Xian Li
Assistant Teaching Professor,
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Contact
- x.li1@northeastern.edu
- 401 Terry Avenue N, Suite 103
Seattle, WA 98109
Research Focus
Robotics; Human-Robot Interaction and Collaboration; Wearable and Flexible Electronics; Cyber-Physical Systems; Smart and Connected Health
Education
- PhD, Mechanical Engineering, Michigan Technological University, 2019
Research Overview
Robotics; Human-Robot Interaction and Collaboration; Wearable and Flexible Electronics; Cyber-Physical Systems; Smart and Connected Health
Selected Publications
- Li, X. and Sun, Y., 2019. An SSHI rectifier for triboelectric energy harvesting. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 35(4), pp.3663-3678.
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Rehman, F., Li, X. and Sun, Y., 2024, June. Development of Programmable Embroidery Pressure Sensors. In 2024 IEEE/ACM Conference on Connected Health: Applications, Systems and Engineering Technologies (CHASE) (pp. 216-217). IEEE.
- Li, X. and Sun, Y., 2019. A wearable button-like system for long-term multiple biopotential monitoring using non-contact electrodes. Smart Health, 11, pp.2-15.
- Huang, H., Li, X., Liu, S., Hu, S. and Sun, Y., 2018. TriboMotion: A self-powered triboelectric motion sensor in wearable Internet of Things for human activity recognition and energy harvesting. IEEE Internet of Things Journal,5(6), pp.4441-4453.
- Li, X. and Sun, Y., 2017. WearETE: A scalable wearable e-textile triboelectric energy harvesting system for human motion scavenging. Sensors, 17(11), p.2649.

Aug 19, 2025
New Faculty Spotlight: Xian Li
Xian Li joins the electrical and computer engineering department in August 2025 as an assistant teaching professor in Seattle, WA.