On December 23, 2020, at the invitation of Prof. Yan Chen, Prof. Yunhong Liang from the Key Laboratory of Engineering Bionics Ministry of Education, Jilin University visited MSL.
        In this academic exchange event, Prof. Yunhong Liang gave an interesting academic presentation - "Bionic Intelligent Driven Material Design and 3D Printing Manufacturing" to all teachers and students in the lab. In the report, Prof. Liang brought us the cutting-edge research of bionic intelligent structural drive materials: breaking through the traditional sensor sensing and hydraulic, motor, gear drive and other modes, using the bionic adaptive principle to develop integrated bionic intelligent materials and components such as electric, optical, thermal, magnetic and humidity intelligent sensing and driving, realizing the joint improvement of mechanical strength and response speed.
        During the session, Prof. Liang showed the light-driven smart materials, variable stiffness smart materials and the 3D printing method designed by his team, which aroused strong interest of several students and faculty members in the audience. In the exchange session, Professor Liang held a series of discussions with the audience on the above three aspects.

        Prof. Yunhong Liang is the Deputy Director of the International Cooperation Base of Engineering Bionics, the Visiting Scholar of the School of Aerospace and Mechanics of the University of Manchester, the recipient of the Outstanding Youth Fund of the Natural Resources Foundation, the recipient of the "Future Scientist" program of the National Scholarship Council, the recipient of the Outstanding Youth Fund of Jilin Province, and the recipient of the Elite Training Program for Outstanding Young Teachers of Jilin University. He is also a recipient of the Outstanding Young Scientist Program of Jilin University. He is mainly engaged in 3D and 4D printing of bionic intelligent materials, bionic self-driven, multi-response, intelligent actuator structure material design, bionic lightweight material structure design and manufacturing, etc.

       Conducting international cutting-edge research and meeting major national needs are always the diversified development directions of the Laboratory of Movable Structures, and we also welcome interested students to actively participate in such academic activities and contact to apply for master and doctoral degrees, regardless of majors.