Dr Hemanshu Pota is a Associate Professor at the University of New South Wales. His research interests are in the areas of modelling and control of flexible structures and acoustical noise, as well as cable-driven long-reach manipulators. He has worked on obtaining models for distributed parameter systems using symbolic algebra software, and on various control techniques for distributed parameter systems, including: H-infinity, spatial control, resonant control, passivity-based controller design and minimax linear quadratic Gaussian (LQG) control.