Professor Wensheng HOU

Vice Director of the Bioengineering Department

Email: w.s.hou@cqu.edu.cn

Education

 B.S. Applied Physics, Southwest Normal University, 1991

 Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering, Chongqing University, 2001

 Academic Visitor University of Surrey(UK), 2005 -2005

 Senior Academic Visitor Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University (US), 2014

Society Affiliation and Activities

 Chongqing Medical Electronics Engineering Technology Research Center, Vice Director

 Chongqing Key Laboratory of Human Intelligence and Assistive Robot Control Technology, Vice Director

 Biomedical Electronics Branch, Chinese Institute of Electronics, Vice Secretary General

 Medical Devices Branch, China Instrument and Control Society, Executive Council Fellow

 Medical Neuroengineering/Medical Artificial Intelligence/Rehabilitation Engineering Branch, Chinese Society of Biomedical Engineering, Fellow

Personal Statement

W.S. Hou, PhD., Professor, Vice Director of the Bioengineering Department in Chonging University.

Prof. Hou has been funded to lead several research studies as a Primary Investigator/Project Leader, including the project (1) of National High-tech R&D Program of China, project (1) of National Key Research and Development Program, Key Projects (5) of Chongqing Basic Science and Frontier Technology Research Program, and other provincial projects (12) funded by the Chongqing Science and Technology Tackling Program, Chongqing Natural Science Foundation Program, etc. He has won 5 awards for his scientific and technological achievements, such as the Second Prize for Technical Invention in Advanced Institutions funded by the Ministry of Education, the Scientific & Technological Award for Production-Academy-Research Promotion of China (Awards for individual contributions), etc. To reward his contribution in education, Prof. Hou also won a First Prize for Teaching Achievements in Chongqing. Prof. Hou has already been granted 15 patents for invention, and has published over 80 papers in SCI journals including the top magazines such as the IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems & Rehabilitation Engineering; IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering; Frontiers in neuroscience, etc. He has also published textbooks as chief editors in "13th Five-Year Plan" (1) and other programs (3). He has also given more than 10 invited reports in several important international and domestic academic conferences such as Annual meetings hosted by IEEE EMBS and Chinese Society of Biomedical Engineering, etc. For undergraduate and graduate students, Prof. Hou give lectures in courses such as Medical Signal Processing, Introduction to Intelligent Medical Engineering, Engineering Principles and Medical Applications

Research Interests

 Neural engineering and rehabilitation:

sensory enhancement and neural interface in motor rehabilitation, technique developments for nerve stimulation and functional regulation, human-computer interaction and closed-loop control in neural rehabilitation

 Biomedical information detection:

physiological parameter detection with multi-modality and functional status recognition, wearable sensing detection and intelligent computing, physiological signal detection and health Internet of Things

 Medical artificial intelligence:

assistive decision-making and intelligent management in rehabilitation training, characteristics analysis and data mining of medical health signals

Funding Sources （2015-）

 Ministry of Science and Technology, 多模态参数反馈与自适应主动交互控制技术研发，National Key Research and Development Program（Grant No. 2020YFC2004203）

 National Natural Science Foundation of China,电刺激诱发肌梭感受器响应的肌电假肢手运动自主感知研究, General Program（Grant No. NSFC31771069）

 Chongqing Science and Technology Department, 基于下丘神经元发放模式的人工耳蜗电刺激模型研究，Key Program of Fundamental Science and Frontier Technology in Chongqing（Grant No. cstc2015jcyjBX0101）

 National Natural Science Foundation of China, 近红外脉冲刺激初级运动皮层的神经功能性响应，General Program（Grant No. NSFC31271060）

 Ministry of Science and Technology, 基于多源生物信息解码的智能交互控制技术与系统，National High-tech R&D Program of China (863 Program) (Project)（Grant No. 2015AA042303）

Publications（2015-）

1. Shangjie Tang, Lin Chen, Michele Barsotti, Lintao Hu, Yongqiang Li, Xiaoying Wu, Long Bai, Antonio Frisoli, Wensheng Hou. Kinematic synergy of multi-DoF movement in upper limb and its application for rehabilitation exoskeleton motion planning. Frontiers in Neurorobotics. 13, 2019

2. Qiliang Xiong, Xiaoying Wu, Jun Yao, Theresa S. Moulton, Nong Xiao, Lin Chen, Xiaolin Zheng, Yuan Liu, Wens Hou. Inter-Limb Muscle Synergy and Kinematic Analysis of Hands-and-Knees Crawling in Typical Development Infants and Infants with Developmental Delay. Frontiers in Neurology. 9: 869, 2018

3. Xiong QL, Hou WS, Xiao N, Chen YX, Yao J, Zheng XL, Liu Y, Wu XY. Motor Skill Development Alters Kinematics and Co-Activation Between Flexors and Extensors of Limbs in Human Infant Crawling[J]. IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems & Rehabilitation Engineering, 2018, 26(4):780-

4. N. Xia, X. Tan, Y. Xu, W. Hou, T. Mao, C.-P. Richter. Pressure in the cochlea during infrared Irradiation. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 2018, 65(7): 1575-1584

5. Xiaoying Wu, Weina Li, Shan Shen, Xiaolin Zheng, Yang zhang, Wensheng Hou. Corticomuscular coherence modulation with the pattern of finger force coordination.  IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems & Rehabilitation Engineering, 2013, 21(5): 812-819

Patent & Criteria

1. Lintao Hu, Wensheng Hou, Xiaoying Wu, Yun Zhao, Bowen Xiao, Lin Chen. 一种自由度优化的四自由度穿戴式上肢运动辅助装置. Invention Patent License，ZL201810587631.6

2. Qiliang Xiong, Wensheng Hou, Yanqiu Sun, Xiaoying Wu, Nong Xiao, Yuxia Chen, Yuan Liu. 一种可穿戴式膝爬运动生理参数检测装置，Invention Patent License，ZL. 201510885980.2

3. Wensheng Hou, Yufeng Guo, Xiaoying Wu, Xiaoping Wan, Yanjian Liao, Ziwei Wang, Tao Wang, Xiaolin Zheng, Hongyan Luo, Jun Yang. 用于稳定肌电假肢手力量输出的电刺激诱发肌电反馈控制方法及装置，Invention Patent License，ZL.201410758634.3

4. Wensheng Hou, Xiaoying Wu, Nan Xia, Xiaolin Zheng, Xing Wang, Yanjian Liao, Hongyan Luo. 透射式多通道近红外光脉冲耳蜗神经刺激装置，Invention Patent License，ZL.201310373603.1

5. Xing Wang, Wensheng Hou, Xiaolin Zheng, Nan Xia, Manqing Wang, Xiaoping Wan. 近红外光刺激神经的修复装置. Invention Patent License，ZL.201310052800. 3

Major for Candidate

Doctoral Candidate:

Biomedical Engineering: 1. Biomedical Electronic Information and Instruments; 2. Intelligent medical engineering

Postgraduate Candidate:

Biomedical Engineering: 1. Neuroengineering and Rehabilitation Technology; 2. Biomedical sensing detection and medical instruments; 3. Biomedical image analysis and health information engineering;

Biology and Medicine: 1. Intelligent medical technology and systems; 2. Digital health engineering; 3. Biomedical Engineering and Equipment