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Dr. She attended the In-Space Physical-AI Workshop at the Ion, Houston, TX on Nov. 4-5, 2024. Dr. She moderated a session and presented lab research at the workshop. The workshop is organized by Purdue, NASA and Rice University on space autonomy.

Purdue MARS lab recent alumni, Oscar Yu, Raghava Uppuluri, Yipai Du, together with Dr. She, attended and presented four papers at IROS 2024 in Abu Dhabi ,UAE!

Our paper "LeTac-MPC: Learning Model Predictive Control for Tactile-reactive Grasping" was published on the IEEE Transactions on Robotics (TR-O). Link

Dr. She (co-PI) together with Prof. Shaoting Lin from Michigan State University and Prof. Wei Li from Stony Brook University, New York won a NSF Award to develop vision-based tactile robots for multi-physical perception and ultra-gentle manipulation! Thank NSF for the support! Link, Abstract

Dr. She (PI) together with Dr. Yan Gu from Purdue University and Dr. Wonsuk “Daniel” Lee from University of Florida won a USDA AFRI Award! Thank USDA for the support! Link

Purdue MARS lab was featured by Purdue University College of Agriculture! Check the news here: How robots touch on the future of agriculture!

Dr. She (PI) was awarded the 2024 Showalter Research Trust Award.  Thank Showalter Trust for the support! Link

Dr. She (PI) together with Dr. Qiang Qiu from Purdue ECE were awarded a grant from Purdue University’s Institute for Physical Artificial Intelligence (IPAI) to support a Postdoctoral Scholar.  Thank IPAI for the support! Link

Dr. She (PI) was awarded a grant from Purdue University’s Institute for Digital Forestry (iDiF)!  Thank iDiF for the support! 

Purdue MARS lab members attended Midwest Robotics Workshop, Chicago, IL! 

Purdue MARS lab members attended IROS 2023 at Detroit, MI! 

Dr. She as a co-PI won a NSF Award to develop a swam of underwater robots that can collect measurements of ice cavities and oceanic properties! Thank NSF for the support! Link

Dr. She (PI) teamed with Prof. Jian Jin from Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering at Purdue University  won a Purdue Institute for Control, Optimization, and Network (ICON) Focused Areas of Strategic Technologies (FAST) award! Thank ICON for the support!

Dr. She (co-PI) together with Dr. Dongyi Wang and Dr. Wan Shou from University of Arkansas won a NSF NRI 3.0 Award supported by USDA! Thank USDA and NSF for the support! Link

Our paper "Design and Modeling of a Compliant Link for Inherently Safe Corobots" was recognized as the most accessed articles for the ASME Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics in 2022. Link

Purdue MARS lab was featured by Purdue University College of Engineering! Check the news here: Humans and robots go hand in hand!

Zhengtong was selected as a recipient of the 2022-2023 Dr. Theodore J. and Isabel M. Williams Fellowship in Industrial Control Systems! Congratulations!

Dr. She (co-PI) together with Purdue IE Professor Sivaranjani Seetharaman won a Purdue Autonomous and Connected Systems Initiative (ACSI) award! Thank Purdue ACSI for the generous support! Link

Dr. She (PI) was selected for a Google Research Scholar Award. Thank Google for the support! Link

Our paper "Design and Modeling of a Compliant Link for Inherently Safe Corobots" was recognized as the most downloaded paper for the ASME Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics in 2021. Link

Dr. She is co-organizing the 2022 ASME Student Mechanism & Robot Design Competition, which is part of the 46th Mechanisms & Robotics Conference at the ASME IDETC-CIE 2022 on Aug 14-17, 2022. Link

Dr. She was invited to present their paper from the ASME Journal of Mechanical Design (JMD) at the JMD WEBINAR on Robot Design. Link

Dr. She served as the leading organizer of the 2021 ASME Student Mechanism & Robot Design Competition, which is part of the 45th Mechanisms & Robotics Conference at the ASME IDETC-CIE 2021. Link

Dr. She gave an invited talk at the inaugural Special Early Career session as part of the 45th Mechanisms & Robotics Conference at the ASME IDETC-CIE 2021. Link

Our paper "Design and Modeling of a Continuously Tunable Stiffness Arm for Safe Physical Human–Robot Interaction" was recognized as the Honorable Mention of the Best Paper Award for the ASME Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics in 2020. Link

Our paper "Cable manipulation with a tactile-reactive gripper" was published on the International Journal of Robotics Research (IJRR). Link

Dr. She joined Purdue University School of Industrial Engineering as a tenure-track assistant professor.