Yafeng Wang, Ph.D.
Dr. Wang is an Assistant Professor in the Mechatronics and Robotics program under the CEAT Division of Engineering Technology.
Academic Background
- Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering - Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, 2023
- M.S., Mechanical Engineering - Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, 2022
Research Areas of Interest
Dr. Wang's research interests lie in the areas of AI-enhanced computer vision, autonomous robotic systems, and controls.
Teaching Areas of Interest
- Control theory
- Mechatronics
- Robotics
Recent Publications
Yafeng Wang, Qi Lu, and Beibei Ren. "Wind Turbine Crack Inspection using a Quadrotor with Image Motion Blur Avoided." IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), 2023
Yafeng Wang, Qinbo Sun, Tristan Berger, and Weimin Qi. "A drive-through recharging strategy for a quadrotor." In 2021 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), pp. 420-425
Yafeng Wang, and Beibei Ren. "Quadrotor-enabled autonomous parking occupancy detection." In 2020 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), pp. 8287-8292
Yafeng Wang, Yeqin Wang, and Beibei Ren. "Energy saving quadrotor control for field inspections." IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems 52, no. 3 (2020): 1768-1777
Yafeng Wang, Yeqin Wang, Yiting Dong, and Beibei Ren. "Bounded UDE-based control for a SLAM equipped quadrotor with input constraints." In 2019 American Control Conference (ACC), pp. 3117-3122