Muhammad Azhar (mazhar@ntu.edu.sg) was awarded a bachelor of engineering in aeronautics and astronautics from Institut Teknologi Bandung in 2007. When pursuing bachelor degree, he had an opportunity to carry out industrial attachment in 2005 as well as bachelor thesis from 2005 until 2007 in aircraft loads under the supervision of Aircraft Loads Department at Indonesian Aerospace. Azhar was a graduate research assistant in Biomimetics and Intelligent Microsystems Laboratory at Konkuk University from 2007 until 2009, playing role in bio-inspired morphing wing research and was awarded a master of science. Since 2010, he has been engaged in the development of resonant flapping wing micro aerial vehicle under the supervision of Professor Domenico Campolo in Robotics Research Center at Nanyang Technological University. Structural dynamics, aerodynamics, and fluid-structure interaction are the fields of his passion

W.G. Kumudu C. GAMAGE (wgkumudu@ntu.edu.sg) obtained his bachelor’s degree in production engineering from University of Peradeniya Sri Lanka in Jan 2006. He completed his FYP, Design and Fabrication of Rotor Blade for Small Scale Twin Rotor Craft, under the supervision of Dr Jaya katupitiya from University of New South Wales Australia. He joined Nanyang Technological University in 2008 and successfully completed master’s degree in Computer Integrated Manufacturing in 2009. His Master thesis, “Mechanical Design of an Upper Extremity Robotic Orthoses for The Use in Unified SEMG-EEG platform”, is focused on robotic rehabilitation methods for human upper extremity. From 2010 he has been working as Research Associate at NTU under A/P Domenico Campolo. His research interest is mechanical designs of rehabilitation robots and haptic devices.

Paolo TOMMASINO (PAOLO001@e.ntu.edu.sg) received a B.S. and M.S. degrees in Biomedical Engineering at the Universita’ Campus Bio-Medico, Roma, Italy, in 2008 and 2011, respectively. From May 2011 to May 2012, he served as research fellow at the Laboratory of Computational Embodied Neuroscience (LOCEN), Institute of Cognitive Science and Technologies, National Research Council, Rome. At the LOCEN Lab, he worked on reinforcement learning algorithms for the project founded by the European Commission IM-CLeVeR – Intrinsically Motivated Cumulative Learning Versatile Robots. Since August 2012, he joined the School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore where he is currently a PhD Candidate. His research interests include the areas of mechatronic technologies for the study of human motor control, novel robotic devices for rehabilitation and motor therapy after neurological injury, haptics, bio-inspired algorithms for controlling redundant manipulators, bio-inspired actuators, reinforcement and Hebbian learning.

PHAN Gia Hoang (GIAHOANG001@e.ntu.edu.sg) graduated with his bachelor degree in Mechatronics Engineering from Programme de Formation d'Ingénieurs d'Excellence au Vietnam (P.F.I.E.V) at Hochiminh City University of Technology, Vietnam, in 2011. His thesis concerned on the design and control of 3-RRR parallel manipulator for plotting on 2D surface. From 2011 to 2012, he worked at Panasonic Vietnam as a Chief Sales Engineer. Currently, he is a PhD student at the School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore under the supervision of Professor Domenico Campolo. His research interests include the analysis of cable-driven robotics, impedance-force control, redundant manipulators and variable stiffness device.

Aamani BUDHOTA (BUDH0002@e.ntu.edu.sg) graduated in Electronics and Communications Engineering from Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, India, submitting a thesis on “Optimized CIC filter design in Communication engineering” in May, 2013. Worked at Robert Bosch, India from May’13 to December ’13 developing embedded software for commercial vehicles. She is currently a Doctoral student under Professor Domenico Campolo  at the School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Nanyang Technological University working on post- stroke rehabilitation device. Her research interests include Bio-signal processing, Bio-mechanical Rehabilitation Robotics.

Wayne DAILEY (w.dailey12@imperial.ac.uk) graduated with his bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh(Pittsburgh, US). During his undergraduate studies, Wayne worked at the Medical Devices Lab, a core component of the McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, under the direction of Professor William Federspiel on the development of an artificial lung for patients with short-term reversible lung failure. Wayne also developed low-cost instrumentation and mixed-signal designs for discrete semiconductor device characterization and completed a stint in industry as a systems engineer. Wayne earned his Master of Philosophy in Bioengineering as a Whitaker International Fellow working on “Modular Devices for Sensor-based Assessment and Rehabilitation of Stroke-impaired Upper Limb” at Imperial College London. Under the supervision of Professor Etienne Burdet, Wayne is a PhD Scholar in the Human Robotics Group at Imperial College London(London, UK). Wayne is currently working on adaptive and optimal controllers for rehabilitation robotics and is a visiting student under Professor Domenico Campolo at Nanyang Technological University. Wayne's interests span control theory and biomedical technology, electronics, and teaching activities. He has served as a Teaching Assistant for a variety of undergraduate and graduate level engineering courses and was elected an Associate Member of Sigma Xi. Wayne's personal interests include fitness, outdoor activities, reading and technical projects around the house.