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 UNSW. 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鈥檝e made in their communities. We acknowledge and celebrate our graduating students as we draw strength from each story.
Anne Simmons
Former Provost, UNSW
鈥淚 worked in implantable defibrillators, inflatable pacemakers, the bionic ear, dialysis. So, when I went out into industry, I got all that experience and thought听I need to give back to the students of the future.鈥
Jevan Arulampalam
Senior Project Manager, Corin Ltd Australia
鈥淓verything I have in听my career started from UNSW.鈥
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James Otton
Cardiologist, Liverpool Hospital NSW
Cardiologist, NSW Cardiology
Conjoint Associate Professor, School of Medicine UNSW
鈥淏iomedical Engineering at UNSW gives you the basis for听understanding change鈥I wouldn鈥檛 be where I am now in terms of being听able to offer my patients the best that鈥檚 clinically available.鈥
Tsing Lee
Chief Growth Officer, Valiant Finance
鈥淭he great thing about engineering is it teaches you how to look at data and numbers, so you learn to听break really complex things down to smaller parts.鈥
Chris Roberts
Chair of Board, TEDI-London
鈥淚鈥檝e had a 40+ year career in medical devices and听the foundation for that career has been Biomedical Engineering from the University of New South Wales.鈥
Prashan Paramanathan
CEO & Founder, Chuffed.org
鈥淲hat I do now is really听driven by the curiosity that was fostered during my time at UNSW听doing Biomedical Engineering鈥.
Daneh Turner
Regional Research Manager ANZ, GE Healthcare
鈥淯NSW Biomedical Engineering has given me all the core technical and practical knowledge and experience that听I needed to get to this point.鈥
Rylie Green
Head of Department, Bioengineering, Imperial College London
Professor, Bioelectronics
鈥淵ou don鈥檛 always know exactly where you鈥檙e going, but听you make the best decision听at any given time鈥︹
Antonia Workman
Firmware Engineer, Cochlear Limited
鈥淩eally听exciting technology听that I鈥檓 able to delve into...seeking out opportunities and really being open to them.鈥
Kevin Ambosta
Field Service Engineer, Abbott
鈥淏eing a graduate of Biomedical Engineering, it鈥檚 taught me a lot about anatomy, and how the body interacts with the heart鈥nd the skills and tools needed to听succeed in my career.鈥