STAFF PROFILE
Professor Dinesh Kumar
Position:
Professor
College / Portfolio:
School of Engineering Cluster
School / Department:
Electrical and Biomedical Engineering
Phone:
+61 3 9925 1954
Email:
dinesh.kumar@rmit.edu.au
Campus:
Melbourne City Campus
Contact me about:
Research supervision,
Media comments
Fellowships, scholarships, and awards
A representative list of fellowships, scholarships, and awards are shown below.
- 2011- 2012- Brazil (CNPq) fellowship for International experts- Biomedical Engineering
- 2009- Erasumus Mundus International expert Fellowship
- 2015- IIT Madras Fellowship
Professional involvement
Membership of professional societies
- Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)
- Australian Society of Medical and Biological Engineers (SMBE)- chair for 3 years.
- ARC Australian Research Network for Intelligent Sensors, Sensor Networks and Signal processing, (ISSNIP) [2006-2011]
Editorial roles
- Associate Editor- IEEE Transactions of Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering (TNSRE)
- International editor for Journal of Biomedical Engineering
- Guest editor for number of journals- such as Hindawi (2015), Elsevier (2013),
Chair for international conferences
- Chair of over 25 conferences.
- Founder and chair of IEEE Biosignals and Biorobotics since 2009.
Research publications
Disciplines
- Electronic engineering, Biomedical engineering, Bio-signal processing, intelligent systems.
Publication summary
- 2 authored books, 8 book chapters, 83 journal articles, 255 conference proceedings.
- Full list of publications can be found in Google Scholar.
Professional activities
- Leader of Biomedical Engineering research
Teaching activities
- Electronic Design
- Biomedical Electronics
- Introduction to Biomedical Engineering
- Biomedical Signal Processing
- Research Students mentoring
- 1991 – Ph.D., Biomedical Engg, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
- 1983 – Electrical Engg, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (Chennai)
- Dhillon, A.,Soni, S.,Kumar, D. (2017). Enhanced fluoride removal performance by Ce-Zn binary metal oxide: Adsorption characteristics and mechanism In: Journal of Fluorine Chemistry, 199, 67 - 76
- Zham, P.,Kumar, D.,Dabnichki, P.,Poosapadi Arjunan, S.,Raghav, S. (2017). Distinguishing different stages of Parkinson's disease using composite index of speed and pen-pressure of sketching a spiral In: Frontiers in Neurology, 8, 1 - 7
- Manjeri Keloth, S.,Poosapadi Arjunan, S.,Kumar, D. (2017). Computing the variations in the self-similar properties of the various gait intervals in Parkinson disease patients In: Proceedings of the 39th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS 2017), Jeju Island, South Korea, 11-15 July 2017
- Bingham, A.,Poosapadi Arjunan, S.,Kumar, D. (2017). Measuring the interactions between different locations in a muscle to monitor localized muscle fatigue In: Proceedings of the 39th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS 2017), Jeju Island, South Korea, 11-15 July 2017
- Rani, P.,Aliahmad, B.,Kumar, D. (2017). A novel approach for quantification of contour irregularities of diabetic foot ulcers and its association with ischemic heart disease In: Proceedings of the 39th Annual International Conference of the Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC 2017), Jeju Island, South Korea, 11-15 July 2017
- Ajaz, A.,Aliahmad, B.,Kumar, D. (2017). A novel method for segmentation of infrared scanning laser ophthalmoscope (IR-SLO) images of retina In: Proceedings of the 39th Annual International Conference of the Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC 2017), Jeju Island, South Korea, 11-15 July 2017
- Kumar, D.,Radcliffe, P. (2017). Problem basedl learning for engineering In: Proceedings of the 39th Annual International Conference of the Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC 2017), Jeju Island, South Korea, South Korea, 11-15 July 2017
- Kumar, D.,Poosapadi Arjunan, S.,Aliahmad, B. (2016). Fractals: Applications in Biological Signalling and Image Processing, CRC Press, Unites States
- Soman, S.,Jayadeva, J.,Poosapadi Arjunan, S.,Kumar, D. (2016). Improved sEMG signal classification using the twin SVM In: Proceedings of the 2016 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC 2016), Budapest, Hungary, 9-12 October 2016
- Radcliffe, P.,Kumar, D. (2016). Is problem-based learning suitable for engineering? In: Australasian Journal of Engineering Education, 21, 81 - 88
- Muscle fatigue monitor. Funded by: Global Connections Fund Bridging Grants 2017 from (2017 to 2018)
- Real-time Spectroscopic system for contaminant detection in red meat. Funded by: Australian Meat Processor Corporation (AMPC) and Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) Joint Food Safety Program Grant 2016 from (2016 to 2018)
- Keeping Feet Healthy with Diabetes. Funded by: Royal District Nursing Service Grant 2016 from (2016 to 2017)
- Promoting inclusive healthcare - implementing a framework to support diversity in aged care.. Funded by: Royal District Nursing Service Grant 2016 from (2016 to 2017)
- Monitoring the changes to residual muscles after transradial amputation for better prosthesis control. Funded by: Promobilia Foundation Sweden: Competitive Grant 2016 from (2016 to 2018)
Note: Supervision projects since 2004
18 PhD Completions and 7 Masters by Research Completions8 PhD Current Supervisions
Biomedical engineering, neuromotor control, biosignal phenomena, human computer interaction, back ailments, fatigue.