Projects per year
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Research Interests
- Multimodal Interactive Design
- Virtual and Physical Integrative Prototyping for Design and Manufacture
- Design Education
- Design Thinking
- Design for Additive Manufacturing
Personal profile
Expertise Summary
Bingjian is a professional industrial designer and design academic. He received his BEng, MSc and PhD (Full Scholarship, Loughborough University) in the area of industrial design. He was the founding programme director of the department of industrial design at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU). In September 2018, he joined Ningbo Nottingham University (UNNC) and was immediately appointed as the Director of Product Design and Manufacture Programme. Apart from design education and research, he also has close collaborative relationship with industry, including Hisense and CRRC which he designed the 500KM/H high speed train concept for in 2018.
Teaching
MMME1014 Industrial Design and Professional Practice 1
MMME3034 RSA Design Projects
MMME3095 Major Design Project Preparation
MMME3033 Major Design Project
PhD and Masters Supervision
Current PhD students
- Name: Fang Yang (full-time)/Supervision status: onging
- Name: Yuqi Hu (full-time)/Supervision status: onging
- Name: Hui Cheng (full-time)/ Supervision status: onging
- Name: Yuhan Luo (full-time)/ Supervision status: onging
- Name: Yufei Zhang (full-time)/ Supervision status: onging
- Name: Yifan Jiang (full-time)/ Supervision status: onging
Completed PhD Supervision
- Name: Siyuan Zhou (full-time)/ Supervision status: Successfully Completed.
- Name: Jing Ma (full-time)/ Supervision status: Successfully Completed.
- Name: Ruiheng Lan (full-time)/ Supervision status: Successfully Completed.
Current Masters students supervision
- Name: Xiangqin Shi (full-time)/ Supervision status: onging
- Name: Yifan Chen (full-time)/ Supervision status: onging
Completed Masters students supervsion:
- Name: Qiwen Zheng (full-time)/ Supervision status: successfully completed
Internal Examination of PhD and MPhil degrees
Title of project: Personalized in-vehicle information system design for autonomous vehicles. (Internal accessor)
Title of Thesis: Leveraging Digital and Behavioural Data for Adaptive Cybersecurity (Internal Examiner)
Person Types
- Staff
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Research and development of new intelligent jacks and intelligent lifts
Liu, B. (PI)
1/12/24 → 30/11/27
Project: Contract Projects › Horizontal-Ningbo Municipal Contract Projects
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Design Research of Power Tools and Guarding Tools based on University-Industry Collaboration Model
Liu, B. (PI)
1/01/24 → 31/12/26
Project: Contract Projects › Horizontal-Ningbo Municipal Contract Projects
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Research on Lighting Design for EU Market based on integration of Industry and Education
Liu, B. (PI)
15/11/23 → 6/11/24
Project: Contract Projects › Horizontal-Ningbo Municipal Contract Projects
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Development of A Rotatable Cryogen-free Superconductive MRI System
Wang, C. (PI), Wang, J. (CoI), Bai, S. (CoI), Huang, L. (CoI), Liu, B. (CoI) & Yao, R. (CoI)
1/07/22 → 30/06/25
Project: Government Funded Projects › Vertical-Ningbo Municipal/Departmental Government (市厅局级) Funded Projects
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User’s Water Drinking Behavior and Related Product Design Research
Liu, B. (PI)
1/04/20 → 30/06/22
Project: Contract Projects › Horizontal-Contract Projects out of Zhejiang Province
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Exploring the Impact of Haptic Feedback Locations and Mid-air Haptic Technology on Driver's Takeover Performance in Automated Vehicles
Lan, R., Sun, X., Zhu, L., Wang, Q. & Liu, B., 25 Apr 2025, Proceedings of the Extended Abstracts of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. New York, NY, USA: Association for Computing Machinery, 267. (CHI EA '25).Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
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Integrative Path Planning for Multi-Rotor Logistics UAVs Considering UAV Dynamics, Energy Efficiency, and Obstacle Avoidance †
Wu, K., Lan, J., Lu, S., Wu, C., Liu, B. & Lu, Z., Feb 2025, In: Drones. 9, 2, 93.Research output: Journal Publication › Article › peer-review
Open Access4 Citations (Scopus) -
Role-Playing as an Embodied Cognition Strategy to Enhance Learning Outcomes in the Empathize and Define Stages of Design Thinking Within Project-Based Design Courses
Luo, Y., Jia, P., Liu, B., Lai, N. Y. G., Li, G. & Chai, W. S., 2025, Learning and Collaboration Technologies - 12th International Conference, LCT 2025, Held as Part of the 27th HCI International Conference, HCII 2025, Proceedings. Smith, B. K. & Borge, M. (eds.). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, p. 89-101 13 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; vol. 15806 LNCS).Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
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Wearable Product Design for Pain Management and Behavioral Support in Bipolar Disorder
Shi, X., Liu, B., Sun, X., Faulon, L. & Wu, J., 2025, Design, User Experience, and Usability - 14th International Conference, DUXU 2025, Held as Part of the 27th HCI International Conference, HCII 2025, Proceedings. Schrepp, M. (ed.). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, p. 369-385 17 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; vol. 15794 LNCS).Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
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A Review of Sensor-Based Interventions for Supporting Patient Adherence to Inhalation Therapy
Ma, J., Sun, X. & Liu, B., 3 Dec 2024, In: Patient Preference and Adherence. 18, p. 2397-2413 17 p.Research output: Journal Publication › Review article › peer-review
Open Access3 Citations (Scopus)
Press/Media
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FoSE staff and students presented in global design events
27/10/21
1 item of Media coverage
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