Dr Liao WU
Contact
School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
Faculty of Engineering, University of New South Wales
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Room 301C, Ainsworth Building J17
UNSW Sydney NSW 2052 Australia
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Education Background
PhD in Mechanical Engineering
BS in Mechanical Engineering
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Tsinghua University
Tsinghua Univeristy
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Sep 2008 - Jul 2013
Sep 2004 - Jul 2008
Academic Appointments
Senior Lecturer
Lecturer
Research Affiliate
Vice-Chancellor's Research Fellow
Research Fellow
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University of New South Wales
University of New South Wales
Australian Centre for Robotic Vision
Queensland University of Technology
National University of Singapore
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since Jul 2022
Jan 2019 - Jun 2022
Jan 2016 - Dec 2020
Jan 2016 - Dec 2018
Jan 2014 - Dec 2015
Research Interests
Medical Robotics:
Flexible Robots for Autonomous Minimally Invasive Surgery
Assistive Robots with Artificial Muscles and Wearable Sensors
Development of Intelligent Mechatronic Systems
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Industrial Robotics:
Mobile Robots for Underground Mining
Kinematic Modelling and Calibration
Application of Lie Groups Theory in Robotics
Teaching
Coordinator and Lecturer
Coordinator and Lecturer
Coordinator and Lecturer
Lecturer
Lecturer
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MTRN2500 Computing for Mechatronic Engineers
MTRN3100 Robot Design
MTRN4110 Robot Design
MANF4150 Design of Intelligent Manufacturing Systems
EGB339 Introduction to Robotics
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since Term 3, 2020
since Term 2, 2023
Term 2, 2019-2022
since Term 1, 2022
Semester 2, 2018
Membership & Service
Program Coordinator
Member
Member
Associate Fellow
Associate Editor
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Program Chair
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Journal Reviewer------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------------------
Conference Reviewer
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IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
IEEE Robotics and Automation Society
Biomimetic Intelligence and Robotics
IET Cyber-Systems and Robotics
BioRob 2020, ICARSC 2018-2020, ISAIR 2016-2018, ICIA 2015-2018, CIS-RAM 2015
T-RO, IJRR, T-MECH, T-ASE, T-SMCA, RA-L, RCIM, CHEMOLAB, AESCTE, SCIS, ROBOT, BIROB, Micromachines, CBSYSTEMS, LAAR, FrontiersRoboticsAI, AURO, COMPELECENG, Engineering, IJMACTOOL, IR, JOEIM, JROBIO, PrecisionEngineering, ROB, Sensors, T-CDS
ICRA, IROS, RSS, CASE, AgriControl, BioRob, AIM, CIS-RAM, ICARSC, ICIA, RoboSoft, WCICA, ACRA
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since Jan 2022
since 2023
since 2016
since 2017
since 2023
since 2021
since 2020
Awards & Fellowships
2023
2023
2023
2023-2025
2021
2018
2017
2017
2016-2018
2015
2008
2008
2007
2006
2005
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UNSW Engineering GROW
Best Poster - IEEE ICRA Workshop on Force Sensing in Robotic Surgery
People's Choice for Best Poster - ACRA (Supervisor)
UNSW ITyreeE Inaugural PhD Top-Up Scholarship (Supervisor)
QUT Best PhD Thesis Nominee (Supervisor)
QUT IHBI Early Career Researcher Development Scheme
Associate Fellowship of Higher Education Academy
QUT ECARD/VCRF Travel Fellowship
QUT Vice-Chancellor’s Research Fellowship
ICIA 2015 Best Paper Finalist
Outstanding Graduate of Beijing
Excellent Graduate of Tsinghua University
Chinese National Encouragement Scholarship
Tsinghua Daimler-Chrysler Scholarship
Tsinghua Want-Want Scholarship
Recruitments
If you are interested in pursuing a PhD with Dr Liao (Leo) Wu, please send a copy of PDF combining your CV, Transcripts, Representative Publications, and English Test Results to liao.wu@unsw.edu.au.