Dr. Afaque Manzoor
Dr. Afaque Manzoor is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science at Washington University in St. Louis. His research focuses on bio-inspired soft robotics, flexible sensors, and wearable electronic systems.
đź“Ť Washington University in St. Louis, USA
✉ afaque.manzoor@ieee.org
About Dr. Afaque Manzoor
Dr. Afaque Manzoor is a researcher and educator working in the area of bio-inspired soft robotics and flexible sensing technologies. His research focuses on the design, modeling, and fabrication of soft robotic systems and flexible sensors using advanced manufacturing techniques.
Dr. Manzoor’s work integrates soft materials, flexible electronics, and robotic systems to develop next-generation technologies for applications in healthcare monitoring, wearable electronics, and environmental sensing. His research has involved interdisciplinary collaborations across robotics, materials science, electronics, and biomedical engineering.
He is currently a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science at Washington University in St. Louis. At Washington University, Dr. Manzoor teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in robotics, modeling and control, and embedded systems, while conducting research on soft robotics and flexible sensing technologies.
Dr. Manzoor has taught and contributed to a wide range of engineering courses including experimental robotics, fundamentals of robotics, modern robotics (mechanics, planning, and control), bio-inspired robotics, medical robotics, embedded systems, and modeling and simulation of dynamic systems.
Research Interests
Dr. Manzoor’s research interests include
• Bio-inspired soft robotics
• Flexible and wearable sensors
• Soft robotic actuators and systems
• Wearable electronics and smart sensing systems
• Advanced manufacturing for soft robotics
• Robotics for healthcare and environmental monitoring
His work aims to develop intelligent soft robotic systems that interact safely with humans and adapt to complex environments.
Education
Ph.D. in Mechatronics Engineering
Jeju National University, South Korea, 2021
Dissertation: Design and fabrication of soft sensors for wearable electronics and robotic applications
Advisor: Prof. Kyung Hyun Choi
Master of Engineering (Power Engineering)
Quaid-e-Awam University of Engineering, Science and Technology, Pakistan, 2018
Thesis: Comparative assessment of single-phase multilevel cascaded H-bridge inverters using various sinusoidal PWM techniques
B.E. Electrical Engineering
Sukkur IBA University, Pakistan, 2014
Thesis: Performance evaluation of equalization receiver structures for MIMO systems