Hongyu YU

Hong Kong Polytechnic University • Professor Executive Director of PolyU Aerospace Research Academy • Professor

Prof. Hongyu Yu is the Executive Director of PolyU Aerospace Research Academy (PARA) at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU). Prof. Yu received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in Electronics Engineering from Tsinghua University, China, in 1997 and 2000, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Southern California, USA, in 2005. He was a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Southern California from 2005-2007. He joined Arizona State University (ASU), USA, in 2008 holding as assistant professor (2008- 2014) and associate professor (2014-2017) in both School of Earth and Space Exploration and School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering. During the tenure at ASU, he was the principal investigator for multiple projects from NASA, NSF and Intel. In 2018, he joined The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), holding as associate professor (2018-2025) and professor (2025) in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. He was the principal investigator for multiple government and industry projects. He joined the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 2025.

His career focuses on Space exploration missions. He is leading Hong Kong Popular Science Satellite mission and was the PI of the Hong Kong Operational Robot project of Chang’e 8 lunar exploration mission. Beyond aerospace projects, his research interests include flexible MEMS (microelectromechanical systems) sensors, sensors and multimodal perception, human machine interface and soft robotics.

Events

77th International Astronautical Congress (IAC 2026)

5 - 9 October 2026

Antalya, Türkiye

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