Dr Toan Dinh

Name | Dr Toan Dinh |
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Email Address | toan.dinh@unisq.edu.au |
Job Title | Senior Lecturer (Mechanical Engineering) |
Qualifications | BEngMecht HANU, MScMecht HANU, PhD Griffith |
Department | Centre for Future Materials (Research) |
Affiliations | Centre for Future Materials |
Centre for Health Research | |
ORCID | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7489-9640 |
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Biography
Dr Dinh is currently a Senior Lecturer and DECRA Fellow at University of Southern Queensland (USQ). He worked for Griffith University until 2019 and then joined USQ as a Lecturer (equiv. to Assistant Professor in the US). In 2020, Dr Dinh was named in the Early Achievers Leaderboard as one of Australia’s top 40 Rising Stars researchers. He published over 100 high-impact journal articles, including Science Advances, Nature Communications and many other Nature indexed papers. Dr Dinh secured over $2.5M funding through several distinguished fellowships and competitive research grants, including ARC DECRA and ARC Discovery Projects.
Employment
Position | Organisation | From | To |
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Senior Lecturer and DECRA Fellow | University of Southern Queensland | 2022 |
Expertise
• Micro/nano-electromechanical systems (MEMS/NEMS)
• Physics of semiconductors
• Sensors for harsh environments
• Soft actuators and robotics
• Stretchable and wearable electronics
• Biosensors and bioelectronics
• Energy harvesting (light, mechanical & thermal) and self-powered sensors
Teaching
MEC1201 Engineering Materials
MEC3203 Materials Technology
Fields of Research
- 320602. Medical biotechnology diagnostics (incl. biosensors)
- 401410. Microtechnology
- 401605. Functional materials
- 401705. Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS)
Current Supervisions
Research Title | Supervisor Type | Level of Study | Commenced |
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3D printing of Metal/Ceramic hybrid Biocomposites for Multifunctional biomedical applications | Associate Supervisor | Doctoral | 2023 |
Deep learning assisted ultrasensitive SiC sensors for physical monitoring | Principal Supervisor | Doctoral | 2022 |
Engineering silicon carbide nanoarchitectures for ultra-sensitive and robust sensors | Principal Supervisor | Doctoral | 2022 |
Artificial Intelligence Methods for Prediction of Atmospheric Visibility and Air Quality to Support Aviation and Health Sectors | Associate Supervisor | Masters | 2022 |
Electrically controlled electrical conductivity of semiconductors/materials with nano-interfaces | Associate Supervisor | Doctoral | 2022 |
Thermal coupling effect of 3C-SiC/Si heterostructure for sensing in harsh environment | Principal Supervisor | Doctoral | 2021 |
Completed Supervisions
Research Title | Supervisor Type | Level of Study | Completed |
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Thermo-electro-mechanical effects in SiC/Si materials for physical sensing applications | Associate | Doctoral | 2023 |
Project title | Details | Year |
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ARC LIEF | Chief Investigator, “Versatile Physical Property Measurement System for South-East Queensland”, funded by Australian Research Council (ARC), ARC LIEF A$586,779 | 2023 |
ARC DP | 2022-2025, Chief Investigator, “Nano optoelectronic coupling: towards an ultrasensitive sensing technology”, funded by Australian Research Council (ARC), Discovery Project A$585,000 | |
ARC DECRA | 2021-2024, Sole Investigator, “High-performance sensor technology for corrosive environments”, funded by Australian Research Council (ARC), DECRA Project A$440,675 | |
Aus4Innovation | 2021-2022, Chief Investigator, “Energy efficient wireless sensor network for real-time flood monitoring”, funded by DFAT/CSIRO (Aus4Innovation) A$400,000 | |
USQ Capacity Building Grant | 2020-2021, Lead Chief Investigator, “Light Harvesting, Self-Powered Silicon Carbide Sensor Technology Towards Harsh Environment Applications”, USQ Capacity Building Grant, A$15,000 | |
Foundation for Australia-Japan Studies | 2019-2020, Chief Investigator, “Superior Sensor Network (SSN) for Harsh Environments”, funded by Foundation for Australia-Japan Studies AUD$144,573 | |
GU Postdoctoral Fellowship | 2018-2020, Sole Investigator, “Ultra-sensitive Sensing Technology Utilising Nano SiC/Si Heterostructures”, GU Postdoctoral Fellowship A$242,000 | |
Griffith Science Equipment Grant | 2019, Chief Investigator, “Opto-Electro-Mechanical Measurement Suite”, Griffith Science Equipment Grant, A$160,000 | |
GU New Researcher Grant | 2019, Sole Investigator, “Opto-thermotronic phenomena in SiC nanofilms for high-performance temperature-sensing nanodevices”, GU New Researcher Grant A$10,400 | |
Australian Nanotechnology Network Overseas Travel Fellowship | 2018, Sole Investigator, “Micro/nano resonators and resonant sensors”, Australian Nanotechnology Network Overseas Travel Fellowship A$8,000 | |
Griffith/Simon Fraser University Collaboration Grant | 2017, Lead Chief Investigator, “Development and characterization of self-sensing SiC micro/nano resonators”, Griffith/Simon Fraser University Collaboration Grant A$13,600 |
Date | Name | Awarding organisation | Underpinning research |
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2021 | DECRA award | Australian Research Council (ARC) | |
Research Excellence award for Early Career Research (ECR) | University of Southern Queensland (UniSQ) | ||
2020 | Top 40 Australian young researchers | The Australian | |
2020 | Research Excellence award for ECR | Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences, UniSQ | |
2020 | Highly Commended for Research Excellence award for ECR | University of Southern Queensland (UniSQ) | |
2019 | Outstanding Reviewer Awards | Micromachines | |
2019 | Finalist | Fresh Science Queensland | |
2019 | Top 1% Reviewers in Cross-Field | Publons | |
2018 | Griffith University Postdoctoral Fellowship (GUPF) | Griffith University | |
2018 | Australian Nanotechnology Network Overseas Travel Fellowships | Australian Nanotechnology Network | |
2018 | Best paper award (co-author) | 5th Int. Conf. on Sustainable Design and Manufacturing | |
2016 | Best paper award (co-author) | Int. Conf. on Nanotechnology Nanomaterials in Energy | |
2016 | Best paper award (first-author) | Int. Conf. on BioSensors, BioElectronics, BioMedical Devices, BioMEMS/NEMS and Applications |