Chang Liu

ACADEMIC POSITIONS05/2020 - Present Postdoctoral Research Fellow at University of California, Los Angeles

The Laboratory for Embedded Machines and Ubiquitous RobotsPI: Prof. Ankur Mehta

EDUCATION09/2016 - 05/2020 Northeastern University, Boston, MA

Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering, RoboticsThesis title: Origami Transformation in Machines at Multiple Scales

09/2014 - 06/2016 Northwestern University, Evanston, ILMaster of Science in Mechanical EngineeringThesis title: Evaluating Different Controllers for Seven DOF Barrett Robot Arm During Its High SpeedPosition Tracking

09/2010 - 06/2014 Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, ChinaBachelor of Engineering in Mechatronics Engineering

08/2013 - 06/2014 University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CAExchange Student in the Department of Mechanical Engineering

PUBLICATIONSIn Preparation+ Liu, C., Wohlever, S.J., Ou, M.B., Padir, T., and Felton, S.M., 2020. Shake and Take: FastReconfiguration of Origami Grippers. Science Robotics, in progress.

+ Kelly, C., Sznaier Camps, G., Liu, C., Coven, D., Browne, K., Livermore, C. and Felton, S.M.,2020. Sonobot: Design and Fabrication of a Sonobe Origami Inspired Hierarchical Robot.IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, in progress.

Peer-Reviewed Journal Papers+ Liu, C., Orlofsky, A., Kitcher, C.D. and Felton, S.M., 2019. A Self-Folding Pneumatic Pistonfor Mechanically Robust Origami Robots. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 4(2),pp.1372-1378. [View paper]

+ Gomes, C.M., Liu, C., Paten, J.A., Felton, S.M. and Deravi, L.F., 2019. Protein-BasedHydrogels that Actuate Self-Folding Systems. Advanced Functional Materials, p.1805777.[View paper]

+ Liu, C. and Felton, S.M., 2018. Transformation Dynamics in Origami. Physical Review Letters,121(25), p.254101. [View paper]

University of California, Los Angeles – Boelter Hall – Los Angeles, CA 90095Q liu.chang7@northeastern.edu • ¯ chang-liu-505612a0

+ Zuliani, F., Liu, C., Paik, J. and Felton, S.M., 2018. Minimally Actuated Transformation ofOrigami Machines. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 3(3), pp.1426-1433. [View paper]

Peer-Reviewed Conference Papers+ Liu, C., Orlofsky, A., Kamrava, S., Vaziri, A. and Felton, S.M., 2020. Mechanically Pro-grammed Miniature Origami Grippers. In 2020 IEEE International Conference on Robotics andAutomation (ICRA), accepted.

+ Liu, C., Aung, Z.M.H. and Felton, S.M., Dynamic Transformation of an Origami String Usinga Stacked-Miura Cell. In ASME 2019 International Design Engineering Technical Conferencesand Computers and Information in Engineering Conference. American Society of MechanicalEngineers Digital Collection. [View paper]

+ Liu, C., Gomes, C.M., McDonald, K.J., Deravi, L.F. and Felton, S.M., 2018, September. AChemo-Mechatronic Origami Device for Chemical Sensing. In ASME 2018 Conference on SmartMaterials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems (pp. V002T02A005-V002T02A005).American Society of Mechanical Engineers. [View paper]

+ Oliveira, M.B., Liu, C., Zhao, M. and Felton, S.M., 2018, September. Design of a VariableStiffness Wrist Brace With an Origami Structural Element. In ASME 2018 Conference on SmartMaterials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems (pp. V002T08A009-V002T08A009).American Society of Mechanical Engineers. [View paper]

+ Liu, C. and Felton, S.M., 2017, September. A Self-Folding Robot Arm for Load-BearingOperations. In 2017 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems(IROS) (pp. 1979-1986). IEEE. [View paper]

Non Peer-Reviewed Papers+ Kamrava, S., Liu, C., Orlofsky, A., Vaziri, A. and Felton, S.M., 2020. A Closed-Form Solutionfor The Kinematics of Asymmetric Miura Vertices. arXiv

+ Molaei, A., Liu, C., Felton, S.M. and Martinez-Lorenzo, J.A., 2018. Origami InspiredReconfigurable Antenna for Wireless Communication Systems. arXiv:1805.10370. [View paper]

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PATENT+ Jianjun Qu, Yunxia Luo, Jianguo Zhao, Jianguo Wang, Yi Mei, Chang Liu, 2014. A Wind-SolarComplementary Power Generation Device with Tower-Type Surrounding Distribution. ChinesePatent # CN 201410198479, filed May 12, 2014, and issued July 30, 2014

INVITED TALKTitle: Origami Transformation in Machines at Multiple Scales

02/08/2020 Boston University, the Material Robotics Laboratory, invited by Prof. Sheila Russo01/08/2020 Yale University, the Yale Faboratory, invited by Prof. Rebecca Kramer-Bottiglio12/10/2019 Carnegie Mellon University, the Robotics Institute, invited by Prof. Zeynep Temel12/06/2019 University of Pennsylvania, Sung Robotics Lab, invited by Prof. Cynthia Sung12/03/2019 Dartmouth College, the Dartmouth’s Visual Computing Lab, invited by Prof. Bo Zhu11/04/2019 University of California, Santa Barbara, the Pennathur Lab, invited by Prof. Sumita Pennathur11/04/2019 University of California, Santa Barbara, the Hawkes Group, invited by Prof. Elliot Hawkes09/17/2019 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence Laboratory

(CSAIL) Distributed Robotics Laboratory, invited by Prof. Daniela Rus

PRESENTATIONS

University of California, Los Angeles – Boelter Hall – Los Angeles, CA 90095Q liu.chang7@northeastern.edu • ¯ chang-liu-505612a0

+ A Chemo-Mechatronic Origami Device for Chemical Sensing, ASME 2018 Conference on SmartMaterials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems (SMASIS), San Antonio 2018.

+ A Self-Folding Robot Arm for Load-Bearing Operations, The Northeast Robotics Colloquium(NERC), Boston 2017

RESEARCH INTERESTS+ Design, fabrication, manufacturing+ Self-folding machines, soft robotics, origami dynamic transformation+ Medical robots, legged robots, biomimetic robots

MEDIA ATTENTION01/2020 Northeastern University January in Photos, [View article]01/2020 Northeastern University Official Instagram: Robotic Research, [View article]01/2020 Fast reconfiguration of an origami gripper, [View article]07/2019 Building an origami-inspired robot, [View article]01/2019 Here’s how origami could be used to shape the future of engineering, [View article]

SERVICE TO THE PROFESSIONMENTORING+ Alec Orlofsky, Northeastern University, "A Self-Folding Pneumatic Piston for Mechanically Robust

Origami Robots" and "Mechanically Programmed Miniature Origami Grippers", undergraduate researchand journal publications, 2017-2019. Former Mechanical Engineering Co-op at Infinite Cooling andBoston Scientific.

+ Samuel Wohlever, Northeastern University, undergraduate research, 2019.+ Maria Belen Ou, Northeastern University, undergraduate research, 2019.+ Gabriella Paz-Soldan, Algonquin Regional High School, Brown University Class of 2024, summer 2019.+ Luke Schlatter, Brookline High School, summer 2019.+ Yichi Zhang, Northeastern University, master research, 2019. Mechanical Engineer at Shanghai

Friendess Electronics Technology CO., LTD.+ Zwe Min Htet Aung, Northeastern University, "Dynamic Transformation of An Origami String Using A

Stacked-Miura Cell", undergraduate research and conference proceeding, 2019. Former MechanicalEngineering Co-op at Cytonome, currently at Waters Company.

+ Kevin McDonald, Northeastern University, "A Chemo-Mechatronic Origami Device for ChemicalSensing", undergraduate research and conference proceeding, 2018. Currently a doctoral student atBoston University.

+ John Lacy, Northeastern University, undergraduate research, 2018. Former Mechanical EngineeringIntern at Amazon Robotics and iRobot.

+ Sterling Gray, Northeastern University, undergraduate research, 2018. Robotics Engineer at Root AI.+ Christa Kitcher, Northeastern University, "A Self-Folding Pneumatic Piston for Mechanically Robust

Origami Robots", undergraduate research and journal publication, 2017. Former Mechanical EngineeringIntern at Amazon Robotics.

REVIEWER+ IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)+ International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering

Conference (ASME IDETC)

VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE07/2015 American Control Conference, Chicago, IL

+ Prepared guest materials and greeted guests at American Control Conference04/2011 Hope Project, Harbin, China

+ Helped children build an elementary school as a LOVE VOLUNTEER

University of California, Los Angeles – Boelter Hall – Los Angeles, CA 90095Q liu.chang7@northeastern.edu • ¯ chang-liu-505612a0

02/2009 Winter Universiade, Harbin, China+ Led and urged athletes to enter the playground at 24th Winter Universiade

SPECIALTY08/2009 Nationally Ranked Athlete, Second-Class Swimmer

HONORS & AWARDS09/2016 Chair’s Fellowship, Northeastern University, Top 5% Doctoral Students06/2014 The Solidworks Associate-Mechanical Design Certificate06/2013 Excellent Honor Student, Harbin Institute of Technology, Top 8% Students03/2012 The American Mathematical Contest in Modeling, Third Place02/2012 First-Class Scholarship, Harbin Institute of Technology, Awarded to Top 5% Students09/2011 National Computer Rank Examination Certificate in C Programming, National Education

Examinations Authority, The Ministry of Education of China06/2011 Outstanding Cadres of Student Association, Harbin Institute of Technology05/2011 Outstanding Individual of Student Association, Harbin Institute of Technology

SKILLS+ Programming: MATLAB, Mathematica, Maplesoft, LATEX+ Software: Auto CAD, Solidworks, Adobe Premiere, Adobe Illustrator+ Manufacturing: Laser cutting, Molding, Drilling, Milling, Lathing, CNC machining

REFERENCESAnkur Mehta, PostDoc PIAssistant Professor and Samueli Fellow, Electrical EngineeringUniversity of California, Los AngelesLos Angeles, CA 90095(310) 206-0297mehtank@ucla.eduSamuel M. Felton, Ph.D research advisorFormer Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Industrial EngineeringNortheastern UniversityBoston, MA 02115(603) 498-7162smfelton@gmail.comTaskin PadirAssociate Professor, Electrical and Computer EngineeringAffiliated Faculty, Mechanical and Industrial EngineeringNortheastern University360 Huntington Avenue, ISEC 527Boston, MA 02115(617) 373-8114t.padir@northeastern.eduLeila F. DeraviAssistant Professor, Chemistry and Chemical BiologyNortheastern University360 Huntington Avenue, HT 102Boston, MA 02115(617) 373-3483l.deravi@northeastern.edu

University of California, Los Angeles – Boelter Hall – Los Angeles, CA 90095Q liu.chang7@northeastern.edu • ¯ chang-liu-505612a0

Alireza RamezaniAssistant Professor, Electrical and Computer EngineeringNortheastern University360 Huntington Avenue, ISEC 514Boston, MA 02115(617) 373-4027a.ramezani@northeastern.edu

University of California, Los Angeles – Boelter Hall – Los Angeles, CA 90095Q liu.chang7@northeastern.edu • ¯ chang-liu-505612a0