Doctor of Mechanical Engineering

lecturer

Research

AIGC media design

XR/AR/VR/Metaverse

Brand strategy design

Child-friendly environment design

Teaching

Undergraduate: “Professional Design 3 (AIGC media design)”, “Design Four Orders (Visual Communication Design)”

Academic and social post

Member, Shanghai Artists Association

Vice President, Shanghai Association for Returned Overseas Chinese-Europe and America-Germany Branch

Committee Member, Shanghai Municipal Committee of Experts for Home Environment Aging-Friendly Transformation

Education Background

2025  Doctor of Mechanical Engineering, Tongji University

2011  Master of Spatial Design, Dortmund University of Technology and Art, Germany

2007  Bachelor of Visual Communication, Jiangnan University

Work Experience

2012-present  working in Tongji University

2011-2012  worked as Design Director in Prisma Design Firm in Germany

2010-2011  worked as a designer in German Labor B Design Firm in Germany

Representative research results and works

[1] Monograph: Editor of “Intelligent Innovative Design-Metaverse RAR and Future City Design” (“14th Five-Year Plan” National Key Publication Project.“Smart City 2035” Publication Project.Tongji University Press, 2025)

[2] Edited Book: Contributor to “2023 China Strategic Emerging Industries Development Report” (Edited by China Academy of Engineering and Technology Development Strategy.Science Press, 2023)

[3] Provincial/Ministerial Level Project: Research on AloT Applications for Future Education Mutual Digital Platform (Mar. 2025–Dec. 2025)

[4] Provincial/Ministerial Level Project: Research on Design and Paradigm Innovation of Urban Metaverse Virtual-Real Creation Platform (Dec. 2024–Dec. 2025)

[5] Design Patent: Outdoor Extended Reality Interactive Device (Authorization No.: ZL202430239139.6)

[6] Software Copyright: Urban Scene RAR Virtual-Real Creation Platform (Authorization No.: 2024SR1400129)

[7] Academic Paper: Wu, Z., Liang, J., Jia, W., et al. “Urban Metaverse”: Metaverse Empowering Future City Design. *Urban Planning Academic Journal*, 2024(284):56-62. (CSSCI)

[8] Academic Paper: Liang, J., Fan, S., Jiang, M., Zhang, X., & Qi, Z. (Oct. 9, 2023). How to promote consumption in city metaverse? Research on XR experience design and consumer behavior of commercial streets. IASDR Conference Series. IASDR 2023, Milan, Italy.

[9] Academic Paper: Hei, J., Liang, J. (2024). Enhancing Human-Healing Environment Interaction Framework: Based on Two Applications. In: Streitz, N.A., Konomi, S. (eds) Distributed, Ambient and Pervasive Interactions. HCII 2024. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 14719. Springer, Cham.

Honors and Awards

[1] 2023  Red Dot Award: Brands & Communication Design

[2] 2023  MUSE Design Awards Gold in Conceptual Design-AR&VR Category

[3] 2023  MUSE Design Awards Gold in Architectural Design-Renovation Category

[4] 2023  German Design Awards Winner in Interactive User Experience Category

[5] 2023  Muse Creative Awards Platinum in Experience and Immersion-Metaverse Category

[6] 2023  Vega Digital Awards Best AR Award

[7] 2023  Vega Digital Awards Platinum in Metaverse Category

[8] 2023  ICONIC AWARDS German Excellent Innovative Architectural Design Award

[9] 2023  Provincial First Prize for Excellent Urban Planning and Design

[10] 2024  UK International Art and Design Competition Gold in Visual Communication Category

[11] 2024  "China Award" Cultural and Artistic Design Competition Silver in Architectural Space Category

[12] 2025  WORLD HABITAT Gold in Architecture and Environmental Design Competition