Dr. Gayan Kahandawa completed his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Southern Queensland in 2013. He obtained his BSc. Engineering degree from the Department of Production Engineering, University of Peradeniya and worked as a lecturer in the same department for three years. He completed his MSc. in Industrial Automation from the University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka in 2009. He worked as a lecturer for Uva Wellassa University of Sri Lanka for one year before starting his PhD at the University of Southern Queensland. Upon completion of his PhD, he worked as a Postdoctoral research fellow for one and a half years at USQ. He joined the Federation University as a lecturer in mechatronics in the year 2014. In his PhD, he worked with The Boeing Company to develop a monitoring system to detect damage in advanced composite structures using embedded fiber optic sensors. He also used fiber optic sensors to monitor the West Gate Bridge. His work with MaxiTRANS involved instrumentation and monitoring truck trailers for performance and structural enhancement. He currently holds two patents and published an edited book, two book chapters, and more than 40 research articles as journal and conference papers. His research expertise includes mechatronic systems, sensors and signal processing, artificial intelligence, mobile robot navigation, instrumentation, and structural health monitoring.