Curriculum vitae

Cindy Thamrin
cindyt AT ichr.uwa.edu.au

Academic qualifications

• PhD (in progress)
  Telethon Institute for Child Health Research
  University of Western Australia (2002 - present)
  
  
• BE (1st Hons)
  Electrical and Electronic Engineering major
  University of Western Australia (2001)
  
  
• BSc
  Neuroscience/Physiology major
  University of Western of Australia (2001)
  



Affiliations

• Thoracic Society of Australia & New Zealand (Associate member 2002-present)
• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Student member 2004-present)
• Institution of Engineers, Australia (Student member 2000-2003)
• Biomedical Engineering Society of UWA (Vice President 2000)



Distinctions and awards

• TSANZ John Read Prize for Physiological Research (2005)
• UWA Postgraduate Students Association Research Travel Award (2005)
• Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds Travel Allowance (2003)
• TSANZ Travel Award (2003, 2004)
• University Postgraduate Award (Int'l) (2002 - present)
• University Department of Surgery Vacation Scholarship (2002)
• Asthma Foundation Vacation Scholarship (2001)
• Australian National University Summer Research Scholarship (1999)
• Robert Holmes a Court Bursary (1999)
• UWA Merit Awards (1997)



Research experience

• Department of Medical Informatics (May 2003 - July 2003)
  University of Szeged, Hungary
  Measurement of broadband lung mechanics in rats and rabbits.
  
  
• Lion's Ear & Hearing Institute (Dec 2001 - Jan 2002)
  Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Western Australia
  Rupture pressures and optical properties of the porcine eardrum.
  
  
• Optical+Biomedical Engineering Laboratory (Feb - Nov 2001)
  University of Western Australia
  Characterisation of reflectance from upper airway tissue (Honours thesis).
  
  
• Division of Clinical Sciences (Jan - Feb 2001)
  Telethon Institute for Child Health Research
  Volume dependence of respiratory mechanics in SPB/SPC deficient mice.
  
  
• Research School of Information Sciences & Engineering (Dec 1999 - Feb 2000)
  Australian National University, Canberra
  Real-time control of a binocular active vision head.
  
  
• Australian Telecommunications Research Institute (Jan - Feb 1999)
  Curtin University, Western Australia
  Web survey of commercially-available ATM-based VPN Access products.
  



Publications

• Thamrin C, Finucane KE, Singh B, Hantos Z and Sly PD. Volume dependence of high-frequency respiratory mechanics in health and emphysema. In preparation.
  
  
• Collins RA, Gualano RC, Zosky GR, Thamrin C, Chiapetta CL, Turner DJ, Colasurdo GN, Hantos Z and Sly PD. Lack of long-term effects on airway function following respiratory syncytial virus infection in mice. In preparation for Respiratory Research.
  
  
• Collins RA, Thamrin C, Turner DJ, Hantos Z and Sly PD. Airway hysteresis in mice: effects of bronchoconstriction and vagotomy. Submitted to Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology, July 2005.
  
  
• Thamrin C, Sly PD and Hantos Z. Broadband frequency dependence of respiratory impedance in rats. J Appl Physiol 99:1364-1371, 2005.
  
  
• Bozanich EM, Collins RA, Thamrin C, Hantos Z, Sly PD and Turner DJ. Developmental changes in airway and tissue mechanics in mice. J Appl Physiol 99:108-113, 2005.
  
  
• Thamrin C, Janosi TZ, Collins RA, Sly PD and Hantos Z. Sensitivity analysis of respiratory parameter estimates in the constant-phase model. Ann Biomed Eng 32(6):815-822, 2004.
  
  
• Sly PD, Collins RA, Thamrin C, Turner DJ and Hantos Z. Volume-dependence of oscillatory respiratory mechanics in mice. J Appl Physiol 94:1460-1466, 2003.
  
  
• Thamrin C and Eikelboom R. Rupture pressures of the porcine tympanic membrane. Ann Otol Rhino Laryngo 112:554-557, 2003.
  



Manuscript Review

• Journal of Applied Physiology, 2004.



Published abstracts

• Thamrin C, Finucane KE, Singh B, Hantos Z and Sly PD. Broadband oscillation mechanics in healthy and emphysematous adult human subjects. Respirology 10(supplement): TO059, 2005.
  
  
• Hantos Z, Janosi TZ, Collins RA, Thamrin C and Sly PD. Modelling of respiratory impedance at low-to-medium frequencies. Eur Resp J. 24 (suppl. 48):333s-334s, 2004.
  
  
• Thamrin C, Sly PD and Hantos Z. Measurement of lung mechanics using broadband forced oscillation - effect of respiratory gases. Respirology 9(supplement): P197, 2004.
  
  
• Thamrin C, RA Collins, Turner DJ, Sly PD and Hantos Z. Sensitivity analysis of respiratory parameters in the constant-phase model. Respirology 8(supplement): P176, 2003.
  
  



Conferences

• Thamrin C, Finucane KE, Singh B, Hantos Z and Sly PD. Broadband oscillation mechanics in healthy and emphysematous adult human subjects. American Thoracic Society meeting, San Diego, May 2005.
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• Thamrin C, Finucane KE, Singh B, Hantos Z and Sly PD. Broadband lung function in healthy and emphysematous adult human subjects. Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand (WA), Mandurah, October 2004.
  
  
• Thamrin C, Hantos Z and Sly PD. Broadband respiratory impedance of healthy adults measured using the forced oscillation technique. Australian Society of Medical Research, Perth, May 2004.
  
  
• Thamrin C, Sly PD and Hantos Z. Measurement of broadband respiratory mechanics in mice. World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Sydney, August 2003.
  
  
• Thamrin C, Sly PD and Hantos Z. Measurement of lung function using broadband forced oscillation. Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand (WA), York, August 2003.
  
  
  
• Anandacoomaraswamy KS, Thamrin C, Eikelboom RH, Then CM, Atlas MD, Robertson T. Tissue engineering of the human tympanic membrane. New Zealand Society of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Wanganui, November 2003.
  
  
• Anandacoomaraswamy KS, Thamrin C, Eikelboom RH, Then CM, Atlas MD, Robertson T. The human tympanic membrane: preliminary studies in tissue engineering. Surgical Research Society of Australasia 40th Annual Scientific meeting, Melbourne, August 2003.
  
  
• Anandacoomaraswamy KS, Thamrin C, Eikelboom RH, Then CM, Atlas MD, Robertson T. The human tympanic membrane: preliminary studies in tissue engineering. ASOHNS Registrars conference, Sydney, August 2003.
  
  
• Anandacoomaraswamy KS, Thamrin C, Eikelboom RH, Then CM, Atlas MD, Robertson T. Tissue engineering of the human tympanic membrane: preliminary studies. World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Sydney, August 2003.
  



Teaching

• Electrical & Electronic Engineering 102: Lab demonstrator (2001-2005), UWA
• Computer Engineering 102: Tutor (2002) and Lab demonstrator (2002, 2005), UWA



Skills

• MATLAB 6.0
• LaTeX
• Assembly (Motorola 68HC12)
• LabVIEW
• SPICE (ICAP4Windows)
• HTML
• Some C



Referees

• Available upon request.

cy AT student.uwa.edu.au
Last Modified September 2005