Darwin Caldwell - Curriculum Vitae#
Prof. Darwin Gordon CALDWELL, FREng FIEEE MAE PhD MSc BSc CEng
CURRENT POSITIONS: Founding Director , Italian Institute of Technology
HONORARY POSITIONS: Hon. Professor at Universities of Manchester, Bangor, Sheffield, King’s College University of London, UK and Soochow University, Tianjin University and Shenzhen Acad. of Aerospace Technology, China.
Vice-President of the International Academy of Bionic Sciences 2025-
PREVIOUS POSITIONS: Full Professor of Advanced Robotics, Salford Uni.
Vice President IEEE Robotics and Automation Society 2024-2026
AWARDS: Over 50 Best Paper awards or nominations in journals and international conferences.
Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (FREng)
Fellow of the IEEE (FIEEE)
Fellow of the International Academy of Artificial Intelligence Sciences (AAIS)
Founding Fellow of the Int. Society of Bionic Engineering (ISBE)
Donald Julius Groen Prize Inst. Of Mechanical Engineers 2022
Compasso d’Oro design prize 2022
Athanasiou ABME Award 2018
National Prize for Innovation (CleanTech Category) 2012
BT Industrial Fellowship (1995), IEEE Best Student Paper Prize (1989), IEE Young Members Paper Prize (1989), Lord Cohen Award (1988), Sir Philip Reckitt Award (1988)
Top Scientist in Electronic and Electrical Engineering, 250th World, 4th in Italy. (2025), 311th World, 6th in Italy. (2024), 275th World, 6th in Italy. (2023), Research.Com, https://research.com/u/darwin-g-caldwell (2025)
PUBLICATIONS: Over 800 Publications on Scopus
Google Scholar: h-index - 102; citations >44000
Scopus: h-index – 83 citations >27000
PATENTS: Over 25 awarded or pending
START-UPS ARISING FROM RESEARCH: 5 Start-ups: Circle Garage, (VR and haptics), Advanced MicroTurbine, (Clean Tech.), Movendo Technology, (Rehabilitation), Alberobotics, (Actuation Tech.), Proteso (Occupational Exoskeltons)
CONTRACTS/GRANTS: Over 150 Grants and Commercial Contracts. Total Contract Value >€200m.
KEYNOTE SPEAKER/INVITED PRESENTATIONS: Keynote/Plenary lectures at over 70 international events
POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS GRADUATED: Graduated over 70 PhD students, Graduated Over 50 M.Sc students
PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCE ACTIVITIES: Chair, Co-chair, committee membership or IPC of over 100 conferences.
JOURNAL EDITORSHIPS: Science Robotics, ASME/IEEE Transactions on Mechatronics, Trans on Robotics, Frontiers in Robotics and AI, Machines, Industrial Robot, Int. J. of Mechatronics and Automation, Int. J.of Social Robotics, J. of Robotics, International Journal of Systems Science,
