About Me
I am an Assistant Professor with Deparment of Aerospace Engineering at Pennsylvania State University.
I was a Postdoc Fellow with the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University, where I was a member of AirLab working on aerial manipulation and eVTOL. Before that, I was a Postdoc researcher of Coordinated Science Lab at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign working on robotic manipulation for high precision assembly. I received my Ph.D. and M.S. in Aerospace Engineering with a minor in Electrical Engineering at Pennsylvania State University, and my B.Eng. in Aircraft Design and Engineering at Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
My research goal is to advance state-of-the-art aerial autonomy by bridging the aerospace and robotic communities. My research is primarily concerned with perception and manipulation algorithms to enable high performance autonomy for aerial robots. I am enthusiastic about robotics and unmanned aerial system (UAS). I am also interested in optimization and machine learning and applying them on hardware. I love flying drones and building robots.
Recent News
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03/2023: I gave a talk for the Maryland Robotic Center “Microsoft Future Leader in Robotics and AI” seminar series at the University of Maryland.
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01/2023: I started serving as an Associate Editor (AE) for International Journal of Robotics Research (IJRR), one of the top robotics journals.
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01/2023: I started the new position at Pennsylvania State University.
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04/2022: I will join the Deparment of Aerospace Engineering at Pennsylvania State University as an Assistant Professor in Jan. 2023. I have multiple openings for graduate students. Contact me if you are interested.
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01/2022: I gave a talk for School of Aeronautics and Astronautics at Purdue University.
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12/2021: I gave a talk for Deparment of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering at Renssselaer Polytechnic Institute.
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11/2021: I gave a talk for Deparment of Aerospace Engineering at Pennsylvania State University.
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08/2021: I joined the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University as a Postdoc Fellow as a member of AirLab.
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03/2021: I gave a talk for William E. Boeing Deparment of Aeronautics and Astronautics at University of Washington.
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10/2020: I joined the Coordinated Science Lab at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign as a Postdoc Research Associate.
