PhD Candidate
Sports Engineering Experiment; Physiology;
Mr. Xiangru LI obtained his bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering at The University of Hong Kong in Jun 2020. In 2020-2021, he worked as a RA at Southern University of Science and Technology in Shenzhen and developed a bio-inspired robotic fish and won the GWR of the fastest 50m swim by a robotic fish. Then he received the Master's degree at HKUST in Jun 2022, and joined the AANTC as a full-time PhD student in Sep 2022. Mr. LI will focus on the sports aerodynamics coupled with physiological status.
Publications
- Optimizing Cycling Postures: Upper Limb Muscle Effort and Aerodynamic Performance (2026)
- Balance of Upper Limb Muscle Activation and Aerodynamics for Cycling Posture Optimization (2025)
- Aerodynamic and acoustic evaluation of a cylinder covered by stretched grooved fabric near critical Reynolds numbers (2024)