Assistant Professor
Contact Information
- Office Address: 612 Min H. Kao Building
- Phone: 865-974-0003
- E-mail: fliu33@utk.edu
Education
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PhD Robotics, University of Lyon (INSA de Lyon), France, 2016
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MSc Control System and Automation Engineering, INSA de Lyon, France, 2013
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BSc Control System and Automation Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China, 2012
Biography
Fei Liu joined the University of Tennessee, Knoxville's Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) Department as an assistant professor in August 2024. Before joining UT, Liu was a postdoctoral researcher at the Advanced Robotics and Controls Lab at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). Prior to that, he conducted research both at the Biorobotics Institute and at the Center for Bioinspired Soft Robotics at the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT), Italy. He earned his PhD from INSA de Lyon, one of France's top-ranked engineering institutions.
Liu's research interests lie at the intersection of robotics, autonomous systems, and computational AI, with a particular focus on applications in unstructured environments. His work spans various fields, including biomedical, healthcare, manufacturing, industrial, and aerospace sectors.
Over the past years, he has authored more than 30 papers in leading journals and conferences such as IEEE RA-L, T-BME, Robotica, ICRA, IROS, RSS, EMBC, among others. He also serves as a reviewer and committee member for these venues. Additionally, he received a nomination for the Best Paper Award at ICRA 2021 for his contributions to autonomous blood suction in surgical robotics.
Research
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Computational Modeling: includes mechanics, kinematics, dynamics, physics-informed simulation and constrained optimization.
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Advanced Control and AI: model-based and data-driven control, decision making, visual perception, human-in-the-loop.
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Integrated Real-time Robotics System.