Wei Zhang


 

Wei Zhang

Wei Zhang received his B.Eng. and M.S. in Aerospace Engineering from Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China, and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from New Mexico State University, USA, and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Kansas State University, USA, in 2019. He then worked as a postdoc at the University of Virginia in the Flow Simulation Research Group (FSRG) and recently joined VIrginia Cooperative AuTOnomous Robotics (VICTOR) Lab. His research interests include fluid mechanics, robotics, and motion modeling of human-like robotics.


Education

  • PhD, Mechanical Engineering – Kansas State University
  • B.Eng. and M.S. in Aerospace Engineering from Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China

Research Interests

  • Computational fluid dynamics
  • Robotics and motion modeling
  • Sensor fusion
  • Dynamic mode decomposition and Koopman decomposition
  • Nonlinear dynamics

Other Interests

  • Hiking, music