Contact details +6469517118
Prof Johan Potgieter PhD. (Engineering)
Professor of Robotics
School of Food and Advanced TechnologyProfessor Johan Potgieter is a professor of Robotics within the Massey Agritech Partnership (MAP) Research Centre. His current research interests are mainly in areas of Additive Manufacturing and advanced mechatronics/robotics with applications in medicine and automotive related areas. He has been an avid user of additive manufacturing since the mid-90s and is passionate about the potential it offers for innovation and how it allows small businesses to much more easily reach the world market. He has a well established reputation for his work in educational robotics and have been inducted into the World Robotics Education and Competition (REC) Foundation Hall of Fame. Johan has created a hub for some of the most outstanding innovation, robotics, IOT (Internet of Things) and 3D printing. You can find him guiding and advising students, directing projects, and sharing his knowledge with the aspiring innovators of the future.
As Professor of Robotics and Automation at MAF Digital Lab and Director, Massey University Centre for Additive Manufacturing, Johan brings a high level of experience in both engineering and governance.
Aside from his teaching work, Johan is also involved with companies throughout New Zealand as part of the New Zealand Product Accelerator, bringing their ideas and projects to life. He helps students to commercialise their innovative products into viable and fully operational businesses, an invaluable real world experience seldom offered by tertiary institutions.
Professional
Contact details
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Ph: +64 6 951-7118
Location: JL 2.1, John Littleton Building AgResearch Grasslands Facility
Campus: Manawhatu
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy (Engineering) - University of Natal (2003)
Research Expertise
Research Interests
Robotics, Mechatronics, IOT, AM.
Thematics
21st Century Citizenship, Design – for Commerce, Community and Culture
Area of Expertise
Field of research codes
Automation and Control Engineering (091302):
Autonomous Vehicles (091303):
CAD/CAM Systems (091001):
Engineering (090000):
Flexible Manufacturing Systems (091002):
Machining (091004):
Manufacturing Engineering (091000):
Manufacturing Engineering not elsewhere classified (091099):
Manufacturing Robotics and Mechatronics (excl. Automotive Mechatronics) (091007):
Mechanical Engineering (091300):
Mechanical Engineering not elsewhere classified (091399):
Technology (100000)
Research Projects
Completed Projects
Project Title: PSAF: Remote Inspection Robot
Date Range: 2017 - 2018
Funding Bodies: Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment; Massey Ventures Ltd
Project Team:
- Prof Johan Potgieter - Project Leader
Project Title: PSAF: Electrospinning 3D Printer
Date Range: 2016 - 2020
Funding Bodies: Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment; Massey Ventures Ltd
Project Team:
- Prof Johan Potgieter - Project Leader
- Dr Steven Dirven - Team Member
Project Title: Pastoral Robot - Pastoral Metering
Date Range: 2016 - 2021
Funding Bodies: Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment; C-Dax Ltd
Project Team:
- Prof Johan Potgieter - Project Leader
- Dr Khalid Arif - Project Leader
Project Title: FIET - Milk Chilling & Farm Vat - Project 1b
Date Range: 2015 - 2021
Funding Body: Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
Project Team:
- Prof Johan Potgieter - Project Leader
- Prof Jim Jones - Team Member
Project Title: PSAF: Automated Concrete Polishing
Date Range: 2016 - 2019
Funding Bodies: Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment; Massey Ventures Ltd
Project Team:
- Dr Khalid Arif - Project Leader
- Prof Johan Potgieter - Project Leader
Project Title: FIET - Robotic Valve Plate - Project 11b
Date Range: 2015 - 2021
Funding Body: Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
Project Team:
- Prof Johan Potgieter - Project Leader
- Prof Jim Jones - Team Member
Consultancy and Languages
Languages
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English
Last used: Now
Spoken ability: Excellent
Written ability: Excellent -
Afrikaans
Last used: Now
Spoken ability: Excellent
Written ability: Excellent
Teaching and Supervision
Current Doctoral Supervision
Co-supervisor of:
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Yi Wang
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Doctor of Philosophy
Research on Saliency Detection for Visual and Auditory Scenes based on Deep Learning -
Yujun Ma
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Doctor of Philosophy
Novel deep learning based approaches for video classification -
Sharafat Ali
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Doctor of Philosophy
Machine Learning based Calibration Techniques for Low-Cost Air Quality Sensors
Completed Doctoral Supervision
Main Supervisor of:
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2023
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Jean Odendaal
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Doctor of Philosophy
The Development of a Steerable Needle Robot with Biomaterials for the Application of 3D Printing In Situ Towards In Vivo Artificial Muscles -
2022
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Tanisha Pereira
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Doctor of Philosophy
An investigation into non-destructive testing strategies and in-situ surface finish improvement for direct metal printing with SS 17-4PH -
2020
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Muhammad Harris
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Doctor of Philosophy
Materials for 3d printed insulation and support matrices for the milk tanks -
2020
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Juan Schutte
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Doctor of Philosophy
Modular Mechatronics Technology for Fibre-Based Manufacturing and Biofabrication Research -
2017
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Arno Ferreira
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Doctor of Philosophy
Comprehensive Investigation of Mechanical Properties of Fused Deposition Modelling - view more...
Co-supervisor of:
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2023
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~ Satwinder Singh
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Doctor of Philosophy
End-to-End Automatic Speech Recognition for Low-Resource Languages -
2022
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Muhammad Saleem
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Doctor of Philosophy
Deep learning-based approaches for plant disease and weed detection -
2022
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Zhizhong Ma
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Doctor of Philosophy
Speech Processing with Deep Learning for Voice-based Respiratory Diagnosis -
2021
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Yuanhang Qiu
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Doctor of Philosophy
Deep Learning for Speech Enhancement -
2019
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Swapna Jaywant
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Doctor of Philosophy
Self-assembled Optical Diffraction Sensor for Water Quality Monitoring - view more...
Media and Links
Other Links
- Mechatronics Research Group
- Killer Robots
- Spotlight - Professor Johan Potgieter
- Superbugs and 3D printing – 3rd Degree - Antibiotic resistance and 3D printing — and the scientists who study them — garnered prime-time screen time on the latest episodes of TV3’s current affairs show 3rd Degree.