools, such as python, Matlab.

7. Excellent, motivated, and self-driven.

Interested candidates may email Dr. Chan Ping Yi: chan.pingyi@monash.edu