Yixiao Liu

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Title Ph.D. Student
Department Mechanical Science and Engineering
Biography
Ph.D. Student, Mechanical Science & Engineering

Education

B.S. in Agricultural and Biological Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2022

B.S. in Mathematics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2022

Biography

I graduated from U of I in May 2022 with a dual degree in Agricultural Engineering and Applied Mathematics. I joined HDCL in August 2022 as a direct Ph.D. student in Mechanical Engineering. For a semester, I worked with Zeke on the data acquisitions part of the Pectin Project. I am now part of the PURE Gen 3 team.

Current project

Personalized Unique Rolling Experience (PURE) a hands-free, ball-based wheelchair

Research Interests

  • Robotics
  • Dynamics and control

Personal Interests

  • Photography
  • Amateur astronomy
  • Birding
  • Guitar

yixiaol2(AT)illinois(DOT)edu