[8] 江苏省自然科学基金青年项目，基于知识推理的高原复杂环境轮腿偶尔仿生机器人一体化设计方法，2023至2026，主持

[7] 南京理工大学自主科研学科交叉项目，人工智能“协同绘画”老年人艺术疗愈的交互设计研究，2023-07至2025-07，主持

[6] 国家重点研发计划课题 , 2022-11 至 2025-10, 主研

[5] 国家自然科学基金面上项目 , 时序性结构信息流与多模态生理认知耦合的工业信息可视化表征机制 , 2022-01 至 2025-12, 主研

[4] 江苏省自然科学基金面上项目 , 有 / 无人机协同作战态势的感知决策优化机制及人机交互显控布局研究 , 2022-07 至 2025-06, 主研

[3] 教育部人文社科研究青年基金项目 , 面向老年痴呆症的社交催化机器人设计研究 , 2022-09 至 2025-09, 主研

[2] 教育部人文社会科学研究一般项目 , 基于机器学习的儿童友好型医护产品概念设计方法研究 , 2022-09 至 2025-08, 主研

[1] 江苏省高校哲学社会科学重大项目 , 基于主动交互的老年痴呆症患者沟通辅助机器人设计研究 , 2022-03 至 2026-03, 主研

期刊发表 ：

J5. M ao, X. , and Sen, C. (Ju ly 1 3 , 2023), “Formal Qualitative Physics-Based Reasoning for Functional Decomposition of Engineered Systems” , ASME Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering (JCISE). Feb . 2024, 24(2)021003. doi: https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4062748 . (SCI)

J4. W u, X., Zhang, K., Fang, Z., Brumby, D.P., Mao, X. , Wang, X. and Li, Q. , “ Study on T he C orrelation and I nhibition of V isual M arking and I ndustrial I cons ” , Displays , 78(2023) p.102410. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.displa.2023.102410 .(SCI)

J3. Larochelle, P and Mao, X. , “SphereWalker: A Hexapod Walking Machine”, ASME Journal of Autonomous Vechicles and Systems . Jan. 2021; 1(1): 011003, doi: https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4048483 . (SCI)

J2. Mao, X. , Galil, O., Parrish, Q., and Sen, C., “Evidence of Cognitive Chunking in Freehand Sketching during Design Ideation” , Design Studies 67 (2020): 1-26, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.destud.2019.11.009 .  (SCI)

J1. Mao, X. and Sen, C., “Semantic and Qualitative Physics-based Reasoning on Plain-English Flow Terms for Generating Function Model Alternatives” , ASME Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering (JCISE), Aug 2020, 20(4): 041006 (14 pages) , doi: https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4045288 . (SCI)

会议论文：

C9. Mao, X. and Sen, C., “ Toward Formal Qualitative Reasoning to Support Functional Decomposition ”, Proceedings of the ASME 2022 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, IDETC/CIE-2022 , St. Louis, Missouri, USA, August 14 – 17, 2022 .

C8. Chowdhury, A., Mao, X. , Narasimhon, L.A.V., and Sen, C., (2019), “Finite-State Automata-Based Representation of Device States for Function Modeling and Formal Definitions of Signal-Processing Functions” , in the Proceedings of the ASME 2019 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, IDETC/CIE-2019 , Anaheim, CA, August 18-21, 2019. (EI )

C7.       Narasimhon, L.A.V., Mao, X. , Chowdhury, A., and Sen, C., (2019), “Physics-Based Function Features for a Set of Material-Processing Verbs” , in the Proceedings of the ASME 2019 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, IDETC/CIE-2019 , Anaheim, CA, August 18-21, 2019.  (EI)

C6.       Sen, C., Summers, J.D., and Mao, X. , (2019), “A Physics-Based Formal Vocabulary of Energy Verbs for Function Modeling” , in the Proceedings of the ASME 2019 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, IDETC/CIE-2019, Anaheim, CA, August 18-21, 2019. (EI )

C5. Mao, X. , Sen, C., and Turner, C.J., (2018), “A Study in Function Modeling Preferences and its Variation with Designer Expertise and Product Types”, in the Proceedings of Design Computing and Cognition, DCC’18 , ed. John S. Gero, pp. 683-702, Springer.

C4. Mao, X. and Sen, C., (2018), “Physics-Based Semantic Reasoning for Function Model Decomposition” , ASME 2018 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, IDETC/CIE , Quebec City, Canada, August 26-29, 2018 (IDETC2018-86273).  (EI)

C3.       Du, S., Ebert, T., Ishak, I.B., Li, J., Mao, X ., Moffett, M.B., Sundram, J. and Larochelle, P., (2016), “Motivating STEM Studies Through a Space Exploration Robotics Summer Camp” , in the P roceeding of the ASME 2016 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (pp. V05BT07A067-V05BT07A067), IDETC/CIE-2016 , Charlotte, North Carolina, August 21-24, 2016.  (EI)

C2. Mao, X. and Larochelle, P., (2016), “BlueSheep” , Proceeding of the 29 ^th Conference on Recent Advances in Robotics (FCRAR 2016) , Miami, Florida, May 12 – 13, 2016.

C1. Mao, X. , Lee, G., Lucas, C., Mori, J., Scully, C., and Larochelle, P., (2015), “SphereWalker” , Proceeding of the 28 ^th Conference on Recent Advances in Robotics (FCRAR 2015) , Melbourne, Florida, May 14 – 15, 2015.