Jordan Nguyen

Dr Jordan Nguyen is a Vietnamese-Australian biomedical engineer and inventor whose achievements include creating a mind-controlled wheelchair, and whose technological innovations are targeted at improving the lives of those living with physical disabilities. He is a Keynote Speaker and futurist, with strong views on using technology for maximum positive global impact. His work has gained considerable media attention across Australia, featuring on ABC's Catalyst and Channel TEN's The Project.

Jordan Nguyen
Born
Sydney, Australia
NationalityVietnamese Australian
Alma materUniversity of Technology Sydney
OccupationTV presenter and writer, Biomedical engineer, Inventor, Keynote Speaker, Futurist
Websitewww.drjordannguyen.com

Education

Growing up in Sydney Australia, Jordan Nguyen attended Normanhurst Boys' High School on the Upper North Shore.[1]

He went on to the University of Technology Sydney,[2] where he graduated in 2008 with a Bachelor of Engineering and First Class Honours. In 2012, he completed his PhD in Biomedical Engineering, and was awarded into the UTS Chancellor's List.[3] For his PhD project, Nguyen developed a mind-controlled wheelchair for people with high-level physical disability. The wheelchair used cameras to observe its surroundings and provided navigation assistance to the operator whilst scanning the user's retinas as the means of delivering commands.[4]

Ranked third in an Australian top innovations list and winning UTS's Three Minute Thesis Competition, the smart wheelchair gained attention across radio stations, magazines, newspapers, and a number of TV programs, most notably ABC's Catalyst and Channel TEN's The Project.

Work

Jordan Nguyen has delivered numerous public lectures and keynote speeches on the use of innovative, intelligent and assistive technology to improve lives, particularly for those with physical disabilities, as well as the groundbreaking opportunities in work in STEM. He has spoken at a range of events across Australia, including TEDx events across Sydney,[5] Think Inc., Wired For Wonder,[6] and the international Engineering for Medicine and Biology Conference.[3]

Nguyen has worked as a Software engineer for ResMed, served on the board of directors for Object: Australian Design Centre, and is currently a member of the board for the NSW Medical Technology Knowledge Hub. He has taught project development in Artificial intelligence design, co-founded Remarkable, a technology incubator for disability, and founded Psykinetic, a company aiming to make life-improving technology affordable and accessible.[1]

Nguyen has worked closely with the Cerebral Palsy Alliance and with a range of individuals with Cerebral palsy. In 2016, ABC's Catalyst broadcast a two-part documentary on his work to increase 13-year-old Riley's physical independence in spite of his cerebral palsy.[7][8]

In 2016 Nguyen was nominated for Australian of the Year[9] and awarded one of Australia's most innovative engineers[10][11] He is currently working on improving the early diagnosis of disabilities in infants.[12]

Personal life

Jordan Nguyen's father is Hung Nguyen, the former Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology at UTS and Co-Director for the Centre of Health Technologies. Nguyen has three younger siblings, a sister and two brothers, who are triplets.[13]

During school, Nguyen wanted to become a professional tennis player. However, a back injury prevented him from pursuing it further.

In his third year of university, Nguyen dived into a friend's swimming pool, hit the bottom, and damaged the muscles in his neck. Although he did not break his spine, Nguyen began exploring the options available to quadriplegics. When he discovered how limited they were, he decided to persevere in engineering to help develop technologies for disabilities.[13]

References
  1. "Dr Jordan Nguyen". LinkedIn. Retrieved 1 July 2019 – via www.linkedin.com.
  2. "The Future is Now – Issue 15 – Tower – News – UTS Alumni – Stay Connected". alumni.uts.edu.au. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  3. "drjordannguyen". drjordannguyen. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  4. "Smart wheelchair soars in top innovations list | UTS News Room". newsroom.uts.edu.au. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  5. "Technology Is Reinventing Humanity | Jordan Nguyen". TEDxSydney. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  6. Wired for Wonder (16 November 2016), DR JORDAN NGUYEN – Parallel Dimensions: Blurring the Lines Between Our Real and Virtual Worlds, retrieved 3 February 2017
  7. "Catalyst: Becoming Superhuman Part 1 – ABC TV Science". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  8. "Catalyst: Becoming Superhuman Part 2 – ABC TV Science". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  9. "Australian of the Year Awards". Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  10. "Dr Jordan Nguyen – Australia's Most Innovative Engineers". innovativeengineers.com.au. Archived from the original on 3 February 2017. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  11. "Decoding Genius Podcast". gereports.com.au. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  12. "'Discover what you're passionate about'". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  13. "Family Ties | UTS News Room". newsroom.uts.edu.au. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
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