Fumin Zhang, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Contact
Office: EDRB B249
Phone: (912)963-6905
Email: fumin@ece.gatech.edu
Research Thrusts
Systems and Control
Robotics
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Education
Ph.D. University of Maryland at College Park, 2004.
M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 1998.
B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 1995.
Research Interests
  • Mobile Sensor Networks
  • Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
  • Motion Planning in Complex Environment
  • Power Constrained Control and Energy Harvesting
  • Adaptive Sampling of Ocean and Atmosphere

Human activities have been one of the driven factors of environmental changes. Chemicals and wastes generated by human society are causing profound problems such as global warming, red tides and acid rains. Dr. Fumin Zhang’s research work on mobile sensor networks aims to answer the challenge of monitoring large areas in the Ocean and Atmosphere with limited sensing resources and limited power. He has developed motion planning algorithms and motion control laws for underwater robots to explore and sample Ocean fields. These methods have been implemented and tested on underwater gliders. He is interested in integrating cooperative control theory and distributed sensing algorithms with real world applications that are constrained by environmental disturbances and limited power. His current goal is to establish a lab and a research program for designing underwater robots and sensor networks in the Savannah campus. Before joining GT, Dr. Zhang worked as a lecturer and Research Associate in Princeton University from 2004 to 2007. He is a member of IEEE, AIAA and SIAM.