William Foster-Hall

William Foster-Hall

Higher Degree by Research Candidate

School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering

Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology


William is a final year PhD candidate at the University of Adelaide. His research area is at the intersection of soft robotics, continuum mechanics and space robotics. He is a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, a graduate of the International Space University and was a visiting researcher at NASA JPL Caltech under the JVSRP during his PhD. He has supervised a total of 16 honours students, developed and lectured space-centric course material and held teaching positions within the university for the last five years.

Teaching Assistant/Tutor

  • Modern Control Systems (2022 & 2024)
  • Design Practice (2022 - 2024)
  • Thermo-Fluids I (2024)
  • Microcontroller Programming (2019 - 2023)
  • Advanced Digital Control (2021)
  • Other Supervision Activities

    Date Role Research Topic Location Program Supervision Type Student Load Student Name
    2023 - 2023 Co-Supervisor Lunar Snake Robot Development: 2023 The University of Adelaide Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering (Honours) Honours Full Time Madison Byass, Cameron Hancock & Jacob Gohra.
    2022 - 2022 Co-Supervisor Bio-Inspired Legged Robot for Space Exploration The University of Adelaide Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering (Honours) Honours Full Time Bailey Coates, Jaxon Craggs, Timothy King, Akshay Mistry, Vishwajit Pillay & Andy Tran.
    2022 - 2022 Co-Supervisor Lunar Snake Robot Development: 2022 The University of Adelaide Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering (Honours) Honours Full Time Andre Repanich, Angus Rana & Jack Carruthers.
    2021 - 2021 Co-Supervisor Lunar Crater Exploration The University of Adelaide Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering Honours Full Time Simon Lieu, Tahmid Hossain, Daniel Kilonzo & Akhlak Rahman.

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