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Dr Toan Dinh

Dr Toan Dinh
Name Toan Dinh
Pronoun He/Him/His
Position Senior Lecturer (Mechanical Engineering)
Section Centre for Future Materials (Research)
Office B420
Location Springfield Campus
Phone +61 7 3470 4420
Extension 4420
Email
Qualifications BEngMecht HANU , MScMecht HANU , PhD Griffith

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.

Research Career


  • Manufacturing Engineering not elsewhere classified ( 401499 )
  • Microelectromechanical Systems (Mems) ( 401705 )
  • Manufacturing Engineering ( 401400 )
  • Mechanical Engineering ( 401700 )
  • Functional Materials ( 401605 )
  • Materials Engineering ( 401600 )

Research areas:
• 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

Research awards (selected):
• 2021, Research Excellence award for Early Career Research (ECR), University of Southern Queensland (USQ)
• 2020, ARC DECRA award
• 2020, Top 40 Australian young researchers, The Australian
• 2020, Research Excellence award for ECR, Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences, USQ
• 2020, Highly Commended for Research Excellence award for ECR, USQ
• 2019, Micromachines Outstanding Reviewer Awards
• 2019, Finalist, Fresh Science Queensland
• 2019, Publon Top 1% Reviewers in Cross-Field
• 2018-2020, Griffith University Postdoctoral Fellowship (GUPF)
• 2018, Australian Nanotechnology Network Overseas Travel Fellowships
• 2018, Best paper award in 5th Int. Conf. on Sustainable Design and Manufacturing (co-author).
• 2016, Best paper award in Int. Conf. on Nanotechnology Nanomaterials in Energy (co-author).
• 2016, Best paper award in Int. Conf. on BioSensors, BioElectronics, BioMedical Devices, BioMEMS/NEMS and Applications (first author)

Research projects (selected):
• 2022-2023, Chief Investigator, “Versatile Physical Property Measurement System for South-East Queensland”, funded by Australian Research Council (ARC), ARC LIEF A$586,779
• 2022-2025, Chief Investigator, “Nano optoelectronic coupling: towards an ultrasensitive sensing technology”, funded by Australian Research Council (ARC), Discovery Project A$585,000
• 2021-2024, Sole Investigator, “High-performance sensor technology for corrosive environments”, funded by Australian Research Council (ARC), DECRA Project A$440,675
• 2021-2022, Chief Investigator, “Energy efficient wireless sensor network for real-time flood monitoring”, funded by DFAT/CSIRO (Aus4Innovation) A$400,000
• 2020-2021, Lead Chief Investigator, “Light Harvesting, Self-Powered Silicon Carbide Sensor Technology Towards Harsh Environment Applications”, USQ Capacity Building Grant, A$15,000
• 2019-2020, Chief Investigator, “Superior Sensor Network (SSN) for Harsh Environments”, funded by Foundation for Australia-Japan Studies AUD$144,573
• 2018-2020, Sole Investigator, “Ultra-sensitive Sensing Technology Utilising Nano SiC/Si Heterostructures”, GU Postdoctoral Fellowship A$242,000
• 2019, Chief Investigator, “Opto-Electro-Mechanical Measurement Suite”, Griffith Science Equipment Grant, A$160,000
• 2019, Sole Investigator, “Opto-thermotronic phenomena in SiC nanofilms for high-performance temperature-sensing nanodevices”, GU New Researcher Grant A$10,400
• 2018, Sole Investigator, “Micro/nano resonators and resonant sensors”, Australian Nanotechnology Network Overseas Travel Fellowship A$8,000
• 2017, Lead Chief Investigator, “Development and characterization of self-sensing SiC micro/nano resonators”, Griffith/Simon Fraser University Collaboration Grant A$13,600

HDR position openings:
• If you are interested in pursuing a PhD/MSCR with Dr Dinh’s research group, please send your CV to Toan.Dinh@usq.edu.au.
• Scholarship programs will be recommended upon discussion for both domestic and international HDR students.
News: Dr Dinh's research group currently offers ARC Discovery Project funded PhD scholarship (Closing date: 31 March 2022). Details can be found here: https://www.usq.edu.au/scholarships/arc-phd-stipend-nanomachining


  • Centre for Future Materials (CFM)

Teaching


MEC1201 - Engineering Materials


11 Years

Supervision


  • Manufacturing Engineering not elsewhere classified ( 401499 )
  • Microelectromechanical Systems (Mems) ( 401705 )
  • Manufacturing Engineering ( 401400 )
  • Mechanical Engineering ( 401700 )
  • Functional Materials ( 401605 )
  • Materials Engineering ( 401600 )