My research focuses on three primary areas: Dynamics: Focus on precise, cost-effective modeling, both model- and data-based, to optimally analyze multi-body dynamical systems. Controls: Study advanced control techniques for deployable multi-body dynamical systems and robots. Passive control stabilizes dynamical systems against disturbances and uncertainties, while active control focuses on robust and precise control laws and path planning to reduce control energy and sensor and actuator costs while maintaining performance. Aerospace Systems: Design lightweight, deployable aerospace systems to minimize fuel costs and volume.
Work Experience
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Univerisity of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
Assistant Professor, Aug. 2023 - Present
Department of Aerospace Engineering, Texas A&M Univerisity, College Station, TX
Postdoctoral Researcher, May 2021 - July 2023 (Advisor: Dr. Robert Skelton)
Education
Texas A&M University, College Station, May 2021
Ph.D., Aerospace Engineering. Advisors: Drs. Robert Skelton and Manoranjan Majji
Huazhong University of Science and Technology
M.S., Design and Manufacture of Ships and Marine Structures, 2016
B.S., Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering / Minor: English, 2013
Awards
- Best Paper Award, 18th Sub-association for Stability and Fatigue of Steel Structures, CSCS, 2024
- Best Presentation Award, Multiscale Mechanics & Nanostructures, EMI-IC, 2023
- First Prize, 11th International Conference on Rehabilitation Medicine and Engineering, 2022
- Finalist, NASA RASC-AL Special Edition: Moon to Mars Ice & Prospecting Challenge, 2021
- AERO Graduate Excellence Fellowship Award, 2020
- National Scholarship (the Highest Honor for Students in China), Dec. 2014
Contact
Email: muhaochen@uky.edu
Office: +1 859-2577-2233
Tel: +1 979-985-8285
Grehan 113A, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506