Say hello to your all-rounded robot butler! Collaborative Dual-arm Robot Manipulator (CURI) has been busy in the kitchen, practicing various cooking tasks like dough rolling. Picture this: a robot rolling out dough with the precision of a seasoned chef, but without the floury mess! While CURI hasn’t cooked actual food yet, the dream is for […]
An international research team led by The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) has achieved a breakthrough in the field of medical microrobot. Led by Professor Li Zhang, the team – in partnership with Nanyang Technological University (Singapore) and the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems (Germany) – has developed the world’s first antibiofilm liquid-bodied […]
The MAE Career Fair 2025 was successfully held on 21 March 2025. The event aimed to help MAE students explore their future career paths, discover graduate positions and internship opportunities, and connect with potential employers. The career fair attracted over 200 undergraduate and postgraduate students from the MAE Department. We would like to extend our […]
The MAE Department was pleased to welcome its alumni back to campus on 22 March 2025 (Saturday). It was a wonderful event that brought together alumni from various graduating classes to connect with one another and with faculty members. To kick off the event, Prof. Ben Chen (Chairman of the MAE Department), Ir Prof. Alan […]
The MAE Department is pleased to announce its first “MAE Career Fair”. The event aims to help students explore their future career paths, discover graduate positions and internship opportunities, and connect with potential employers. The details are as follows. Date: 21 March 2025 (Friday) Time: 2:00pm – 5:00pm Venue: Reading Room, 6/F, Ho Sin Hang […]
The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)’s innovation projects have achieved remarkable success at the 15th International Invention Fair in the Middle East (IIFME), winning eight awards. Among them, Professor Chen Ben M. and Professor Chen Xi were awarded a Gold Medal with the Congratulations of the Jury. Project Title: Unmanned Systems and AI Empowered […]
A collaborative research team led by Professor Zhang Li has developed an innovative inverse programming technology for magnetic soft materials. This technology allows for precise programming of the magnetisation distribution, enabling the material to be controllably transformed into the desired three-dimensional surface according to specific requirements under magnetic actuation. This breakthrough opens new application possibilities […]
Professor Li Zhang has been elected as a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) for his exceptional engineering achievements and contributions to the mechanical engineering profession and to ASME.
The year 2024 marked the 30th anniversary of the Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering at CUHK. The “MAE 30th Anniversary Brochure” has been published, highlighting the technology transfer of innovations by MAE faculty members, as well as the achievements of staff and students. We also received messages from different generations of our alumni, sharing […]
