Principal Investigator
Prof. Xiaoguang Dong
Dr. Xiaoguang Dong is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering and a core member of the Vanderbilt Institute for Surgery and Engineering at Vanderbilt University, US. He received his Ph.D. degree from the Department of Mechanical Engineering (specialized in Robotics) at Carnegie Mellon University. His group is working on the computational design, advanced fabrication, and intelligent control of novel functional miniature mechanism, devices, and robots, as well as the development of their wireless actuation, control, and sensing systems, aiming at resolving challenging technical and societal problems in health care, environmental exploration, and other critical area.
Honors and Awards：
2024 NIBIB Trailblazer Award, NIH
2024 Seeding Success Award, Vanderbilt
2024 Emerging Leaders in Materials Science, APL materials
2023 Advanced Materials Technologies Rising Star
2022 Oak Ridge National Lab Travel Grant, US
2023 RAMP Award, Vanderbilt University, US
2022-2023 SEC Faculty Travel Award, US
2020 Max Planck Grassroots Initiative Award, Germany
2016-2019 Max Planck PhD Fellowship, Germany
2013-2014 CMU PhD Fellowship, US
2013 Chancellor Li Chang Scholarship (Top 5 at HIT, 2013), China
2012 National Scholarship (Top 1% at HIT), China
2011 National Scholarship (Top 1% at HIT), China
2010 National Scholarship (Top 1% at HIT), China
External service and recognition:
Executive Editorial Board Member, Flexible and Printed Electronics, IOP Science, 2022.08 to present
Topic Guest Editor, Micromachines, 2021 - present, 2021.01 to present
Guest Editor, "Magnetic Microrobots for Biomedical Applications", Micromachines, 2022.3-2023.12
Guest Editor, "Nano and micro swarm robotics", Swarm Intelligence, 2022.10 - 2023.10
Guest Editor, "Bioinspiration for Healthcare Challenges", Progress in Biomedical Engineering, 2022.6-2023.8
Associate Editor, IEEE RAS EMBS 10th International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BioRob 2024), 2024.02 to present
Guest Editor, "Small-Scale Devices in Biomedical Engineering ", Micromachines, 2024.03 - present
Guest Editor, "Advances in Implantable Devices for Personalized Biomedicine", Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2024.03 - present