Research interests:
Digital Manufacturing, Computational Design, Additive Manufacturing, Soft Robotics, Geometric Computing, and Computer Graphics.
Dr. Charlie C. L. Wang is currently Professor of Smart Manufacturing at the University of Manchester (UoM) holding an EPSRC Fellowship (2023-2028) on Field Computation Based Kernel for Vector 3D Printing. Before joining UoM in 2020, he worked as Professor and Chair of Advanced Manufacturing at Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands and as Professor of Mechanical and Automation Engineering at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He received his B.Eng. degree (1998) in mechatronics engineering from Huazhong University of Science and Technology and his Ph.D. degree (2002) in mechanical engineering from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). Prof. Wang has received numerous honors, including the ASME CIE Excellence in Research Award (2016), the ASME CIE Young Engineer Award (2009), nine Best Paper Awards, five project-oriented awards, and three teaching awards. He worked as the chair of Solid Modeling Association from 2021 to 2024, and was elected a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) in 2013 based on his contribution to computer-aided product and process development.
Dr. Guoxin Fang, who graduated from our group in 2022, has joined the Chinese University of Hong Kong as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering in October 2023
Dr. Rob Scharff, who graduated from our group in 2021, has joined the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology as an Assistant Professor at the Division of Integrative Systems and Design in January 2023
Dr. Tsz-Ho Kwok, an alumni of our group (Ph.D. 2013), won the Young Investigator Award from the Solid Modeling Association, June 2022
Our project "Multi-axis robot-based bioprinting system supporting natural cell function preservation and cardiac tissue fabrication" won the MedTech Award in 3D Pioneers Challenge, May 2022
