- Assistant Professor of Oceanography
- Phone: 401.874.6633
- Email: mzhou@uri.edu
- Office Location: 103 Horn
- Website
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- Accepting Students: Not at this time
Research
- Marine Robotics
- Underwater navigation
- Vehicle Autonomy
- Under-ice AUV
As an ocean engineer, I am interested in implementing underwater navigation using acoustic positioning and Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM); developing Intelligent path-planning system for underwater gliders piloting with minimum human intervention; in-situ path-planning for ocean features delineation; designing novel unmanned platform for underwater civil structure inspection; and multi-agent collaboration.
As a oceanographer, I am interested in mesoscale eddies including physical, biological and chemical characteristics; and coastal environment, e.g., hypoxia events, seafloor habitat, and sub-mesoscale processes.
Education
- Ph.D., Memorial University of Newfoundland (2017)
- M. Eng., Memorial University of Newfoundland (2012)
- B. Eng., Central South University (2009)