Education
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2008 Electronic Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Ph.D. |
Work Experience
2012–Present, National University of Singapore, Investigator
2012-2012, Children’s National Medical Center, Washington DC, USA, Research Fellow (Advisor: Dr. Kevin Cleary)
2010–2012, Research Fellow (Advisor: Dr. Pierre Dupont) Children’s Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA Cardic Bioengineering Lab, Department of Surgery
2008–2010, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA, Postdoctoral Fellow
Research Interests
- Biomedical Mechatronics
- Flexible Sensors
- Computer Integrated Surgery
- Flexible Robotic
- Artificial Intelligence
Honor & Award
2019, NUS Engineering Young Researchexly 3 awardees internationally)
2018, Interstellar Initiative Award, by Japan Agency for Medical R&D and New York Academy of Sciences
2018, FoE 32nd Innovation & Research Award for DCP Project Supervised
2017, EMedic Global 2017 Gold Medal: Adaptive and Compliant Transoral Robotic Surgery (ACTORS), highest award
2017, Soft Robot Speed Challenge finalist for IEEE ICRA 2017
2016, Best Student Paper for IEEE RCAR 2016
2015, Best paper for IEEE CCECE 2015 (IEEE Canadian Conf. on Electrical and Computer Engineering)
2014, Best paper for IEEE Int’l Conference on CYBER Technology in Automation, Control, and Intelligent Systems(IEEE-Cyber2014)
2013, Best paper for IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics
2013, NUS Young Investigator Award
Representative Publications
(90+ international journal papers, 110+ international conference papers)
[1] Liao, X.; Song, W.; Zhang, X.; Yan, C.; Li, T.; Ren, H.; Liu, C.; Wang, Y. & Zheng, Y. (2020), ‘A bioinspired analogous nerve towards artificial intelligence’, Nature Communications 11(1), 268.
[2] Yang, H.; Yeow, B. S.; Li, Z.; Li, K.; Chang, T.-H.; Jing, L.; Li, Y.; Ho, J. S.; Ren, H. & Chen, P.-Y. (2019), ‘Multifunctional metallic backbones for origami robotics with strain sensing and wireless communication capabilities’, Science Robotics 4(33), eaax7020.
[3] Yang, H.; Yeow, B. S.; Chang, T.-H.; Li, K.; Fu, F.; Ren, H. & Chen, P.-Y. (2019), ‘Graphene Oxide-Enabled Synthesis of Metal Oxide Origamis for Soft Robotics’, ACS Nano, 1-15.
[4] Chang, T.-H.; Tian, Y.; Li, C.; Gu, X.; Li, K.; Yang, H.; Sanghani, P.; Lim, C. M.; Ren, H. & Chen, P.-Y. (2019), ‘Stretchable Graphene Pressure Sensors with Shar-Pei-Like Hierarchical Wrinkles for Collision-Aware Surgical Robotics’, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 1-10.
[5] Gadwe, A. & Ren, H. (2019), ‘Real-Time 6DOF Pose Estimation of Endoscopic Instruments Using Printable Markers’, IEEE Sensors Journal 19(6), 2338-2346.
[6] Guo, J.; Shi, C. & Ren, H. (2019), ‘Ultrasound-Assisted Guidance with Force Cues for Intravascular Interventions’, IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering 16(1), 253–260.
[7] Li, T. L. & Ren, H. (2019), ‘Disposable FBG-based Tri-directional Force/Torque Sensor for Aspiration Instruments in Neurosurgery’, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, in press, 1–12.
[8] Chang, T.-H.; Tian, Y.; Wee, D. L. Y.; Ren, H. & Chen, P.-Y. (2018), ‘Crumpling and Unfolding of Montmorillonite Hybrid Nanocoatings as Stretchable Flame-Retardant Skin’, Small 14(21), 1800596.
[9] Gu, X.; Li, C.; Lim, C. M. & Ren, H. (2019), ‘A Compliant Transoral Surgical Robotic System Based on a Parallel Flexible Mechanism’, Annals of Biomedical Engineering 47(6), 1329–1344.
[10] Li, C.; Gu, X.; Xiao, X.; Lim, C. M. & Ren, H. (2019), ‘A Robotic System with Multi-Channel Flexible Parallel Manipulators for Single Port Access Surgery’, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics 15(3), 1678–1687.
[11] Li, C.; King, N. K. K. & Ren, H. (2018), ‘A Skull-Mounted Robot with a Compact and Lightweight Parallel Mechanism for Positioning in Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery’, Annals of Biomedical Engineering.
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