Hongbo WANG

Research Professor, PhD Supervisor
Email: wangh@ustc.edu.cn
Department of Precision Machinery and Precision Instrumentation (PMPI)
School of Engineering Science, USTC

Research Interests

  • Novel Transducer Mechanisms
  • Soft Force & Tactile Sensors
  • Intelligent Machines & Soft Robotics
  • Wearables
  • Flexible and Strechable electronics


    • Hongbo Wang

    Honors & Awards

    2023     Talent Introduction program of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
    2022     Talent Introduction program of Anhui Provience
    2018     European Union Marie-Curie Individual Fellowship (Top 4 among 850 applicants in Engineering)
    2015     The president's "Special Prize" of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
    2015     "Gold Medal" at the 43rd International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva, Switzerland
    2015     “Outstanding Graduates” of USTC
    2014     "Third Prize" of the 2014 China (International) Transducer & Sensor Innovation Contest
    2014     “National Scholarship” of graduate students

    Funding & Projects

  • CAS, Talent Introduction Program, 2023 - 2026, PI
  • NSFC, General Program Grant, 2023 - 2026, PI
  • USTC High-level Talents Starting Grant, 2021 - 2027, PI
  • Ministry of Science and Technology of China, other Program Grant, 2022-2024, Participate
  • EU Marie-Curie Individual Fellowship project “3D-SITS”, 2018 - 2020, PI
  • EU FET-OPEN project “PROBOSCIS”，2019 - 2023, Participate
  • UK Royal Society Internatioanl Exchange project “Flex-Handling”, 2019 - 2021, Participate
  • UK The Leverhulme Trust “Sense & Sensibility”, 2015 - 2017, Participate

    • Teaching

  • Mechatronic system Design, Undergraduates, 2023 Fall
  • Frontier in Mechanical Engineering, Graduates,2022 Spring, 2023 Spring, 2024 Spring
  • Sensors and Measurement Technologies, Undergraduates, 2021 Fall
  • Science & Society, Undergraduates, 2021, 2022

    • Education

    9/2010 - 6/2015PhDDepartment of PMPI, USTC
    9/2006 - 7/2010B.E.Department of PMPI, USTC

    Work Experience

    4/2021 - Research ProfessorDepartment of PMPI, USTC
    9/2017 - 3/2021Marie-Curie ResearcherIstituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT)
    6/2015 – 6/2017Postdoctoral Research FellowUniversity of Leeds School of Mechancial Engineering

    Selected Publications

    • Yulian Peng†, Zhengyan Wang†, Houping Wu†, Junchen Luo, Xinxin Chang, Yufeng Wang, Shiwu Zhang, Zhihua Feng, Unyong Jeong*, & Hongbo Wang*
      Magnetic Crack-Based Piezoinductive Mechanical Sensors: Way to Extreme Robustness and Ultra-sensitivity [DOI]
      Nature Communications, 16, 6370 (2025)

    • Zhengyan Wang, Xinxin Chang, Yingao Xu, Yingjie Gao, Yulian Peng, Yueyang Wang, Zhihua Feng, Hongbo Wang*
      Programming Stretchable Planar Coils as Strain-Invariant Inductors and Ultrasensitive Wearable Sensors [DOI]
      Materials Today Physics, 55, 101755 (2025)

    • Selvaraj Veerapandian#, Junchen Luo#, Mingyu Kwak, Zhengyan Wang, Yebin Park, Ighyun Lim, Hongbo Wang* & Unyong Jeong*
      Two-Terminal Deformable Induction Array Sensor Capable of Recognizing Non-Contact Dynamic Motions of Various Objects [DOI]
      Advanced Functional Materials, 33, 2305776 (2023).

    • Xinxin Chang, Zhengyan Wang, Yulian Peng, Houping Wu, Liansheng Zhang, & Hongbo Wang*
      Sub-Micrometer Resolution Self-Displacement Sensing for Electromagnetic Actuators [DOI]
      IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 71(11), 15169-15178 (2024).

    • Yufeng Wang, Houping Wu, Tonglin Li, Jinxing Wang, Zhipeng Wei, & Hongbo Wang*
      Toward Human-Like Touch Sense via a Bioinspired Soft Finger with Self-Decoupled Bending and Force Sensing [DOI]
      Cell Reports Physical Science, 5, 102225 (2024).

    • Yulian Peng, Houping Wu, Zhengyan Wang, Yufeng Wang, & Hongbo Wang*
      A Soft Inductive Bimodal Sensor for Proprioception and Tactile Sensing of Soft Machines [DOI]
      Soft Robotics, Published online (2024).

    • Chenchen Li, Houping Wu*, Yufeng Wang, Zhipeng Wei, Yulian Peng, Seonggun Joe, & Hongbo Wang*
      Microbubble Sheath Empowered Pneumatic Artificial Muscles for Highly-Precise and Stable Needle Insertion [DOI]
      IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 10(11), 12055-12062 (2025)

    • Jinxing Wang, Xinxin Chang, Yingjie Gao, Yufeng Wang, Houping Wu, Shuai Dong, Hongbo Wang*
      Trace Polymer-Bonded Carbon Nanotube Networks for Precise Strain Sensing in Healthcare [DOI]
      Chemical Engineering Journal, 508, 161142 (2025)

    • Hongbo Wang*, Massimo Totaro, Selvaraj Veerapandian, Muhammad Ilyas, Minsik Kong, Unyong Jeong & Lucia Beccai*
      Folding and Bending Planar Coils for Highly Precise Soft Angle Sensing [DOI]
      Advanced Materials Technologies, 5(11), 2000659 (2020).

    • Houping Wu, Chenchen Li, Yufeng Wang, Zhenyan Wang, Yulian Peng, Zhipeng Wei, & Hongbo Wang*
      Self-Sensing Artificial Muscle Empowered Human-Like Perception, Interaction, and Positioning [DOI]
      Advanced Intelligent Systems, 6, 2400412 (2024).

    • Chao Tang, Xinxin Chang, Jinxing Wang, Yulian Peng, Houping Wu, & Hongbo Wang*
      A Nonarray Soft Capacitive Tactile Sensor with Simultaneous Contact Force and Location Measurement for Intelligent Robotic Grippers [DOI]
      IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement,73, 9503509 (2023).

    • Hongbo Wang*, Massimo Totaro & Lucia Beccai*
      Toward Perceptive Soft Robots: Progress and Challenges [DOI]
      Advanced Science, 5(9), 201800541 (2018).