Michael M. Wijetunge de Silva

Professor Jian S Dai joined King's College London, University of London in 1999. He was promoted to Reader in Mechanisms and Robotics and then to Professor of Mechanisms and Robotics at the Division of Engineering. Since 2007, he is Head of the Centre for Mechatronics and Manufacturing Systems (CMMS).

Professor Dai has published over 200 refereed journal and conference papers and has been awarded research grants and contracts totalling over 2.0 million GBP. A list of publications since 1992 is given in the CMMS publication list. He has successfully graduated and is supervising 18 PhDs and has supervised 10 post doctoral researchers and research assistants.

Prof. Dai supervised my Master's project titled, "Mobile Autonomous Omni-Directional Robotic Vehicle for Indoor Navigation". He was also the first marker for my MSc dissertation and viva voce.

Dr. Samjid Mannan received his BA in physics at Balliol College, Oxford in 1988 and his PhD in theoretical elementary particle physics at Southampton University in 1991. In 1992 he started work as a postdoc in the area of electronics manufacturing, first at Salford University and then in 1995 at Loughborough University, where he became a research fellow in 1996.

Dr. Mannan was appointed as a lecturer at King's College London in 1999, and was awarded an Advanced Research Fellowship from EPSRC later that year. He is currently Reader in Electronics Manufacturing and is a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.

Dr. Mannan was the lecturer for Dynamic Systems and Simulations and was my personal tutor.

Dr. Kaspar Althoefer is an electronics engineer, leading research on Sensing and Embedded Intelligence in the Centre for Mechatronics and Manufacturing Systems (CMMS). After graduating with a degree in Electronic Engineering from the University of Technology Aachen, Germany, and obtaining a PhD from the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at King's College London, he joined the Centre in 1996 and is currently a Senior Lecturer.

Dr. Althoefer recently gave an interview on force sensing for Minimally Invasive Robot-Assisted Surgery for the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET). (When accessing the video, scroll forward to position 10:14.)

Dr. Althoefer was the lecturer for Robotic Systems, and provided much advice for my MSc project.