Cheryl Li, Ph.D.

Cheryl Li Headshot
Associate Professor
Graduate (MSME) Program Coordinator, Mechanical Engineering
Ph.D. Program Coordinator, TCoE China Program Coordinator

Mechanical Engineering Department
Tagliatela College of Engineering
Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Education

B.S. Mechatronics Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore
Ph.D. Educational Psychology, University of Connecticut

About Cheryl

Dr. Li has unique cross-disciplinary educational backgrounds in mechatronics engineering (control and robotics) and educational psychology (educational program measurement and assessment).  She has extensive research experience in mechatronics, robotics, control, engineering design, and artificial intelligence.  She has taught a broad range of courses in general engineering, kinematics and dynamics, systems and control, robotics and mechatronics at universities in Australia, Singapore, and the US.  She has also accumulated a rich experience in international joint degree program coordination and international student supervision.

Selected Publications in Engineering

Li, Q., "A novel Likert scale based on fuzzy sets theory", Expert Systems with Applications (2012).

Wu, X.J., Tang, J., Li, Q., and Heng, K.H., "Development of a configuration space motion planner for robot in dynamic environment," Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, Vol. 25(1), pp. 13-31, 2009.

Li, Q., "Experimental validation on the integrated design for a parallel robot", Robotica, Vol. 24, pp. 173-181, 2006.

Li, Q., and Zhang, W. J., "A closed-form solution to the crank position corresponding to the maximum velocity of the slider in a centric slider-crank mechanism," ASME Transaction, Journal of Mechanism, Vol.128(3), pp. 654-656, 2006

Li, Q., and Wu, F.X., "Control performance improvement of a parallel robot via the Design for Control approach," Mechatronics, Vol. 14(8), pp.947-964, 2004.

Selected Publications in Education

Li, Q., Swaminathan, H., and Tang, J., "Development of a classification system for engineering student characteristics affecting college enrollment and retention," Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 98, pp. 361-376, 2009.

Li, Q., McCoach, D. B., Swaminathan, H., and Tang, J., "Development of an instrument to measure perspectives of engineering education among college students," Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 97, pp. 47-56, 2008.

Li, Q., "Capturing missing information using fuzzy Likert scale," Northeastern Educational Research Association Annual Conference, October, 2009.

Li, Q., "A classification of engineering student characteristics," Northeastern Educational Research Association Annual Conference, October, 2009.

Li, Q., "Measurement of characteristics of engineering students: What has been done and what needs to be done?" American Society for Engineering Education, Zone I Conference, March, 2008.

Courses Taught
  • EAS109 Project Planning and Development
  • EAS112 Methods of Engineering Analysis
  • SE 488 System Engineering Design Process
  • ME 451 Robotics and Automation