Prof. Dr. Chengliang Liu

Cheng-liang Liu received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Southeast University (China) in 1999. He came to the Institute of Robotics in the School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and joined the faculty as an Assistant Professor later the same year. In the year 2000, he was invited to work at the University of Cincinnati and the University of Wisconsin, respectively, as a senior visiting scholar. He was promoted to full-time Professor in 2002, taking charge of the Institute of Mechatronics. He teaches undergraduate- and graduate-level subjects related to mechanics and electronics. His research interests range from intelligent robot systems and MEMS applications to precise agriculture, network-based monitoring, and GPS/GIS/RS-equipped apparatus and machinery. In his field, he is a senior member and board chairperson of the Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society, elected in 2001. He has served as a planning expert for China's 14th five-year plan of the National High-Tech Research and Development Program in the field of modern agriculture technology.