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URL;TYPE=URI:https://www.wpi.edu/news/calendar/events/bme-seminar-yihao-zhe
 ng-wpi-mme-medical-and-manufacturing-innovation-human-centered-convergence
SUMMARY:BME Seminar: Yihao Zheng\, WPI MME\, “From Medical and Manufactur
 ing Innovation to Human-Centered Convergence Research”
LOCATION:United States
DESCRIPTION:Seminar Series\n\n\n\n      \n      \n\n\n\nYihao Zheng\, PhD\n
 WPI\nMechanical and Materials Engineering\n“From Medical and Manufacturi
 ng Innovation to Human-Centered Convergence Research”\nAbstract: With th
 e goal of advancing engineering science and technology to enhance healthca
 re\, I conduct convergence research through transdisciplinary collaboratio
 n across engineering\, science\, and medicine. By integrating advanced man
 ufacturing\, robotics\, machine learning\, sensing\, and translational med
 icine\, my work seeks to improve the safety\, quality\, efficiency\, and a
 ccessibility of healthcare services and research. With deeper integration 
 of advanced technologies and broader clinical applications\, my research h
 as evolved through three key themes: 1) Medical and Manufacturing Innovati
 on\, 2) Smart Health\, and 3) Human-Centered Convergence Research. In this
  talk\, I will introduce each theme with illustrative projects. In Medical
  and Manufacturing Innovation\, I will discuss a novel research philosophy
  and framework based on a hospital-factory analogy\, with examples of medi
 cal device development for human tissue machining. In Smart Health\, I wil
 l demonstrate how recent advancements in artificial intelligence are enabl
 ing real-time\, data-driven\, clinical decision-making and autonomous medi
 cal robotics. Finally\, in Human-Centered Convergence Research\, I will sh
 are my vision for transdisciplinary learning and transfer of human manual 
 skills for workforce development and robotic automation.\nBio: Yihao Zheng
  is an Associate Professor in Mechanical and Materials Engineering at Worc
 ester Polytechnic Institute (WPI)\, with affiliations in Biomedical Engine
 ering and Robotics Engineering. Before joining WPI in 2019\, he was a Rese
 arch Investigator in Mechanical Engineering and Internal Medicine at the U
 niversity of Michigan (UM) and a Collaborative Investigator at the VA Ann 
 Arbor Healthcare System. He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering f
 rom UM in 2016. Dr. Zheng’s research focuses on enhancing healthcare thr
 ough the integration of advanced engineering technologies and transdiscipl
 inary collaborations with medical schools and industry partners. His resea
 rch contributes to both fundamental science and clinical applications and 
 has been funded by the National Science Foundation\, National Institutes o
 f Health\, Department of Veterans Affairs\, medical device companies\, and
  charity foundations. He has published 50 peer-reviewed journal articles a
 nd holds four granted and four pending patents.\nPlease reach out to kharr
 ison@wpi.edu for a zoom link.
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