Research Projects
List of Successful General Research Fund (GRF) / Early Career Scheme (ECS) Projects - 2024-25
| No. | Project Title | Investigator(s) from BME |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uncovering rare inherent resistant single cells through an automatic microfluidic cell shower device to investigate intratumor heterogeneity | Prof CHEN Chia-Hung* |
| 2 | Hopping Aerial Robots: Reaching New Heights across Size Scales through Thrust-based and Parallel Elastic Actuation | Prof CHIRARATTANANON Pakpong* |
| 3 | Fixed-time cooperative control of multi-agent systems under denial-of-service attacks and its application | Prof FENG Gang* |
| 4 | Interplay between Microbial Metal Regulation and Chemotaxis at the Host-Pathogen Interface Studied by Single-molecule Super-resolution Fluorescence Microscopy | Prof FU Bing |
| 5 | Label-free and high-throughput flow cytometry for single-cell surface protein biosensing using multi-stage constriction microchannels | Prof LAM Raymond Hiu-Wai |
| 6 | Distributed Event-Triggered Cooperative Control of Nonlinear Multiple Dynamic Systems and Its Applications | Prof LIU Lu* |
| 7 | Single-cell Encoded Photoporation for High-throughput Combinatorial siRNA Screening | Prof SHI Peng |
| 8 | Investigation of neuromodulation effect of cerebellum-targeted low intensity transcranial pulsed ultrasound stimulation | Prof TIN Chung |
| 9 | Characterization and mechanism study of an articular cartilage repair material for space medicine: influence by microgravity and cosmic radiation | Prof WANG Dongan |
| 10 | Porous metallic microneedle array-based test trip for gingival crevicular fluid collection and analysis | Prof XU Chenjie |
List of Successful General Research Fund (GRF) / Early Career Scheme (ECS) Projects - 2023-24
| No. | Project Title | Investigator(s) from BME |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Microfluidic Single-Cell Surface Anchored Immunosorbent Assay for High-Throughput Screening of Secretory Phenotypes Applied to Synthetic Biology | Prof CHEN Chia-Hung |
| 2 | A Small Rotorcraft Capable of Continuous Monopedal Hopping | Prof CHIRARATTANANON Pakpong |
| 3 | Distributed fixed-time converging Nash equilibrium seeking for non-cooperative games over multi-agent networks and applications | Prof FENG Gang |
| 4 | A novel automated and high-throughput microfluidic cell fusion system based on cell-microstructure interactions under microflows | Prof LAM Raymond Hiu-Wai |
| 5 | Distributed Optimal Self-Deployment Control of Multiple Dynamic Systems subject to Various Uncertainties and Communication Constraints | Prof LIU Lu |
| 6 | In vivo cell engineering by one-shot microarrayed electroporation for enhanced cancer immunotherapy | Prof SHI Peng* |
| 7 | Absorbent microarray eye patches for tear collection & analysis | Prof XU Chenjie* |
| 8 | Thin, soft, skin-integrated olfactory interface | Prof YU Xinge |
List of Successful General Research Fund (GRF) / Early Career Scheme (ECS) Projects - 2022-23
| No. | Project Title | Investigator(s) from BME |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Imaging nose-to-brain drug delivery to brain tumors using multiple CEST MRI contrast | Prof CHAN Kannie Wai Yan |
| 2 | Droplet Functional Barcoding Technology for Single-Cell Multidimensional Profiling Applied to Precision Immunotherapy | Prof CHEN Chia-Hung |
| 3 | Tensegrigami: Origami-Inspired Functional Resilient Structures for Aerial Robots | Prof CHIRARATTANANON Pakpong |
| 4 | Distributed optimal coordination of multiple dynamical systems under practical constraints and its applications | Prof LIU Lu |
| 5 | Development of a rotating gradient-based magnetic drive system for microagent controls in targeted therapy | Prof SUN Dong |
| 6 | Closed-loop Hydrogel Electronics for Intelligent Neurotreatment | Prof SHI Peng |
| 7 | Wireless headmount photoacoustic tomography of the brain in free-moving animals | Prof WANG Lidai |
| 8 | The second generation of cryomicroneedles for transdermal cell delivery in cancer immunotherapy | Prof XU Chenjie |
| 9 | Intelligent skin-integrated haptic interface with multiple feedback modes | Prof YU Xinge |
| 10 | Computer-aided teleoperation system for millimetre-scale magnetic soft capsule robot inminimally invasive healthcare and targeted intervention | Prof ZHANG Jiachen |
List of Successful General Research Fund (GRF) Projects - 2021-22
| No. | Project Title | Investigator(s) from BME |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Passive Aeromechanic Approach for Collision Avoidance of a Reconfigurable Multirotor Robot | Prof CHIRARATTANANON Pakpong |
| 2 | Nanorobotic Manipulation Inside a TEM for In-situ Nanodevice Prototyping and Characterization | Prof DONG Lixin |
| 3 | Cooperative adaptive control of networked multiple dynamical systems with unknown parameters and its application | Prof FENG Gang |
| 4 | Microfluidic inflammatory tumor model for drug discovery in patients with systemic infection | Prof KHOO Bee Luan* |
| 5 | Nanofiber-based biodegradable multi-legged millirobot | Prof SHEN Yajing* |
| 6 | High-throughput robotic microinjection system and its application in constructing gene-edited macrophages with enhanced tumor-killing ability | Prof SUN Dong* |
| 7 | Development of Framework Nucleic Acid based platform technology for intradermal and transdermal delivery of oligonucleotides therapeutics | Prof XU Chenjie* |
| 8 | Intelligent Electronic Skin for Human Machine Interactions | Prof YU Xinge |
List of Successful General Research Fund (GRF) Projects - 2020-21
| No. | Project Title | Investigator(s) from BME |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Engineering functional skeletal muscle sheets for bionic applications | Prof CHEN Ting-Hsuan |
| 2 | RRR2: Reconfigurable Revolving Wing Robot with Modular Multi-Locomotion | Prof CHIRARATTANANON Pakpong |
| 3 | Plasmonic Nanosensors and Antennas for Signal Transduction and Energy Harvesting for Biomedical Microrobots | Prof DONG Lixin |
| 4 | Cooperative control of networked multiple dynamical systems with unbounded transmission delays and its application | Prof FENG Gang |
| 5 | Automation of a Viscoelasticity Microcytometer for High-Throughput Biomechanical Phenotyping of Floating Cancer Cells | Prof LAM Raymond Hiu-Wai |
| 6 | Microrobotic System for High-Precise Micro Helical Structure Fabrication | Prof SHEN Yajing |
| 7 | Intracellular Biopsy based microRNA Profiling for Dissecting the Temporal Dynamics of Cellular Heterogeneity | Prof SHI Peng |
| 8 | Investigation of an excitatory nucleo-pontine-cortical feedback pathway in cerebellum-mediated associative motor learning | Prof TIN Chung |
| 9 | Engineering osteogenesis with hypertrophic chondrocytes in tissue-engineered cartilaginous template for rudimentary bone formation | Prof WANG Dongan |
| 10 | Development of fast-scanning hyperspectral optical-resolution photoacoustic microscopy | Prof WANG Lidai |
| 11 | Development of highly swellable microneedle skin patches for skin interstitial fluid sampling and in situ transdermal biosensing | Prof XU Chenjie |
| 12 | Skin-Integrated Sensing and Haptic Feedback Electronics for Health Monitoring and Sudden Illnesses Early Warning | Prof YU Xinge |
List of Successful General Research Fund (GRF) Projects - 2019-20
| No. | Project Title | Investigator(s) from BME |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Reconfigurable Quadrotors with Energetically Efficient Multimodal Locomotion | Prof CHIRARATTANANON Pakpong |
| 2 | Microfluidic single-cell isolation and measurement for spatial profiling of cytokines secreted from different immune cell subtypes | Prof LAM Raymond Hiu-wai |
| 3 | Distributed Tracking Control of Networked Heterogeneous Dynamic Systems by Pure Output Feedback | Prof LIU Lu |
| 4 | Memoristic Ambient Oxygen Nanosensors for Medical Microrobotic Agents | Prof DONG Lixin |
List of Successful General Research Fund (GRF) / Early Career Scheme (ECS) Projects - 2018-19
| No. | Project Title | Investigator(s) from BME |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Development of theranostic hydrogels for MRI-guided brain tumor treatment | Prof CHAN Kannie Wai Yan |
| 2 | An Aerial Robot with a Passive Morphing Design for Efficient Hovering and Forward Flight | Prof CHIRARATTANANON Pakpong |
| 3 | Advanced filtering of nonlinear systems via T-S fuzzy models in finite frequency domain with application to fault diagnosis | Prof FENG Gang |
| 4 | Distributed Control of Multiple Dynamic Systems with Resources Constraints and Its Application to Mobile Robot Formation Control | Prof LIU Lu |
| 5 | Fully-Decentralized and Near-Optimal Large-Scale Multi-Robot Collision Avoidance via Deep Learning | Prof PAN Jia |
| 6 | Development of Optical-Resolution Photoacoustic Microscopy with Compensation of Absorption Saturation | Prof WANG Lidai |
(The projects listed for the year 2017-18 and before were funded to faculty members under the former Department of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering)
List of Successful General Research Fund (GRF) / Early Career Scheme (ECS) Projects - 2017-18
| No. | Project Title | Investigator(s) from BME |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Microengineered Ratchet Patterns in Nanowire Magnetoscope for Directing Rotational Bias and Programmed Cell Live/Death | Prof CHEN, Ting Hsuan |
| 2 | Cooperative Transport of Suspended Loads with Aerial Robots via Intelligent Inertia Sensing | Prof CHIRARATTANANON, Pakpong |
| 3 | Distributed cooperative control of networked multiple dynamic systems with time delays and its application | Prof FENG, Gang |
| 4 | Fundamental Investigation on High Entropy Alloy Deformation Mechanisms | Prof HU Alice |
| 5 | An microfluidic cell isolation and biosening platform for cytokine profiling of individual immune cell types | Prof LAM Raymond Hiu-wai |
| 6 | An Opto-microfluidics Platform for High-throughput Single-Cell Death Recognition and Drug Testing | Prof LI Wen-Jung |
| 7 | Distributed Control for Cooperative Output Regulation of Nonlinear Systems and Its Application in Mobile Robots Coordination | Prof LIU Lu |
| 8 | Unstructured T-splines with global higher order continuity for isogeometric analysis - foundation theory and algorithms | Prof MA Weiyin |
| 9 | Micro rotatable robotic system for low invasive cell injection | Prof SHEN Yajing |
| 10 | A Bio-hybrid System Based on Engineered Cardiac Micro-tissues and Its application in Self-sustaining Bioelectronic Devices | Prof SHI Peng |
| 11 | Robotic Cell Injection Surgery System for the Safe and Specific Genetic Modification in Single Cells | Prof SUN Dong |
| 12 | Computational roles of inhibitory interneurons in a cerebellum spiking neural model of adaptive vestibulo-ocular-optokinetic reflex | Prof TIN Chung Prof LAI King Wai Chiu |
| 13 | Quantitative photoacoustic imaging of blood oxygen saturation in deep tissue | Prof WANG Lidai |
| 14 | Rectifying directional liquid transport for the thermal diode application using the bio-inspired approach | Prof WANG Zuankai |
| 15 | Facilitating hydrodynamic lubrication of zero-entrainment-velocity contacts in retainerless ball bearings based on boundary slip | Prof WONG Patrick Pat-lam |
| 16 | Optimizing Mechanical Properties of Metallic Glasses by Tuning Fast and Slow Secondary Relaxations | Prof YANG Yong |
(The projects listed for the year 2017-18 and before were funded to faculty members under the former Department of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering)
List of Successful General Research Fund (GRF) / Early Career Scheme (ECS) Projects - 2016-17
| No. | Project Title | Investigator(s) from BME |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Microengineered Ratchet Patterns in Nanowire Magnetoscope for Directing Rotational Bias and Programmed Cell Live/Death | Prof CHEN, Ting Hsuan |
| 2 | Cooperative Transport of Suspended Loads with Aerial Robots via Intelligent Inertia Sensing | Prof CHIRARATTANANON, Pakpong |
| 3 | Distributed cooperative control of networked multiple dynamic systems with time delays and its application | Prof FENG, Gang |
| 4 | Fundamental Investigation on High Entropy Alloy Deformation Mechanisms | Prof HU Alice |
| 5 | An microfluidic cell isolation and biosening platform for cytokine profiling of individual immune cell types | Prof LAM Raymond Hiu-wai |
| 6 | An Opto-microfluidics Platform for High-throughput Single-Cell Death Recognition and Drug Testing | Prof LI Wen-Jung |
| 7 | Distributed Control for Cooperative Output Regulation of Nonlinear Systems and Its Application in Mobile Robots Coordination | Prof LIU Lu |
| 8 | Unstructured T-splines with global higher order continuity for isogeometric analysis - foundation theory and algorithms | Prof MA Weiyin |
| 9 | Micro rotatable robotic system for low invasive cell injection | Prof SHEN Yajing |
| 10 | A Bio-hybrid System Based on Engineered Cardiac Micro-tissues and Its application in Self-sustaining Bioelectronic Devices | Prof SHI Peng |
| 11 | Robotic Cell Injection Surgery System for the Safe and Specific Genetic Modification in Single Cells | Prof SUN Dong |
| 12 | Computational roles of inhibitory interneurons in a cerebellum spiking neural model of adaptive vestibulo-ocular-optokinetic reflex | Prof TIN Chung Prof LAI King Wai Chiu |
| 13 | Quantitative photoacoustic imaging of blood oxygen saturation in deep tissue | Prof WANG Lidai |
| 14 | Rectifying directional liquid transport for the thermal diode application using the bio-inspired approach | Prof WANG Zuankai |
| 15 | Facilitating hydrodynamic lubrication of zero-entrainment-velocity contacts in retainerless ball bearings based on boundary slip | Prof WONG Patrick Pat-lam |
| 16 | Optimizing Mechanical Properties of Metallic Glasses by Tuning Fast and Slow Secondary Relaxations | Prof YANG Yong |
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