Yu Z.

Experience

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  Huazhong University of Science & Technology

  Apr 2017 - Jun 2019

  Research Assistant

  1. Design and Experiment of Large Scale Autonomous Unmanned Vehicle AUV• Protected automatic underwater vehicle (AUV) from emergency events by developing a real-time diagnostic Expert System;• Diagnose and prognoses the motion-state of AUV by building diagnostic Hidden Markov models(HMMs);• Improved reasoning efficiency by adopting Finite State Machine(FSM) in reference engine;• Tested by creating the model of this Reactive System and simulating in MATLAB/Simulink;• Programmed based on VxWorks with embedded C language;• Built an emergency actuator -- load-rejection system2. Design and Experiment of High-speed Autonomous Underwater Vehicle• Solved the challenges of abundant faults and multiple working modes switching of the AUV by Projecting a Mapping network based diagnostic Expert System;• Programmed the Embedded Real-time System;• Tested through underwater experiments;• Setuped emergency mechanism, including releasing mechanism of airbag, releasing mechanism of emergency buoy; Show less

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  Florida State University

  Aug 2019 - May 2022

  Research Assistant

  1. Developed a robust anomaly detection and localization algorithm based on GPR and post-training quantization and pruning2. Led team building an autonomous lane-following system, which involved developing a vision-based lane detection algorithm, characterizing the vehicle's dynamical model, implementing adaptive cruise control, and designing a model-predictive lane-following controller. 3. Contributed to a team of 4 members in the Navy AI-Track-at-sea competition. Won 2nd place by developing a two-layer learning-based localization system for uncalibrated monocular camera4. Led a team of 2 members in building a path-tracking lab platform for a differential-driven wheeled mobile robot. The platform has been supporting ongoing research in the lab.5. Conducted research on robust consensus control for multi-agent systems, applied the control algorithm on the formation control of connected vehicles Show less

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  Ford Motor Company

  May 2022 - Jul 2022

  R&A Controls & Automated Systems Intern

  Worked in Localization, Map and Odometry Group at ADAS Team:1. Established a deterministic re-simulation framework for localization and sensor fusion algorithms in ROS22. Developed software for sensor data collection and visualization, including lidar, radar, GNSS3. Participated in Agile project management

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  Florida State University

  Aug 2022 - Dec 2023

  Research Assistant

  1. Suppoted DOE project (Resilient energy delivery control systems) with a Physics-assisted Generative Adversarial Network (GAN) for assessing the vulnerability of Cyber-Physical Systems. 2. Co-leading a team of 6 members for the development of an autonomous Go-kart racing system, managed the softare developement, actuator and sensor configuration3. Researched and implemented diverse motion planning and control algorithms, including search-based planner (A*s), MPC planner, RL planner, multi-vehicle formation control, and resilient motion control.4. Built a teleoperation system, featuring real-time video streaming, dynamic steering force feedback, and auto-centering. Show less

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  Nikola Corporation

  Mar 2024 - now

  Senior Modeling and Control Engineer