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Hao, Guangbo (Fellow of ASME) is a Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) with the School of Engineering and Architecture at University College Cork (UCC), Ireland. He earned his first PhD from Northeastern University, China, in 2008 and his second PhD from Heriot-Watt University, UK, in 2011. His research interests focus on design of compliant mechanisms and robotics and their innovative applications such as precision manufacturing, energy harvesting and medical devices. He is serving as the Editor-in-Chief of Mechanical Sciences and an Associate Editor of ASME Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics, of IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, and of Mechanism and Machine Theory. He has won many accolades including the 2017, 2018 and 2022 ASME Compliant Mechanisms Awards and the 2023 UCC President’s Awards for Excellence in Teaching 2023. He has published over