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2024 publications

Arched microfluidic channel for the promotion of axonal growth performance

iScience, 2024, 27(10)

Menghua Liu, Anping Wu, Jiaxin Liu, Hen-Wei Huang, Yang Li, Qing Shi, Qiang Huang, Huaping Wang

An implantable system for opioid safety

Device, 2024, 2(10)

Hen-Wei Huang, Peter R. Chai, Seungho Lee, Tom Kerssemakers, Ali Imani, Jack Chen, Marco Heim, Jessica Y. Bo, Adam Wentworth, Fokion T. Sanoudos-Dramaliotis, Ian Ballinger, Saurav Maji, Matt Murphy, Alexander Alexiev, Gloria H. Kang, Niora Fabian, Josh Jenkins, Andrew Pettinari, Keiko Ishida, Jason Li, Siheng Sean You, Alison M. Hayward, Anantha Chandrakasan, Giovanni Traverso

Optimization of the dielectric layer parameters through coupled numerical analysis to enhance droplet and particle manipulation in digital microfluidic chips

Applied Physics Letters, 2024, 125(16)

Yanfeng Zhao, Menghua Liu, Xinyi Dong, Jiaxin Liu, Hen-Wei Huang, Qing Shi, Qiang Huang, Huaping Wang

Deep Reinforcement Learning-Based Collision-Free Navigation for Magnetic Helical Microrobots in Dynamic Environments

IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, 2024

Huaping Wang, Yukang Qiu, Yaozhen Hou, Qing Shi, Hen-Wei Huang, Qiang Huang, Toshio Fukuda

IHVIN-GAT-Based Path Planning for Parallel and Independent Manipulation of Heterogeneous Microtargets via OETs in Unstructured Environments

IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems, 2024

Jiaxin Liu, Shilong Qin, Qing Shi, Juan Cui, Hen-Wei Huang, Qiang Huang, Toshio Fukuda, Huaping Wang

Integrated Cross-Scale Manipulation and Modulable Encapsulation of Cell-Laden Hydrogel for Constructing Tissue-Mimicking Microstructures

Research, 2024, 7: 0414

Yanfeng Zhao, Xinyi Dong, Yang Li, Juan Cui, Qing Shi, Hen-Wei Huang, Qiang Huang, Huaping Wang

Cost-Effective Blimp for Autonomous and Continuous Vital Signs Monitoring

2024 IEEE International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM), IEEE, 2024

Hen-Wei Huang, Jack Chen, Philipp Rupp, Claas Ehmke, Peter R Chai, Riya Dhar, Ian Ballinger, Giovanni Traverso

Automated Electromagnetic Manipulation of Micron-Scale Rotors on Unstructured Surfaces in Low Reynolds Numbers

2024 International Conference on Advanced Robotics and Mechatronics (ICARM), IEEE, 2024

Shihao Zhong, Kailun Bai, Yaozhen Hou, Hen-Wei Huang, Qing Shi, Qiang Huang, Huaping Wang

Dynamic Obstacle Avoidance for Magnetic Helical Microrobots Based on Deep Reinforcement Learning

2024 IEEE International Conference on Real-time Computing and Robotics (RCAR), IEEE, 2024

Yukang Qiu, Yaozhen Hou, Haotian Yang, Yigao Gao, Hen-Wei Huang, Qing Shi, Qiang Huang, Huaping Wang

An ingestible device for gastric electrophysiology

Nature Electronics, 2024

Siheng Sean You, Adam Gierlach, Paul Schmidt, George Selsing, Injoo Moon, Keiko Ishida, Josh Jenkins, Wiam A. M. Madani, So-Yoon Yang, Hen-Wei Huang, Stephanie Owyang, Alison Hayward, Anantha P. Chandrakasan, Giovanni Traverso

Closed-loop automated drug infusion regulator: A clinically translatable, closed-loop drug delivery system for personalized drug dosing

Med, 2024

Louis B. DeRidder, Kyle A. Hare, Aaron Lopes, Josh Jenkins, Nina Fitzgerald, Emmeline MacPherson, Niora Fabian, Josh Morimoto, Jacqueline N. Chu, Ameya R. Kirtane, Wiam Madani, Keiko Ishida, Johannes L.P. Kuosmanen, Naomi Zecharias, Christopher M. Colangelo, Hen-Wei Huang, Makaya Chilekwa, Nikhil B. Lal, Shriya S. Srinivasan, Alison M. Hayward, Anantha Chandrakasan, Giovanni Traverso

Gastroretentive articles for alcohol sensing

U.S. Patent 11,850,034, 2023-12-26

Robert S. Langer, Carlo Giovanni Traverso, Malvika Verma, Feyisoye Eweje, Christoph Winfried Johannes Steiger, Junwei Li, Nhi Phan, Hen-Wei Huang, Jacqueline Chu, John Ashraf Fou Salama

An ingestible self-propelling device for intestinal reanimation

Science Robotics, 2024, 9(87): eadh8170

Shriya S. Srinivasan, Julien Dosso, Hen-Wei Huang, George Selsing, Amro Alshareef, Johannes Kuosmanen, Keiko Ishida, Joshua Jenkins, Wiam Abdalla Mohammed Madani, Alison Hayward, Giovanni Traverso

Double-modal locomotion of a hydrogel ultra-soft magnetic miniature robot with switchable forms

Cyborg and Bionic Systems, 2024, 5: 0077

Intelligent Robotics Institute, School of Mechatronical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China, Laboratory for Translational Engineering, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA, USA, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Intelligent Robots and Systems, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China, Key Laboratory of Biomimetic Robots and Systems, Ministry of Education, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China

2023 publications

Spatial constraint-based navigation and emergency replanning adaptive control for magnetic helical microrobots in dynamic environments

IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, 2023

Shihao Zhong, Yaozhen Hou, Qing Shi, Yang Li, Hen-Wei Huang, Qiang Huang, Toshio Fukuda, Huaping Wang

Shape memory-based gastric motility 3D mapping

Device, 2023, 1(1)

Neil Zixun Jia, Qiyun Gao, Vítor Sencadas, Ziliang Kang, Hen-Wei Huang, Giovanni Traverso

Real-Time In Situ Radiation Detection for Mitigating Injury to the Gastrointestinal Tract

2023 IEEE 18th International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems (NEMS)

Crystan McLymore, Hen-Wei Huang, Blake R. Smith, David Werder, James D. Byrne, Giovanni Traverso

2022 publications

Power Optimization in Battery-Powered Micro-Motors

2022 IEEE International Conference on Cyborg and Bionic Systems (CBS)

Hen-Wei Huang, Naitik Khandelwal, Tom Kerssemakers, Ian Ballinger, Giovanni Traverso

Acceptance of a computer vision facilitated protocol to measure adherence to face mask use: a single-site, observational cohort study among hospital staff

BMJ Open, 2022, 12(12): e062707

ChPeter R Chai, Phillip Rupp, Hen-Wei Huang, Jack Chen, Clint Vaz, Anjali Sinha, Claas Ehmke, Akhil Thomas, Farah Dadabhoy, Jia Y Liang, Adam B Landman, George Player, Kevin Slattery, Giovanni Traverso

Pretraining ECG Data with Adversarial Masking Improves Model Generalizability for Data-Scarce Tasks

arXiv preprint arXiv:2211.07889, 2022

Jessica Y. Bo, Hen-Wei Huang, Alvin Chan, Giovanni Traverso

Handheld Closed-Loop Automatic Insulin Delivery System

U.S. Patent Application 17/735,719, 2022-11-3

Carlo Giovanni Traverso, Hen Wei Huang, Siheng You, Erin Raftery

Media and Technology Usage and Attitudes in Emergency Department Patients

Frontiers in Digital Health, 2022, 4: 894683

C. E. Goldfine, A. Knapp, G. R. Goodman, M. A. Hasdianda, H. Huang, A. D. Marshall, Y. G. Keschner, S. Carreiro, G. Jambaulikar, P. R. Chai

Encapsulation of Gas Sensors to Operate in the Gastrointestinal Tract for Continuous Monitoring

2022 IEEE Sensors, IEEE, 2022: 1-4

Hen-Wei Huang, David de Gruijl, Philip Fritz, Abhijay Kemkar, Ian Ballinger, George Selsing, Peter Ray Chai, Giovanni Traverso

Cost-Effective Solution of Remote Photoplethysmography Capable of Real-Time, Multi-Subject Monitoring with Social Distancing

2022 IEEE Sensors, IEEE, 2022: 1-4

Hen-Wei Huang, Philip Rupp, Jack Chen, Abhijay Kemkar, Naitik Khandelwal, Ian Ballinger, Peter Chai, Giovanni Traverso

Velocity-based dynamic crowd simulation by data-driven optimization

The Visual Computer, 2022, 38(9): 3499-3512

Pengfei Liu, Qianwen Chao, Henwei Huang, Qiongyan Wang, Zhongyuan Zhao, Qi Peng, Milo K. Yip, Elvis S. Liu, Xiaogang Jin

In situ detection of gastrointestinal inflammatory biomarkers using electrochemical gas sensors

2022 44th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBC), 2022: 2491-2494

Hen-Wei Huang, Claas Ehmke, Christoph Steiger, Ian Ballinger, Miguel Jimenez, Nhi Phan, Haoying Sun, Keiko Ishida, Johannes Kuosmanen, Josh Jenkins, Joshua Korzenik, Alison Hayward, Giovanni Traverso

Closed-loop detection and treatment of radiation and toxic agents

U.S. Patent Application 17/470,942, 2022-5-12

Hen-Wei Huang, James Byrne, Carlo Giovanni Traverso

Mobile robotic platform for contactless vital sign monitoring

Cyborg and Bionic Systems, 2022

Hen-Wei Huang, Jack Chen, Peter R. Chai, Claas Ehmke, Philipp Rupp, Farah Z. Dadabhoy, Annie Feng, Canchen Li, Akhil J. Thomas, Marco da Silva, Edward W. Boyer, Giovanni Traverso

An automated all-in-one system for carbohydrate tracking, glucose monitoring, and insulin delivery

Journal of Controlled Release, 2022, 343: 31-42

Hen-Wei Huang, Siheng Sean You, Luca Di Tizio, Canchen Li, Erin Raftery, Claas Ehmke, Christoph Steiger, Junwei Li, Adam Wentworth, Ian Ballinger, Declan Gwynne, Kewang Nan, Jia Y. Liang, Jason Li, James D. Byrne, Joy Collins, Siddartha Tamang, Keiko Ishida, Florencia Halperin, Giovanni Traverso

Ingestible electronic sensors to measure instantaneous medication adherence: A narrative review

Digital Health, 2022, 8: 20552076221083119

Peter R Chai, Clint Vaz, Georgia R Goodman, Hannah Albrechta, Henwei Huang, Rochelle K Rosen, Edward W Boyer, Kenneth H Mayer, Conall O'Cleirig

2021 publications

Dynamic monitoring of systemic biomarkers with gastric sensors

Advanced Science, 2021, 8(24): 2102861

Christoph Steiger, Nhi V. Phan, Hen-Wei Huang, Haoying Sun, Jacqueline N. Chu, Daniel Reker, Declan Gwynne, Joy Collins, Siddartha Tamang, Rebecca McManus, Aaron Lopes, Alison Hayward, Rebecca M. Baron, Edy Y. Kim, Giovanni Traverso

Implantable system for chronotherapy

Science Advances, 2021, 7(48): eabj4624

Seung Ho Lee, Qianqian Wan, Adam Wentworth, Ian Ballinger, Keiko Ishida, Joy E. Collins, Siddartha Tamang, Hen-Wei Huang, Canchen Li, Kaitlyn Hess, Aaron Lopes, Ameya R. Kirtane, Jung Seung Lee, SeJun Lee, Wei Chen, Kaitlyn Wong, George Selsing, Hyunjoon Kim, Stephen T. Buckley, Alison Hayward, Robert Langer, Giovanni Traverso

Devices for drug delivery in the gastrointestinal tract: A review of systems physically interacting with the mucosa for enhanced delivery

Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, 2021, 177: 113926

James Byrne, Hen-Wei Huang, James C. McRae, Sahab Babaee, Amin Soltani, Sarah L. Becker, Giovanni Traverso

Powering implantable and ingestible electronics

Advanced Functional Materials, 2021, 31(44): 2009289

So-Yoon Yang, Vitor Sencadas, Siheng Sean You, Neil Zi-Xun Jia, Shriya Sruthi Srinivasan, Hen-Wei Huang, Abdelsalam Elrefaey Ahmed, Jia Ying Liang, Giovanni Traverso

Closed-Loop Region of Interest Enabling High Spatial and Temporal Resolutions in Object Detection and Tracking via Wireless Camera

IEEE Access, 2021, 9: 87340-87350

Jack Chen, Hen-Wei Huang, Philipp Rupp, Anjali Sinha, Claas Ehmke, Giovanni Traverso

Assessment of the Acceptability and Feasibility of Using Mobile Robotic Systems for Patient Evaluation

JAMA Network Open, 2021, 4(3): e210667-e210667

Peter R. Chai, Farah Z. Dadabhoy, Hen-Wei Huang, Jacqueline N. Chu, Annie Feng, Hien M. Le, Joy Collins, Marco da Silva, Marc Raibert, Chin Hur, Edward W. Boyer, Giovanni Traverso

2020 publications

Controlled Delivery of Bile Acids to the Colon

Clinical and Translational Gastroenterology, 2020, 11(12): e00229

Christoph Steiger, Nhi V. Phan, Haoying Sun, Hen-Wei Huang, Kaitlyn Hess, Aaron Lopes, Joshua Korzenik, Robert Langer, Giovanni Traverso

Prospective Evaluation of the Transparent, Elastomeric, Adaptable, Long-lasting (TEAL) Respirator

ACS Pharmacology & Translational Science, 2020, 3(6): 1076-1082

Adam J. Wentworth, James D. Byrne, Sirma Orguc, Joanna Sands, Saurav Maji, Caitlynn Tov, Sahab Babaee, Hen-Wei Huang, Hannah Boyce, Peter R. Chai, Seokkee Min, Canchen Li, Jacqueline N. Chu, Avik Som, Sarah L. Becker, Manish Gala, Anantha Chandrakasan, Giovanni Traverso

Mobile Robotic Systems in Patient-Facing Functions: National Acceptability Survey, Single Site Feasibility Study and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis

medRxiv, 2020: 2020.09.30.20204669

Peter R Chai, Farah Z Dadabhoy, Hen-wei Huang, Jacqueline N Chu, Annie Feng, Hien M Le, Joy Collins, Marco da Silva, Marc Raibert, Chin Hur, Edward W Boyer, Giovanni Traverso

Gastrointestinal Synthetic Epithelial Linings

Science Translational Medicine, 2020, 12(558): eabc0441

Peter R Chai, Farah Z Dadabhoy, Hen-wei Huang, Jacqueline N Chu, Annie Feng, Hien M Le, Joy Collins, Marco da Silva, Marc Raibert, Chin Hur, Edward W Boyer, Giovanni Traverso

Injection Molded Autoclavable, Scalable, Conformable (iMASC) System for Aerosol-Based Protection: A Prospective Single-Arm Feasibility Study

BMJ Open, 2020, 10(7): e039120

James D Byrne, Adam J Wentworth, Peter R Chai, Hen-Wei Huang, Sahab Babaee, Canchen Li, Sarah L Becker, Caitlynn Tov, Seokkee Min, Giovanni Traverso

Agile Mobile Robotic Platform for Contactless Vital Signs Monitoring

TechRxiv, Preprint, 2020: 1-8

Hen-Wei Huang, Peter Chai, Claas Ehmke, Gene Merewether, Fara Dadabhoy, Annie Feng, Akhil John Thomas, Canchen Li, Marco da Silva, Marc H. Raibert, Edward W. Boyer, Giovanni Traverso

Four-Dimensional Micro-Building Blocks

Science Advances, 2020, 6(3): eaav8219

T.-Y. Huang, H.-W. Huang, D. D. Jin, Q. Y. Chen, J. Y. Huang, L. Zhang, H. L. Duan

2019 publications

High-Resolution SPECT Imaging of Stimuli-Responsive Soft Microrobots

Small, 2019, 15(34): 1900709

Veronica Iacovacci, Alain Blanc, Henwei Huang, Leonardo Ricotti, Roger Schibli, Arianna Menciassi, Martin Behe, Salvador Pané, Bradley J. Nelson

Adaptive Locomotion of Artificial Microswimmers

Science Advances, 2019, 5(1): eaau1532

H.-W. Huang, F. E. Uslu, P. Katsamba, E. Lauga, M. S. Sakar, B. J. Nelson

Force-Based Heterogeneous Traffic Simulation for Autonomous Vehicle Testing

2019 International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), IEEE, 2019: 8298-8304

Qianwen Chao, Xiaogang Jin, Hen-Wei Huang, Shaohui Foong, Lap-Fai Yu, Sai-Kit Yeung

2018 publications

Matryoshka-Inspired Micro-Origami Capsules to Enhance Loading, Encapsulation, and Transport of Drugs

Soft Robotics, 2019, 6(1): 150-159

Hen-Wei Huang, Mark W. Tibbitt, Tian-Yun Huang, Bradley J. Nelson

Investigation of Magnetotaxis of Reconfigurable Micro‐Origami Swimmers with Competitive and Cooperative Anisotropy

Advanced Functional Materials, 2018, 28(36): 1802110

Hen-Wei Huang, Tian-Yun Huang, Michalis Charilaou, Sean Lyttle, Qi Zhang, Salvador Pané, Bradley J. Nelson

Bioinspired navigation in shape morphing micromachines for autonomous targeted drug delivery

2018 IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft), IEEE, 2018: 13-18

Hen-Wei Huang, Sean Lyttle and Bradley J. Nelson

2017 publications

Optimization of tail geometry for the propulsion of soft microrobots

IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2017, 2(2): 727-732

Hen-Wei Huang, Qianwen Chao, Mahmut Selman Sakar, Bradley J. Nelson

2016 publications

Self-folding hydrogel bilayer for enhanced drug loading, encapsulation, and transport

2016 38th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC)

Hen-Wei Huang, Andrew J. Petruska, Mahmut Selman Sakar, Maria Skoura, Franziska Ullrich, Qi Zhang, Salvador Pané, Bradley J. Nelson

Design criteria for a push-on push-off MEMS bistable device

Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, 2016, 25(5): 900-908

Hen-Wei Huang, Fu-Wei Lee, Yao-Joe Joseph Yang

Soft micromachines with programmable motility and morphology

Nature Communications, 2016, 7(1): 12263

Hen-Wei Huang, Mahmut Selman Sakar, Andrew J. Petruska, Salvador Pane, Bradley J. Nelson

Magnetic microrobots with addressable shape control

2016 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)

Hen-Wei Huang, Mahmut Selman Sakar, Katharina Riederer, Naveen Shamsudhin, Andrew Petruska, Salvador Pané, Bradley J. Nelson

2015 and before publications

Shape-switching microrobots for medical applications: The influence of shape in drug delivery and locomotion

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2015, 7(12): 6803-6811

Stefano Fusco, Hen-Wei Huang, Kathrin E. Peyer, Christian Peters, Moritz Haberli, André Ulbers, Anastasia Spyrogianni, Eva Pellicer, Jordi Sort, Sotiris E. Pratsinis, Bradley J. Nelson, Mahmut Selman Sakar, Salvador Pané

A hydrogel-based intravascular microgripper manipulated using magnetic fields

Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 2014, 211: 121-130

J.-C. Kuo, S.-W. Tung, Y.-J. Yang

A MEMS bistable device with push-on–push-off capability

Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, 2012, 22(1): 7-9

Hen-Wei Huang, Yao-Joe Yang

A smart medication system using wireless sensor network technologies

Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 2011, 172(1): 315-321

Wen-Wei Chang, Tung-Jung Sung, Heng-Wei Huang, Wei-Chih Hsu, Chi-Wei Kuo, Jhe-Jhao Chang, Yi-Ting Hou, Yi-Chung Lan, Wen-Cheng Kuo, Yu-Yen Lin, Yao-Joe Yang