Biography

Shing Shin Cheng is currently an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Johns Hopkins University in 2013 and Ph.D. in Robotics (Department of Biomedical Engineering) from Georgia Institute of Technology. His work has been published in leading robotics and materials journals and conferences, including IEEE Transactions on Robotics (TRO), Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures (JIMSS), The International Journal of Robotics Research (IJRR), IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), and International Symposium on Robotics Research (ISRR). His research interests include:

1. Meso/micro-scale flexible robots
2. Image-guidance and navigation in surgery
3. Application of artificial intelligence techniques in medicine
4. Smart actuators
5. Integration of biology and engineering