Xie Weigui, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

Research Interests

(1) Agricultural Robotics: Research on rigid-flexible perception manipulators. Key areas include:
* Flexible sensor design and fabrication
* Design of rigid-flexible combined manipulators
* Microstructure modeling and mechanical simulation

(2) Medical-Engineering Integration: Research on microfluidic chip technology. Key areas include:
* Flow field structure design in microfluidic chips
* Fluid-solid coupling simulation
* Multi-functional manipulation applications for particles/cells

Education and Work Experience

• 2025 – Present: Associate Professor, Central South University (CSU), China

• 2022 – 2025: Postdoctoral Researcher, South China University of Technology (SCUT), China
  (Supervisor: Prof. Zhang Shuidong)

• 2023 – 2024: Visiting Scholar, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore
  (Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Wang Yifan)

• 2021 – 2022: District Reform Specialist, Organization Department of Nanshan District Committee (Talent Work Bureau), Shenzhen, China

• 2016 – 2021: Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, South China University of Technology (SCUT), China
  (Supervisor: Prof. Liu Wangyu)

• 2012 – 2016: B.Eng. in Mechanical Engineering (Innovation Program), South China University of Technology (SCUT), China

Academic Achievements

• (1) Principal Investigator (PI) of 5 competitive research grants:

• National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC Young Scientists Fund)

• Guangdong Provincial Natural Science Foundation (General Program)

• Guangdong Provincial Natural Science Foundation (Youth Joint Fund)

• China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (General Program)

• Awardee of the Guangdong Outstanding Postdoctoral International Training Program

• (2) Published 33 SCI-indexed journal papers in recent years. Among these, 19 papers are published as first/corresponding author in journals including Thin-Walled Structures, Journal of Power Sources, etc.
  Reviewer for international journals such as International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, Journal of Power Sources, etc.

• (3) Filed 8 invention patents (4 granted). Granted 2 utility model patents.

Research Group

Currently conducting teaching and research within the group led by Prof. Lu Xinjiang (Chair, Department of Robotics; MOE New Century Excellent Talent; Hunan Provincial Outstanding Youth Fund recipient; Recipient of the 2024 Hunan Provincial Natural Science Award).

The group is affiliated with the National Key Laboratory of Precision Manufacturing for Extreme Service Performance. Our research focuses on theoretical and applied studies in robotics, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), intelligent manufacturing, machine learning, machine vision, and intelligent control.

Recruitment

I am an encouraging supervisor and welcome motivated students interested in flexible sensors, flexible manipulators, structural modeling & mechanical simulation, or microfluidic technology to apply for Master's or Ph.D. programs!

Contact

• Email: csuxwg@csu.edu.cn