Dr. Lihua Tang

Education

2008.01 – 2011.12 PhD Structures & Mechanics Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
2005.09 – 2007.12 MENG Solid Mechanics Shanghai Jiao Tong University, P.R. China
2001.09 – 2005.07 BENG Engineering Mechanics Shanghai Jiao Tong University, P.R. China

Appointments

2023.02 – Associate Professor University of Auckland, New Zealand
2020.02 – 2023.01 Senior Lecturer (above bar) University of Auckland, New Zealand
2018.02 – 2020.01 Senior Lecturer University of Auckland, New Zealand
2014.01 – 2018.01 Lecturer University of Auckland, New Zealand
2012.08 – 2014.01 Research Fellow Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
2012.02 – 2012.07 Research Associate Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

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Grants

Principal Investigator

+ Covid Early and Mid Career Research Restart Fund (No. 3726669), NZD 10,000, Sponsor: University of Auckland, 2022.

+ ‘Toward Tree Energy Harvesting for Smart Forest Monitoring’, Seed Proposal Development Grant (No. 3724022), NZD 2,000, Sponsor: National Science Challenge – Science for Technological Innovation (SFTI), 2021.

+ ‘Self-Powered Sensor Node by Harvesting Low-Frequency Vibrations for Sustainable Environment and Infrastructure Monitoring’, Catalyst: Seeding General Grant, NZD 65,000, Sponsor: Royal Society of New Zealand, 2021-2023.

+ ‘Investigation on Bandgap Bounds Formation Mechanism of Piezoelectric Metamaterial Systems’, Faculty Research Development Fund (Small Grant) (Grant No. 3722094), NZD 10,000, Sponsor: University of Auckland, 2020-2021.

+ Distinguished Visitors Award (Grant No. 3719660, visitor: Prof. Daniel Inman from University of Michigan), NZD 5,982, Sponsor: University of Auckland, 2019.

+ ‘Self-Adaptive Vibration Energy Harvesting based on Nonlinear Energy Sink’, Marsden Grant (Fast-Start) (Contract UOA1713), NZD 300,000, Sponsor: Royal Society of New Zealand, 2018-2021.

+ ‘Metamaterial Based Energy Harvesting: A Novel and Efficient Technology’, (Grant No. 3708242), NZD 65,000, Sponsor: Energy Education Trust of New Zealand, 2015-2019.

+ ‘Energy Harvesting Based on Nonlinear Energy Sink’, Faculty Research Development Fund (New Staff) (Grant No. 3708720), NZD 30,000, Sponsor: University of Auckland, 2015-2017.

+ ‘Acoustic Transfer of Energy in Air and Water’, Ideas Day Seed Fund (Grant No. 3708184), NZD 10,000, Sponsor: University of Auckland, 2015.

+ Distinguished Visitors Award (Grant No. 3707392, visitor: Prof. Liqun Chen from Shanghai University), NZD 6,760, Sponsor: University of Auckland, 2015.

Associate Investigator

+ ‘Quest for Flexible Thermoelectric Generators: Modulation of Material’s Crystal Symmetry and Anisotropy’, Marsden Fund, NZD 944,000, Sponsor: Royal Society of New Zealand, 2024-2027.

+ ‘Energy Harvesting Based on Structural Vibrations of Bridges’, “Promotion of Scientific Research Cooperation and High-level Talent Training with Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Latin America” Programme, CNY 100,000, Sponsor: China Scholarship Council, 2021.

+ ‘Characterization and Applications of Functional Materials with Magneto-Electromechanical Coupling’, “Promotion of Scientific Research Cooperation and High-level Talent Training with Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Latin America” Programme, CNY 100,000, Sponsor: China Scholarship Council, 2021.

+ ‘Band Gap Based Active-Passive Hybrid Vibration and Noise Control of Metamaterial with Sandwich Structure’, (Grant No. MSV202108), Open Research Fund, CNY 100,000, Sponsor: State Key Laboratory of Mechanical System and Vibration of China, 2021-2022.

+ ‘Energy Harvesting Based on Structural Vibrations of Bridges’, (Grant No. 2020YFH0066), International Innovation Cooperation Project, CNY 200,000, Sponsor: Sichuan Science and Technology Program, 2020-2021.

+ ‘A Bio-Inspired Human-Robot Interactive System for Upper-Limb Rehabilitation’, Faculty Research Development Fund (Standard) (Grant No. 3717395), NZD 48,096, Sponsor: University of Auckland, 2018-2020.

+ ‘Investigation of Optimal Design and Nonlinear Frequency-Tuning Mechanism of an Electret-Based Micro Vibration Energy Harvester’, (Grant No. 51705429), Research Fund for Young Scientists, CNY 250,000, Sponsor: National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), 2018-2020.

Internal (University/Faculty/Department) Services

2021 –              Doctoral Oral Examination Chair
2021 –              Marsden Fund Mock Panel, Faculty of Engineering
2021 –              Departmental Postgraduate Advisor (ME Research & PhD)
2018 –              Teaching Group (Dynamics & Control) Convenor
2015 – 2019    Department Teaching Assistance (TA) Coordinator
2014 – 2015    Department Seminar Coordinator

Professional Society Services

Professional Society Membership

2020 – Member, the Acoustical Society of New Zealand (ASNZ)
2019 – Member, Engineering New Zealand (ENZ)
2016 – Member (elected), Energy Harvesting Technical Committee (EHTC), ASME
2016 – Senate Member (elected), Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems (SMASIS) Division, ASME (formerly known as Adaptive Structures & Material Systems (ASMS) Technical Branch)
2016 – Member, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
2015 – Member, the International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE)

Conference Services

Conference Committee

+ The 5th International Conference on Vibration and Energy Harvesting Application (VEH 2024), General Chair
+ International Conference on Applied Nonlinear Dynamics, Vibration, and Control 2023 (ICANDVC-2023), Technical Program Committee
+ ASME Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems (SMASIS) 2023, Co-Chair for “Energy Harvesting” Symposium
+ The 19th IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE 2023), Local Organizing Committee
+ The 17th International Conference on Electrorheological Fluids and Magnetorheological Suspensions (ERMR 2019), Local Organizing Committee
+ IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM) 2019, Conference Editorial Board
+ IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM) 2018, Program Chair, Conference Editorial Board
+ International Conference on Vibration and Energy Harvesting Application (VEH 2018, VEH 2018, VEH 2021, VEH 2022+1), Technical Program Committee
+ Active and Passive Smart Structures and Integrated Systems, SPIE Smart Structures/NDE 2017-2024, Program Committee
+ IEEE/ASME International Conference on Mechatronic and Embedded Systems and Applications (MESA) 2016, Organizing Chair / Symposium Chair

Session Chair

+ Session 9&10 in Active and Passive Smart Structures and Integrated Systems XIII, SPIE Smart Structures/NDE 2024
+ Session 4 in Active and Passive Smart Structures and Integrated Systems XIII, SPIE Smart Structures/NDE 2019
+ Session 6 & 7B in Active and Passive Smart Structures and Integrated Systems XII, SPIE Smart Structures/NDE 2018
+ Session 9 in Active and Passive Smart Structures and Integrated Systems XI, SPIE Smart Structures/NDE 2017
+ Session 5 in Active and Passive Smart Structures and Integrated Systems X, SPIE Smart Structures/NDE 2016
+ Session 13A in Active and Passive Smart Structures and Integrated Systems IX, SPIE Smart Structures/NDE 2015

Session Organizer

+ Invited Session “IS09: Design and analysis of linear/nonlinear energy harvesters and self-sensing devices” in International Conference on Applied Nonlinear Dynamics, Vibration, and Control 2023 (ICANDVC-2023)
+ Invited Session “IS03: Energy harvesting and application” in International Conference on Applied Nonlinear Dynamics, Vibration, and Control 2021 (ICANDVC-2021)
+ Session “VIB-3-4 Nonlinear Energy Harvesting” in 30th Conference on Mechanical Vibration and Noise (VIB), ASME IDETC/CIE 2018
+ Special Session “Wireless Energy” in IEEE 7th Asia-Pacific Conference on Antennas and Propagation (APCAP) 2018

Editorial Board

Associate Editor, SAGE Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures (2019- )

Peer Reviewer

IOP New Journal of Physics;
IOP Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics;
IOP Smart Materials and Structures;
IOP Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering;
NATURE Scientific Reports;
SAGE Journal of Vibration and Control;
SAGE Advances in Mechanical Engineering;
SAGE Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures;
SAGE Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science;
ASME Journal of Vibration and Acoustics;
ASME Journal of Computational and Nonlinear Dynamics;
IEEE Sensors Journal;
IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics;
IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control;
IEEE Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems;
IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics;
ELSEVIER Engineering Structures;
ELSEVIER International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics;
ELSEVIER Renewable Energy;
ELSEVIER Microelectronic Engineering;
ELSEVIER Extreme Mechanics Letters;
ELSEVIER Chaos, Solitons & Fractals;
ELSEVIER Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Letters;
ELSEVIER CARBON;
ELSEVIER International Journal of Mechanical Sciences;
ELSEVIER Energy;
ELSEVIER Measurement;
ELSEVIER Journal of Computational Design and Engineering;
ELSEVIER Journal of the Franklin Institute;
ELSEVIER Applied Acoustics;
ELSEVIER Nano Energy;
ELSEVIER Physics Letters A;
ELSEVIER International Journal of Hydrogen Energy;
ELSEVIER Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments;
ELSEVIER Journal of Alloys and Compounds;
ELSEVIER Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena;
ELSEVIER Sensors and Actuators A: Physical;
ELSEVIER Journal of Sound and Vibration;
ELSEVIER Applied Energy;
ELSEVIER Materials and Design;
ELSEVIER Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing;
ELSEVIER Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation;
AIP Journal of Applied Physics;
AIP Applied Physics Letters;
AIP Review of Scientific Instruments;
AIP AIP Advances;
IET Electronics Letters;
IET Micro and Nano Letters;
IOS International Journal of Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics;
INDERSCIENCE International Journal of Space Science and Engineering;
SPRINGER Journal of Civil Structural Health Monitoring;
SPRINGER Nonlinear Dynamics;
SPRINGER SN Applied Sciences;
SPRINGER Journal of Vibration Engineering & Technologies;
SPRINGER Acta Mechanica Sinica;
SPRINGER Journal of Marine Science and Application;
SPRINGER Journal of Zhejiang University-SCIENCE A;
SPRINGER The European Physical Journal Plus;
EDPSCIENCES Acta Acustica;
ASA The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America;
TECHNO-PRESS Smart Structures and Systems;
TAYLOR FRANCIS Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures;
TAYLOR FRANCIS International Journal of Smart and Nano Materials;
WORLD SCIENTIFIC International Journal of Applied Mechanics;
WORLD SCIENTIFIC International Journal of Modern Physics B;
EMERALD Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology;
MDPI Sensors;
HINDAWI Shock and Vibration;
WILEY International Journal of Mechanical System Dynamics;
WILEY Advanced Materials;
WILEY Small;
WILEY International Journal of Energy Research;
WILEY book proposals

Conference Paper Reviewer

+ IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2019)
+ ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (IDETC/CIE 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019)
+ IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019)
+ 26th International Conference on Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing (FAIM 2016)
+ 13th International Conference on Motion and Vibration Control & 12th International Conference on Recent Advances in Structural Dynamics (MoViC & RASD 2016)

Grant Proposal Assessor

+ A*Start MTC Investigator Research Grants, Singapore (2023)
+ Consolidator Grant, European Research Council (2023)
+ Veni scheme, Applied and Engineering Sciences, Dutch Research Council (NWO), Netherland (2021)
+ National Research and Development Agency (ANID) of Ministry of Science, Technology, Knowledge and Innovation of Chile (2021)
+ Discovery Grants Program, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, Canada (2020)
+ Funding in Mathematics, Natural sciences and Engineering (division II), Swiss National Science Foundation, Switzerland (2019, 2020)
+ National Centre of Science and Technology Evaluation (NCSTE), Republic of Kazakhstan (2017)
+ Early Career Schemes (ECS) Proposal, University Grants Committee Hong Kong. External peer review and editing for City University of Hong Kong (2017)
+ UAEU Program for Advanced Research (UPAR) Grant, United Arab Emirates University (2015)

External Thesis Examiner

PhD Thesis – City University of Hong Kong(2023)
PhD Thesis – RMIT (2022)
PhD Thesis – University College Cork (2022)
PhD Thesis – University of Canterbury (2021)
PhD Thesis – RMIT (2020)
PhD Thesis – University of Canterbury (2019)
PhD Thesis – University of Manitoba (2019)
PhD Thesis – University of Wollongong (2017)

Visiting Appointment

+ 2020.1 Visiting Scholar @ Northwestern Polytechnical University, (fully sponsored by the host)
+ 2018.1 Visiting Scholar @ Northwestern Polytechnical University, (fully sponsored by the host)
+ 2016.12 Visiting Scholar @ Beijing Institute of Technology (Oversea Intelligence Plan – Short Term Scholar Exchange Program, No. 110000200120160306, CNY 33,000)
+ 2015.12 Visiting Scientist @ Nanyang Technological University (Sponsored by the host, SGD 7,000)

Keynote/Invited Talk/Lecture/Seminar

“Nonlinear Mechanisms in Energy Harvesting”, Keynote Address at 1st International Conference on Energy Materials (ICEM 2021), 5 November 2021.

“A Whirligig-Inspired Design for Human Motion Energy Harvesting”, Invited Talk at ASME Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems (SMASIS), 14 September 2021.

“Multifunctional Piezoelectric Metamaterials: Vibration Attenuation and Energy Harvesting”, Keynote at The 3rd International Conference on Vibration and Energy Harvesting Application (VEH 2021), 9 July 2021.

“Internal resonance, nonlinear energy sink and self-adaptive structure in energy harvesting applications”, Webinar at Unmanned Vessel Research Institute, Shanghai University, Shanghai, P.R. China, 19 November 2020. (invited by Asst. Prof. Zhongjie Li)

“Nonlinear vibration energy harvesting”, Webinar in International Summer School “Mechanics and Composite Materials” organized by Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, P.R. China, 26 August 2020. (invited by Prof. Dengqing Cao)

“Thermoacoustic engine”, School of Aerospace Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, P.R. China, 15 January 2020. (invited by Asst. Prof. Xinyan Li)

“Self-tuning nonlinear resonator for energy harvesting and vibration absorption”, School of Mechatronical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, P.R. China, 14 January 2020. (invited by Prof. Shiqiao Gao and Assoc. Prof. Haipeng Liu )

“Self-tuning nonlinear resonator for energy harvesting and vibration absorption”, School of Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, P.R. China, 6 January 2020. (invited by Assoc. Prof. Kai Tao)

“Acoustic & Mechanical Metamaterial Systems”, invited talk to the Acoustical Society of New Zealand, 27 September 2019.

“Nonlinear energy harvesting”, School of Mechano-Electronic Engineering, Xidian University, Xi’an, P.R. China, 25 January 2018. (invited by Assoc. Prof. Kangqi Fan)

“Multifunctional piezoelectric metamaterial systems”, School of Mechanical Engineering, Xi’an Jiao Tong University, Xi’an, P.R. China, 24 January 2018. (invited by Prof. Junyi Cao & Prof. Jiuhui Wu)

“Energy harvesting: an overview and recent advances”, Center for Smart Materials and Structures, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, P.R. China, 4 January 2017. (invited by Prof. Jinsong Leng)

“Energy harvesting: an overview and recent advances”, School of Civil Engineering, Beijing Jiao Tong University, Beijing, P.R. China, 30 December 2016. (invited by Prof. Zhifei Shi & Prof. Hongjun Xiang)

“Multi-functional meta-material with piezoelectric element”, 2nd Teli Forum – Young Scholars Forum, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, P.R. China, 28 December 2016. (fully sponsored by the Forum)

“Vibration and wind energy harvesting”, School of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Civil Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, P.R. China, 29 October 2013. (invited by Prof. Guoping Cai)

Honors & Awards

2018.06        New Zealand Chinese Scientists Association Young Scientist Award
2017.11        Marsden Fund (Fast Start)
2013.10        Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (2014 Round) (declined)
2008 – 2011 PhD research scholarship, NTU
2006.12       “Yang You” Scholarship, SJTU
2005.09       “Yu Tong” Mechanics Competition, First Place in SJTU
2005.06       Outstanding Graduate, SJTU
2004.12       “Zhou Peiyuan” Mechanics Competition, Third Place in Shanghai
2004.09       Pan-Deng Scholarship in Mechanics, Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2003.12        Excellent Academic Scholarship (Class B), SJTU
2003.01        Excellent Academic Scholarship (Class B), SJTU