About us

​​​EUREKA People

Key Investigators

1. Professor Jon Platts, Advisor of EUREKA Robotics Centre, Dean, Cardiff School of Technologies
2. Dr Esyin Chew, Director of EUREKA Robotics Centre, Reader in Robotics & Educational Technologies, Cardiff School of Technologies
3. Dr Barry Bentley, Co-Director of EUREKA Robotics Centre, Lead of BioAI Lab and Bio-engineering Research Group, Reader in BioEngineering, Cardiff School of Technologies
4. Dr Wai-keung Fung, Deputy Director of EUREKA Robotics Centre, Lead of Autonomous Robotics Lab; Senior Lecturer in Robotics, Cardiff School of Technologies
5. Dr Shadan Khan Khattak, Head of Department for Applied Engineering, Lead of Corporate Social Responsibilities, Cardiff School of Technologies
6. Dr Sia Chow Siing, Lead of STEAM Hub; Senior Lecturer in Data Science, Cardiff School of Technologies
7. Dr Jack Jiaji Yang, Lead of Machine Learning and Education Enterprise, Lecturer in Robotics, Department of Engineering, Cardiff School of Technologies
8. Dr Joel Pinney, Lead of Smart Agriculture Robotics, Lecturer in Department of Applied Computing and Engineering, Cardiff School of Technologies
9. Dr Simon Thorne, Senior Lecturer, Cardiff School of Technologies
10. Dr Catherine Tryfona, Associate Deans of Partnership, Cardiff School of Technologies
11. Dr Chaminda Hewage, Associate Deans of Research, Cardiff School of Technologies
12. Dr David Shuyang Hu, Lead of Social Enterprise & WT Zone, Associate Tutor, Cardiff School of Technologies

Associate Members or Visiting Research Fellows 

Cardiff Metropolitan University

1. Dr Priyatharshini Rajaram, Lecturer, Cardiff School of Technologies
2. Dr Amrita Prasad, Lecturer, Cardiff School of Technologies
3. Dr Sandeep Singh Sengar, Senior Lecturer, Department in Computer Science
4. Dr Angesh Anupam, Head of Department Data Science, Cardiff School of technologies
5. Dr Issam Damaj, Senior Lecturer, Cardiff School of Technologies
6. Dr Imtiaz Hussain Khan, Senior Lecturer, Cardiff School of Technologies
7. Professor Fei Zhang,
8. Lisa Fenn, PGCE Programme Director, Senior Lecturer in PGCE Primary and Early Year, Cardiff School of Education (2017-2029)
9. Nigel Jones, Retired Senior Lecturer, Cardiff School of Technologies
10. Dr Pengcheng Liu, Academic Associate, Cardiff School of Technologies, Lecturer, York University (2018-2027)
11. Dr Wenshu Zhang, Academic Associate, Cardiff School of Technologies, Senior Lecturer, Norwich University of Arts (2022-2023)
12. Professor Dominic Eggbeer, PDR, Cardiff Metropolitan University (2021-2023)
13. Emily Bilbie, PDR, Cardiff metropolitan University (2021-2023)
14. Dr Emmet McLoughlin, Lecturer in Tourism and Event Management, Cardiff School of Management (2020-2021)
15. Dr Katarzyna Minor, Lecturer in Hospitality Management, Cardiff School of Management (2020-2021)
16. Ellie Bevan, First Campus Manager, Cardiff Metropolitan University (2019-2020)

Outside Cardiff Metropolitan University

1. Associate Professor Tr. Dr Roziati Jailani, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Fellow at Integrative Pharmacogenomics Institute (IPROMISE), Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Malaysia. Lead in MTDI's the Maker Talent for Digital Innovation.
2. Associate Professor Dr Anwar P.P. Abdul Majeed, Sunway University Malaysia, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University; iMAMS Lab, University Pahang Malaysia.
3. Associate Professor Dr. Nurul Hazlina Binti Noordin, Assistant Vice President of Industry and Community Alliance (2021-2023), University Malaysia Pahang Sultan Abdullah, Malaysia
4. Dr N. Hamzah and University Malaya Medical Centre, Universiti Malaya
5. Associate Professor Azah, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Malaya
6. Ms P.L. Lee, Director of Nurse, ALTY Hospital
7. ECR Representative (External): Dr N.J. Yap, Dr M.Z. Tee (UM) & Dr S. Tamam (USIM)
8. Associate Professor Dr Hasyiya, Founding Dean, Faculty of Computer Science, UMK
9. Associate Professor Devi Fitrianah, BINUS University, Indonesia
10. Associate Professor Ida Nurhaida, UPJ, Indonesia
11. Professor Dr Siti Nursheena Mohd Zain, Director of International Relations Office (2022), Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Malaya
12. Dr Zati Hakim Binti Azizul Hassan, Head of Robotics & AI Lab; Senior Lecturer in Department of Artificial Intelligence, University of Malaya
13. Ir. Dr. Mas Sahidayana Mohktar, Head of UM’s STEM Centre Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Malaya
14. Associate Professor Dr. Nur Ismarrubie Zahari, General Manager, Robopreneur Sdn Bhd / University Putra Malaysia
15. Dr Fan Zhang, Sustainable Environment Research Centre (SERC), University of South Wales (2020-2021)

Current Researchers and Interns  

1. Sarah-May Mcvey, Associate Tutor, Research Assistant, PhD & Internship Supervisor
2. Aveen Najm, Associate Tutor & Research Assistant, PhD and Internship Supervisor, CST PG Researcher Rep
3. Haolin Wei, Associate Tutor, PhD and Internship Supervisor
4. Jinyu Liu, Research Assistant, PhD, MSc Interns & Internship Supervisor
5. Senal Rashanta Dharmasiri Jayatilaka Mudiyanselage, Associate Tutor & PhD
6. Rafia Alif Bindu, Associate Tutor, MSc (2022-2024)
7. Yinglun Huang, PhD
8. Caroline Platts, PhD
9. Matthew Perez, MSc Robotics and Artificial Intelligence
10. Jiayin Bai, MSc Robotics and Artificial Intelligence
11. Koshi Idirimuni, MSc Data Science
12. Prabha Shekhawat, MSc Data Science
13. Al Wahaibi, Mahra Ahmed Hamood, BEng (Hons) Electronics and Computer Systems Engineering
14. Hussein Daher, BSc (Industrial internship year at GE Aviation)
15. Tony Willett, BEng-MEng in Robotics Engineering
16. Sourav Saha, MBA (2022-2024)
17. Ankana Das, MBA (2022-2024)
18. Ryan Zhang: A-Level Internship (2023-2024)

Previous Interns who graduated

1. Abulaid, Mussa Em Salem, MSc Interns for System & Network (2022-2023)
2. Ammu Susan Motti, MSc (2023)
3. William John Rhys Thomas, MSc Interns (2022-2023)
4. Thomas, Rhodri Morgan, BSc Interns (2021-2022) - one year pause for industrial placement (2022-2023)
5. Zyad Reda Shihabeldeen Mohammad: HexaPod: DIY Robotic Kit for education, BSc (2021-2023)
6. Kehinde Ademola Omobomi, Research Assistant, MSc Interns (2022)
7. Linh Thuy Dong, MBA Interns (2020-2021)
8. Jesse Sigalov, MSc Interns (2021-2022)
9. Parastoo Porhonar, Associate Tutor, BSc Interns (2020-2021)
10. Fatoumatamakalo Fatoumatamakalo, Associate Tutor, Research Interns (MSc Interns from Cardiff University 2022)
11. Debika Mukherjee, MBA Interns (2022)
12. Pawr Dip (Msc in Data Science, 2021-2022, BSc in Computer Science, 2020)
13. Vincent Moses Muzuva (Msc in Data Science, 2021-2022, BSc in Computer Science, 2020)
14. Michelle Mei-Hsuan Lee (Graduate of MSc in Computer Science, Cardiff University, 2020)
15. Jayesh Saini (MBA, 2020)
16. Aaron Joseph Smith (BSc in Computer Science, 2020)
17. Eliza Ioana Georgescu(BSc in Software Engineering, 2020)
18. Victor Deji Emmanuel (BSc in Business Information System, 2020)
19. Jack Dabrowski, (BSc in Computer Science, 2020)
20. Junliang Liu (MSc in data Science, 2018/2019)
21. Junbo Qi (MSc Information Technology Management, 2020)
22. Holly Jiya Zhao (MSc in data Science, 2020)
23. Corrine Ngandu, Graduated (MSc Information Technology Management, 2018/2019)
24. Cairen Carol, Graduated (MSc Information Technology Management, 2018/2019)
25. Alberto Campuzano (BSc in Computer Science, 2019)
26. Fiona Li, Graduated as the Best Student of the academic year 2017/2018 (MSc in Data Science)
27. George Henry Chester Burns, Graduated as one of the best Dissertation titled: Service Robots in the Automobile Salesperson Profession (BSc in Computing) - 2018
28. Ervin Visitacion (BSc in Computer Science): Autonomous traffic light and vehicle - 2018
29. Stuart Hartley, BSc in Computer Science, Cardiff School of Technologies - 2017
30. Eleanor Walsh (Pre-U internship) - 2019
31. Shiqi Lin (Pre-U internship) - 2019