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Career

· Research Associate, Northwestern University (Current)2025–
· Research Assistant Professor Of Physics, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology2024–2025
· Postdoctoral Researcher, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology2019–2024
· Teaching Assistant, HKUST2014–2014
· Postgraduate Research Student (PhD), HKUST2013–2018
· Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Mechanical Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology2013–2017
· German Studies, Nanjing University2012–2012
· Master of Science (MSc), Mechanical Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology2012–2013
· Undergraduate Researcher, Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Design and Manufacture of Micro-Nano Biomedical Instruments, China2010–2012
· Bachelor of Engineering (BEng), Mechanical Engineering, Top 10%, Southeast University2008–2012

Publications (30)

Enhancing and Impeding Heterogeneous Ice Nucleation through Nanogrooves
Journal of Physical Chemistry C · 2018
42
cited
ASTEROIDS: Exploring Swarms of Mini-Telepresence Robots for Physical Skill Demonstration
International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems · 2022
24
cited
LabelAId: Just-in-time AI Interventions for Improving Human Labeling Quality and Domain Knowledge in Crowdsourcing Systems
International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems · 2024
14
cited
BusStopCV: A Real-time AI Assistant for Labeling Bus Stop Accessibility Features in Streetscape Imagery
International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility · 2023
11
cited
Towards Fine-Grained Sidewalk Accessibility Assessment with Deep Learning: Initial Benchmarks and an Open Dataset
International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility · 2024
8
cited
“I never realized sidewalks were a big deal”: A Case Study of a Community-Driven Sidewalk Accessibility Assessment using Project Sidewalk
Proceedings of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems · 2024
7
cited
Accessibility for Whom? Perceptions of Mobility Barriers Across Disability Groups and Implications for Designing Personalized Maps
International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems · 2025
6
cited
Interactive Reasoning: Visualizing and Controlling Chain-of-Thought Reasoning in Large Language Models
arXiv.org · 2025
6
cited
“I never realized sidewalks were a big deal”: A Case Study of a Community-Driven Sidewalk Audit Using Project Sidewalk
5
cited
A Pilot Study of Sidewalk Equity in Seattle Using Crowdsourced Sidewalk Assessment Data
arXiv.org · 2022
3
cited
Validating Pedestrian Infrastructure Data: How Well Do Street-View Imagery Audits Compare to Government Field Data?
Urban Science · 2025
3
cited
Research of fine structure and universal constants of bifurcation in converters
2008
2
cited
Time delay measurement,analysis and prediction for networked control systems
2007
2
cited
AltGeoViz: Facilitating Accessible Geovisualization
Visual .. · 2024
1
cited
Study on NGN Network Management System
2009
1
cited
“Where Can I Park?” Understanding Human Perspectives and Scalably Detecting Disability Parking from Aerial Imagery
International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility · 2025
1
cited
Academy of Spinal Cord Injury Professionals 2023 Conference and ExpoHilton San Diego Bayfront HotelSan Diego, CaliforniaSeptember 3−6, 2023ASCIP 2023 Platform abstracts 1–33
Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine (JSCM) · 2023
A Demo of GeoQA^3: Towards An Accessible AI-based Question-Answering System for Geoanalytics
International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility · 2025
A Self-calibration Method to Measure the Density of Bitumen-benzene Solution and Realization
2002
Design of Asynchronous Motor Variable Frequency Speed Regulating System Based on Slip
2008
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