Alen Alempijevic

Dr. Alen Alempijevic is the Deputy Head of School (Teaching and Learning) at the School of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering, University of Technology Sydney (UTS). He holds the academic rank of Senior Lecturer and coordinates Mechatronic Engineering programs. His research focuses on robotic perception, multi-modal sensor fusion, and AI applications in physical systems, with industry-driven projects in livestock monitoring, critical infrastructure, and autonomous systems. He completed his PhD in Robotics at UTS and contributed to the DARPA Urban Grand Challenge with the Sydney-Berkeley team.

Education: PhD in Robotics (2004-2008), B.Eng (Computer Systems) with First Class Honors (2000-2003), B.E and B.Sc in Computer Science and Engineering from University of Belgrade (1995-1999).

Research Interests: Livestock monitoring via 3D imaging, autonomous vehicles, sensor fusion, and robotics perception. His work includes developing technologies for cattle trait estimation, crowd dynamics prediction, and industrial automation.

Funded Research: Notable grants include UTS Wool Bioharvesting (2024-2027), Objective real-time live cattle assessments (2020-2023), and Advanced livestock measurement technologies (2017-2018).