Yik R. Teo (Barry)

Precision Mechatronics Lab
School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
The University of Newcastle
Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia
+61 2 4921 7463

Yik(dot)Teo(at)newcastle.edu.au

Yik R. Teo graduated from The University Of Newcastle, Australia (Callaghan campus) with a Bachelors of Electrical Engineering (Honours Class 1) in 2008 and Masters of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering in 2013. He is presently a Ph.D candidate at the Precision Mechatronics Lab located in the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, The University of Newcastle. His research includes energy-based control, high-precision positioning, scanning probe microscopy, and nanofabrication.

• Vice Chancellor Award for Outstanding Research Candidate, 2013
• Australian Postgraduate Award, 2013
• Glenn and Ken Moss Scholarship, 2012
• University of Newcastle International Postgraduate Research Scholarship, 2011

The University of Newcastle, Callaghan Campus
Master of Philosophy (Mechanical Engineering)
Thesis title: Energy-based control for a class of under-actuated mechanical system
Supervisors: Prof. Tristan Perez and Dr Alejandro Donaire

The University of Newcastle, Callaghan Campus
Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical Engineering) with Honours Class 1
Thesis title: Vertical feedback control for a scanning probe microscope
Supervisor: A/Prof Andrew J Fleming

INTI International College, Penang 
Diploma in Electrical and Electronics Engineering

The University of Newcastle, Callaghan Campus
MCHA2000 Mechatronics System
2015 Lecturer
2012 Lab Demonstrator
2011 Lab Demonstrator

GENG1803 Introduction to Engineering Practice
2015 Tutor

• Australian Control Conference November 10-11, 2011, Melbourne, Australia
• 51st IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC) December 10-13, 2012, Grand Wailea, Maui, Hawaii, USA (Oral Presentation)
• 2013 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM), July 9-12, 2013, Wollongong, Australia (Oral Presentation)
• IEEE Sensors 2013, November 4-6, 2013, Baltimore, Maryland, USA (Poster Presentation)
• American Control Conference 2014, June 4-6, Portland, Oregon, USA (Oral Presentation)
• Actuator 2014, International Conference and Exhibition on New Actuators and Drive Systems, June 23-25 2014, Bremen, Germany
• 19th World Congress of the International Federation of Automatic Control, August  24-29, 2014, Cape Town, South Africa (Oral Presentation)
• 2015 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM), July 7-11, 2014, Busan, Korea
• 54th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC) December 15-18, 2015, Osaka, Japan
• 2015 IEEE Multi-Conference on Systems and Control (MSC) September 21-23, Sydney, Australia (Best Student Paper Finalist)
• American Control Conference 2016, July 6-8, Boston, MA, USA (Oral Presentation)
• MARSS International Conference on Manipulation, Automation and Robotics at Small Scales, July 18-22, Paris, France (Oral Presentation)