Dr. Debao Zhou is a professor in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering (MIE) at the University of Minnesota Duluth (UMD). He joined UMD as a tenure-track assistant professor in 2009 and promoted to associate professor in 2014 and full professor in 2018. He earned his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Nanyang Technological University Singapore researching in bio-robotics. Dr. Zhou’s research interests include conformable artificial skin sensors, smart materials, vision system, modeling and simulation of surgical processes, robotics, system dynamics, control and quantum cascade laser system. He proposed and developed the Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering (MSME) program in 2015 and was the Director of Graduate Study of this program from then to May 2019. Dr. Zhou teaches in the areas of signal processing, kinematics, control, robotics, machine vision and pattern recognition. He received 2013 SCSE Young Teacher Award.
Dr. Debao Zhou is a professor in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering (MIE) at the University of Minnesota Duluth (UMD). He joined UMD as a tenure-track assistant professor in 2009 and promoted to associate professor in 2014 and full professor in 2018. He earned his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Nanyang Technological University Singapore researching in bio-robotics. Dr. Zhou’s research interests include conformable artificial skin sensors, smart materials, vision system, modeling and simulation of surgical processes, robotics, system dynamics, control and quantum cascade laser system. He proposed and developed the Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering (MSME) program in 2015 and was the Director of Graduate Study of this program from then to May 2019. Dr. Zhou teaches in the areas of signal processing, kinematics, control, robotics, machine vision and pattern recognition. He received 2013 SCSE Young Teacher Award.
Contact Info:
Contact Info:
Email: dzhou@ d.umn.edu
Phone: +1 218-726-6648
Fax: +1 218-726-8596
Mailing address: 1303 Ordean Court, 105 Voss-Kovach Hall, Duluth, MN 55812