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Electrical Engineering '25
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From the depths of the sea to the heart of a disaster zone, Wentworth student Belinda Truong is engineering robots for the world's toughest environments.

From the depths of the sea to the heart of a disaster zone, Wentworth student Belinda Truong is engineering robots for the world's toughest environments.  

After playing a role in the university's award-winning underwater robotics team (WUROV) at the MATE ROV World Championship, the Electrical and Computer Engineering student is now pioneering a terrestrial solution for first responders: tiny cyborg insects, or "bio-bots," designed to find survivors trapped under rubble.

Read more about Belinda Truong's bio-bots