Research and Mentorship

Mentoring Students


Mentoring Students in the Faculty of Science and Engineering


I have had the privilege of collaborating with and mentoring undergraduate and postgraduate students at Macquarie University's Faculty of Science and Engineering. Below is a list of the individuals I have worked with, along with the associated projects.


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  1. Jonathan Faure (Mechatronics Engineering Undergraduate) - RA/ Internship Topic: Anchor-Free Cooperative Payload Transfer via Decentralised UAV State Estimation and Multi-Model Communication (2026)
  2. Tarun Gangolli (Electrical and Electronic Engineering Undergraduate) - Thesis Topic: Drone (UAV) Positioning based on sensor fusion data: IMU, LiDAR and Camera (2026)
  3. Dheeraj Venkataramana Murthy (Electronics Engineering Masters) - Thesis Topic: Drone Landing Risk Predictor (2026)
  4. Ahmad Azimi (Software Engineering Undergraduate) - Thesis Topic: Flying Basket: An Intelligent Shopping Assistant with AI-Powered Following and Smart Market Integration (2026)
  5. Aryan Kumar (Software Engineering Undergraduate) - Thesis Topic: Flying Basket: An Intelligent Shopping Assistant with AI-Powered Following and Smart Market Integration (2026)
  6. Emmanuel Almonte (Software Engineering Undergraduate) - Thesis Topic: Flying Basket: An Intelligent Shopping Assistant with AI-Powered Following and Smart Market Integration (2026)
  7. Ibrahim Omeroglu (Software Engineering Undergraduate) - Thesis Topic: Flying Basket: An Intelligent Shopping Assistant with AI-Powered Following and Smart Market Integration (2026)
  8. Mohammad Nazimuddin (Software Engineering Undergraduate) - Thesis Topic: Drone Swap System Control Verification (2026)
  9. Nathan Hingee (Software Engineering Undergraduate) - Thesis Topic: Swarm Relative VIO Navigation (2026)
  10. Om Sharma (Mechatronics Engineering Undergraduate- School of Engineering) - Thesis Topic: Drone Swap System Control Verification (2026), Internship Topic: Event-Driven Neuromorphic Architecture for Real-Time Distributed Drone Swarm Communication in GPS-Denied Environments.
  11. Nadiyah Ahmed (Software {AI} Engineering Postgraduate School of Computing) - Internship Topic: AI-Driven Marine Sensing Buoy for Smart Nature and Living Seawall Conservation
  12. Rumeth Herath (Software Engineering Undergraduate- School of Computing) - Thesis Topic: Drone Detection for Privacy Preservation(2025) [Best Undergraduate Thesis Award]
  13. Guven Gemikonakli (Software Engineering Undergraduate- School of Computing) - Thesis Topic: Collaborative Drone Monitoring in Marine Environments (2025)
  14. Ashton Lane (Software Engineering Undergraduate- School of Computing) - Thesis Topic: Drone swarm and AI pollution localisation architecture (2025)
  15. Dylan Huntley (Mechatronics Undergraduate- School of Engineering) - Thesis Topic: UAV Positioning based on Sensor Fusion: IMU, LIDAR and Visual(2024)
  16. Paras Raj Dongol (Mechatronics Undergraduate- School of Engineering) - Thesis Topic: Using sensor fusion to enhance SLAM techniques for autonomous navigation of UAVs (2024)
  17. Sebastian Schroder (Research Assistant) - MQ Drone Lab - Project Topic: UAV SLAM Techniques, Autonomous Landing, and Real-World Experiments (2024)
  18. Natalia Chatrath (Mechatronics Undergraduate- School of Engineering) - Thesis Topic: Optimising 3D Simultaneous Localisation and Mapping for Indoor UAVs (2023)
  19. Miriam Youssef (Mechatronics Undergraduate- School of Engineering) - Thesis Topic: Sensor Fusion for UAVs used to survey and map construction sites (2023)
  20. Islam Alkhalaeileh (Mechatronics Undergraduate- School of Engineering) - Thesis Topic: Deep Learning Enabled End to End Control of Drone (UAV) Flight (2023)
  21. Dylan Welgemoed (Software Engineering Undergraduate - School of Computing) - Thesis Topic: Deep Learning Enabled End-to-End Flight Control of a UAV (2023)
  22. Eli Mana, Faiyaz Rahman, Reza Pakravan (Mechatronics Undergraduate - School of Engineering) - Project Topic: IoT | Sensor Applications related (2023)
  23. Ethan Darnley (Software Undergraduate - School of Computing) - Thesis Topic: AGV transversability for off the road applications (2022)
  24. James Zambelli (Mechatronics Undergraduate - School of Engineering) - Thesis Topic: Aerodynamics Effect Analysis of UAVs (VTOL) near Building Structures (2022)
  25. Lachlan Rowley (Software Engineering Undergraduate - School of Computing) - Thesis Topic: Machine Learning-Based Hand Therapy with Leap Motion Controller and Unity (2022)
  26. Timothy Ruston (Mechatronics Undergraduate - School of Engineering) - Thesis Topic: Tomato Detecting Robot Using Computer Vision (2022)
  27. Ben Cavanagh (Michael) (Software Engineering Undergraduate - School of Computing) - Thesis Topic: Deep Learning Driven Software System for Autonomous UAV Swarm Formation (2022)
  28. Issac Senn, Justin Dale (Mechatronics Undergraduate - School of Engineering) - Project Topic: Worked on Drone Project YOLOv5 Over Summer (2022)
  29. Cameron Aume (Mechatronics Undergraduate - School of Engineering) - Project Topic: TrackInk: An IoT-Enabled Real-Time Object Tracking System in Space (2022)
  30. Humira Zaman (Mechatronics Undergraduate - School of Engineering) - Thesis Topic: Hand Tracker Using Computer Vision for Rehabilitation (2021)
  31. Xian (Henry) Zheng (Mechatronics Undergraduate - School of Engineering) - Thesis Topic: Study of Fabricating a Low-Cost, Edge Computing Radio Receiver that Can Detect and Classify GPS, ADS-B, and AIS Signals (2021)
  32. Kevin Pham, James Greer (Mechatronics Undergraduate - School of Engineering) - Thesis Topic: Effects of Music on EEG-based Brainwaves (2021)
  33. Mohammed Mahbubur Rahman, Anik Faisol (Mechatronics Postgraduate - School of Engineering) - Thesis Topic: Smart City Project: Environmental Monitoring Using Multi-Modal Sensor Nodes (2021)
  34. Ayman Shaik (Mechatronics Undergraduate - School of Engineering) - Thesis Topic: Comparing Computer Vision Sensing Techniques with Different Camera Models for Machine Learning (2021)
  35. Neil Roberts (Software Engineering Undergraduate - School of Computing) - Thesis Topic: Hand Therapy: Remote Monitoring for Hand Exercises/Rehabilitation for Patients (Comp. Student) (2021)