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Jobreference:AAE/3322/WWDearDr.
Brown,IamwritingtoapplyforthepositionofSeniorResearchEngineeringScientistatUniversityofDundee-SurgicalTechnologyUnit,IMSaT.
IhavebeenworkingasavisitingresearchfellowatINRIA,FrancesinceOct.
2009.
Mymainresearchactivitiesincurrentandpreviousworkhavebeenrelatedtomedicalroboticsandnavigationsystem.
IwishtohighlightanumberofkeypointsinmyattachedCVthatdemonstratemyabilitytomeettherequirementsforthispost.
IcompletedmyPhDstudieson"Design,ModelingandControlofaMicro-robot(continuumrobot)forColonoscopy"in2005.
ThisresearchwasundertakenatINSA(NationalInstituteofAppliedScience)LyonasajointprojectwiththeEdouardHerriotHospitalofLyontodeveloparoboticsystemofMini-mallyInvasiveSurgery(MIS)fortheColonoscopy.
Myresearchinvolvedthekinematicanalysisandcontrolalgorithmsforacontinuumrobottoguidetheprogressofendoscopeinacolon-likeenviron-ment.
Aroboticprototypebasedonsiliconerubberwasdesigned,implementedandvalidatedexperimen-tallywhichsatisfiedthespecification.
IalsosupervisedtwoMscstudentsandtwoundergraduatestu-dentswithinthisproject.
Myresearchhasresultedinseveralimportantpublications,suchasonebookchapterinSpringerpublicationsandoneintheJournalofRoboticsandAutonomousSystem.
IjoinedaleadinggrouponrobotmotionplanningatINRIAchairedbyProf.
LaugierasaPostdoctoralfellowjustaftermyPhD.
Iconductedresearchonnavigationofautonomousintelligentvehicles.
Myre-searchanddevelopmentthereresultedinanavigationsoftwareframeworkforautomaticdriving.
Fur-thermore,IamavisitingresearchfellowfromOct.
2009tocontinueontheworkofautonomousnaviga-tionforintelligentwheelchair.
TheseexperiencesonnavigationsystemprovidemethefundamentaltechnologiestodevelopnavigationsystemsforMinimallyInvasiveSurgery.
In2007,IjoinedUnileverResearchatPortSunlight,whereIwasaholderofMarieCurieFellowshipunderaFP6onTransferofKnowledgeofrobotics.
Iwasinvolvedinarangeofprojectsfromintelligentroboticsystemstoadvancedsensingsystemsforhealthcareandbiologicalapplication.
Mymainrespon-sibilitywastoleadanddevelopanewroboticsystemtotestUnileverpersonalcareproducts.
Thesys-temwastransferredtotestingdepartmentforcommercialapplication.
Ihavepublishedwidelyintheareasofroboticsandautomationandotherinterdisciplinaryareaswith20publicationsinrespectedjournalsandconferenceproceedings.
Igainedalotofexperiencesintechnicalpresentationthroughprojectmeetings,seminarsandconferenceswithprojectpartnerorclientsfrombothindustryanduniversities.
Thisalsodevelopedmycapacitytoexplaincomplextechnicalissuesinlucidtermstononengineeringpeople.
Teachingandsupervisionofstudentsfromdifferentbackgroundshasallowedmetodevelopmorepracticalinterpersonalskills.
Moreover,IhadexperienceinapplyingresearchfundingfromEuropeanUnion.
AtUnilever,Iwasin-volvedinpreparingaproposalforaMarieCurieIndustry-AcademiaPartnershipsandPathways(IAPP).
AlsoItookaninitializationinpreparinganexchangeproposalbetweenFranceandChinain2006.
NowIamcontactingwithChinesepartnersandpreparingforanotherproposalforajointprojectbetweenFranceandChina.
Ihavebeenworkingonroboticsandintelligentsystemsfor8yearsincluding2years'experienceinindustry.
TheseexperienceallowedmebuildknowledgeandskillsonusingadvancedtechnologieslikeroboticsandGangChen7,rueAdrienRicard,appt407ChezYangJuan38000,Grenoble,FranceMobile:+33(0)680879746E-mail:gchenchine@gmail.
comimagingtodevelopnovelminimallyinvasivesurgicaldevices,whichisaverychallengingarea.
IMSaTisoneofthepioneerinthisareaintheworld.
ThepostwouldbeanidealopportunityformetoworkonmedicaldeviceareaandtoadvancethescienceofthisareainyourInstitute.
Iwouldwelcometheopportunitytodiscussmyre-searchexperienceanditsrelevancetoyourgroup.
Yourssincerely,GangChen