Guest Speaker: Prof. LIU Song
School of Information Science and Technology
ShanghaiTech University
Prof. Song LIU received his B.S. degree from Shandong University, Jinan, China, in 2012, and his Ph.D. degrees in Control Science and Engineering from the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Beijing, China) and in Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering from the City University of Hong Kong (CityU) in 2017. From 2017 to 2018, he served as a Postdoctoral Fellow at Robot Vision Research Lab, Department of Mechanical Engineering, CityU. He then conducted second term postdoctoral research in Prof. Eun Sok Kim’s MEMS Group at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA, from 2019 to 2020. Currently, he is a Tenure-Track Assistant Professor at ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, China, where he built up and leads the Advanced Micro-Nano Robots Lab (www.amnrlab.cn). He has published more than 60 papers in high-impact journals and top conferences, including Nature Physics, Applied Physics Letters, Ultrasonics, and IEEE Transactions on Robotics, etc. He won the best paper award finalist (top 1%) and the best paper award in automation finalist (3 papers in total) of the ICRA 2025. His research is supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China for Excellent Young Scholars.
Abstract
Power ultrasound has attracted significant interest from researchers across multiple fields, such as chemistry, material engineering, and life science. The unique combination of deep tissue penetration, material-agnostic interaction, high biocompatibility, and versatile physical mechanisms makes it exceptionally suitable for biomedical and clinical applications, driving global interdisciplinary efforts in drug delivery, bioprinting, regenerative medicine, and beyond, using ultrasound. In this talk, I will first share our lab's latest breakthroughs in dynamic ultrasound wave modulation techniques, including novel transducer design, fabrication, and intelligent control algorithms. Moving forward, I will demonstrate how ultrasound serves as a versatile actuation platform, enabling the development of acoustic robotic systems based on particles (μm), droplets (mm), and fibers (cm). Finally, I will present our exploratory works in acoustic manufacturing, highlighting noninvasive in vivo bioprinting and contactless in situ micro-assembly, opening new frontiers for ultrasound in biomedical engineering and personalized medicine.
