Xiaoguang Dong @xdcmu
Assistant Professor of ME at Vanderbilt University. Postdoctoral Researcher at MPI-IS;PhD from CMU; He/him/his. sites.google.com/view/donglab Nashville, TN Joined September 2015-
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Glad to share our paper on a novel soft robotic valve for treating GERD is published on Device by Cell Press! Great collaboration with Dr. Rishi Naik @RishiNaikMD at @VUMCDiscoveries and Dr. Yuxiao Zhou from Texas A&M! @ViSE_at_VU @VanderbiltU VU news: engineering.vanderbilt.edu/2025/09/29/van…
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Glad to share that our paper on smart and safe tissue biopsy by a magnetic casule robot is now published on Advanced Materials Technologies! This work is incollaboration with Prof. Rishi Naik from Vanderbilt University Medical Center. advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ad…
Glad to share that our paper on orthopedic surgery/implant is now published online in @Device_CP by Cell Press! This work is in collaboration with Prof. @yuxiao_zhou from @TAMU. Congratulations to the team @ViseVanderbilt @VanderbiltVinse @VUEngineering! cell.com/device/fulltex…
Glad to provide comments and perspectives for this exciting work on swarm magnetic microrobots published on @Device_CP (Cell Press)! newscientist.com/article/246121….
Glad to share that our recent work titled "Mucosa-Interfacing Capsule for In Situ Sensing the Elasticity of Biological Tissues" is published in Advanced Materials Technologies @AdvPortfolio! Great collaboration with Texas A&M and VUMC. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…
Glad to share that our work on magnetic dental implants for drug delivery was selected as the Frontispiece of Advanced Healthcare Materials! @AdvPortfolio Congratulations to our team! This is in collaboration with UT Health, Houston and Texas A&M! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.100…
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We have multiple postdoc / engineer positions on the development of bioinspired materials for extreme weather ❄️⚡️ Do you work on polymer chemistry, 3D printing, thermal science, coatings, adhesion, robotics, etc.? Come join our team! @UMengineering (RTs appreciated 🙏)
Dong Lab at Vanderbilt University is looking for strong PhD students in medical robotics (devices) in 2025 Fall! Please see the information sheet below and apply!
Our recent work on creating a smart implantable device and a wearable magnetic actuation system for sensing airway conditions has been published in @PNASNews! @VanderbiltU @ViseVanderbilt @VanderbiltVinse News: engineering.vanderbilt.edu/2024/11/07/res… Paper: pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…
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It was a great honor to be inducted into the National Academy of Engineering. My heartfelt thanks to my family, lab members, collaborators, sponsors, and colleagues, who have continually supported or been a part of my exciting research/academic journey. @theNAEng @kocuniversity
Glad to deliver an invited talk this week in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, @VanderbiltU ! Thanks Chair and Prof. Paul Laibinis for the kind host and invitation! Great interaction and questions by graduate students and faculty!
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