- Assistant Professor of Oceanography
- Phone: 401.874.6633
- Email: mzhou@uri.edu
- Office Location: 103 Horn
- Website: https://soslab.wordpress.com
Research
- Marine Robotics
- Underwater gliders and AUVs
- Underwater navigation
- Adaptive sampling and path-planning
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 (Canada)
- M. Eng., Memorial University of Newfoundland (Canada)
- B. Eng., Central South University (China)