Teaching and Mentoring

Teaching: Instructor: Measurement and Control Systems II (Undergraduate Level)
Semester: 2024 Spring
Institution: Purdue University

Teaching: Lead TA: Measurement and Control Systems II (Undergraduate Level)
Semester: 2023 Fall
Institution: Purdue University

Teaching: TA: Dynamics II (Undergraduate Level)
Semester: 2022 Spring
Institution: Purdue University

Teaching: TA: Robotics (Graduate Level)
Semester: 2018 Fall
Institution: Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Teaching: TA: Senior Design (Undergraduate Level)
Semester: 2017 Spring
Institution: Dalian University of Technology

Mentoring: Undergraduate Student Mentor
Topic: Sim2Real & RL for Submerge Swimming Gait on Amphibious Robotic Turtle
Period: 2026 Spring
Mentee: Hari Viswanathan (Yale University Undergraduate Student)

Mentoring: Undergraduate Student Mentor
Topic: Waterproof Design for Untethered Amphibious Robotic Turtle
Period: 2026 Spring
Mentee: Brandon Lin (Yale University Undergraduate Student)

Mentoring: Master Student Mentor
Topic: Stiffness Change Based on Continuous Jamming for Better Swimming Locomotion
Period: 2025 Fall
Mentee: Ao Jiang (Yale University Master Student)

Mentoring: Master Student Mentor
Topic: "Wet-Jamming" Design for Amphibious Robotic Turtle
Period: 2025 Fall
Mentee: Kyle Blanset (Yale University Master Student)

Mentoring: Undergraduate Summer Research Mentor
Topic: A Real2Sim2Real Machine Learning Pipeline for Smart Suits for Adults and Toddlers
Period: 2025 Summer-2025 Fall
Mentee: Teresa Nguyen (Yale University Undergrad)

Mentoring: Ungergrats Summer Research Mentor
Topic: Waterproof Design for Untethered Amphibious Robotic Turtle
Period: 2025 Summer-2025 Fall
Mentee: Gustavo Zotin Gomes de Oliveira (Yale University Undergrad)

Mentoring: Summer Research Intern Mentor
Topic: Deep Waterproof Design for Tethered Amphibious Robotic Turtle
Period: 2025 Summer
Mentee: Evan Wang (High Schooler Summer Intern at Yale)

Mentoring Master Student Mentor
Topic: The Hardware Design of Learning Untetherd Amphibious Robotic Turtle (LUART)
Period: 2025 Spring-2025 Summer
Mentee: Mujun Zhang (Master Student at Yale)

Mentoring Early-stage PhD Mentor
Topic: Simulation of Dielectric Elastomer Actuators with Defects
Period: 2024 Fall
Mentee: Renkun Wang (Purdue University)

Mentoring PhD Mentor
PhD Mentor: Simulation of Robotic-assisted Indentation System
Period: 2023 Fall-2024 Fall
Mentee: Abhinaba Bhattacharjee (Purdue University)

Mentoring Master Student Mentor
Topic: Thermal extrusion for 3D core-shell nozzle
Period: 2024 Spring-2024 Fall
Mentee: Jeonghoon Lee (Purdue University)

Mentoring Undergraduate Student Mentor
Topic: Simulation of Dielectric Elastomer Actuator Fibers
Period: 2024 Spring-2024 Fall
Mentee: Forrest Zane Johnson (Purdue University)

Mentoring Undergraduate Student Mentor
Topic: Passively Addressed Peano-Hasel Actuator Arrays for Baby Massage
Period: 2023 Summer-2024 Spring
Mentee: Pranav Parigi (Purdue University)

Mentoring Undergraduate Student Mentor
Topic: Miniaturized and Scalable Bi-directional Cell Stretcher
Period: 2023 Summer-2024 Fall
Mentee: Vishwesh Krishnamurthy & Tienna Mariyah Mensah (Purdue University)

Mentoring Undergraduate Student Mentor
Topic: Crosstalk Analysis in Passively Addressed Soft Resistive Heating Arrays
Period: 2023 Summer-2024 Fall
Mentee: Dhirodaatto Sarkar (Purdue University)

Mentoring Undergraduate Student Mentor
Topic: Deep Learning for Strain Field Customization in Bioreactor with Dielectric Elastomer Actuator Array
Period: 2023 Summer-2024 Spring
Mentee: Dhirodaatto Sarkar & Atulya Mohan (Purdue University)

Mentoring Summer Research Intern Mentor
Topic: Passively Addressed Shape Morphing Devices Based on Thermal Actuator Arrays
Period: 2023 Summer
Mentee: Justin Rodriguez (ISU undergrad at Purdue)

Mentoring Summer Research Intern Mentor
Topic: Peano-Hasel Actuators with Pressure Sensor for Ventricular Assist Device
Period: 2023 Summer
Mentee: Evan Wang (High Schooler Summer Intern at Purdue)

Mentoring Master Mentor
Topic: Pneumatic Compression Cell Stretcher for Cardiovascular Research
Period: 2022 Fall-2023 Spring
Mentee: Alex Nguyen (Purdue University)

Mentoring Summer Research Intern Mentor
Topic: Assembly of Direct Ink Writing 3D printer with Pneumatic Extruder System
Period: 2021 Fall-2022 Fall
Mentee: Enrico Setiawan (Purdue University)

Outreach: Lecturer, Think Summer (Summer College for High Schoolers)
Topic: Introduction About Programmable Surface
Period: 2022 Summer
Institution: Purdue University

Outreach: Instructor, Think Summer (Summer College for High Schoolers)
Topic: Designing a Product Using 3D Printing
Period: 2023 Summer
Institution: Purdue University

Outreach: Tutor, Labview Club
Period: 2017–2019
Institution: Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Outreach: Tutor/Mentor, Robomaster Club
Period: 2017–2018
Institution: Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Outreach: Tutor/Mentor, ME Innovation Center
Period: 2015–2017
Institution: Dalian University of Technology