Ali Kafash Hoshiar | University of Essex

Biography

Dr. Ali Hoshiar is a Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Robotics at the University of Essex where he leads the Robotics for Under Millimeter Interventions (RUMI) lab. He was awarded the EPSRC-funded 'In-Target' project as the Principal Investigator (PI) and is the recipient of the 'Best Interdisciplinary Research Award' at the University of Essex. Since joining the University of Essex in 2019, Dr Hoshiar has been advancing the field of small-scale robotics and soft robotics, focusing on actuation, sensing, and control, particularly in medical and agri-tech applications. His interest extends to the modelling, simulation, and development of mechatronic systems. Prior to his current role, Dr. Hoshiar was engaged in research on the development of soft continuum magnetic robots for surgical interventions. He was involved in the development of soft continuum microrobots for angioplasty applications at the DGIST-ETH Joint Microrobotics Research Centre, a collaboration between Switzerland and South Korea. In South Korea, he also collaborated with the GIST Intelligence Medical Robotics Laboratory to advance magnetic-based robotics systems. His research interests include micro/nanotechnology, robotics, data-driven predictive modelling for healthcare, and agricultural robotics and he published over 30 journal papers in this area. At Essex, Dr. Hoshiar supervises the Robotics for Under Millimetre Intervention Lab where the EPSRC for the 'In-Target' project is hosted. His work is focused on contributing to the fields of healthcare and agriculture, emphasizing the practical application of advanced soft robotics.

Appointments

University of Essex

Senior lecturer, University of Essex (1/10/2023 - present)
Lecturer, University of Essex (11/9/2019 - 1/9/2023)

Other academic

Research Fellow, University of Leeds (STORM Lab) (1/2/2019 - 1/9/2019)
Research Fellow, DGIST-ETH Microrobotics Research Center (DEMRC) (1/9/2017 - 31/1/2019)
Research Fellow, Gyeongsang National University (GNU) (1/12/2015 - 31/8/2017)

Journal articles (35)

Mousavi, A., Ahmed, A., Khaksar, H., Choi, H. and Hoshiar, AK., (2024). An Input Saturation-Tolerant Position Control Method for Magnetic Microrobots Using Adaptive Fuzzy Sliding-Mode Method. IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering. 22, 3852-3865

Jarvis, BW., Abolfathi, K., Poli, R. and Kafash Hoshiar, A., (2024). Haptic-Based Real-Time Platform for Microswarm Steering in a Multi-Bifurcation Vascular Network. Nanomaterials. 14 (23), 1917-1917

Moghanizadeh, A., Khaksar, H. and Kafash Hoshiar, A., (2023). A novel non-invasive intervention for removing occlusions from shunts using an abrading magnetic microswarm.. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering. 70 (2), 413-422

Gundersen, RA., Chu, T., Abolfathi, K., Gokcen Dogan, S., Blair, PE., Nago, N., Hamblin, M., Brooke, GN., Zwacka, RM., Kafash Hoshiar, A. and Mohr, A., (2023). Generation of magnetic biohybrid microrobots based on MSC.sTRAIL for targeted stem cell delivery and treatment of cancer. Cancer Nanotechnology. 14 (1), 54-

Abolfathi, K., Rosales-Medina, JA., Khaksar, H., Chandler, JH., McDonald-Maier, KD., Ashkan, K., Valdastri, P. and Hoshiar, AK., (2023). Independent and Hybrid Magnetic Manipulation for Full Body Controlled Soft Continuum Robots. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 8 (7), 4235-4242

Kafash Hoshiar, A., Dadras Javan, S., Le, T-A., Hairi Yazdi, MR. and Yoon, J., (2021). Studies on Aggregated Nanoparticles Steering during Deep Brain Membrane Crossing. Nanomaterials. 11 (10), 2754-2754

Kafash Hoshiar, A., Le, T-A., Valdastri, P. and Yoon, J., (2020). Swarm of magnetic nanoparticles steering in multi-bifurcation vessels under fluid flow. Journal of Micro-bio Robotics. 16 (2), 137-145

Lee, S., Kim, J-Y., Kim, J., Kafash Hoshiar, A., Park, J., Lee, S., Kim, J., Pané, S., Nelson, BJ. and Choi, H., (2020). A Needle-Type Microrobot for Targeted Drug Delivery by Affixing to a Microtissue.. Advanced Healthcare Materials. 9 (7), e1901697-

Lloyd, P., Hoshiar, AK., da Veiga, T., Attanasio, A., Marahrens, N., Chandler, JH. and Valdastri, P., (2020). A Learnt Approach for the Design of Magnetically Actuated Shape Forming Soft Tentacle Robots. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 5 (3), 3937-3944

Abolfathi, K., Yazdi, MRH. and Hoshiar, AK., (2020). Studies of Different Swarm Modes for the MNPs Under the Rotating Magnetic Field. IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology. 19, 849-855

da Veiga, T., Chandler, JH., Lloyd, P., Pittiglio, G., Wilkinson, NJ., Hoshiar, AK., Harris, RA. and Valdastri, P., (2020). Challenges of continuum robots in clinical context: a review. Progress in Biomedical Engineering. 2 (3), 032003-032003

Jeon, S., Kafash Hoshiar, A., Kim, K., Lee, S., Kim, E., Lee, S., Kim, J-Y., Nelson, BJ., Cha, H-J., Yi, B-J. and Choi, H., (2019). A Magnetically Controlled Soft Microrobot Steering a Guidewire in a Three-Dimensional Phantom Vascular Network. Soft Robotics. 6 (1), 54-68

Kafash Hoshiar, A., Jeon, S., Kim, K., Lee, S., Kim, J-Y. and Choi, H., (2018). Steering Algorithm for a Flexible Microrobot to Enhance Guidewire Control in a Coronary Angioplasty Application. Micromachines. 9 (12), 617-617

Kafash Hoshiar, A., Le, T-A., Ul Amin, F., Kim, M. and Yoon, J., (2018). A Novel Magnetic Actuation Scheme to Disaggregate Nanoparticles and Enhance Passage across the Blood–Brain Barrier. Nanomaterials. 8 (1), 3-3

Zhang, X., Le, T-A., Kafash Hoshiar, A. and Yoon, J., (2018). A Soft Magnetic Core can Enhance Navigation Performance of Magnetic Nanoparticles in Targeted Drug Delivery. IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics. 23 (4), 1573-1584

Jeon, S., Hoshiar, AK., Kim, S., Lee, S., Kim, E., Lee, S., Kim, K., Lee, J., Kim, J-Y. and Choi, H., (2018). Improving guidewire-mediated steerability of a magnetically actuated flexible microrobot. Micro and Nano Systems Letters. 6 (1)

Doostie, S., Hoshiar, AK., Nazarahari, M., Lee, S. and Choi, H., (2018). Optimal path planning of multiple nanoparticles in continuous environment using a novel Adaptive Genetic Algorithm. Precision Engineering. 53, 65-78

Korayem, MH., Nosoudi, S., Khazaei Far, S. and Hoshiar, AK., (2018). Hybrid IPSO-automata algorithm for path planning of micro-nanoparticles through random environmental obstacles, based on AFM. Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology. 32 (2), 805-810

Amin, FU., Kafash Hoshiar, A., Do, TD., Noh, Y., Shah, SA., Khan, MS., Yoon, J. and Kim, MO., (2017). Osmotin-loaded magnetic nanoparticles with electromagnetic guidance for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease. Nanoscale. 9 (30), 10619-10632

Kafash Hoshiar, A., Le, T-A., Amin, FU., Kim, MO. and Yoon, J., (2017). Studies of aggregated nanoparticles steering during magnetic-guided drug delivery in the blood vessels. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials. 427, 181-187

Hoshiar, AK., Le, T-A., Amin, FU., Kim, MO. and Yoon, J., (2017). Functionalized electromagnetic actuation method for aggregated nanoparticles steering. 2017 39th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC). 2017, 885-888

Le, TA., Zhang, X., Hoshiar, AK. and Yoon, J., (2017). Real-time two-dimensional magnetic particle imaging for electromagnetic navigation in targeted drug delivery. Sensors (Switzerland). 17 (9), E2050-2050

Korayem, MH., Hoshiar, AK., Kim, MO. and Yoon, J., (2017). Sensitivity Analysis in 3D Manipulation of Biological Nanoparticles. Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. 17 (8), 5205-5208

Korayem, MH., Hoshiar, AK. and Ghofrani, M., (2017). Comprehensive modelling and simulation of cylindrical nanoparticles manipulation by using a virtual reality environment. Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modelling. 75, 266-276

Hoshiar, AK. and RaeisiFard, H., (2017). A Simulation Algorithm for Path Planning of Biological Nanoparticles Displacement on a Rough Path. Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. 17 (8), 5578-5581

Korayem, MH., Hoshiar, AK. and Nazarahari, M., (2016). A hybrid co-evolutionary genetic algorithm for multiple nanoparticle assembly task path planning. The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology. 87 (9-12), 3527-3543

Korayem, MH., Hoshiar, AK., Badrlou, S. and Yoon, J., (2016). Modeling and simulation of critical force and time in 3D manipulations using rectangular, V-shaped and dagger-shaped cantilevers. European Journal of Mechanics - A/Solids. 59, 333-343

Korayem, AH., Hoshiar, AK. and Korayem, MH., (2016). Algorithm for determining the cantilever load carrying capacity in the 3D manipulation of nanoparticles with geometrical constraints based on FEM simulations. Robotica. 34 (9), 2087-2104

Korayem, AH., Hoshiar, AK. and Korayem, MH., (2015). Modeling and simulation of critical forces in the manipulation of cylindrical nanoparticles. The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology. 79 (9-12), 1505-1517

Hoshiar, AK. and Raeisifard, H., (2015). A study of the nonlinear primary resonances of a micro-system under electrostatic and piezoelectric excitations. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science. 229 (10), 1904-1917

Korayem, MH. and Hoshiar, AK., (2014). Dynamic 3D modeling and simulation of nanoparticles manipulation using an AFM nanorobot. Robotica. 32 (4), 625-641

Korayem, MH. and Hoshiar, AK., (2014). 3D kinematics of cylindrical nanoparticle manipulation by an atomic force microscope based nanorobot. SCIENTIA IRANICA. 21 (6), 1907-1919

Korayem, MH., Hoshiar, AK. and Kordi, F., (2014). Dynamic modeling and simulation of cylindrical nanoparticles in liquid medium. The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology. 75 (1-4), 197-208

Korayem, MH. and Hoshiar, AK., (2013). Modelling and simulation of dynamic modes in manipulation of nanorods. Micro & Nano Letters. 8 (6), 284-287

Korayem, MH., Hoshiar, AK. and Ebrahimi, N., (2009). Maximum allowable load of atomic force microscope (AFM) nanorobot. The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology. 43 (7-8), 690-700

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Book chapters (1)

Kafash Hoshiar, A., Abolfathi, K., Khaksar, H. and Mousavi, A., (2025). Magnetic microrobots from individual to collective steering. In: Recent Progress in Medical Miniature Robots. Elsevier. 211- 238. 9780443133855

Conferences (8)

Jarvis, BW., Poli, R. and Hoshiar, AK., (2022). Online real-time platform for microrobot steering in a multi-bifurcation

Mousavi, A., Khaksar, H., Ahmed, A., Choi, H. and Hoshiar, AK., (2022). Magnetic microrobot control using an adaptive fuzzy sliding-mode method

Limpabandhu, C. and Hoshiar, AK., (2021). A Novel Haptic Based Guidance Scheme for Swarm of Magnetic Nanoparticles Steering

Hoshiar, AK., Le, T-A. and Yoon, J., (2019). Electromagnetic Actuation Scheme for Swarm of Magnetic Nanoparticles Steering in Multi-bifurcation

Le, T-A., Zhang, X., Hoshiar, AK. and Yoon, J., (2017). An electromagnetic navigation system with real-time 2D magnetic particle imaging for targeted drug delivery

Le, T-A., Zhang, X., Hoshiar, AK., Kim, MO. and Yoon, J., (2017). Simulation studies of a novel electromagnetic actuation scheme for focusing magnetic micro/nano-carriers into a deep target region

Le, T-A., Hoshiar, AK., Do, TD. and Yoon, J., (2016). A modified functionalized magnetic Field for nanoparticle guidance in magnetic drug targeting

Hoshiar, AK., Kianpour, M., Nazarahari, M. and Korayem, MH., (2016). Path planning in the AFM nanomanipulation of multiple spherical nanoparticles by using a coevolutionary Genetic Algorithm

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Dr Ali Kafash Hoshiar

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Soft Robotics

Swarm micro/nanorobotics

Mechatronics Systems for Small Scale Robotics

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2023

Adaptive bespoke grippers for the complex high-load lettuce container manipulation

InTarget: An intelligent signature for magnetic control

2022

Soft Growing Robots Arm for Agri-Tech

Multi-sensing tool for Minimally Invasive Surgery

2021

On Air Suspension KTP Application

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