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Fan Zhang

Mid-level Robotics & Control Researcher specializing in safe control for UAVs and manipulators

University of HoustonUniversity of HoustonHouston, TX9 Years ExperienceMid LevelWorks On-Site

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Robotics software engineer who led an end-to-end learning-based UAV controller project, addressing oscillation issues through simulation, gain tuning, and a shift to geometric control. Has ROS experience spanning UAV mocap-based perception and an autonomous driving stack (LiDAR, mapping, AMCL, controller), plus real-world distributed ROS communication over WiFi with performance troubleshooting.

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Key Strengths

  • Led end-to-end development of a learning-based UAV controller
  • Systematic debugging workflow: simulation-first, safe hardware tuning, extensive logging
  • Resolved controller oscillation via simulation, gain tuning, and switching to geometric control design
  • Hands-on ROS integration across UAV perception (mocap) and autonomous driving stack (LiDAR, mapping, AMCL, controller)
  • Practical experience troubleshooting distributed ROS over WiFi under high-frequency/embedded constraints

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Experience

Graduate Research Assistant (Robotics & Safe Control)University of Houston · Aug 2024 – Present
Visiting Scholar / Robotics ResearcherCarnegie Mellon University (DRIVE Lab) · Jun 2024 – Aug 2024
Research AssistantCleveland State University · Aug 2022 – May 2024
Graduate Research & Teaching AssistantIowa State University · Aug 2019 – May 2022
System Engineer InternAVIC Leihua Rockwell Collins Avionics Company · Feb 2019 – May 2019internship
Research Assistant (Haptics & Robotics)Virtual Reality Application Center (VRAC) · Jan 2017 – Jan 2019

Education

University of Houstondoctorate, Electrical Engineering (2026)
Iowa State Universitymaster, Electrical and Computer Engineering (2019)
Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunicationsbachelor, Telecommunications Engineering (2016)

Skills

MATLABPythonPyTorchNumPyC++C#OpenCVGitObject DetectionMachine LearningRoboticsControl SystemsSafe ControlSafety-Critical AlgorithmsControl Barrier Functions (CBF)

Languages

English

Publications

6 publications

Learning-based controlRobust control and disturbance rejection (ESO/ADRC)Control barrier functions and safe controlUAV/quadrotor control and fault-tolerant controlRobotic manipulation and kinematic controlMotion planning and MPC with temporal logic constraints

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Fan ZhangMid-level Robotics & Control Researcher specializing in safe control for UAVs and manipulators