News & Updates
Frontline highlights and research updates from the group.
- 2026.07.20 Paper Published Advanced Fiber Materials: New progress in high-temperature flexible sensors
The high-temperature sensor paper by Zijian Xu, Chao Hou et al. was accepted by Advanced Fiber Materials, reporting the group’s latest results in high-temperature flexible multimodal sensing.
- 2026.07.15 Student Honor Yichen Liu wins Best Poster Award
Yichen Liu received the Best Poster Award at a recent academic conference for his work on flexible microflier lift control.
- 2026.04.15 Paper Published Discover Sensors: Design approaches for high-temperature flexible pressure sensors
The review “Design approaches for high-temperature-resistant flexible pressure sensors in extreme environments” was published in Discover Sensors, systematically summarizing design methods for extreme-environment high-temperature flexible pressure sensors.
- 2026.03.15 Paper Published Acta Automatica Sinica: RL control for bioinspired robots with redundant artificial muscles
The paper “Reinforcement Learning Control for Bioinspired Robots Driven by Redundant Artificial Muscles” was published in Acta Automatica Sinica, proposing an RL control method for bioinspired robots driven by redundant artificial muscles.
- 2026.02.15 Paper Published Nature Communications: Distributed biodegradable Lagrangian sensors
The paper “Distributed multitudes of bio-inspired, biodegradable Lagrangian sensors for environmental sustainability” was published in Nature Communications, proposing biodegradable distributed Lagrangian sensors for environmentally sustainable monitoring.
- 2026.01.20 Student Honor Chao Hou wins 1st place in School academic league
Ph.D. student Chao Hou excelled in the School of Mechanical Science and Engineering academic league at Huazhong University of Science and Technology, winning first place.
- 2026.01.15 Academic Appointment Kan Li appointed Associate Editor of Mechanics of Materials
Group PI Kan Li was invited to serve as Associate Editor of Mechanics of Materials, a journal in solid mechanics, participating in manuscript review and journal development.
- 2025.12.15 Project Awarded Kan Li awarded Ministry of Education U40 Project (5-year support, 15 M CNY)
Group PI Kan Li was awarded the Ministry of Education U40 Project, with 5 years of continuous support totaling 15 million CNY, for sustained research on distributed sensing on flexible carriers.
- 2025.10.15 Academic Appointment Kan Li joins editorial board of Mathematics and Mechanics of Complex Systems (JCR Q1)
Group PI Kan Li was invited to serve on the editorial board of Mathematics and Mechanics of Complex Systems (JCR Q1), contributing to the journal’s academic development.
- 2025.05.20 Review Review on flexible ceramic fibers published
A review on flexible ceramic fibers and their applications was published, summarizing the group’s work in flexible fiber electronics.
- 2025.03.12 Flexible Structure Shear-guided morphable 3D architectures in Materials Today
A shear-guided 3D architecture formation strategy is proposed, expanding the application of flexible structures in reconfigurable devices.
- 2025.01.18 Microflier Microflier free-fall dynamics (wing-tilt effect) in MMCS
Reveals how wing-tilt modulates the free-fall trajectory of 3D microfliers, providing a basis for passive distributed sensing node design.
- 2024.10.08 Sensing Marangoni-driven tactile system in Nature Communications
The Marangoni effect is used to achieve controlled formation of high-sensitivity tactile microstructures, enhancing flexible tactile sensing performance.
- 2024.06.25 Sensing Crack-engineered flexible strain sensor
A crack-engineered flexible strain sensor was reported, advancing conformal strain sensing on curved surfaces.
- 2023.09.14 Review Rise of flexible high-temperature electronics review in Rare Metals
The review outlooks the material systems, packaging strategies, and extreme-environment applications of flexible high-temperature electronics, defining the group’s main line of high-temperature flexible sensing.