Zhi-Hong Mao

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Dr. Mao is an Associate Professor and William Kepler Whiteford Faculty Fellow in the Departments of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Bioengineering at the University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA. His research interests include human-in-the-loop control systems, networked control systems, and neural control and learning. He received his dual Bachelor's degrees in automatic control and applied mathematics from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, in 1995, M.Eng. degree in intelligent control and pattern recognition from Tsinghua University in 1998, S.M. degree in aeronautics and astronautics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, in 2000, and Ph.D. degree in medical engineering and medical physics from the Harvard University-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Cambridge, in 2006. He joined the University of Pittsburgh as an Assistant Professor in 2005 and became an Associate Professor in 2011. He was a recipient of the NSF CAREER Award in 2010, Andrew P. Sage Best Transactions Paper Award of the IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Society in 2010, and Outstanding Educator Award of Pitt Swanson School of Engineering in 2009. Dr. Mao is an Associate Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems and the IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems.

Contact Information

- Office: 1131 Benedum Hall

- Mailing Address: 1140 Benedum Hall, Pittsburgh, PA 15261

- Phone: (412)624-9674

- Fax: (412)624-8003

- Email: maozh@engr.pitt.edu

Research Interests

- Human-in-the-loop control systems

- Networked and large-scale control systems: electric power systems and transportation systems

- Neural control and learning

Courses

- BioE 2696/ECE 2695: Control Theory in Neuroscience, Spring 2009--2012