【Introduction】

Advanced sensing and micro/nano manufacturing technology has been widely applied in manufacturing, energy, medical and other industries.

This course aims to introduce the development and application of micro/nano sensors by integrating multiple disciplines such as mechanical engineering, electronic information and automatic control. Specifically, recent research progress of micro/nano manufacturing, advanced sensors, flexible electronics, microfluidicswill be presented via 8 lectures.

All students and teachers that are interested in micro/nano sensing and manipulation are welcomed!

【International Teaching Group】

Professor Xueyong Wei

Prof. Xueyong Wei received his PhD. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Birmingham in 2009, and then he worked in the University of Cambridge as research associate before joined Xi’an Jiaotong University in 2012. Currently, he is the head of School of Instrument Science and Technology and the leader of Shaanxi Innovation Team on Micro/Nano Sensing and Measurement Technology. His main research interests include micro/nano sensing and testing. In this field, he has published over 150 papers and 50 patents. He has won the second prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award, the first prize of the Shaanxi Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award, the first prize of the Shaanxi Higher Education Teaching Achievement Award, the first prize of the Science and Technology Progress Award of the China Instrument and Control Society, the first prize of the Science and Technology Award of the Shaanxi Provincial Institute of Mechanical Engineering, the Shaanxi Youth Science and Technology Award, and the FK Bannister Award of the University of Birmingham.

Associate Professor Lang Nan

Lang Nan is currently serving as an associate professor in the School of Instrument Science and Technology at Xi’an Jiaotong University. He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Hong Kong in 2021. His research interests include droplet-based microfluidics, point-of-care testing, and biomedical engineering. In this field, he has published over 10 papers in Nature Biomedical Engineering, Small, etc. top journal and 8 international patents.

Professor Sang-Seok Lee

Professor Sang-Seok Lee, currently affiliated with Tottori University. He received the Ph.D. degree in Graduate School of Information Sciences, Tohoku University, Japan, 1998. From Dec 1998 to Dec 1999, he was a Postdoctoral Researcher with the Venture Business Laboratory in Tohoku University, Japan. After that from Jan 2000 to Jan 2002, he was a Postdoctoral Researcher with Electronic Instrumentation Laboratory in Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands. From Mar 2002 to Sep 2011, we worked as a Researcher with Advanced Technology R&D Center in Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Japan. Since moved to Tottori University, Japan in Oct 2011, he had been an Endowed Chair Professor and has been a Professor with the Faculty of Engineering. Especially, Researches on RFMEMS devices are paid attention. For example, developed RFMEMS switch was tested in SERVIS-2 satellite, and research on application of carbon nanotube to RFMEMS switch material was remarkable. His research interests are MEMS/NEMS devices, Materials for sensors, Microbe fuel cell. etc.

Professor Li Zhang

Li Zhang is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering (MAE) and a Professor by Courtesy in the Department of Surgery at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). His main research interests include small-scale robotics, from individual and multiple robots to swarms, and their applications for translational biomedicine. He has authored or co-authored over 300 publications, including Science Robotics, Nature Machine Intelligence, Science Advances, Nature Communications, Advanced Materials, Matter, ACS Nano, AFM, TRO, IJRR, SoRo, Annual Review of Control, Robotics, and Autonomous Systems, as the corresponding author. Dr. Zhang is an Outstanding Fellow of the Faculty of Engineering at CUHK and elected as a Fellow of IEEE (FIEEE), Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC) and Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence Association (FAAIA).

Professor Tao Dong

Tao Dong is a Professor at Xi’an Jiaotong University and has previously served as an Applied Microsystems Professor and Head of the Biomechanical Microelectromechanical Systems Research Group at the Department of Microsystems at Southeast University in Norway. He has published over 160 journal articles in prestigious journals, such as Biosensors & Bioelectronics, Chemistry of Materials, Analytical Chemistry, Advanced Materials Interfaces, Analyst, Annals of Biomedical Engineering, IEEE Transactions of Biomedical Circuits and Systems, Energy Conversion and Management, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, and numerous conference papers. His inventions have led to 16 patents granted in Norway, the UK, China, and worldwide.

Professor Ryutaro MAEDA

Professor Ryutaro MAEDA, currently affiliated with the School of Instrument Science and Technology in Xi’an Jiaotong University, is also Distinguished Emeritus Researcher at The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST). He joined to AIST in Tsukuba in 1980, after finishing Master course in Graduate School of Tokyo University. He served as Director of UMEMSME (Research Centre of Ubiquitous MEMS and Micro Engineering) in AIST from 2010 to 2015 and served as Leader of several National Projects, such as “Green Sensor Network”, JST CREST program, FIRST program, JSPS etc. His current research interest includes application of wireless networked sensing for energy and safety management. He published more than 250 papers in MEMS and related fields.

Associate Professor Nuno Miguel Matos Pires

Nuno Miguel Matos Pires is a Portuguese scientist who has dedicated his career to the research of integrated lab-on-a-chip technology using organic semiconductor electrodes for the ultra-sensitive detection of biomarkers associated with chronic and infectious diseases. His focus lies particularly on the photoelectronic sensing properties of organic semiconductors, biosensor mechanisms, and integrated chip applications. He has authored and co-authored over 40 academic articles in the field of semiconductor photoelectronic integrated lab-on-a-chip research, which have been published in high-impact international journals such as Advanced Science, Biosensors & Bioelectronics, Journal of Biomedical Optics, Analyst and Lab on a Chip.

 ProfessorNorihisa Miki

Norihisa Miki received Ph.D. in mechano-informatics from University of Tokyo in 2001. He developed a world-smallest drone using MEMS technology during his Ph.D. Then, he worked at MIT microengine project as a posdoc (2001-2003), later as a research engineer (2003-2004). He joined the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Keio University in 2004 as an assistant professor and became a full professor in 2017. His research interests started with development of MEMS-based biomedical and human interface devices. Currently, he also explores the fields of medical engineering, neuroscience, and media arts using his innovative devices. He is a department head and a chair of international affairs at Faculty of Science and Technology. He is heavily involved in entrepreneurship education. He is a President of Keio Ice Skating Club.

【Course Schedule】

【Registration】

1) Please click the link to register the program before July 8^th. (https://global.xjtudlc.com/). All attendees that follow our lecture series completely will get a summer course Certificate of Completion issued by Xi’an Jiaotong University.

2) After registration, please scan the QR code to join the program WeChat group for further information.