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 and Industrial Robotics:
Flexible Robots for Minimally Invasive Surgery
Kinematic Modelling and Calibration
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Development of Intelligent Mechatronic Systems
Application of Lie Groups Theory in Robotics
Teaching
Guest Lecturer
Coordinator and Lecturer
Coordinator and Lecturer
Coordinator and Lecturer
Lecturer
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MANF4150 Design of Intelligent Manufacturing Systems
MTRN2500 Computing for Mechatronic Engineers
MTRN3100 Robot Design
MTRN4110 Robot Design
EGB339 Introduction to Robotics
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since Term 1, 2022
since Term 3, 2020
since Term 2, 2023
Term 2, 2019-2022
Semester 2, 2018
Membership and Service
Stream Advisor
Member
Member
Associate Fellow
Associate Editor
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Conference Reviewer
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IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
IEEE Robotics and Automation Society
IET Cyber-Systems and Robotics
DICTA 2020, BioRob 2020, ICARSC 2018-2020, ISAIR 2016-2018, ICIA 2015-2018, CIS-RAM 2015
T-RO, IJRR, T-MECH, T-ASE, RCIM, RA-L, T-SMCA, T-CDS, JROBIO, CHEMOLAB, Precision Engineering, AESCTE, AURO, IJMACTOOL, IR, JOEIM, Sensors, COMPELECENG, ROB, SCIS, ROBOT, CBSYSTEMS
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since Jan 2022
since 2023
since 2016
since 2017
since 2021
since 2020
Awards and Grants
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UNSW Engineering International Collaboration Seed Grants - AUD $10,000 for "Pilot study for novel human-robot interfaces for lower-limb rehabilitation exoskeletons" (Lead CI)
UNSW NMHA Collaborative Funding - AUD $36,755 for “Development and Validation of a Paddle Trip System to Deliver Unanticipated, Controlled and Realistic Obstacle Trips in Older People” (co-CI)
UNSW Engineering GROW - AUD $30,000 for "Multi-modal Force Sensing of Micro-sized Surgical Forceps for Safe Tissue Manipulation" (Lead CI)
Heart Foundation Vanguard Grant - AUD $149,088 for "Immersive transcatheter aortic valve replacement" (co-CI)
ARC Discovery Project - AUD $381,238 for "Bioinspired flexible haptic memory materials for artificial sensory nerves" (co-CI)
QUT IHBI Early Career Researcher Development Scheme - AUD $10,000 for "A hand-held dexterous, flexible, and intelligent robotic arthroscope to make arthroscopy easier and safer" (Sole CI)
Associate Fellowship of Higher Education Academy
QUT ECARD/VCRF Travel Fellowship (Sole CI)
QUT Vice-Chancellor’s Research Fellowship (Sole CI)
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 Wu, please send a copy of PDF combining your CV, Transcripts, Representative Publications, and English Test Results to liao.wu@unsw.edu.au.