Vecna
Fang-Yu Liu has a diverse work experience, starting with a role as a Software Engineer in Product Development at Vecna since November 2014. Prior to that, from November 2012 until August 2014, they worked as a Research Assistant at the Mechatronics Research Laboratory at MIT. Additionally, Fang-Yu Liu had two roles as a Teaching Assistant at MIT - one from February 2014 to June 2014 for the course "2.004 Dynamics and Control II" and another from September 2013 to January 2014 for the course "2.12 Introduction to Robotics". They were responsible for leading and designing lab sections related to mobile and wearable robots. Before transitioning to MIT, Fang-Yu Liu worked as a Research Intern at the Integrated Biomedical Micro-devices Lab at Academia Sinica from September 2011 to June 2012. Lastly, they had a role as a Research Student at the Advanced Medical Device Lab at NTU from February 2010 to June 2012.
Fang-Yu Liu earned a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree in Mechanical Engineering from National Taiwan University, completing the program from 2008 to 2012. Following that, Liu pursued a Master of Science (M.S.) degree in Mechanical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, graduating from 2012 to 2014.
Vecna
Vecna develops and markets innovative health care solutions in the fields of infection control, patient safety, patient self-service, and robotics.The US CDC estimates that 1.7 million patients are infected every year by health care acquired infections with 99,000 dying from such infections. The aim of Vecna's QC PathFinder infectioncontrol software is to magnify the efforts of hospital infection preventionists through increased data visibility, automated alerts, and fast reporting both internally and to external public health agencies.Vecna's patient self-service line includes health care kiosks and patient portals. These solutions automate many previously manual workflows including check-in, registration, bill pay, and surveys. A kiosk integrated with vitals capture devices can capture weight, temperature, blood pressure, pulse, and blood oxygenation. The Battlefield Extraction Assist Robot (BEAR) was created to extract wounded soldiers from the battlefield. It is a humanoid robot designed to lift up to 500 lbs and has been developed for the U.S. Department of Defense.