Dr Shiyang Tang BEng, PhD

Dr Shiyang Tang

Department of Electronic, Electrical and Systems Engineering
Lecturer in Engineering

Contact details

Telephone
0121 414 4288
Email
s.tang@bham.ac.uk
Twitter
@ShiyangTang
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Address
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Dr Shiyang Tang is a Lecturer in the Department of Electronic, Electrical and Systems Engineering. His research group, Soft Intelligent Systems Group, primarily focuses on exploring and developing Soft Intelligent Systems for biomedical applications. He is interested in interdisciplinary problems that involve smart materials, microfluidics, electromechanical systems, machine learning, electronics, and micro-/nanotechnologies. His research group aspires to engineer useful electromechanical and biomedical platforms through the investigation of fundamental properties of materials. Dr Tang has published more than 100 papers in high-impact journals that have attracted significant media attention and a remarkable number of citations.

Funding for his works has mainly come from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, Australian Research Council (DECRA and Discovery Projects), Royal Society, and industry.

Qualifications

  • PhD in Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), RMIT University, Australia, 2015
  • BEng in Electrical Engineering (1st class honours), RMIT University, Australia, 2012
  • Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education (PGCHE), University of Birmingham, UK, 2022

Biography

Dr Shiyang Tang received his BEng (1st class honours) in Electrical Engineering and PhD in Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) from RMIT University, Australia, in 2012 and 2015, respectively. He went to the Pennsylvania State University (PSU) and the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) to conduct his postdoctoral research in bio-microfluidics. From 2017 to 2020, he was the Vice-Chancellor's Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Wollongong, Australia. He was the recipient of the 2020 Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) from the Australian Research Council. Dr Tang joined the University of Birmingham, UK, as a lecturer in early 2020.

Dr Tang's research group, Soft Intelligent Systems Group, conduct research on intelligent microfluidics and smart materials enabled electromechanical platforms. He has published more than 100 papers and many of them are in high-impact journals, including PNAS, Nature Communications, Matter, Science Advance, Advanced Materials, Advanced Functional Materials, Advanced Science, Small, Analytical Chemistry, and Lab on a Chip.

The outcomes of his works have been highlighted in many world-known magazines, such as Nature, RSC Chemistry World, New Scientists, Science Daily, Physics Org, Nanowerk, Material Views, South China Morning Post,etc.    Aim for no longer than 300 words and should contain more detailed information than the introductory statement, while not copying that information.

Teaching

[04 32802] - LH Telerobotics, Telepresence and Augmented Reality
[04 32796] - LM Advanced Mechatronic Design Project

Postgraduate supervision

Dr Shiyang Tang is inviting motivated and talented students with a background in electrical/electronic engineering, mechanical engineering, material science, or in a closely related field to join his research group, Soft Intelligent Systems Group. The group is interested in interdisciplinary problems that involve microfluidics, smart materials, electromechanical systems, machine learning, electronics, and micro-/nanotechnologies. Candidates with interests in (but not limited to) one or more of the following topics are particularly encouraged to apply:

  • Smart materials and structures
  • Flexible and wearable electronics
  • MEMS
  • Microfluidics
  • Conductive composite materials
  • Soft robotics
  • Soft sensors and actuators

Prospective applicants should email Dr Tang to discuss possible projects and funding opportunities.

Research

Research Interests:

  • Smart materials enabled electromechanical platforms
  • Microfluidics
  • Liquid metals
  • Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS)
  • Biomedical microdevices
  • Microtechnology
  • Functional materials

Please refer to Dr Tang’s Google Scholar website for details. Briefly, Dr Tang’s research has:

  • Pioneered a new area of research on liquid metal enabled MEMS by providing new knowledge and understanding of the continuous electrowetting effect of gallium-based liquid metal droplets. These fundamental studies have enabled innovative applications in making liquid metal-based microactuators, such as micropumps, micromixers, microvalves, and micromotors without any conventional moving parts. These actuators have been used for manipulating fluidic samples in microfluidic devices and driving robotic systems.
  • Discovered new phenomena including 1) the unconventional positive piezoconductive effect in liquid metal-filled hybrid conductive elastic composites, i.e., the conductivity of the composite dramatically increases upon the application of a tensile strain; and 2) phase separation of liquid metal nanoparticles for forming stable spherical solid-core/liquid-shell structure without the support of a crystalline substrate.
  • Developed various innovative microfluidic and MEMS platforms for 1) constructing integrated lab-on-a-chip systems; 2) realizing versatile microdroplet-based systems for biological assays; and 3) producing stable and biofunctional liquid metal nanoparticles to enable their applications in nanomedicine.

Other activities

Publications

Representative publications

  • Smart materials enabled electromechanical systems
    • S.-Y. Tang et al., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), 111, 3304–3309, 2014. (Direct submission) ESI Highly Cited Paper
    • G. Yun, S.-Y. Tang*(Lead corresponding author) et al., Nature Communications, 10, 1300, 2019. ESI Highly Cited Paper
    • S.-Y. Tang*(Lead corresponding author) et al., Advanced Functional Materials, 28, 1705484, 2018.
    • S.-Y. Tang*(Lead corresponding author) et al., Advanced Functional Materials, 25, 4445–4452, 2015.
    • S.-Y. Tang*(Lead corresponding author) et al., Advanced Functional Materials, 24, 5851–5858, 2014.
    • J. Wu, S.-Y. Tang*(Lead Corresponding author) et al., Advanced Materials, 30, 1805039, 2018.
    • G. Yun, S.-Y. Tang*(Lead corresponding author) et al., Matter, 3, 824–841, 2020.
    • X. Li, S.-Y. Tang*(Lead corresponding author) et al., Advanced Science, 9, 2105289, 2022.
    • H. Lu, et al., S.-Y. Tang *(Lead corresponding author), ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 13, 37904–37914, 2021.
    • S.-Y. Tang et al., Lab on a Chip, 15, 3905–3911, 2015.
  • Production and application of liquid metal micro-/nanoparticles
    • S.-Y. Tang et al., Advanced Materials, 28, 604–609, 2016.
    • S.-Y. Tang*(Lead corresponding author) et al., Matter, 1, 192–204, 2019.
    • S.-Y. Tang*(Lead corresponding author) et al., Small, 14, 1800118, 2018.
    • S.-Y. Tang et al., Small, 12, 3861–3869, 2016.
  • Microfluidic platforms for biological analysis
    • S.-Y. Tang*(Lead corresponding author) et al., Analytical Chemistry, 91, 3725-3732, 2019.
    • S.-Y. Tang*(Corresponding author) et al., Analytical Chemistry, 85, 6364–6371, 2013.
    • S.-Y. Tang*(Lead corresponding author) et al., Lab on a Chip, 20, 4592–4599, 2020
    • R. Cole, S.-Y. Tang, et al., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), 114, 8728–8733, 2017. (Direct submission)

Review/perspective articles

  • R. Qiao, S.-Y. Tang*(Corresponding author), Science, 378, 594–595, 2022.
  • J. Zheng, et al., S.-Y. Tang*(Lead corresponding author), Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 194, 113666, 2021
  • S.-Y. Tang et al., Annual Review of Materials Research, 51, 381–408, 2021
  • S.-Y. Tang*(Lead corresponding author) et al., Accounts of Materials Research, 2, 966–978, 2021
  • T. Cole, et al., S.-Y. Tang*(Lead corresponding author), Advanced Intelligent Systems, 3, 2000275, 2021

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  • Smart materials enabled MEMS
    • S.-Y. Tang et al., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), 111, 3304–3309, 2014. (Direct submission)
    • G. Yun, S.-Y. Tang*(Lead corresponding author) et al.,Nature Communications, 10, 1300, 2019.
    • S.-Y. Tang*(Lead corresponding author)et al., Advanced Functional Materials, 28, 1705484, 2018.
    • S.-Y. Tang*(Lead corresponding author)et al., Advanced Functional Materials, 25, 4445–4452, 2015.
    • S.-Y. Tang*(Lead corresponding author)et al., Advanced Functional Materials, 24, 5851–5858, 2014.
    • J. Wu, S.-Y. Tang*(Lead Corresponding author) et al., Advanced Materials, 30, 1805039, 2018.
    • S.-Y. Tang et al., Lab on a Chip, 15, 3905–3911, 2015.
  • Production and application of liquid metal micro-/nanoparticles
    • S.-Y. Tang et al., Advanced Materials, 28, 604–609, 2016.
    • S.-Y. Tang*(Lead corresponding author)et al., Matter(Cell Press), 1, 192–204, 2019.
    • S.-Y. Tang*(Lead corresponding author)et al., Small, 14, 1800118, 2018.
    • S.-Y. Tanget al., Small, 12, 3861–3869, 2016.
    • S.-Y. Tang*(Lead corresponding author) et al., Advanced Materials Technologies, 4, 1800420, 2019.
  • Microfluidic platforms for biological analysis
    • S.-Y. Tang*(Lead corresponding author)et al., Analytical Chemistry, 91, 3725-3732, 2019.
    • S.-Y. Tang*(Corresponding author)et al., Analytical Chemistry, 85, 6364–6371, 2013.
    • R. Cole, S.-Y. Tang, et al., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), 114, 8728–8733, 2017. (Direct submission)

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