About Me
Professional Appointments
Assistant Professor, Jan 2020 - present
Departments of Mechanical Engineering and Bioengineering
College of Engineering, Computing and Applied Sciences
Clemson University
Education
Postdoctoral Fellow, Oct 2018 - Dec 2019
Robotics Institute, School of Computer Science
Carnegie Mellon University
Advisor: Christopher G. Atkeson, Ph.D.
PhD, Electrical Engineering, Aug 2013 - May 2018
University of Texas at Dallas
Advisor: Robert D. Gregg, PhD
Dissertation: Energy Shaping Control of Powered Lower-Limb Exoskeletons for Assistance of Human Locomotion
MS, Control Theory & Control Engineering, Sep 2011 - Jul 2013
College of Information Science & Technology
Northeastern University, PR China
Advisor: Tianyou Chai, PhD
BS, Automation (with focus on systems & control), Sep 2007 - Jul 2011
College of Information Science & Technology
Northeastern University, PR China
Awards & Honors
Louis Beecherl, Jr. Graduate Fellowship, UT Dallas, 2017
Student Travel Award, American Control Conference, 2017
Best Student-Paper Award, 54th IEEE Conference on Decision & Control, 2015
CDC Student Travel Support Award, IEEE Control Systems Society, 2015
Betty and Gifford Johnson Student Travel Award, UT Dallas, 2015
Third Prize, the 9th "Huawei Cup" National Post-Graduate Mathematical Contest in Modeling, 2012
Scholarly Review & Service
Co-Chair:
Robotics II Session, 54th IEEE Conference on Decision & Control, Osaka, Japan, 2015
Journal Reviewer:
IEEE Transactions on Robotics, Autonomous Robots, IEEE Access, IEEE Robotics & Automation Letter, IEEE Control Systems Magazine, ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, & Control, IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, International Journal of Robotics Research, Robotics & Autonomous Systems, Control Engineering Practice, Robotica, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, IEEE Transactions on Automation Science & Engineering, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, Journal of NeuroEngineering & Rehabilitation, ASME Journal of Medical Devices, Mechatronics (Elsevier), IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine System
Conference Reviewer:
ASME Dynamic Systems & Control Conference, IEEE Conference on Decision & Control, IEEE International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics, IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots & Systems, IEEE Conference on Robotics & Automation, IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Conference, American Control Conference, IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, International Conference on Ubiquitous Robots
Professional Memberships
IEEE Control Systems Society (IEEE-CSS)
IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (IEEE-RAS)