Who - Wei Gao

Dr. Wei Gao is currently an associate research fellow at University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) in Hefei, Anhui, China. He is affiliated with the Department of Precision Machinery and Precision Instrumentation in the College of Engineering Science. He received the B.Eng. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Northwestern Polytechnical University in 2011 and the Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Florida State University in 2019. He was a postdoctoral research fellow in University of Science and Technology of China. His research interests include bio-inspired robotic system design and dynamic control.

Email: weigao at ustc dot edu dot cn.

🚀Experiences
Associate Research Fellow, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), 2022.04 - present.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), 2020.03 - 2022.03.
Postdoctoral Researcher, Florida State University (FSU), 2019.08 - 2020.03.
Doctor of Philosophy, Mechanical Engineering, Florida State University (FSU), 2014.08 - 2019.08.
Master of Science, Mechanical Engineering, Florida State University (FSU), 2014.08 - 2018.08.
Assistant Engineer, China Aviation Industry General Aircraft Co., Ltd. (CAIGA), 2011.08 - 2013.05.
Bachelor of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University (NWPU), 2007.09 - 2011.07.

🎓Advisors
Postdoctoral research advisor: Dr. Shiwu Zhang, Professor, USTC, CHN.
Postdoctoral research advisor: Dr. Jonathan E. Clark, Associate Professor, FSU, USA.
Doctor of Philosophy research advisor: Dr. Jonathan E. Clark, Associate Professor, FSU, USA.
Doctor of Philosophy research co-advisor: Dr. William S. Oates, Professor, FSU, USA.
Bachelor of Engineering thesis adviosr: Dr. Wenjie Ge, Professor, NWPU, CHN.

🌏Current Research Collaborators

Dr. Shiwu Zhang	(2020-):	Professor at USTC.
Dr. Yu Wang	(2020-)：	Ph.D. from Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen (Class 2024), postdoctoral research fellow at USTC.
Yongming Yue	(2020-)：	Ph.D. candidate at USTC (2021).
Yingrong Chen	(2021-)：	Ph.D. candidate at USTC (2021).
Bijendra Prajapati	(2022-)：	Ph.D. candidate at USTC (2021).
Chao Ji	(2020-)：	Ph.D. candidate at USTC (2022).
Yuanzhe Xie	(2022-)：	Ph.D. candidate at USTC (2022).
Xiaohu Zhang	(2022-)：	Ph.D. candidate at USTC (2023).
Yuewei Zhu	(2021-)：	Ph.D. candidate at USTC (2024).
Jinyu Cheng	(2021-)：	Ph.D. candidate at USTC (2024).
Tianchen Huang	(2024-)：	Ph.D. candidate at USTC (2024).
Tengda Wang	(2021-)：	M.S. student at USTC (2022).
Jiangtao Hu	(2021-)：	M.S. student at USTC (2022).
Jichao Wang	(2022-)：	M.S. student at USTC (2022).
Kaicen Li	(2022-)：	M.S. student at USTC (2022).
Zhizhen Cao	(2022-)：	M.S. student at USTC (2023).
Tianhao Bo	(2022-)：	M.S. student at USTC (2023).
Jialong Xue	(2023-)：	M.S. student at USTC (2023).
Wenqing Tang	(2023-)：	M.S. student at USTC (2023).
Anji Lin	(2023-)：	M.S. student at USTC (2023).
Tianyu Liu	(2024-)：	M.S. student at USTC (2023).
Haoyang Ren	(2024-)：	M.S. student at USTC (2023).
Yihang Wang	(2024-)：	M.S. student at USTC (2023).
Runchen Xu	(2024-)：	M.S. student at USTC (2023).
Yunchi Gu	(2024-)：	M.S. student at USTC (2024).
Yang Gao	(2024-)：	M.S. student at USTC (2024).
Shurui Fang	(2024-)：	M.S. student at USTC (2024).
Zekai Feng	(2025-)：	M.S. student at USTC (2024).
Xudong Ma	(2025-)：	M.S. student at USTC (2024).
Zhengze Cao	(2023-)：	B.S. student at USTC (2021).
Nengjing Sun	(2023-)：	B.S. student at USTC (2021).
Jialong Tang	(2023-)：	B.S. student at USTC (2022).
Honghui Zheng	(2023-)：	B.S. student at USTC (2022).
Renjie Tan	(2024-)：	B.S. student at USTC (2023).
Jin Li	(2024-)：	B.S. student at USTC (2024).
Yujie Zhang	(2024-)：	B.S. student at USTC (2024).
Dr. Haoyao Chen	(2020-)：	Professor at Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen.
Yuxiang Li	(2020-)：	Ph.D. candidate at Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen (2020).
Dr. Shi Yan	(2022-)：	Professor at Lanzhou University.
Dr. Dongdong Zhao	(2022-)：	Associate Professor at Lanzhou University.

🌎Previous Research Collaborators (with the latest known affiliations)

Kebing Yang	(2023-2024)：	B.S. from USTC (Class 2025), M.S. student at USTC (2025).
Yu Liao	(2021-2024)：	M.S. from USTC (Class 2024), Bosch (Suzhou).
Yuan Yao	(2021-2024)：	M.S. from USTC (Class 2024), Power Construction Corporation of China (Changsha).
Lingjian Mao	(2021-2024)：	M.S. from USTC (Class 2024), Hikvision (Hangzhou).
Ziqi Li	(2021-2024)：	M.S. from USTC (Class 2024), Cainiao (Hangzhou).
Yang Shu	(2021-2024)：	M.S. from USTC (Class 2024), TP-Link (Shenzhen).
Tonghui Peng	(2021-2024)：	M.S. from USTC (Class 2024), Huawei (Shanghai).
Xinyi Li	(2021-2024)：	M.S. from USTC (Class 2024), Hisilicon (Shanghai).
Yinong Ye	(2021-2024)：	M.S. from USTC (Class 2024), PDD (Shanghai).
Hefei Zhang	(2021-2024)：	M.S. from USTC (Class 2024), ZKBot (Hefei).
Ze Yang	(2020-2024)：	M.S. from USTC (Class 2024), Hisilicon (Shanghai).
Dr. Zhihao Wang	(2020-2024)：	Ph.D. from Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen (2024), Meituan (Shenzhen).
Feijie Xia	(2022-2023)：	M.S. student at USTC (2022).
Yifan Deng	(2022-2023)：	M.S. student at USTC (2022).
Zhichen Zhang	(2021-2023)：	M.S. from USTC (Class 2024), ZTE (Nanjing).
Xingrui Lu	(2021-2022):	B.S. from USTC (Class 2022), M.S. student at USTC (2022).
Zhiwei Fang	(2021-2022):	B.S. from USTC (Class 2022), Ph.D. candidate at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Yu Zhang	(2020-2022):	B.S. from USTC (Class 2019), M.S. from USTC (Class 2022), TP-Link (Chengdu).
Jinxing Wang	(2020-2021):	Ph.D. candidate at USTC (2022).
Ning Guo	(2020-2021):	M.S. from USTC (Class 2021), TP-Link (Shenzhen), China Electronics Technology Group Corporation (Zhengzhou).
Dr. Ralph C. Smith	(2016-2021):	Professor at North Carolina State University.
Dr. Paul R. Miles	(2016-2021):	Ph.D. from FSU (Class 2017), Postdoctoral Research Fellow at North Carolina State University, Sandia National Laboratory.
Dr. Sean W. Gart	(2019-2020):	CCDC Army Research Laboratory.
Dr. Monica A. Daley	(2020):	Associate Professor at University of California Irvine.
Jacob Hackett	(2020):	B.S. from Florida State University (Class 2020), M.S. student at Florida State University (2020).
Dr. Christian M. Hubicki	(2018-2020):	Assistant Professor at FSU, Associate Professor at FSU.
Dr. Sarah E. Bergbreiter	(2017-2020):	Associate Professor at University of Maryland, Professor at Carnegie Mellon University.
Dr. Ryan St. Pierre	(2017-2020):	Ph.D. from University of Maryland (Class 2018), Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Carnegie Mellon University.
John V. Nicholson	(2016-2020):	M.S. from FSU (Class 2020), CCDC Army Research Laboratory, Viam, Inc..
Charles A. Young	(2014-2020):	M.S. from FSU (Class 2020), Ghost Controls, USA.
Dr. Adriane G. Moura	(2014-2015):	B.S. from FSU (Class 2015), Ph.D. from Georgia Institute of Technology (Class 2019), Applied Research Associates, Inc..