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

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:

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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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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.