Mr Ming Xuan Chua

Mr Ming Xuan Chua

Casual Academic
Engineering
Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering

Ming Xuan (Calvin) Chua is a Mechatronics Engineering researcher and educator with expertise in wearable sensing, robotics, and intelligent systems. He recently completed his PhD at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), where his research focused on developing advanced wearable strain-sensor and IMU fusion systems for detecting fatigue-induced compensatory movements in rehabilitation. His work has led to multiple publications in top-tier IEEE journals, including IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics and IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement.

Alongside his research, Calvin has extensive teaching experience across statistics, programming, robotics, control, and mechatronics design, having taught at UNSW since 2020 in roles ranging from casual academic to Associate Lecturer. He has contributed to course redesign, supervised award-winning thesis projects, and supported both online and in-person delivery during and after the COVID-19 transition.

Calvin's broader technical expertise spans across ROS2, Image Processing and SLAM. He is passionate about building real-time systems that bridge sensing, perception, and control for practical medical and engineering applications. 

(Apologies, temporarily not available for supervising undergraduate thesis)

Phone
+61 2 9348 1406
  • Journal articles | 2025
    Chua MX; Peng S; Nho Do T; Hui Wang C; Wu L, 2025, 'A Wearable Strain-Sensor-Based Shoulder Patch for Fatigue Detection in Bicep Curls', IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, 74, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TIM.2025.3600715
    Journal articles | 2024
    Xuan Chua M; Okubo Y; Peng S; Nho Do T; Hui Wang C; Wu L, 2024, 'Analysis of Fatigue-Induced Compensatory Movements in Bicep Curls: Gaining Insights for the Deployment of Wearable Sensors', IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics, 6, pp. 1147 - 1157, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TMRB.2024.3407239
    Journal articles | 2023
    Hu J; Liu T; Zeng H; Chua MX; Katupitiya J; Wu L, 2023, 'Static Modeling of a Class of Stiffness-Adjustable Snake-like Robots with Gravity Compensation', Robotics, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/robotics12010002
  • Conference Papers | 2023
    Darmanian MA; Chua MX; Wu L, 2023, 'A Completely Portable and Concealable, Lightweight Assistive Exosuit for Upper Limbs', in Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society EMBS, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/EMBC40787.2023.10340106

My Teaching

I have been demonstrating in the following courses:

MTRN9400 Control of Robotics Systems (2020 T3)

MTRN4010 Advance Autonomous Systems (2021-today) Lead Demo since 2022 T1

MTRN4110 Robot Design (2021 T2-2023 T2) Head Demo since 2022 T2

MTRN2500 Computing for Mechatronic Engineers (2021 T3-2023 T2) Head Demo since 2021

MMAN3200 Linear System and Control (2020 T2-today) Head Demo since 2021

MTRN3020 Control of Mechatronics System (2025 T1)

MTRN3110 Robot Design (2025 T2)

MMAN4010 Thesis A (2021 T3)

MMAN4020 Thesis B (2022 T1)