Principal Investigator

DUAN, Molong

DUAN, Molong

Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Associate Director of the Research Center on Smart Manufacturing

Research areas

  • Modeling and control of dynamic systems
  • Robotic manufacturing vibration compensation
  • Additive manufacturing control
  • Continuous-fiber additive manufacturing
  • Flexible aircraft modeling and control
  • VTOL aircraft modeling and control

Contact details

  • Email: duan@ust.hk
  • Tel: (+852) 3469-3024
  • Address: Room 2570, HKUST Academic Building
  • Department/School/Institute profiles: MAE , SENG , RI
Postdoctoral fellows
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GUO, Zeshi

Fiber-reinforced composite additive manufacturing; In-situ resource utilization on the Moon and Mars

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HE, Dong

Multi-axis additive and subtractive manufacturing

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HUANG, Shifeng

Dynamic modeling and identification of industrial robots; Calibration and compensation of kinematic errors

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SHI, Yu

Robust control; Reinforcement learning; Robotic locomotion and manipulation

PhD students
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ASGHAR, Arafat

Control systems; Visual servo control of robotics and additive manufacturing

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CHEN, Siqi

Additive manufacturing control with thermal cameras

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DONG, Boge

Load alleviation of flexible aircraft wings

HE, Shuaiyin featured image

HE, Shuaiyin

Composite additive manufacturing

LI, Fang featured image

LI, Fang

Additive manufacturing of carbon-fiber composites

LI, Yutong featured image

LI, Yutong

Learning-based decision and control for robotic systems

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LIU, Shuai

Vibration compensation in additive manufacturing; Cable-driven parallel robots

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LOU, Gao

Robotic modeling and control

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MEI, Yihan

Vertical takeoff and landing aircraft

SUN, Bingjie featured image

SUN, Bingjie

Advanced manufacturing of composite aerospace structures

WANG, Sichen featured image

WANG, Sichen

Mobile robots and cooperative control

YANG, Yuexin featured image

YANG, Yuexin

Thermal-camera-enabled additive manufacturing control

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ZHOU, Yi

Robot modeling and control

MPhil students
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CHEUNG, Yim Ho

Robot modeling and control

LAI, Chunhin featured image

LAI, Chunhin

Modeling and control of robotics and electric vehicles

LAW, Fu Chung featured image

LAW, Fu Chung

Visual grasping; Computer vision

WU, Yishang featured image

WU, Yishang

Robot modeling and control

YE, Pengfei featured image

YE, Pengfei

Robot modeling and control

Research assistants

Role Assignment

Digital Assets

Digital Assets role assignments
NameGroupAssigned RoleMain Scope
Li YutongDigital AssetsGroup Leader + Projects & Publications ManagerLeader: assign tasks, check progress, summarize weekly work, and report in the group meeting. Group: maintain projects, repositories, papers, research pages, PDFs, code links, and related digital assets.
He ShuaiyinDigital AssetsCode Archive & Open-source ManagerManage code archiving standards, repositories, versions, and links; identify useful open-source resources and route related tasks.
Zhou YiDigital AssetsPublication Watch & Submission CoordinatorTrack newly published or accepted papers and project outputs; contact authors; collect submission/request information; maintain the pending asset list.
SUN BingjieDigital AssetsOpen-source & Content SupportSupport open-source resource collection, basic information checks, short descriptions, reproduce the repositories, and tasks assigned by senior members.

Public Relations

Public Relations role assignments
NameGroupAssigned RoleMain Scope
LAW Fu ChungPRGroup Leader + Video Publishing ManagerLeader: assign tasks, check progress, summarize weekly work, and report in the group meeting. Group: responsible for video release and maintenance of accounts on platforms such as Bilibili, YouTube, etc.
MEI YihanPRWebsite Content ManagerCollect website content requests, coordinate task routing, and update project, news, and publication-related website content.
CHEN HongyiPRWebsite Information ManagerMaintain the People page of website. Work with Website Content Manager on sustainable website updates.
CHEUNG Yim HoPRVideo Production ManagerResponsible for video production, editing, and material organization
CHONG Sung-jinPRNews & Social Media Manager (Global)Responsible for publishing long articles and short posts on platforms such as X and Instagram.
LOU GaoPRNews & Social Media Manager (Mainland)Responsible for publishing long articles and short posts on platforms such as WeChat and Xiaohongshu.

Hardware & Operations

Hardware & Operations role assignments
NameGroupAssigned RoleMain Scope
LI FangHardware & OperationsGroup Leader + Equipment Operations ManagerLeader: assign tasks, check progress, summarize weekly work, and report in the group meeting. Group: coordinate equipment, facilities, consumables, seating, and day-to-day lab operations.
WANG SichenHardware & OperationsSeating & Workspace ManagerManage seat arrangement, workspace records, new-member seat allocation, seat adjustments, and recovery of unused seats.
Lai Chun HinHardware & OperationsFacilities & Workspace ManagerMaintain lab and office facilities; support workspace changes, offline setup, and daily space coordination.
CHEN HongyiHardware & OperationsFacilities & Workspace Manager (SHCIRI)Maintain lab and office facilities; support workspace changes, offline setup, and daily space coordination.
ASGHAR, ArafatHardware & OperationsConsumables & Shared Resources ManagerManage consumables, tools, and shared-resource inventory; track restocking needs, storage rules, and routine resource checks.
WU YishangHardware & OperationsKnowledge Base ManagerMaintain website/wiki SOPs, templates, FAQs, documentation, and content workflows (Define how to handle group wiki, device usage, organize paper writing content, and exam procedures);
Alumni
BI, Danjie — Path and process planning in multi-axis additive manufacturing; composite additive manufacturing.