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University of Tennessee - Knoxville

Engineering Space Science Aerospace Engineering Mechanical Engineering Aeronautical Engineering Control Systems Engineering Robotics Machine Learning Automotive Engineering

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Zhenbo Wang is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, where he has served since August 2018, initially as an Assistant Professor before his promotion in August 2024. He earned his PhD in Aeronautics and Astronautics from Purdue University in 2018, a Master of Engineering from Beihang University in 2013, and a Bachelor of Engineering from Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics in 2010. At Purdue, he received the Estus H. and Vashti L. Magoon Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2018 and the Koerner Scholarship in 2017. Wang directs the Autonomous Systems Laboratory at UTK, focusing his research on optimal control, numerical optimization, convex optimization, machine learning, guidance and control, space systems, aerial vehicles, connected and automated vehicles, and power and energy systems. His work advances autonomous air mobility systems, including development of control schemes for drones navigating urban environments, supported by a dedicated 1,000-square-foot lab space for flight experiments.