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 was 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. His 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
- 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
- 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 CityU
Teaching Service
- Jun 2022 - Now, Graduate, Robotics in Minimally Invasive Healthcare.
Last update date :
12 Sep 2022
