Welcome
I
am a PhD candidate in the Department
of Aeronautics & Astronautics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. I work
at the Computer Science and Artificial
Intelligence Lab, in the Model-based
Embedded and Robotic Systems group under Professor
Brian Williams.
I was born in Changchun city in norheastern China, the nation's automotive capital. After moving to the United States with my family at age five, I grew up in Ann Arbor, Michigan, near the automotive capital of America. I decided that spacecraft was more exciting than automobiles, so I attended MIT for undergraduate study in the Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics. After completing my graduate research, I plan to go to Mars.
Current News
| Dec. 07 | Having disturbed the big people, we, among ~20 other JPL employees, were invited to meet and have dinner with Dr. Elachi's advisory council, which coincidentally Brian, my PhD advisor, is a part of, among all the other leaders of the aerospace industry! |
| Nov. 07 | Inspired by the Google Lunar X PRIZE, several early career hires (ECH) at JPL start up an ECH project. Not knowing any better, we skipped all our line management and went straight to the Director of JPL, Charles Elachi, for his approval, which made some waves throughout the laboratory. |
| Sep. 07 | We arrive in Pasadena, CA to start working at JPL for one year (while starting our PhD work). See photos! |
| Aug. 23, 07 | I handed in my beautiful MS thesis! (pdf) |
| Jun. 07 | Thomas and I were both awarded the NDSEG graduate research fellowship, which covers tuition + stipend for 3 years. |
| Jun. 07 | I received job offer from JPL. |
| Feb. 07 | I had on-lab interviews at JPL. Thomas and I also took the opportunity to surprise Thomas' father for his birthday. |
| Jan. 07 | Thomas and I both passed the PhD Qualifying Exams! |
| 2006 | >>Older |
Old Material
My old academic website and personal website still exist, but have been banished from direct view.