Protfolio of Mengtang Li

"We Build Robots from Scratch !"

Mengtang Li, Ph.D.

    Associate Prof, School of Intelligent Systems Engineering
    Sun Yat-Sen University, Shenzhen, CN
    Email: limt29@mail.sysu.edu.cn
    Office: Room 610, Engineering Build Complex 1, Shenzhen Campus of Sun Yat-Sen University, Shenzhen, CN

Education Experience

    2020-current: Associate Prof, School of Intelligent Systems Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University, Shenzhen, CN
    2018-2020: Visiting Scholar with the Sarver Heart Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
    2016-2020: Ph.D. in Dept. Mechanical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
    2014-2016: M.S. in Dept. Electrical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
    2010-2014: B.S. in School of Aerospace Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, CN

Research Interests

    My current research interestes are listed as follows and welcome any undergrad and grad students who are interested in Robotics:
    1. MRI-Compatible Surgical Robotic System: Design, Modeling, and Control.
    2. MIS Percutaneous Intervention Surgical Robotic System: Design, Modeling, and Control.
    3. Laparoscopic Robotic System: Design, Modeling, and Control.
    4. MCS System (TAH and VAD): Design, In-silico and In-vitro Evaluation.
    5. Advanced Human-machine Interaction: Eye-Gaze-based, Motion-based.

Honors and Awards

    1. Foundation for Shenzhen Science and Technology Program - Mianshang Research Award, 2024.
    2. National Natural Science Foundation of China - Young Researcher Award, 2023.
    3. Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research - Young Researcher Award, 2022.
    4. Foundation for Shenzhen Science and Technology Program - Excellent PhD Career Starting Award, 2021.
    5. Overseas High-Caliber Personnel Level C, Shenzhen, 2020.
    6. "Hundred-Talent", Sun Yat-Sen University, 2020.
    7. Doris Griswold Heart Award, Sarver Heart Center, Univ of Arizona, 2019.
    8. Discovery Pilot Award, Vanderbilt Univ Medical Center, 2019.
    9. Multiple Conference Travel Awards (e.g. Vandy ME Dept., ASME-DSCC, ISMCS, ASAIO, etc), 2014-2020.

Teaching

    1. Fundamentals of Robotics, ISE202
    2. Lab Experiments of Robotics, ISE357
    3. CAD, ISE276
    4. Software Engineering, ISE300
    5. Independent Study, ISE3110
    6. Advanced Robotics, ISE6246

Services

    1. Member of IEEE, ASME.
    2. Leading Guest Editor of Internation Journal: Mathematics (JCR Q1).
    3. Panel Chair of 2022 Global Fluid Power Society PhD Symposium (GFPS).
    4. Program Committee Member & Tech Chair of 2023/2024/2025 International Conference on Frontiers of Robotics and Software Engineering (FRSE).
    5. Reviewer for IEEE TMECH, Elsevier Measurement, Sage IMechE Part C/H/I, etc.

As a Mech, I love CAD/PCB Design, Prototype Building and all the Lab stuff.
As an Artest, I love Oil Painting, Gardening, Tennis, Skiing, and Hiking.