Jason Stanton holds a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering and a Master of Philosophy from Western Sydney University. He joins USJ-ESIB in 2026 as a part-time lecturer, teaching courses in Robotics and Microprocessors for Mechatronics Applications. Regarded as an industry expert in automation and robotics, Mr. Stanton is the elected Chair of the Institute of Instrumentation, Control & Automation (IICA) Australia and serves on the Engineering Advisory Board at Western Sydney University. He brings over 25 years of industrial experience in automated manufacturing and test systems, having worked with prominent global companies such as Ford, Cochlear, Schindler, ResMed, and Nanosonics since 2000. His broad, multidisciplinary expertise spans programmable logic controllers (PLCs), instrumentation and sensors, industrial safety standards, IEC61131-3 programming, electromechanical machine design, and medical device development. Furthermore, he specializes in automated test systems, medical device testing, and formal verification and validation processes. Highest degree: Master Of Philosophy: MARCS Institute of Brain, Behaviour & Development – Western Sydney University Australia