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RESEARCH INTERESTS
Dynamics and Control, Machine Learning, Information Theory, Stochastic Systems, Robotic & Aerospace Systems, Numerical Computation
EDUCATIONUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)Urbana, USADoctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering2017 – 2023
■ Thesis: An Information-Theoretic Analysis of Control and Filtering Limitations by the I-MMSE Relationships (Full-Text)
■ Curriculum (List) GPA: 3.63 / 4.0
University of Minnesota Duluth (UMD)Duluth, USAMaster of Science in Applied and Computational Mathematics2015 – 2017
■ Thesis/Project: Eigenvalues Approximations of 1-D Partial Differential Equations (Full-Text)
■ Curriculum (List) GPA: 4.0 / 4.0
Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT)Harbin, ChinaMaster of Engineering in Aeronautical and Astronautical Science and Technology2013 – 2015
■ Thesis: Thesis: Variable Structure Control for Close Range Phase of Spacecraft Rendezvous (Full-Text)
■ Curriculum (List) GPA: 91.7 / 100 Rank: 1 / 66
Harbin Institute of TechnologyHarbin, ChinaBachelor of Engineering (Honors School) in Flight Vehicle Design and Engineering2009 – 2013
■ Thesis: Thesis: Orbital Control Problem of the Close Range Rendezvous Phase (Full-Text)
■ Curriculum (List) GPA: 86.1 / 100 Rank: 1 / 5 (Honors Class)
EXPERIENCE
Zhuhai Carbix Technology Co., LtdOct 2023 – PresentCo-Founder & CEO
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MiraclePlus (formerly Y Combinator China)Feb 2024 – Jul 2024Fellow
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Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering & Coordinated Science Laboratory, UIUCAug 2017 – Jul 2023Research Assistant, Project: Interdisciplinary Studies of Control Theory, Information Theory, Machine Learning & Cyber-Physical Security
Advisor: Prof. Naira Hovakimyan (IEEE, AIAA, and ASME Fellow)
Department of Electrical Engineering, UMDMay 2016 – Jun 2017Research/Teaching Assistant & Independent Investigator, Project: Distributed Singularly Perturbed Systems
■ Investigated decentralized optimal and sliding mode control algorithms for singularly perturbed system.
Advisor: Prof. Desineni S. Naidu (IEEE Life Fellow)
Department of Mathematics and Statistics, UMDAug 2015 – Jun 2017Independent Investigator, Project: Eigenvalues Approximations of 1-D PDEs with Local Dampings
■ Approximated the eigenvalues of wave, Timoshenko beam, and the Euler-Bernoulli beam equations with local Kelvin-
Voigt dampings by using spectral Fourier, Chebyshev, and collocation methods and domain decomposition technique.
Advisor: Prof. Zhuangyi Liu (Department Head)
Research Institute of Intelligent Control and Systems & Research Center of Satellite Technology, HITOct 2012 – Jul 2015Independent Investigator, Project: Applications of Advanced Control Theories to Aerospace Systems
■ Investigated robust and sliding mode control theories with their applications to the control problems of spacecraft
rendezvous, attitude maneuver, and attitude coordination.
Advisor: Prof. Ming Liu and Prof. Huijun Gao (IEEE Fellow)
Department of Aerospace Engineering, School of Astronautics, HITSep 2010 – Oct 2012Independent Developer, Project: Guidance Navigation and Control (GNC) System of Autonomous Mobile Robot (Video Link)
■ Developed a GNC system for autonomous mobile robot with the functions of route planning, path tracking, camera
calibration, and vision-based objective tracking.
Advisor: Prof. Jifeng Guo (Associate Head) and Prof. Naigang Cui (Department Head)
Laboratory of Physical Diagnosis, School of Life Science and Technology, HITMay 2011 – May 2012Group Leader, Project: Model-Based Clinical 3-D MRI Image Registration
■ Investigated a image registration scheme with Iterative Closest Point algorithm and mean value interpolation.
Advisor: Prof. Xiaoyu Song (Lab Director)
School of Electrical Engineering and Automation, HITApr 2011 – May 2012Group Leader, Project: Virtual Experimental Box for Electrical Engineering Education
■ Designed and built an experimental box composed of software, hardware, and multimedia.
Advisor: Prof. Sanyong Jiang (Educational Leader of HIT)
AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPSStudent Travel Award, American Control Conference2021Alwin Schaller Travel Fund (Conference Presentation/Travel Award), UIUC2020Outstanding Graduate Award, UMD2017Graduate Student Travel Award, UMD2016Summer Research Fellowship, UMD2016Distinction in Comprehensive Examination, UMD2016Gold Medal Award for Graduate Thesis and Distinguished Graduate Student (Top 5% at HIT), HIT2015National Scholarship for Graduate Student (Top 2.5% in China), Ministry of Education of China2014Special Class Scholarship for Graduate Student (Top 10% at HIT), HIT2014