About Me
I'm a Ph.D. candidate in Electrical Engineering at Penn State, advised by Prof. Donald Ebeigbe, working on learning-based robot locomotion, navigation, and state estimation. Below is a fuller account of my background and experience.
Education
The Pennsylvania State University (PSU) — Fall 2022 – Present
Ph.D. Candidate in Electrical Engineering. GPA 3.78/4.0.
Advisor: Prof. Donald Ebeigbe, Control & Autonomous Robotics Lab.
Research focus: learning-based robot locomotion, navigation, state estimation for robots.
National Chung Hsing University (NCHU), Taiwan — Fall 2017 – Spring 2021
B.S. in Bio-Industrial Mechatronics Engineering. Junior/Senior GPA 4.13/4.3, Rank 1/53.
Advisor: Prof. Yao-Chuan Tsai, Precision & Micro-Mechatronics Lab.
Experience
Research Intern, AlphaZ Robotics — Summer 2025 – Present
- Built IsaacLab environments for RL-based obstacle avoidance and LiDAR-based navigation, and deployed trained local-planner policies on the Unitree Go1/Go2 for real-world experiments.
- Designed a Mamba-based temporal policy architecture for long-horizon navigation, contributing to an accepted IROS 2026 paper.
Research Assistant, Control & Autonomous Robotics Lab, PSU — Fall 2025 – Present
- Developed torque-based reinforcement learning policies for energy-efficient quadruped locomotion in IsaacLab.
- Designed adversarial imitation learning pipelines to improve gait stability and robustness.
Teaching Assistant, Linear Control Systems, PSU — Fall 2023 – Spring 2025
- Led MATLAB and Simulink laboratory sessions covering system modeling, feedback control, and system-stability analysis.
Team Captain & Lead, Embedded Systems Team, PSU Mechnittany — Fall 2024 – Summer 2025
- Led the embedded systems team for RoboMaster, achieving a Top-5 placement at the 2025 competition.
Research Intern, iChase Technology Co. — Spring 2022 – Summer 2022
Industry-academia collaboration with NCHU focused on biosecurity in poultry houses.
- AI-Based Bird Tracking and Laser-Driven Repelling System — Developed a YOLO-based tracking pipeline integrated with a laser deterrent for avian-influenza prevention.
Research Assistant, Precision & Micro-Mechatronics Lab, NCHU — Spring 2019 – Summer 2022
- Designed an autonomous greenhouse robot integrating RGB and thermal cameras for plant-health monitoring.
- Led a 4-member robotics team in the Agricultural Robotics Competition, achieving 2nd (2019) and 3rd (2020).
Awards & Honors
- Melvin P. Bloom Memorial Graduate Fellowship in Electrical Engineering, Penn State (2024)
- NCHU Golden Key Award — top-performing student in the class (2021)
- Third Place, Undergraduate Research Poster Competition, BIME Department (2021)