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Adam Wallbanks

Academic Associate

School of Science & Technology

Role

Adam Wallbanks is an Academic Associate whose role entails both teaching and research duties.

Currently, in terms of teaching, he provides laboratory and seminar sessions for Computer Science Programming and System Analysis & Design. This role also involves the supervision and personal tutoring of both MSc and BSc students across a range of projects, contributing to key research areas in the field of Computer Science.

Regarding his ongoing PhD studies, his research aims to provide a personalised, data-driven VR rehabilitation intervention through the use of biosensing hardware. This will enable individuals undertaking rehabilitation to have a system that adapts based on their needs and feelings, ultimately providing a real-time, informed rehabilitation system designed to improve recovery trajectories for users.

Career overview

Adam graduated from NTU with a First Class Honours degree in Computer Science (Games Technology).

Since graduating, he worked as a Research Assistant at NTU City Campus in the School of Architecture, Design and the Built Environment, where he contributed to the creation of a Biophilic Virtual Reality Rehabilitation System. This system leveraged biophilic design principles to regulate emotions during rehabilitation. The work has been developed into a feasibility study, which is currently undergoing review for publication.

Research areas

Adam's previous and current research all combine into one area: the use of technology to innovate and improve medical applications.

His research areas include:

  • An Engaging Visual Field Test for Children, designed to reduce the number of false defects detected by regulatory visual field testing.
  • A Virtual MRI Scan that reduces anxiety regarding MRI scans by providing a virtual experience that replicates the real procedure.
  • Biosensing-Enhanced VR Rehabilitation, aiming to provide a personalised rehabilitation experience for users based on their biosignals.

External activity

Outside of his role, Adam collaborates on projects he considers meaningful and impactful. This includes contributing to projects that are partially outside his immediate domain of research but share overlapping interests, such as a heritage project using VR to create an interactive environment of a real-world heritage site, providing a maintained version that preserves the site from environmental degradation.

Publications

Publication is currently under review for a Biophilic Virtual Reality Rehabilitation system.

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