Current Research Grants Principal Investigator, £1,648,677, "Field computation based kernel for vector 3D printing", UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Fellowship Grant, EP/X032213/1, 12/2023 - 11/2028 Principal Investigator, £152,191, "Initial research for generating smart temperature resistant structures using novel printing and deposition technologies", AkzoNobel International Paint Limited, 11/2023 - 11/2024 Principal Investigator, £859,337, "SORO-MADE: Soft robotic mannequin with programmable shape deformation", UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Standard Grant, EP/W024985/1, 11/2022 - 10/2026 Principal Investigator, £280,873, "Decomposition based process planning of CNC machining", Oxford Engineering Ltd, Innovate UK Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) Scheme, 07/2022 - 12/2025 Principal Investigator, £337,000, "Automatic knitting code generation for 3D freeform models and its applications in personalized fabrication", Centre for Perceptual and Interactive Intelligence (CPII) Ltd, 06/2021 - 06/2025 Co-Investigator, £1,600,645, "AMPI: Advanced Machinery & Productivity Initiative - Creating the new machines, technology and people needed to manufacture tomorrow’s products", Innovate UK - Strength in Places Fund, 10/2022 - 10/2026 Co-Investigator, £148,950, "3D-printed silicone soft-robotic '4D' phantoms for developing MR-guided radiotherapy", Rosetrees Trust, Interdisciplinary Award, 03/2022 - 02/2025 Completed Research Grants @ UoM Principal Investigator, £49,978, "Vector-field guided tool-path planning for 3D printing with continuous carbon fibres", Broetje-Automation GmbH, UKRI Impact Acceleration Account (IAA) Fund, 11/2023 - 04/2024 Principal Investigator, £101,069, "Toolpath algorithms for 5XCAM hybrid manufacturing", 5AXISWORKS Ltd, Innovate UK Smart Grants, 08/2021 - 01/2023 Research Awards ASME CIE Excellence in Research Award, ASME Computers and Information in Engineering Division (CIE), 2016 Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2013 ASME CIE Young Engineer Award, ASME Computers and Information in Engineering Division (CIE), 2009 Young Researcher Award, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2009 Research Project Awards MedTech Award by "Multi-Axis Robot-Based Bioprinting System Supporting Natural Cell Function Preservation and Cardiac Tissue Fabrication", 3D Pioneers Challenge, 2022 Silver Award by "Shape-Driven Design and Manufacturing Technology for Industry 4.0", 47th Geneva International Invention Exhibition, 2019 Natural Science Award (2nd Class) by "Research of Semantic Feature Modeling in 3D Garment Design", Ministry of Education (MOE), P.R. China, 2012 VX Corporation Idea Award (2nd Place) by "GPU Based Solid Modeler for Complex Objects", International CAD Conference and Exhibition, 2009 Best Lifestyle Bronze Award (Work Life and Professional Services) by "From Styling Design to Fabricated Wetsuit", Hong Kong ICT Awards, 2008 Best Paper Awards Best Paper Award, ASME 43rd Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (CIE), 2023 Best Paper Award, Technical Papers, ACM SIGGRAPH Asia, 2022 ISSMO/Springer Prize, 13th World Congress of Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, 2019 Best Paper Award (2nd Place), International Symposium on Solid and Physical Modeling, 2019 Best Paper Award, Journal of Computational Visual Media, Springer, April 2016 NAMRI/SME Outstanding Paper Award, SME 41st North American Manufacturing Research Conference, 2013 Prakash Krishnaswami CAPPD Best Paper Award, ASME 31st Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (CIE), 2011 Best Paper Award, ASME 28th Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (CIE), 2008 Best Paper Award in Computational Methods, ASME 21st Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (CIE), 2001 Other Research Distinctions Finalist of Best Student Paper Award - IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering, 2021 Finalist of Best Student Paper Award - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, 2017 Finalist of Best Application Paper Award - IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering, 2015 Best Paper Honorable Mention, The 13th International Conference on Computer-Aided Design and Computer Graphics, 2013 Top Cited Article Certification (2005-2010) for "Parameterization and parametric design of mannequins" published in Computer-Aided Design, vol.37, no.1, Elsevier, August 2010 Invited Conference Talks Plenary Talk, "Field Based Computation for Vector 3D Printing", SIAM International Meshing Roundtable Workshop, March 3-6, 2025, Fort Worth, Texas Keynote Speech, "Vector 3D Printing: From Curved Slicer to Continuous Fibre Reinforcement", The 20th International Conference on Machine Design and Production (UMTIK 2024), August 14-17, 2024, Ankara, Turkey Invited Talk, "Multi-Axis Additive Manufacturing", TCT 3Sixty - The UK's Definitive Industrial 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing Event, June 5-6, 2024, Birmingham, United Kingdom Keynote Speech, "Deformation of 3D Printed Soft Robots: Sensing, Control and Design", Soft Robotics Summerschool and Symposium, August 22 - September 2, 2022, Wageningen & Delft, The Netherlands Keynote Speech, "Simulation, Sensing and Control of Soft Robots", The 19th International Conference on Machine Design and Production (UMTIK 2022), August 31 - September 3, 2022, Cappadocia, Turkey Seminar Speaker, "Multi-Axis Additive Manufacturing: Next Generation of 3D Printing", Computational Fabrication Seminars, June 16, 2022 Keynote Speech, "Multi-Axis Additive Manufacturing: Process Planning for Reinforced Mechanical Strength", 3D Printing Technology and Research World Forum, December 2-4, 2021, Frankfurt, Germany Spotlight Presentation, "Memory-Efficient Modeling and Slicing of Large-Scale Structures", ASME 2021 Virtual International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, August 17-20, 2021 Keynote Speech, "Multi-Axis Additive Manufacturing: Support-Free and Strength Reinforcement", International CAD Conference and Exhibition (CAD'21), July 5-7, 2021, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain Invited Talk, "Planning Jerk-Optimized Trajectory for Redundant Robots", International Symposium of Computational Numerical Control Machining, August 10-11, 2019, Dalian, China Invited Talk, "Deformation of 3D Printed Soft Robots: Sensing, Simulation and Planning", IEEE ICRA 2019 Workshop on Robot Design and Customization: Opportunities at the Intersection of Computation and Digital Fabrication, May 23, 2019, Montreal, Canada Keynote Speech, "Battles with Overhang in 3D Printing", Symposium on Solid & Physical Modeling 2018, June 11-13, 2018, Bilbao, Spain Keynote Speech, "Shape and Topology Optimization for Additive Manufacturing", International Workshop of Computational Fabrication: Simulation, Optimization and Evaluation, August 24, 2017, Zhangjiajie, China Keynote Speech, "Computational Design and Fabrication: From Design Automation to New Manufacturing", International Conference on Innovative Design and Manufacturing, July 17-19, 2017, Milan, Italy Tutorial Talk, "Topology Optimization for Computational Fabrication", Eurographics, April 24-28, 2017, Lyon, France Inaugural Address, "Computational Design and Fabrication: Turbine to Advance Production", TU Delft as Chair of Advanced Manufacturing, February 24, 2017, Delft, The Netherlands Invited Talk, "Robot-Assisted Multi-Axis Additive Manufacturing: Decomposition and Collision-Free Planning", The Third Workshop on Smart Robotics, April 12, 2017, Tianjin, China Keynote Speech, "Fast Solid Modeling and Its Application in Feedrate Optimization", International Symposium of Computational Numerical Control Machining, March 23-25, 2017, Taiwan Invited Talk, "Geometric Computing for Robotic Applications", The Second Workshop on Smart Robotics, June 2-4, 2016, Beijing, China Invited Talk, "Supporting Structure Aware Optimization for Additive Manufacturing", 2015 Workshop on Complex Surfaces Intelligent Manufacturing, December 6-8, 2015, Changsha, China Keynote Speech, "A Closed-Form Formulation of HRBF-Based Surface Reconstruction", 2015 International Conference on Real-time Computing and Robotics, June 23-26, 2015, Changsha, China Invited Talk, "Foot-Rooted Body Motion Capture by IMU Sensors", Workshop on Visual Computing for Social and Cognitive Robots, April 15, 2015, Beijing, China Course Speaker, "3D Printing Oriented Design: Geometry and Optimization", ACM SIGGRAPH Asia, December 3-6, 2014, ShenZhen, China Invited Talk, "Computing Stable Contact Interface for Designing Customized Surgical Jigs", International Symposium on the Applications of 3-D Printing in Orthopaedics, September 20, 2014, Hong Kong Invited Talk, "Volumetric Template Fitting for Human Body Reconstruction from Incomplete Data", International Conference on Innovative Design and Manufacturing, August 13-15, 2014, Montreal, Canada Invited Talk, "GPU-based Solid Modeling for Additive Manufacturing", 1st International Conference on Progress in Additive Manufacturing, May 26-28, 2014, Singapore Keynote Speech, "Design for Human-Centered Freeform Products: What's the Next?", International CAD Conference and Exhibition (CAD'13), June 17-20, 2013, Bergamo, Italy Keynote Speech, "Geometric Modeling and Reasoning of User Customized Apparel Products", MCP-Asia Pacific 2010 - An International Conference on Mass Customization and Personalization, December 6-9, 2010, Taipei, Taiwan Invited Tutorial, "Design Automation for Customized Freeform Products", International Symposium on Tools and Methods of Competitive Engineering (TMCE 2008), April 21 - 25, 2008, Izmir, Turkey Invited Tutorial, "CAD Tools in Fashion/Garment Design", International CAD Conference and Exhibition (CAD'04), May 24-28, 2004, Pattaya Beach, Thailand Patents Charlie C.L. Wang, "Methods for Flattening a 3D Surface into a 2D Piece", U.S. Patent 8,411,090, April 2, 2013; Chinese Patent CN101661626, April 18, 2012. Juncong Lin, Charlie C.L. Wang, Kin-Chuen Hui, and Xiaogang Jin, "Mesh Composition on Models with Arbitrary Topology", Chinese Patent CN101266691, January 13, 2010. Software Neural Slicer for Multi-Axis 3D Printing S^3-Slicer: A General Slicing Framework for Multi-Axis 3D Printing Singularity-Aware Motion Planning for Multi-Axis Additive Manufacturing Collision-Aware Soft Robot Simulator HRBF-Fusion: Accurate 3D Reconstruction from RGB-D Data Knitting Map Generation by Short-Row 3D Shaping Soft Robot Kinematics by Geometry Computing Reinforced FDM: Multi-Axis Filament Alignment with Controlled Anisotropic Strength Slicer of Multiscale Triply Periodic Minimal Surfaces Slicer of Large-Scale Adaptive Lattice Structures as Implicit Surfaces High Fidelity RGB-D Image Repair by Deep Learning PyMDP: A Decomposition Tool for Multi-Direction 3D Printing VoxelMultiAxisAM: Voxel Based Support-Free Process Planning for Multi-Axis AM Thickening: A Library for General Mesh Offsetting HRBFQI: A Fast Surface Reconstruction Method from Hermite Points [Python Binding] CSRS: A Library for Coherent Spherical Range-Search on GPUs [Dynamic-Link Library] Parametric 3D Human Body Generator [Android APP] [Web Browser] LDNI-based Solid Modeling [Dynamic-Link Library] Conservative LDI Sampling Tool (CST) Surface-from-Gradients: An Approach Based on Discrete Geometry Processing Volumetric Template Fitting Highly Parallel Algorithms for Visual Perception Guided Surface Remeshing MeshWorks (ver. 1.0) Surface Cross-Parameterization Point Orientation Tool (POT) Past Research Grants @ CUHK / TUDelft Principal Investigator, "Computing tool-paths for strengthening parts fabricated by filament-based multi-axis 3D printing", HKSAR Research Grants Council (RGC) General Research Fund (GRF), CUHK/14202219, 7/2019 - 6/2022 Principal Investigator & Person-in-charge, "Shape driven tech limited", HKSAR Innovation and Technology Commission (ITC) Technology Start-up Support Scheme for Universities (TSSSU), TSSSU/CUHK/19/08/1, 7/2019 - 3/2021 Principal Investigator & Project Coordinator, "Trial: Ultra-personalized design and fabrication of 3D wetsuit", HKSAR Innovation and Technology Commission (ITC) Innovation and Technology Fund (ITF), ITT/032/18GP, 5/2019 - 5/2020 Principal Investigator, "Development of a 4D scanner for thermal-comfort product design", CUHK Technology and Business Development Fund, TBF19ENG005, 6/2019 - 6/2020 Principal Investigator, "Geometry-based simulation and optimization for 3D printed multi-material soft robots", CUHK Direct Research Grant, CUHK/4055094, 7/2018 - 7/2020 Principal Investigator, "Manufacturability analysis and model optimization for additive manufacturing based on offset surface", Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), Ref. No.: 61628211, 1/2017 - 12/2018 Principal Investigator, "Customized 3D-printed jigs for bone surgery", Demonstration Project of Design United - 3TU Research Centre, The Netherlands, Ref. No.: C2D1603, 7/2016 - 12/2016 Principal Investigator, "Hierarchical GPU-based solid modeling for freeform polyhedral objects", HKSAR Research Grants Council (RGC) General Research Fund (GRF), CUHK/14207414, 1/2015 - 12/2017 Principal Investigator & Project Coordinator, "An IMU-based wearable real-time body motion control system for teleoperated robot", HKSAR Innovation and Technology Commission (ITC) Innovation and Technology Fund (ITF), ITS/065/14 + InP/274/14 + InP/275/14, 11/2014 - 4/2016 Principal Investigator & Project Coordinator, "Design automation of customized jigs for bone tumor surgery", HKSAR Innovation and Technology Commission (ITC) Innovation and Technology Fund (ITF), ITS/060/13 + InP/024/14 + InP/025/14, 10/2013 - 3/2015 Principal Investigator, "Normal vector based discrete developable surface modeling and application", Shenzhen Science Plan, Grant No.: JCYJ20120903092425971, 06/2013 - 11/2015 Principal Investigator, "Phase Two Development of VMMC project", Industrial Research Grant, CUHK/7050669, 8/2014 - 7/2015 Principal Investigator, "3D gesture control technology", Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute Company Limited, CUHK/7050429, 3/2013 - 3/2014 Principal Investigator, "Phase One Development of VMMC project", Industrial Research Grant, CUHK/7050392, 10/2012 - 9/2013 Principal Investigator & Project Coordinator, "Technology development and application for solid modeling by Layered Depth-Normal Images in high resolution", HKSAR Innovation and Technology Commission (ITC) Innovation and Technology Fund (ITF), ITS/247/11 + InP/027/12 + InP/151/12, 3/2012 - 8/2013 Principal Investigator, "Highly parallel point-distance computation on trimmed NURBS surface", CUHK Direct Research Grant, CUHK/2050518, 1/2012 - 6/2013 Principal Investigator, "Robust and parallel reconstruction of sharp feature preserved mesh surface from unoriented noisy points", HKSAR Research Grants Council (RGC) General Research Fund (GRF), CUHK/417109, 1/2010 - 12/2012 Principal Investigator, "GPU-based solid modeler for complex objects", HKSAR Research Grants Council (RGC) General Research Fund (GRF), CUHK/417508, 1/2009 - 6/2012 Principal Investigator, "Pattern computation for compression and performance garment", Shun Hing Institute of Advanced Engineering (SHIAE) Research Grant, CUHK/8115022, 7/2008 - 6/2010 Principal Investigator, "Retrieval of structured parametric surfaces from implicitly represented multi-material models", HKSAR Research Grants Council (RGC) Competitive Earmarked Research Grant (CERG), CUHK/416307, 9/2007 - 2/2010 Principal Investigator, "Preliminary research of solid modeling for complex objects on GPU", CUHK Direct Research Grant, CUHK/2050400, 1/2008 - 6/2009 Principal Investigator & Project Coordinator, "Technology development and application for geometric modeling of developable freeform surfaces", HKSAR Innovation and Technology Commission (ITC) Innovation and Technology Fund (ITF), ITS/026/07 + InP/017/07, 9/2007 - 8/2008 Principal Investigator, "Deformation technology for design automation of 3D garment", Industrial Research Grant, CUHK/7000861, 2/2007 - 1/2008 Principal Investigator, "Retrieval of structured parametric surfaces from implicitly represented multi-material models", CUHK Direct Research Grant, CUHK/2050374, 1/2007 - 6/2008 Principal Investigator, "Freeform shape modeling by examples", CUHK Direct Research Grant, CUHK/2050341, 1/2006 - 6/2007 Co-Investigator, "Topology optimization for additive manufacturing: considering critical process-dependent loads", LeaDing Fellows Programme, The Netherlands, 3/2018 - 2/2020 Co-Investigator, "Research on geometric models and efficient content generation for large-scale industrial 3D printers", Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), Ref. No.: 61432003, 1/2015 - 12/2019 Co-Investigator, "Research of key problems in the binary coded structured light means for high-robustness 3D reconstruction", Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), Ref. No.: 61375041, 1/2014 - 12/2017 Co-Investigator, "Fast modeling based on differentiable implicit offset surfaces and its applications for general mesh models", Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), Ref. No.: 61173119, 1/2012 - 12/2015 Co-Investigator, "Fast offset surface modeling from freeform models with triangular meshes", Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), Ref. No.: 61003125, 1/2011 - 12/2011 Co-Investigator, "Design automation of customized freeform object", HKSAR Research Grants Council (RGC) Competitive Earmarked Research Grant (CERG), CUHK/412405, 1/2006 - 6/2008 Co-Investigator, "Motion control and special effect generation in large-scale group animation", Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), Ref. No.: 60573153, 1/2006 - 12/2008