Leo graduated with an MEng in Mechanical Engineering from University College Dublin in 2020. A year of this integrated masters was spent at the University of Auckland in the Engineering Science Department with a focus on biomedical devices and green energy generation. He spent 8 months working as an R&D engineer for a biomedical engineering firm working on digestive health breath analysis devices. He started his PhD in 2020 at the University of Southampton before moving to the University of Edinburgh in 2023 to complete his studies.
Currently, Leo is working on bio-inspired underwater soft robotics. Specifically, he uses the second moment of area actuation to leverage continuous and efficient stiffness control for underwater propulsors and control surfaces. He is working on soft lifting surfaces and soft propulsors, for a new generation of underwater vehicles, with built-in deformation feedback for disturbance rejection and high-efficiency thrust generation.
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