I am with the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology at the Savannah Campus. My office is EDRB 249.

Human activity has been one of the main factors leading to changes in the environment. Profound problems such as acid rain, red tides and global warming, result at least in part from chemicals and waste produced by society. My 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. I have 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. I am interested in cyber-physical systems that integrates control theory, embedded systems and distributed sensing algorithms with real world applications that are constrained by environmental disturbances and limited power. I am establishing a research and education program for designing underwater robots and sensor networks in the Savannah campus. Before joining GT, I worked as a lecturer and Research Associate in Princeton University from 2004 to 2007. I am a member of IEEE, ASME, AIAA, SIAM, and AGU.