Alumni stories
We present the stories of our graduates who once walked these halls and have since gone on to achieve career success at the Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering . Our alumni community is a vibrant and diverse network owing to our innovative learning experience. Below, you will discover inspirational personal journeys from our alumni community as they offer insight into career milestones, personal experiences and the impact they’ve made in their communities. We acknowledge and celebrate our graduating students as we draw strength from each story.
Anne Simmons
Former Provost,
“I worked in implantable defibrillators, inflatable pacemakers, the bionic ear, dialysis. So, when I went out into industry, I got all that experience and thoughtI need to give back to the students of the future.”
Jevan Arulampalam
Senior Project Manager, Corin Ltd Australia
“Everything I have inmy career started from .”
James Otton
Cardiologist, Liverpool Hospital NSW
Cardiologist, NSW Cardiology
Conjoint Associate Professor, School of Medicine
“Biomedical Engineering at gives you the basis forunderstanding change…I wouldn’t be where I am now in terms of beingable to offer my patients the best that’s clinically available.”
Tsing Lee
Chief Growth Officer, Valiant Finance
“The great thing about engineering is it teaches you how to look at data and numbers, so you learn tobreak really complex things down to smaller parts.”
Chris Roberts
Chair of Board, TEDI-London
“I’ve had a 40+ year career in medical devices andthe foundation for that career has been Biomedical Engineering from the University of New South Wales.”
Prashan Paramanathan
CEO & Founder, Chuffed.org
“What I do now is reallydriven by the curiosity that was fostered during my time at doing Biomedical Engineering”.
Daneh Turner
Regional Research Manager ANZ, GE Healthcare
“ Biomedical Engineering has given me all the core technical and practical knowledge and experience thatI needed to get to this point.”
Rylie Green
Head of Department, Bioengineering, Imperial College London
Professor, Bioelectronics
“You don’t always know exactly where you’re going, butyou make the best decisionat any given time…”
Antonia Workman
Firmware Engineer, Cochlear Limited
“Reallyexciting technologythat I’m able to delve into...seeking out opportunities and really being open to them.”
Kevin Ambosta
Field Service Engineer, Abbott
“Being a graduate of Biomedical Engineering, it’s taught me a lot about anatomy, and how the body interacts with the heart…and the skills and tools needed tosucceed in my career.”