News and Updates
A new journey at ZJU
I have officially started my faculty career in the Department of Mechanical Engineering as a ZJU100 Young Professor at Zhejiang University, China. The official group website will be launched soon. Our group will be focusing on artificial intelligence, advanced materials, robotics and related topics.
Our paper published on Extreme Mechanics Letters
Our paper Rapidly encoding generalizable dynamics in a Euclidean symmetric neural network has been published on Extreme Mechanics Letters.
A new journey at MIT
I have started a new postdoctoral scholar position at MIT.
Our paper published on Energy
Our paper A self-floating oscillating surge wave energy converter has been published on Energy.
Our paper published on Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing
Our paper Group Relevance Vector Machine for sparse force localization and reconstruction has been published on Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing.
A new journey in UCLA
I have started a new postdoctoral scholar position in UCLA.
Our paper published on IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy
Our paper A tunable wave energy converter using variable inertia flywheel has been published on IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy.
CEMHS IAB meeting
I have presented our ongoing project "Powering ocean observation and underwater vehicles using wave energy harvesting" at the 2020 fall online Industrial Advisory Board Meeting of CEHMS. The presentation videos are coming soon!
Finalist in the 2020 R&D 100 Awards!
Our submission Energy Harvesting Backpack for Military and Outdoor Applications has been selected as one of the finalists in the 2020 R&D 100 Awards!
Our paper published on APEN
Our paper Design, modelling, and testing of a vibration energy harvester using a novel half-wave mechanical rectification has been published on Applied Energy.
Our paper published on JSV
Our paper Element-wise Bayesian regularization for fast and adaptive force reconstruction has been published on Journal of Sound and Vibration.
Covered by VT Daily
Our team Wave Drinker is covered in the Virginia Tech Daily newsletter! Check out Wave Drinker team wins a spot in Waves to Water Prize.
Our paper published on APEN
Our paper A compact mechanical power take-off for wave energy converters: Design, analysis, and test verification has been published on Applied Energy.
Interviewd by DOE
Our team Wave Drinker is interviewed by DOE as one of 17 winners from the DOE Waves to Water Design competition. The interview video will come out soon!
We are selected in DOE Waves to Water Prize again. This time in Design phase
Our team Wave Drinker is selected as one of 17 winners from the DOE Waves to Water Design competition. Check out the winner list. We will be awarded $47k to continue the momentum!
Siemens Design Challenge phase 1 selected!
Our team is selected into the Design phase of Siemens Design Challenge! We will design our technology to enpower decentralized water desalination for remote and least developed regions in the world. Grateful and excited!
Interviewd by DOE
Our team BlueLink is interviewed by DOE as one of 11 winners from the nationwide DISCOVER competition in Ocean Observing Prize. Check this winner list and our 90s video pitch. Check out the interview video!
CEMHS IAB meeting
I have presented our ongoing project “Stabilizing offshore floating wind platform using dual-functional wave energy converter” and ongoing research “Self-floating oscillating surge wave energy converter” at the 2020 spring online Industrial Advisory Board Meeting of CEHMS. The presentation videos are coming soon!
Our paper published on MSSP
Our paper Force localization and reconstruction based on a novel sparse Kalman filter has been published on Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing.
Our team winned in DOE and NOAA Ocean Observing Prize
Our team BlueLink has been selected as one of 11 winners from the nationwide DISCOVER competition in Ocean Observing Prize, sponsored by DOE and NOAA! Check this winner list and our 90s video pitch.