Zihang earned his bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering with minor in Computer Science at Ohio State University and Masters’ degree in Mechanical Engineering specified at Product Design at UC Berkeley. Research and work experience related to mechanical design, analysis and manufacture and control.

2022 — NowAutoXSenior Software Engineer

2022 — Now

San Jose, California, United States

2019 — 2022Friendly Robots CompanyCo-Founder & Robotics Engineer

2019 — 2022

Berkeley, California

● As a startup team to build the differential drive vacuuming robot from hardware and software

● Simulation: Build the simulation infrastructure and regression testing pipeline with Gazebo

● Devop: Deploy the sim testing to AWS and build the git CICD pipeline using Docker and Bash

● SLAM: Implement and tune Cartographer and RTABMAP in sim and real robot

● Navigation: Tune ROS nav stack with TEB local planner and write own global planner with C++

● Data analysis: Build the online and offline Python script to log the robot trajectory and analyze

● Robot Arm with vision: Build two-link arm in a moving robot with object detection. Write the API

to nav the robot and manipulate arm to reach the object using Python, OpenCV, HEBI actuator

● Mechanical: Iterate the new robot fairing and deck design

● Skill utilized: ROS, Python, Bash, Docker, C++, Gazebo, URDF, SolidWorks, SLAM/NAV Algorithm

2018 — 2019UC Berkeley College of EngineeringResearch Assistant

2018 — 2019

Berkeley, Canifornia

Dynamic Aerial Manipulation using Quadrotor UAV Research

(Graduate Researcher at Hybrid Robot Lab )

Led a group of three to build a drone delivery system

Mainly focused on grabber accessory prototyping and testing with Raspberry Pi

Skill utilized: SolidWorks, 3D Printing, Lab Testing with Python, DFM/DFA

2018 — 2019suitXMechanical Engineer

2018 — 2019

Berkeley,Calnifornia

Hiking Exoskeleton of Knee Design Project

(UC Berkeley Collaborated with SuitX)

Grouped to design the exoskeleton of knee for hiking customers to reduce knee fatigue

Mainly focused on redesign the Series Elastic Actuator to smaller the size by 30%

Skill utilized: SolidWorks, FEA, Excel, DFM/DFA, GD&T

2018 — 2018Chang Jiang Bearing Co., LtdMechanical Engineer

2018 — 2018

Chongqing City, China

Ball Bearing Design and Improve

(Summer Internship)

Grouped to redesign the failure ball bearing in gearbox for Getrag DCT300 project

Utilize the ROMAX to build the gearbox model, and check the design with calculating percent of damage of bearing after given operation hours and maximum contact stress

Skill utilized: ROMAX, Excel

Education

University of California, Berkeley

Master of Engineering - MEng

The Ohio State University

Bachelor of Science - BS

Chongqing Jiaotong University

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Education

Master of Engineering - MEng

Bachelor of Science - BS

Bachelor's degree