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Professor Gangadhara Prusty, Academic Mentor, Engineering

Professor Gangadhara Prusty, Academic Mentor, Engineering

Professor Gangadhara Prusty is a Professor of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering at UNSW Australia and is the Director of ARC Training Centre for Automated Manufacture of Advanced Composites (AMAC). He pioneered the development of the “Adaptive Mechanics Network” which is currently being used by a very large number of students and academics in several universities around the world.

In recognition of his teaching developments, Professor Prusty has received multiple teaching excellence awards over time, including the Australian Learning and Teaching Council Citation, UNSW Vice-Chancellor's Teaching Excellence Awards, Australian Awards for Teaching, and the Australian Council of Engineering Deans Award for Engineering Education Excellence.

Email [email protected] to enquire if Gangadhara is available to mentor you. 

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  • one-on-one mentoring
  • 1-2 mentees at any stage

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