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Ph.D. Student in Mechanical EngineeringDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Project Description
While the rapidly advancing haptics technologies in wearable devices and surface haptic devices have enabled many exciting applications in virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), telecommunication, and teleoperation, they still suffer from issues in bulkiness, comfortability, and consistency. The solutions to these issues lie in the fundamental understanding of the multi-physics interactions in the human-machine interface, which include contact deformation, capillary formation, electric field, heat transfer, material non-linearity, and their complicated coupling effects. At advanced human-machine mechanical interface lab (AHMMIL), students will work on interdisciplinary projects developing models and prototypes to study various haptics interfaces including wearable sensors and actuators, surface haptics devices and kinesthetic systems.

Qualification
Motivated applicants with backgrounds in Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Electrical Engineering and other related fields are welcome to apply. The knowledge in mechanics, finite element analysis, machine learning and heat transfer are a plus. PolyU require IELTS - overall 6.5, or TOEFL - IBT 80.

About the PI
Dr. Yuan Ma received his bachelor’s and M.S. degrees in mechanical engineering and materials science from Tsinghua University, Beijing in 2011 and 2013, respectively. He received his Ph.D. degree in mechanical engineering from the University of California, Berkeley in 2018. Prior to joining the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 2021, he worked as a postdoctoral researcher in Texas A&M University. His research interest includes micro/nano scale mechanical and tribological behavior of human-machine interfaces, haptics metamaterials development, wearable devices with piezoelectret materials, and application of artificial intelligence in human-machine interactions. He has authored 12 peer-reviewed journal papers in Advanced Materials, ACS Nano, Advanced Functional Materials, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, Applied Physics Letters, IEEE Transaction on Haptics, and IEEE Transaction on Magnetics.

Stipend
The current Research Studentship covers tuition and a monthly stipend of ~ HK$ 18,000, 12 months per year for 3 years.

Contact
For more information, please send your CV to Dr. Yuan Ma via email: thumay07 at gmail.com