University of Melbourne academics named Fellows of Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering

University of Melbourne academics have been named among the new Fellows of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE).

Professor Sandra Eades, Associate Dean – Indigenous in the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, is a leading Indigenous health leader and Noongar woman with family from the Minang and Goreng mobs from Western Australia. Her research and appointments, as Australia's first Aboriginal medical doctor to be awarded a PhD in 2003, have considerably contributed to the epidemiology of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children's health in Australia. She is a top education expert who continues to be at the forefront of research and education to improve the lives of Aboriginal people.

Professor David Grayden, Clifford Chair of Neural Engineering in the Department of Biomedical Engineering in the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology (FEIT), is a leader in translational research and teaching Medtech innovation that have led to many commercial ventures. His research focuses on understanding how the brain processes information and using this knowledge to create and develop medical bionics and brain-machine interfaces. His groundbreaking brain research has resulted in successful start-ups that are transforming the lives of people with neurological impairments and epilepsy.

Professor Tuan Ngo, from FEIT's Department of Infrastructure Engineering, is a global leader in composite materials and an expert in safe and sustainable buildings and infrastructure. He pioneered modular construction in Australia and is spearheading the building sector's transition. He has made significant contributions to the establishment and growth of a new prefabricated housing industry by leading the development of numerous new materials, as well as innovative lightweight modular building and structural systems with superior thermal-mechanical, acoustic, and fire properties and low environmental impact.

Professor Eades, Professor Grayden and Professor Ngo join nearly 900 ATSE Fellows since the Academy's inception in 1975 as one of Australia's four learned Academies.

Find out more here: https://www.atse.org.au/our-fellows/2023-new-fellows/