Jiachen Zhang obtained his Ph.D. in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering under the supervision of Prof. Eric Diller from University of Toronto in 2018. Before joining CityU, he worked as a postdoc fellow in the group of Prof. Metin Sitti at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, where he conducted research in soft milli-robotics, smart materials, and advanced manufacturing. During his stay in Germany, he was awarded the Humboldt research fellowship. Dr. Zhang started his own research group at CityUHK in the summer of 2021. His current research interests include milli/micro robotics, soft and medical robotics, and biomedical instrumentation.
Previous Experience
- 1 Oct 2019 - 31 May 2021, Research Fellowship, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.
- 1 Apr 2019 - 31 May 2021, Postdoc fellow, Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems. Physical Intelligence department with Prof. Metin Sitti.
- 1 Aug 2014 - 8 Nov 2018, Research Assistant, University of Toronto. Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Microrobotics lab, Prof. Eric Diller.
Research Grants
- AI-assisted Microrobotic Platform for Minimally Invasive Interventions, Strategic Topics Grant (STG) 2023/24, The Research Grants Council (RGC), Amount: HKD $1,500,000, 1 Jan 2024 - 31 Dec 2028, Li Zhang (PI), Jiachen Zhang (Co-PI), ....
- Computer-aided teleoperation system for millimetre-scale magnetic soft capsule robot in minimally invasive healthcare and targeted intervention, ECS, UGC, ZHANG Jiachen (PI).
- Magnetically guided soft robotic catheter to deliver stem cells to achieve novel cell-based cardiac regeneration therapy, Strategic Interdisciplinary Research Grant, CityU, LIU Jun (PI), ZHANG Jiachen (Co-PI), BAN Kiwon (Co-PI).
Patents
- University of Toronto, Mobile device for grasping and active release of objects, US Patent No. US11,285,599, 29 Mar 2022. Inventors: Eric Diller, ZHANG Jiachen.
Journal
- XIANG, YUXUAN. , LIU, RUOMAO. , WEI, ZIHAN. , WANG, XINLIANG. , KANG, WEIDA. , WANG, MIN. , LIU, JUN. , LIANG, XUDONG. & ZHANG, JIACHEN. (5 Jun 2024). MINRob: A Large Force-Outputting Miniature Robot Based on a Triple-Magnet System. IEEE Transactions on Robotics. 40. 3127 - 3145. doi:10.1109/TRO.2024.3410096
- LIU, RUOMAO. , XIANG, YUXUAN. , WEI, ZIHAN. & ZHANG, JIACHEN. (Feb 2024). A Computer‐Aided Teleoperation System for Intuitively Controlling the Behavior of a Magnetic Millirobot within a Stomach Phantom. Advanced Intelligent Systems. 6(2). 2300325 doi:10.1002/aisy.202300325
- WEI, ZIHAN. , LI, ZONGZE. , XIANG, YUXUAN. , LIU, JUN. & ZHANG, JIACHEN. (20 Nov 2023). Magnetic Repulsion-Based Robot With Diverse Locomotion Capabilities. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 9(1). 398 - 405. doi:10.1109/LRA.2023.3334557
- XIANG, YUXUAN. & ZHANG, JIACHEN. (3 Feb 2023). A Theoretical Investigation of the Ability of Magnetic Miniature Robots to Exert Forces and Torques for Biomedical Functionalities. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 8(3). 1771 - 1777. doi:10.1109/LRA.2023.3242165
- ZHANG, JIACHEN. , SOON, REN HAO. , WEI, ZIHAN. , HU, WENQI. & SITTI, METIN. (Nov 2022). Liquid Metal‐Elastomer Composites with Dual‐Energy Transmission Mode for Multifunctional Miniature Untethered Magnetic Robots. Advanced Science. 9(31). 2203730 doi:10.1002/advs.202203730
- DONG, Yue. , WANG, Lu. , XIA, Neng. , YANG, Zhengxin. , ZHANG, Chong. , PAN, Chengfeng. , JIN, Dongdong. , ZHANG, Jiachen. , MAJIDI, Carmel. & ZHANG, Li. (2022). Untethered small-scale magnetic soft robot with programmable magnetization and integrated multifunctional modules. Science Advances. 8.
- Zhang, Jiachen. (2021). Evolving from laboratory toys towards life-savers: Small-scale magnetic robotic systems with medical imaging modalities. Micromachines. 12. 1310 doi:10.3390/mi12111310
- ZHANG, Jiachen. , Yubing, Guo. , Wenqi, Hu. , Ren, Soon. Hao. , Zoey, Davidson. S. & Metin, Sitti. (2021). Liquid crystal elastomer‐based magnetic composite films for reconfigurable shape‐morphing soft miniature machines. Advanced Materials. 33. e2006191 doi:10.1002/adma.202006191
- Yubing, Guo. , Jiachen, Zhang. , Wenqi, Hu. , Muhammad, Khan. Turab A. & Metin, Sitti. (2021). Shape-programmable liquid crystal elastomer structures with arbitrary three-dimensional director fields and geometries. Nature Communications. 12. 5936 doi:10.1038/s41467-021-26136-8
- ZHANG, Jiachen. , Ziyu, Ren. , Wenqi, Hu. , Ren, Soon. Hao. , Immihan, Yasa. Ceren. , Zemin, Liu. & Metin, Sitti. (2021). Voxelated three-dimensional miniature magnetic soft machines via multimaterial heterogeneous assembly. Science Robotics. 6. abf0112 doi:10.1126/scirobotics.abf0112
- Jiachen, Zhang. , Yubing, Guo. , Wenqi, Hu. & Metin, Sitti. (2021). Wirelessly actuated thermo‐and magneto‐responsive soft bimorph materials with programmable shape‐morphing. Advanced Materials. 33. 2100336 doi:10.1002/adma.202100336
- Tianqi, Xu. , Jiachen, Zhang. , Mohammad, Salehizadeh. , Onaizah, Onaizah. & Eric, Diller. (2019). Millimeter-scale flexible robots with programmable three-dimensional magnetization and motions. Science Robotics. 4. eaav4494 doi:10.1126/scirobotics.aav4494
Service in CityUHK
Teaching Service
- Jan 2023 - Now, Undergraduate, Robotic Technology in Healthcare.
- Jun 2022 - Now, Graduate, Robotics in Minimally Invasive Healthcare.
Conferences Attended
- 20 May 2024 - 22 May 2024, IEEE International Conference on Advanced Robotics and Its Social Impacts, Hong Kong.
- 13 May 2024 - 17 May 2024, 2024 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Yokohama, Japan.
- 2 Mar 2024 - 3 Mar 2024, The 3rd IEEE International Conference on Micro/Nano Sensors for AI, Healthcare, and Robotics, Shenzhen, China.
- 10 Jul 2023 - 14 Jul 2023, Robotics: Science and Systems, Daegu, Republic of Korea.
Last update date :
27 Aug 2024
