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

    2018-2020: Visiting Scholar with the Sarver Heart Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
    • Advisor: Marvin Slepian (Univ of Arizona), Co-advisor: Danny Bluestein (Stony Brook Univ)
    2016-2020: Ph.D. in Dept. Mechanical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
    • Advisor: Eric Barth
    • Ph.D. committee: Michael Goldfarb (Vanderbilt Univ), Marvin Slepian (Univ of Arizona), Kim Stelson (Univ of Minnesota), Andrea Vacca (Purdue Univ)
    • TAed for Nabil Samaan, ME 2160: Computer Graphics & Design
    • TAed for Michael Goldfarb, ME 3120: Mechatronics
    2014-2016: M.S. in Dept. Electrical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
    • Advisor: Richard Peters
    • M.S. committee: Kazuhiko Kawamura (Vanderbilt Univ)
    • TAed for Kazuhiko Kawamura, EE 3060: Control Systems
    • TAed for Richard Peters, EE 2970: Image Processing & Computer Vision

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 - General Research Award, 2024.
    2. EB2NIW, USCIS, 2024.
    3. National Natural Science Foundation of China - Young Researcher Award, 2023.
    4. Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research - Young Researcher Award, 2022.
    5. QMAS, HKID, 2022.
    6. Foundation for Shenzhen Science and Technology Program - Excellent PhD Career Starting Award, 2021.
    7. Overseas High-Caliber Personnel Level C, Shenzhen, 2020.
    8. "Hundred-Talent", Sun Yat-Sen University, 2020.
    9. Doris Griswold Heart Award, Sarver Heart Center, Univ of Arizona, 2019.
    10. Discovery Pilot Award, Vanderbilt Univ Medical Center, 2019.
    11. Multiple Conference Travel Awards (e.g. Vandy ME Dept., ASME-DSCC, ISMCS, ASAIO, etc), 2014-2020. 12. Full scholarship for graduate program at Vanderbilt Univ, 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.