Welcome! I am an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of North Dakota (UND). I received my Ph.D. and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Arizona State University, as well as a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Southeast University, China. Before joining UND, I was a postdoctoral researcher at Texas A&M University and Arizona State University.

News

• [06/2025] Our paper “Reinforcement Learning Driven Integrated Detection and Mitigation of UAV GPS Spoofing Attacks” has been accepted for publication in IEEE Internet of Things Journal.
• [01/2025] I am excited to join the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of North Dakota as an assistant professor, starting in Jan 2025!
• [09/2024] Our paper “Reinforcement Learning with Predefined and Inferred Reward Machines in Stochastic Games” has been accepted for publication in Neurocomputing.
• [04/2024] I am excited to join the CARES lab at Texas A&M University as a postdoctoral researcher!
• [01/2024] Our paper “Decentralized Graph-Based Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning Using Reward Machines” has been accepted for publication in Neurocomputing.
• [11/2023] Our paper “Knowledge-Enhanced Reinforcement Learning for Multi-Machine Integrated Production and Maintenance Scheduling” has been accepted for publication in Computers & Industrial Engineering.
• [07/2023] Our paper “Reinforcement Learning with Reward Machines in Stochastic Games” has been accepted to the 2023 European Conference on Artificial Intelligence (acceptance rate 24%).
• [08/2022] Our paper “Obstacle Avoidance for UAS in Continuous Action Space Using Deep Reinforcement Learning” has been accepted for publication in IEEE Access.
• [03/2022] Our paper “Optimal Maintenance Scheduling Under Uncertainties Using Linear Programming-Enhanced Reinforcement Learning” has been accepted for publication in Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence.
• [03/2020] Our paper “Probabilistic Risk-Based Operational Safety Bound for Rotary-Wing Unmanned Aircraft Systems Traffic Management” has been accepted for publication in Journal of Aerospace Information Systems.