Scholar
Xianwen Kong
Google Scholar ID: RVw8CMkAAAAJ
Heriot-Watt University
Citations & Impact
Citations
2,858
H-index
29
i10-index
79
Publications
20
Co-authors
20
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Contact
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Publications
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- 1. Jieyu Wang was selected for the final round of the 2018 ASME Student Mechanism and Robot Design Competition
- 2. Jieyu Wang was awarded one of the EPS Postgraduate Research 2nd Year Prizes in October 2017
- 3. Guochao Bai was awarded one of the EPS Postgraduate Research 2nd Year Prizes in October 2017
- 4. The M-infinity Motion team (Dr Kong, Ross Walker, and Jieyu Wang) won the third prize at the 2016 China-UK Entrepreneurship Challenge
- 5. Xavier Herpe was awarded a best paper award at The International Conference for Students on Applied Engineering, Newcastle, 20-21 October 2016
- 6. The M-infinity Motion team (Dr Kong, Ross Walker, and Jieyu Wang) won the second prize at the 2016 China-UK Entrepreneurship Challenge
- 7. Jieyu Wang was awarded a 500USD Young Delegate Scholarship from EUCOMES to participate in the conference in France in September 2016
- 8. Guochao Bai was selected for the final round of the 2016 ASME Student Mechanism and Robot Design Competition
Research Experience
- 1. A multiscale digital twin-driven smart manufacturing system for high value-added products (EPSRC, May 2020 - April 2024)
- 2. Toward a high-efficiency and easy-to-install CPV solar panel (KTP, 2018-2020)
- 3. Miniature flexible & reconfigurable manufacturing system for 3D Micro-products (EPSRC, July 2013 - December 2017)
- 4. Creative design of parallel manipulators with multiple operation modes (EPSRC, July 2011 - December 2012)
- 5. Design of energy-efficient reconfigurable parallel manipulators (International Joint Project with France, Royal Society)
Background
- Research interests include mechanisms, robotics, mechatronics and their industrial, biomedical, and renewable energy applications at the macro-, micro-, and nano-scales. He has published a book on parallel manipulators and has been granted two United States patents, in addition to several journal and conference papers.
