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HE Qiguang 何奇洸
Assistant Professor
qghe@mae.cuhk.edu.hk
TEL: 852 - 3943 3093
Rm.302A, 3/F, Academic Building No. 1

Qiguang He is an Assistant Professor in the Mechanical and Automation Engineering Department at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). Before joining CUHK in 2023, Prof. He received his bachelor’s degree at Tsinghua University in 2015. He obtained his master’s and Ph.D. degrees from the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) in 2016 and 2021, respectively. He was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Pennsylvania from 2021 to 2023. His current research focuses on the design and fabrication of soft robotics, actuating materials, mechanical metamaterials, and mechanical intelligence.

Research Interests
  • Smart Materials and Structures
  • Soft Robotics
  • Mechanical Metamaterials
  • Mechanical Intelligence
Teaching
2023/2024
MAEG 5140 Materials Characterizations Techniques
EEEN 3030 Engineering Materials
Publications

Journal Papers 

  1. He, Q., Yin, R., Hua, Y., Jiao, W., Mo, C., Shu, H., Raney, J. R. (2023). A modular strategy for distributed, embodied control of electronics-free soft robots. Science Advances, 9(27), eade9247.
  2. He, Q., Wang, Z., Wang, Y., Wang, Z., Li, C., Annapooranan, R., Zeng, J., Chen, R., Cai, S. (2021). Electrospun liquid crystal elastomer microfiber actuator. Science Robotics, 6(57), eabi9704.
  3. He, Q., Cai, S. (2021). Soft pumps for soft robots. Science Robotics, 6(51), eabg6640.
  4. He, Q., Zheng, Y., Wang, Z., He, X., Cai, S. (2020). Anomalous inflation of a nematic balloon. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 142, 104013.
  5. He, Q., Wang, Z., Wang, Y., Minori, A., Tolley, M. T., Cai, S. (2019). Electrically controlled liquid crystal elastomer–based soft tubular actuator with multimodal actuation. Science Advances, 5(10), eaax5746.

Honors and Awards

  1. Jean Fort Dissertation Prize, University of California, San Diego, 2021
  2. Distinguished Fellowship Award, University of California, San Diego, 2021
  3. Outstanding Ph.D. student of the Year, University of California, San Diego, 2020
  4. ASME Haythornthwaite Foundation Student Travel Award, ASME, 2019
  5. Outstanding Thesis Award, Tsinghua University, 2015