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Lab: L205, The Willis Annexe

Researcher
micro aerial vehicles (MAVs), flapping wings, laser visualisation, electronics
see: Flapping Wing Research

Research interests

• Micro Aerial Vehicles (MAVs)
• Flapping wing flight
• Flow visualisation
• Electronic circuit design
• Embedded processing
• FPGA based design
• Sensors and actuators

Education:

• PhD Candidate, Mechatronics, The University of New South Wales, Australia, 2005 - 2009
• International Exchange: Space Robotics Laboratory, Tohoku University, Japan, April - November 2006
• BE (Mechatronics)/BSc (Physics), 1st class honours, The University of New South Wales, Australia, 2004

Awards

• 2002 The Coherent Scientific Prize for Lasers, Optoelectronics and Applications
• 2004 MTRN4221 Industrial Robotics Best Performance Prize
• 2005 - 2007 Australian Postgraduate Award (Scholarship)
• 2007 Deans Award for Excellence in Postgraduate Research ("The Digital Future" category)

Publications

• D. Watman and T. Furukawa, "A System for Controlled Visualisation of Flapping Wings," Flying Insects and Robots Symposium, Monte Verità, Ascona, Switzerland, pp. 125-126, August 12-17, 2007.
• D. Watman and T. Furukawa, "A Visualization System for Analysis of Micro Aerial Vehicle Scaled Flapping Wings", Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems, Vol. 51, pp. 369-381, 2008.
• D. Watman and T. Furukawa, "A System for Motion Control and Analysis of High-Speed Passively Twisting Flapping Wings", IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Pasadena, California, pp. 1576-1581, May 19-23, 2008.

Daniel Watman