EM/ProfGamini Dissanayake
Professor
School of Electrical, Mechanical and Biomedical ENG
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- ProfessorSchool of Electrical, Mechanical and Biomedical ENG
BIO
Gamini Dissanayake is an Emeritus Professor of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering at University of Technology, Sydney (UTS).
Before retiring in December 2020, Professor Dissanayake was the James N Kirby Distinguished Professor of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering at UTS. He is the founding director of internationally-acclaimed robots research group, the UTS Centre for Autonomous Systems.
He graduated in Mechanical/Production Engineering from the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. He received his M.Sc. in Machine Tool Technology and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering (Robotics) from the University of Birmingham, England. He taught at University of Peradeniya, National University of Singapore and University of Sydney before joining UTS in 2002.
Over the past four decades, Professor Gamini Dissanayake has made an outstanding contribution to the field of Mechatronic Engineering and Robotics through his research, publications and teaching.
At UTS, he founded the UTS Centre for Autonomous Systems; currently a team of eighty staff and students working in Robotics. His main contributions to robotics has been in Simultaneous Localisation and Mapping, which has resulted in one of the most cited journal publications in robotics.
He built the robotics research team at UTS, which now consists of eighty staff and students, and which specialises in robotics research that creates positive change for government, industry and the wider community.
Professor Dissanayake is also a former UTS Node Director of the Australian Research Council (ARC) Centre of Excellence for Autonomous Systems.
His main contribution to robotics has been in Simultaneous Localisation and Mapping, technology that underpins many robot applications, from household vacuum-cleaning robots to self-driving cars. His work in this field has resulted in one of the most cited journal publications in robotics, which is used as a reference by robotics students worldwide.
He has also been involved in developing robots for a range of industry applications including cargo handling, disaster response, mining, infrastructure maintenance, and aged care.
His research interests include localisation and map building for mobile robots, navigation systems, field robotics, dynamics and control of mechanical systems, optimisation and path planning.
He is a highly-cited researcher, with more than 300 published journal and conference papers.
Professor Dissanayake contributed greatly to the growth of Mechatronics in higher education, developing Australia’s first Mechatronics course at the University of Sydney.
Before retiring in December 2020, Professor Dissanayake was the James N Kirby Distinguished Professor of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering at UTS. He is the founding director of internationally-acclaimed robots research group, the UTS Centre for Autonomous Systems.
He graduated in Mechanical/Production Engineering from the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. He received his M.Sc. in Machine Tool Technology and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering (Robotics) from the University of Birmingham, England. He taught at University of Peradeniya, National University of Singapore and University of Sydney before joining UTS in 2002.
Over the past four decades, Professor Gamini Dissanayake has made an outstanding contribution to the field of Mechatronic Engineering and Robotics through his research, publications and teaching.
At UTS, he founded the UTS Centre for Autonomous Systems; currently a team of eighty staff and students working in Robotics. His main contributions to robotics has been in Simultaneous Localisation and Mapping, which has resulted in one of the most cited journal publications in robotics.
He built the robotics research team at UTS, which now consists of eighty staff and students, and which specialises in robotics research that creates positive change for government, industry and the wider community.
Professor Dissanayake is also a former UTS Node Director of the Australian Research Council (ARC) Centre of Excellence for Autonomous Systems.
His main contribution to robotics has been in Simultaneous Localisation and Mapping, technology that underpins many robot applications, from household vacuum-cleaning robots to self-driving cars. His work in this field has resulted in one of the most cited journal publications in robotics, which is used as a reference by robotics students worldwide.
He has also been involved in developing robots for a range of industry applications including cargo handling, disaster response, mining, infrastructure maintenance, and aged care.
His research interests include localisation and map building for mobile robots, navigation systems, field robotics, dynamics and control of mechanical systems, optimisation and path planning.
He is a highly-cited researcher, with more than 300 published journal and conference papers.
Professor Dissanayake contributed greatly to the growth of Mechatronics in higher education, developing Australia’s first Mechatronics course at the University of Sydney.
PROFILE TYPE
- Academic
AVAILABILITY
- Masters Research or PhD student supervision