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Yajing
SHEN
申 亞 京

PhD in Micro-Nano Systems Engineering
Professor
Director of Center for Smart Manufacturing
Rm 2450
(852) 2358 5035
(852) 2358 1485
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Research Area
Control and Robotic Systems (CRS)
Biomedical Engineering (BME)
Research Interests
Biomedical Robot and Device
Human-Robot Interaction
Robot Manipulation and Control
Miniature Intelligent System
Profile
Profile

Yajing Shen received his B.S. (2005) and M.S. (2008) degrees from Xi’an Jiaotong University and his Ph.D. degree (2012) from Nagoya University, respectively. Prior to joining HKUST, he served as an Assistant and later Associate Professor at the City University of Hong Kong (2013-2022). 


His research interests lie is robotics and their applications, particularly in biomedical engineering and human-robot interaction. He has published over 200 peer-reviewed journal and conference papers in top multidisciplinary journal (e.g., Science Robotics, Science Advance, Nature Communications, PNAS), leading specialized journal (e.g., IEEE Trans on Robotics), and premier international conferences (e.g., ICRA, IROS), with widely featured by international media outlets, such as Associated Press, Thomson Reuters, and CCTV, etc. He served as an Associate Editor of the flagship robotic journal IEEE Trans on Robotics (2019-2022). He is a recipient of the Best Manipulation Paper Award in IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Japan Chapter Young Award, the Big-on-Small Award at MARSS, the Early Career Awards of Hong Kong UGC, the “National Excellent Young Scientist (Hong Kong & Macau)”, the Hong Kong Young Entrepreneurial Scientist, etc.