Principal Investigator
Guoxin FANG, Ph.D. 

Assistant Professor, MAE CUHK 

Affiliated with Institute of ​Intelligent Design and Manufacturing (IIDM)
Co-Investigator, Centre for Perceptual and Interactive Intelligence  (CPII)

Dr. FANG (member, IEEE/ASME/ACM SIGGRAPH) ​received his Ph.D. from Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands (2022) and B.Eng. from Beijing Institute of Technology, China (2016). Before join CUHK he worked as Post-Doctoral Research Associate at the University of Manchester, the United Kingdom. 

Dr. Fang has published over 40 technical papers in the field of digital manufacturing, computational design, and robotics, earning awards such as the Best Paper Awards at SIGGRAPH Asia 2022/2025 and ASME IDETC-CIE 2023. He now serves on committees for the Symposium on Solid & Physical Modeling (SPM) and ASME CIE Division, and has also served as a guest editor of Materials & Design (2025). 

Research interests: Digital Manufacturing, Computational Design, Additive Manufacturing, Soft Robotics, Geometric Computing, and Computer Graphics.

Group Members

Fei XIAO​, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow
Ph.D. CUHK (SZ) 
B.S. ​Harbin Institute of Technology (SZ)

Research focus: Sensors & 3D Printing for Soft Matter

Jiasheng QU

Ph.D. Candidate (Y3)
M.S. Beijing Institute of Technology
B.Eng. Minzu University of China

Research focus: learning-based methods for multi-axis 3D printing and robotics system

Hailin SUN

Ph.D. Candidate (Y3)
M.S. ​Huazhong Univ. Sci. and Tech.
B.Eng. Shandong University

Research focus: multi-axis printing and soft robotics

Dezhao GUO

Ph.D. Candidate (Y3)
 M.Phil. CUHK
B.Eng. ​Beijing Institute of Technology

Research focus: robot-assisted 3D printing and surgical robotics
(co-advised with Prof. Yam Yeung)

Chengyu XU

PhD Student (Y2)
M.S. ​Xi'an Jiaotong University
B.Eng. Sichuan University

Research focus: robot-assisted multi-axis printing for electronics

Zhikai SHEN

PhD Student (Y2)
M.S. ​Shanghai Jiao Tong University
B.Eng. ​Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Research focus: learning-based robotic planning for digital manufacturing 

Yuliang LIUFU

PhD Student (Y1)
M.Sc. National University of Singapore
B.Eng. Wuhan Univ. Tech.

Research focus: design, modeling, and control for soft robotics

Join us

We welcome self-motivated students and researchers interested in robotics, computational design, advanced manufacturing, and smart devices to join our group. Prospective postdoctoral researchers, PhD students (2-3 quota/year), research staff are encouraged to contact Dr. Fang with a CV and a brief research statement.

For CUHK students: If you are interested in working with us, please review the projects listed in the system and contact the lab PI by email. Each year, our lab welcomes 3–4 undergraduate final-year project students and up to 5 MSc final project students.
Remark: the briefing section for MSc project for generally held in October (for both MAEG/ROSE).

Alumni

Mr. Zhuo HUANG

M.S. HUST, B.Sc. ​Central South University.
Research assistant (24-25), working on multi-axis composite 3D printing. Now Ph.D. student at the University of Manchester, UK.

Mr. Jingchao PENG

M.Sc. CUHK-Shenzhen, B.Sc. ​CityU HK 
Research assistant (24-25), working on vision-based reconstruction for soft robot system.

CUHK UG Final year project students

Mr. LEUNG, Chun Kit (MAEG): Design, control, and rapid prototyping of a bio-inspired soft robot manipulator.
Mr. NI, Luyao (MAEG): Development of 3D printing system for continuous fiber-reinforced thermoplastic composite.
Mr. YAN, Keyu (EEEN): Robot-assisted multi-axis additive manufacturing system for large-scale components.

CUHK M.Sc. Final Project students

Ms. ​ZHAO, Jinyan, (​2024, MSc, MAEG)
Mr. ZHAO, Jun ​(​2024, ​MSc, MAEG)
Mr. ​LIU, Qiyan ​(2024, ​MSc, MAEG)

Mr. GUO, Yudi (2024, ​MSc, MAEG)
Mr. LI, Deming (​2024, ​MSc, MAEG)
Dr. WONG, Shuk Ping (2023, ​MSc, MAEG)

Group Photo ​Gallery

MSc project final defense (class of 2024)

Group gathering (Aug 2025)

TCT exhibition (Sept 2025)

MAE 30 years anniversary exhibition