Current Team

The current members of the NUbots team, and what they do.

Academic Supervisors

Associate Professor Stephan Chalup: Associate Professor in the School of Electrical Engineering and Computing (Computer Science and Software Engineering). Head of the Newcastle Robotics Laboratory and NUbots. Specialises in Machine Learning and Anthropocentric Biocybernetic Computing.
Dr. Alexandre Mendes: Senior Lecturer in the School of Electrical Engineering and Computing (Computer Science and Software Engineering). Deputy Head of NUbots. Specialises in Machine Learning and Optimisation.
Dr. Joel Ferguson: Lecturer and research associate in the School of Engineering. Specialises in nonlinear control. Supervises NUbots Mechatronics final year projects in a range of areas.
Dr. Robert King: Senior Lecturer in the School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences (Statistics). NUbots Academic Supervisor. Specialises in applied statistics.
Professor Rick Middleton: Head of School of the School of Electrical Engineering and Computing (Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering). Specialises in Control Systems Theory and Applications.
Mr. Peter Turner: Laboratory Manager in the School of Electrical Engineering and Computing (Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering).

These members are an expert in at least one area of the team or systems.

Kip Hamiltons: Undergraduate student studying a combined degree in Mathematics and Computer Science. DevOps and Testing.
Cameron Murtagh: Undergraduate student studying a combined degree in Mathematics and Computer Science. NUClear and networking.
Thomas O'Brien: Undergraduate studying Mechatronics Engineering working on a Final Year Project involving the walk engine.
Josephus Paye II: Computer Science Honours student. Student Co-Team Leader. Works on NUsight, our web-based debugging environment, and NUbook, the team handbook.
Ysobel Sims: Computer Science Honours student. Student Co-Team Leader. Works on the robotic walk engine and adding content to NUbook, the team handbook.
David Wieland: Bachelor of IT. Postgraduate student studying a Master of Data Science. Specialises in community outreach, sponsorships and marketing.
Taylor Young: Bachelor of Electrical Engineering with Honours. Currently studying for a Doctorate of Philosophy in Electrical Engineering. Specialises in robotic hardware.
Joel Wong: Currently studying for a Doctorate of Philosophy in Computer Science. Specialises in computer vision.

These members are no longer new members but not yet senior members. Generally they have contributed in some way and have found an area on the team.

Peta Carlyle: Undergraduate student studying Software Engineering. Behaviour.
Lachlan Court: Undergraduate student studying Computer Science. Vision and Webots.
Liam Craft: Undergraduate student studying Computer Science.
Nicholas Dziura: Undergraduate student studying Computer Systems Engineering.
Abigail Hall: Undergraduate student studying a combined degree in Mathematics and Computer Science. Optimisation and motion.
Moosa Hassan: Undergraduate student studying Software Engineering. Vision.
Yosiah de Koeyer: Undergraduate student studying a combined degree in Computer Systems Engineering and Computer Science. DevOps.
Sam McFarlane: Undergraduate student studying a combined degree in Mechatronics Engineering and Electrical Engineering. Hardware.
Alana Noonan: Undergraduate student studying Computer Science. Computer graphics - NUpbr and Webots model.
Mikyla Peters: Undergraduate student studying a combined degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Systems Engineering.
Benjamin Young: Undergraduate student studying a combined degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Systems Engineering. Hardware.

This is the starting level of membership. Generally, these members have been on the team for less than a year and are working on their first project.

Past members of the team that are still involved with projects, mentoring, and support.

Alex Biddulph: Bachelor of Computer Science, Bachelor of Computer Systems Engineering with Honours. Currently studying for a Doctorate of Philosophy in Computer Systems Engineering. Ex-Team Leader. Specialises in the Build System, Machine Learning and Computer Vision.
Dr. Trent Houliston: Holds a Doctorate of Philosophy in Software Engineering. Ex-Team Leader. NUbots mentor. Currently working at 4Tel. Specialises in Software Architecture, Machine Learning and Computer Vision.

See Past Members for past NUbots members.