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PROFESSOR BIJAN SHIRINZADEH
The PhysOrg article
Virtual 3D nanorobots could lead to real cancer-fighting
technology said
From eliminating the side effects of chemotherapy to treating
Alzheimer's disease, the potential medical applications of nanorobots
are vast and ambitious. In the past decade, researchers have made many
improvements on the different systems required for developing practical
nanorobots, such as sensors, energy supply, and data transmission.
But there is still a great deal of work to do before tiny "molecular
machines" can begin traveling through our arteries for diagnosing or
treating our ailments. To try to pick up the pace, a group of
researchers has recently developed an innovative approach to help in
the research and development of nanorobots — virtual
reality.
Adriano Cavalcanti, Bijan Shirinzadeh,
Robert Freitas, Jr., and
Tad Hogg, representing institutions in Melbourne, Australia, and
the U.S.,
have published their simulation procedure in a recent issue of
Nanotechnology. Just as 3D simulations previously helped engineers
greatly accelerate developmental research in the semiconductor
industry, Cavalcanti and colleagues hope that virtual nanorobots,
virtual biomolecules and virtual arteries will accelerate the progress
of nanorobot development.
Bijan Shirinzadeh, Ph.D. is
Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering and
Director, Robotics & Mechatronics Research Laboratory (RMRL), at Monash University,
Australia. His research interests are
robotics, mechatronics, automation, sensing and control, contact and
quasistatic motion analysis, computational geometry, CAE/CAD/CAM/CAPP
manufacturing, and flexible fixturing.
Bijan coauthored
Nanorobot Communication Techniques: A Comprehensive
Tutorial,
CMOS-based Nanorobot to Combat Cancer,
Behavior based Mobile Robot Navigation by AI Techniques: Behavior
selection
and resolving behavior conflicts using á - level Fuzzy Inference
System,
Nanorobot for Treatment of Patients with Artery Occlusion,
Robust motion tracking control of piezoelectric actuation
systems,
Computational Nanomechatronics: A Pathway for Control and
Manufacturing
Nanorobots,
Behavior based Mobile Robot Navigation Technique using AI System:
Experimental Investigations, and
Haptic Deformation Modeling Through Cellular Neural Network.
Read the
full list of his publications!
He is on the Editorial Boards of
Journal of Industrial Robot,
Journal of Assembly Automation,
Journal of Sensor Review, and
Journal of Service Robotics.
He is a member of the
American Society of Mechanical Engineers,
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics,
Australian Robot Association, and
the Institute of Engineers, Australia.
Bijan earned a BSE in Aerospace Engineering, a BSE in Mechanical
Engineering, a MSE in Aerospace Engineering, and a MSE in Mechanical
Engineering — all from the University of Michigan, USA. He earned
his
PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Western
Australia.
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