2019-10-1
Prof Shen of the group delivered an invited talk at the Pigment and Colour Science Forum (1-2 October 2019 | Berlin, Germany)
2019-8-13
Congratulations to Zijian Zhang who has successfully passed the VIVA examination of his PhD work entitled “Development of High-performance Off-line and In-line Optical Coherence Tomography Techniques”.
2019-8
Dr. Liu of Shenzhen University visited the Laboratory as part of the Royal Society-International Exchange award. He presented his work on “THz device in the total internal reflection regime”.
2019-7
Prof. Xu of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Beijing, China) visited the Laboratory as part of the Royal Society-Newton Advanced Fellowship award. She presented her work on “Materials and Packaging Technologies for SiC Power Module and Supporting Components”.
2019-6
Prof. Shen has become a Senior Member of the Optical Society of American.
2019-5
Mr. Zijian Zhang, a PhD student of the group, has published a paper entitled "Differentiating Generic versus Branded Pharmaceutical Tablets Using Ultra-High-Resolution Optical Coherence Tomography" in Coatings 9(2019)326, which is available online:
HTML Version: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6412/9/5/326/htm
PDF Version: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6412/9/5/326/pdf
2019-5
PhD studentship available: An intelligent imaging technology for automatic characterisation of the refractive power of human eye
2019-4-30
Mr. Zijian Zhang, a PhD student of the group, has published a paper entitled “Sub-surface imaging of soiled cotton fabric using full-field optical coherence tomography”, Optics Express 27 (2019) 13951 (https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.27.013951).
2019-4-22
As part of the recently awarded Royal Society-Newton Advanced Fellowship grant Professor Shen visited Prof. Xu of Chinese Academy of Science (Beijing, China). He also visited Prof. Li of Xiamen Eye Centre (Xiamen, China), a collaborator of the major EPSRC-GCF project.
2019-4-10
Congratulations to Prof. Shuncong Zhong, a PDRA of the group (2008-2010), who has been appointed as Dean of the School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Fuzhou University.
Congratulations to Dr. Zhe Shen, a PhD student of the group (2014-2017), who became an Associate Professor at Nanjing University of Science and Technology.
Professor Shen of the group visited Prof. Zhong of Fuzhou University and Dr. Shen of Nanjing University of Science and Technology.
2019-3
In collaboration with Prof. Sun of Shenzhen University (China) Professor Shen has been awarded a Royal Society International Exchanges grant (03/2019--02/2021).
2019-1
Professor Rui Liang of China University of Mining and Technology has joined group as visiting Scholar.
2018-12
Professor Ju Xu of Chinese Academy of Science and Professor Yaochun Shen (UK host) has been awarded a prestigious Royal Society-Newton Advanced Fellowship for three years (12/2018–12/2021).
2018-10
Xingyu (Nate) Yang has joined the group as PhD student.
2018-9
Mr. Zijian Zhang, a PhD student of the group, has been appointed as a Postdoctoral Research Associate of the group and he will work on the EPSRC-funded project of “Development of New Low-Cost Point of Care Imaging Technologies for Diabetic Eye Disease in China” (in collaboration with the Department of the Eye and Vision Science).
2018-7
Congratulations to Azinda Abu Bakar Sajak who has successfully passed the VIVA examination of her PhD work entitled “THz Photoconductive Antenna ”.
2018-5-10
Prof. Shen has become a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET).
2018-5
Prof. Shen chaired the terahertz session and also delivered an invited talk at the International Conference on Optical and Photonic Engineering (icOPEN 2018), Shanghai, China, May 8-11, 2018. He also visited a number of universities and research institutes in China including Shenzhen Institute of Terahertz Technology and Innovation (Shenzhen); Fuzhou University (FuZhou); Southeast University (Nanjing); and the Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology (SIAT) of the Chinese Academy of Science (Shenzhen, China).
2018-5-1
PDRA position available: http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/BJM770/postdoctoral-research-associate-grade-7/
2018-2-6
PhD studentship available: to exploit new applications of the novel ultrahigh-resolution optical coherence tomography (OCT) developed at Liverpool. The group is well supported with major grants from NIHR and EPSRC and is also well connected with industry partners, providing the PhD candidates an ideal environment to develop and grow their potential.
2018-2-1
Researchers from the University of Liverpool, St Paul’s Eye Unit at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital and Peking University People's Hospital in China have been awarded a £1.15 million project to help transform early detection of diabetic eye disease in developing countries. The project is led by Dr. Zheng of the Department of Eye and Vision Science, funded through the Global Challenges Research Fund, a £1.5 billion government fund to support cutting-edge technology that addresses challenges faced by low and middle income countries.
Prof. Shen’s group leads the development of a new low-cost camera designed specifically for the needs of China. The new device will produce both high-quality colour images and optical coherence tomography (OCT) images of the retina.
2018-1-9
Congratulations to Jinke Zhang who has successfully passed the VIVA examination of his PhD work entitled “Development of Time-domain Full-field Optical Coherence Tomography as a Non-destructive Testing Method”.
2017-11-1
Postdoctoral Research Associate (PDRA): http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/BGP164/postdoctoral-research-associate-grade-7/
Ultrahigh resolution imaging technology developed at the University of Liverpool has secured new funding. The award of £1.3 million from the National Institute for Health Research’s (NIHR) Invention for Innovation (i4i) programme is to develop a state-of-the-art Ultra-Sensitive Optical Coherence Tomography (Ultra-OCT) system. The project is led by Dr. Zheng of the Department of the Eye and Vision Science. Prof. Shen leads the device hardware development.
2017-10-6
Sam Lawman, a PDRA of the group, has his paper entitled “Deformation velocity imaging using optical coherence tomography and its applications to the cornea” accepted for publication in Biomedical Optics Express (https://www.osapublishing.org/abstract.cfm?uri=boe-8-12-5579 ).
2017-9-20
Prof. Shen has been appointed as the School Research Lead of the School of Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Computer Science (EEE&CS)
2017-8-15
A paper published by Prof. Shen’s group has been highlighted as a news story release in a number of websites:
1. http://www.sciencenewsline.com/news/2017072516450068.html
2. https://phys.org/news/2017-07-sophisticated-medical-imaging-technique-automotive.html
3.http://optics.org/news/8/8/15
8. https://eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-07/tos-smi072517.php
9.http://www.novuslight.com/analyzing-car-paint-through-optical-coherence-tomography_N7217.html
2017-9-11
The 10th UK/Europe-China Workshop on Millimetre-Waves and Terahertz Technologies (Liverpool, UK, 11-13 September 2017) (https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/ucmmt2017/ ), where Prof. Shen was the TPC co-Chair, has been a great success.
2017-8-4
Congratulations to Lin Liu who has successfully passed the VIVA examination of his PhD work entitled “Compressed Sensing on Terahertz Imaging ”.
2017-7-25
Jinke Zhang, a PhD student of the group, has published a paper entitled “Non-destructive Analysis of Flakes in Automotive Paints with Time-domain Full-field Optical Coherence Tomography” in Optics Express (https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.25.018614)
2017-5-12
Congratulations to Zhe Shen who has successfully passed the VIVA examination of his PhD work entitled “Optical manipulation of metallic particles”.
2017-3-29
Sam Lawman, a PDRA of the group, has published a paper entitled “Line Field Optical Coherence Tomography as a scan-less industrial transparent coating measurement tool” in Applied Science.
2016-12-19
YC Shen has been promoted to the position of Professor at the University of Liverpool.
2016-11-28
Zhe Shen, a PhD student of the group, has published a paper entitled “Trapping and rotating of a metallic particle trimer with optical vortex” in Applied Physics Letters 109 (2016) 241901
2016-11-7
Amir Kobt, a PhD student of the group, has published a paper entitled “Smart Parking Guidance, Monitoring and Reservations: A Review” in IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Magazine 9 (2017) 6-16
2016-11-14
Zijian Zhang, a PhD student of the group, has published a paper entitled “A Spinning Disk as a Spatial Light Modulator for Rapid Infrared Imaging” in IET Microwaves, Antennas & Propagation (10.1049/iet-map.2016.0398)
2016-10-31
Yue Dong, a PDRA of the group, has published a paper entitled “Investigating Intra-Tablet Coating Uniformity With Spectral-Domain Optical Coherence Tomography” in J. Pharmaceutical Sciences (Impact Factor: 3.13) (DOI: 10.1016/j.xphs.2016.09.021)
2016-9-22
Congratulations to Amir Kobt who has successfully passed the VIVA examination of his PhD work entitled “Smart Parking: Guidance, Monitoring and Reservations”.
2016-5-31
Yue Dong, a PDRA of the group, has published a paper entitled “Nondestructive analysis of automotive paints with spectral domain optical coherence tomography” in Applied Optics (Impact Factor: 1.6) (DOI: 10.1016/j.xphs.2016.09.021)
2016-5-27
Sam Lawman, a PDRA of the group, has published a paper entitled “High resolution corneal and single pulse imaging with line field spectral domain optical coherence tomography” in Optics Express (Impact Factor: 3.5) (DOI: 10.1364/OE.24.012395)
2016-5-5
Amir Kobt, a PhD student of the group, has published a paper entitled “iParker—A New Smart Car-Parking System Based on Dynamic Resource Allocation and Pricing” in IEEE Trans. Intelligent Transportation System (IF=2.5) (DOI: 10.1109/TITS.2016.2531636)
2016-4-22
Zhe Shen, a PhD student of the group, has published a paper entitled “Vertically-oriented nanoparticle dimer based on focused plasmonic trapping” in Optics Express (Impact Factor: 3.5) (DOI: 10.1364/OE.24.016052)
2016-3-31
Zijian Zhang, a PhD student of the group, has been selected to present his work entitled “Compressed sensing for rapid IR imaging” at the IET Colloquium on Millimetre-wave and Terahertz Engineering & Technology (March 31 2016, London, UK).
2015-12-21
Congratulations to Chen Li who has successfully passed the VIVA examination of her PhD work entitled “Non-destructive Imaging and Surface Tomography using Full Filed Optical Coherence Tomography”.
2015-2-2: Dr. Samuel Lawman joined group as Postdoctoral Research Associate and he will work on the project of “Ultrasensitive Optical Coherence Tomography Imaging for Eye Disease” (in collaboration with the Department of the Eye and Vision Science).
2015-1-2: YC Shen visited Fudan University, Shanghai, China and Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, China.
2014-11-08
Prof. Zhong of Fuzhou University visited Liverpool University. Prof. Zhong who was a PDRA of the group in 2008-2010 and his visit aims to strengthen our collaboration in the research areas of terahertz imaging for non-destructive evaluation applications.
2014-10-01
YC Shen has been awarded a grant “Ultrasensitive Optical Coherence Tomography Imaging for Eye Disease” (2015/02--2017/07). This is in collaboration with the Department of the Eye and Vision Science, The University of Liverpool. We are advertising/recruiting a PDRA for this project (https://www.liv.ac.uk/working/jobvacancies/currentvacancies/research/r-586556/ ).
2014-06-30
Congratulations to Mr. Yue Dong who has been appointed as a Postdoctoral Research Associate and he will work on the online sensor project (in collaboration with Cambridge University).
2014-6-12
YC Shen has been promoted to the position of Reader at the University of Liverpool.
2014-03-06
YC Shen has been awarded an EPSRC grant “Intelligent Manufacturing of Pharmaceutical Film Coating Using Terahertz Pulsed Imaging, Optical Coherence Tomography and Numerical Modelling” (EP/L019787/1). This is part of a major collaborative project with Cambridge University (EP/L019922/1), aiming to develop the basic components of a "smart factory" by the integration of process modeling and in-process diagnostic capability for real-time in-situ process control of advanced tablet manufacturing.
We are advertising/recruiting a PDRA for this project (http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AIP090/postdoctoral-research-associate/).
2014-03-06
Lin Liu, a PhD student of the group, has been selected to present his work entitled “Terahertz imaging via block-based compressive sensing” at the IET Colloquium on Millimetre-wave and Terahertz Engineering & Technology (March 6 2014, Liverpool, UK).
2013-10-26
Chen Li, a PhD student of the group, has published a paper entitled “Nondestructive evaluation of Polymer Coating Structures on Pharmaceutical Pellets using Full-Field OCT” in J. Pharmaceutical Sciences (Impact Factor: 3.13)
2013-10-15
Congratulations to Neda Khiabani who has successfully passed the VIVA examination of her PhD work entitled “Modelling, Design and Characterisation of THz Photoconductive Antennas” (supervised by Huang & Shen)
2013-10-03
Jinke Zhang has joined the group as PhD student
2013-07-22
YC Shen has given an invited speech entitled “Industry applications of terahertz spectroscopy and imaging” at the 2013 International Symposium on Microwave/Terahertz Science and Application (MTSA 2013) (22─23 July 2013, Shanghai, China)
2013-07-26
YC Shen has given invited lecture series entitled “Terahertz spectroscopy and imaging: recent progress and industry applications” at the 2013 Summer School on Microwave and Terahertz Technology (15─28 July 2013, Nanjing, China)
2013-06-10
Thomas Eardley has joined the group as summer internship, funded by EPSRC Bursary Scheme.
2013-06-10
Amir Kobt has joined the group as PhD student
2013-06-01
A new EPSRC-funded project “Towards disease diagnosis through spectrochemical imaging of tissue architecture” has started (01/06/13─31/05/16, EP/K023349/1, led by Prof. Peter Weightman of Liverpool University). YC Shen is a co-I of the project and his main task is to develop new imaging modality using Daresbury terahertz beamline.
2013-03-21
YC Shen has served as Chair of Terahertz Imaging Session and given an invited talk entitled “Nondestructive Testing using Terahertz Spectroscopy and Imaging” at the 2013 International Analytical Conference & Expo (21─23 March 2013, SuZhou, China)
2013-02-15
Sizhe Xi has joined the group as PhD student.
2012-12-07
YC Shen has been honoured as a visiting professor at FuZhou University, FuZhou, China
2012-12-01
YC Shen has been awarded an EPSRC small scale equipment grant “Development of a super-resolution optical coherency tomography imaging system for healthcare applications”
2012-11-01
YC Shen and Prof. Huang has been award a PhD studentship “Smart Car Parking System”, funded by Centre for Global Eco-innovation (CGE), EU and Liverpool Connected, UK
2012-10-16
YC Shen has given an invited keynote entitled “Compressed Terahertz Imaging” at the 2012 Graduate School Annual Presentation, University of Siegen, (16─19 October 2012, Siegen, Germany)
2012-10-01
Many congratulations to Dr. Zhong, a former postdoctoral research associate of the group in 2008-2010, who has been awarded “MinJiang Professorship”, part of the prestigious Hundreds Talent Project in China.
2012-08-30
Congratulations to Hao Shen who has successfully passed the VIVA examination of his PhD work entitled “Compressed Sensing on Terahertz Imaging” (supervised by Shen & Huang)
2012-07-20
YC Shen has given invited tutorials entitled “Terahertz spectroscopy and imaging: an overview and recent progress” at Nanjing University, (20th July & 24th July 2012, Nanjing, China)
2012-02-01
YC Shen and Y Zheng of Department of Eye and Vision Science, Institute of Ageing and Chronic Disease, has been awarded an EPSRC reshaping capability grant “Quantitative imaging of the ultrafine cornea structures using phase-sensitive optical coherence tomography”.
2011-12-22
Hao Shen, a PhD student of the group, has published a paper entitled “Spinning disk for compressive imaging” in Optics Letters (Impact Factor of 3.385).
2011-10-27
YC Shen has given an invited talk entitled “A comparison between terahertz pulsed imaging and optical coherence tomography” at the Recent Developments in Terahertz Spectroscopy and Imaging (October 27, 2011, Cambridge, UK)
2011-05-30
YC Shen has given an invited talk entitled “Non-destructive characterization of pharmaceutical tablet using THz pulsed spectroscopy and imaging” at the 2011 Far East Forum on Non-destructive Evaluation: New Technology & Application, (May 30—June 2, 2011, HangZhou, China).
2011-01-13
YC Shen has published a paper entitled “Terahertz pulsed spectroscopy and imaging for pharmaceutical applications: A review” in International J. Pharmaceutical Science (Impact Factor of 3.458).
2010-09-28
Congratulations to Dr. Zhong, a Postdoctoral Research Associate of the group, has become a full professor of FuZhou University, China.
2010-09-28
Yue Dong and Chen Li have joined the group as PhD student.
2010-07-01
Nathan Newman has joined the group as summer internship, funded by EPSRC Bursary Scheme.
2009-12-10
In collaboration with Leeds, Brunel and Cambridge University, YC Shen has published a paper entitled “Terahertz pulsed spectroscopic imaging using optimized binary masks” in Applied Physics Letters (2012 Impact Factor of 3.794).
2008-10-29
YC Shen has been awarded a grant by the Royal Society “Advanced terahertz sources and imaging configurations for rapid analytical measurement applications”
2008-10-01
Shuncong Zhong has joined the group as a Postdoctoral Research Associate.
2008-10-01
Hao Shen has joined the group as a PhD student.
2008-07-01
YC Shen has been awarded a TSB grant “Real-time in-situ monitoring and control technique for high value pharmaceutical manufacturing”, a collaboration between TeraView Ltd (Cambridge, UK), Cambridge University, Manesty Ltd. and Liverpool University.
2008-04-01
In collaboration with TeraView Ltd (Cambridge, UK), YC Shen has published an invited paper entitled “Development and Application of Terahertz Pulsed Imaging for Non-destructive Inspection of Pharmaceutical Tablet” in IEEE J. Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, (2012 Impact Factor of 4.078)
2008-02-05
In collaboration with Dr. Philip Taday and Prof. Michael Pepper, YC Shen has published a paper entitled “Elimination of scattering effects in spectral measurement of granulated materials using terahertz pulsed spectroscopy” in Applied Physics Letters (2012 Impact Factor of 3.794). This paper has also been selected for the March 2008 issue of Virtual Journal of Ultrafast Science.
