He received the Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Automatic Control from Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China, in 2007 and 2009, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, in 2014. Prior to joining Mason, He was a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Aerospace Engineering and Institute for Systems Research at University of Maryland from September, 2014 to August, 2016. His research interests include robotics, control, artificial intelligence, and underwater vehicles. Curriculum vitae; Google scholar profile; Youtube Channel.