DrMichael Ruppert

TEACHING

• 2023 - ongoing: 41070 Embedded Mechatronics Studio, Development | Course Coordinator | Lecturer, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
• 2023: 48622 Embedded Mechatronic Systems, Development | Co-Lecturer, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
• 2023: 41059 Mechanical Design Fundamentals Studio 1, Review Panel Member, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
• 2020: ELEC3240 Analog Electronics, Course Coordinator | Lecturer, University of Newcastle, Australia

ACTIVE HIGHER DEGREE BY RESEARCH SUPERVISION

• 2025 - ongoing: Principal Supervisor PhD (Mechatronic Engineering), Design, Optimization, and Control of Active MEMS Microcantilevers for High-Throughput Nanometrology, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
• 2025 - ongoing: Principal Supervisor MRes (Mechatronic Engineering), Enhancing Atomic Force Microscopy Performance through
  Microelectromechanical Systems Integration, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
• 2024 - ongoing: Co-Supervisor PhD (Mechatronic Engineering), Distributed Sensing and Micro-Actuation Architecture for Experimental Swarm Behaviour Studies, University of Technology Sydney, Australia

COMPLETED HIGHER DEGREE BY RESEARCH SUPERVISION

• 2018 - 2022: Co‑Supervisor PhD (Electrical Engineering), Active Cantilevers with Integrated Actuation and Sensing for Use in Off-Resonance Tapping AFM, University of Newcastle, Australia
• 2018 - 2022: Co‑Supervisor PhD (Electrical Engineering), Design, Fabrication and Characterization of Improved Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Probes, University of Newcastle, Australia
• 2016 - 2019: Co‑Supervisor PhD (Electrical Engineering), Demodulation and Sensing in Intermittent Contact Atomic Force Microscopy, University of Newcastle, Australia