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Zhiyi(Allen)RenPrincetonUniversityDept.
ofMechanical&AerospaceEngineeringD225EQuadOldenStreetPrinceton,NJ08544Phone:(201)665-0703Email:zhiyir@princeton.
eduHomepage:zhiyiren.
meEducationPrincetonUniversity,Princeton,NJ2019-PresentPh.
D.
,MechanicalandAerospaceEngineeringAdvisor:AnirudhaMajumdarJohnsHopkinsUniversity,Baltimore,MD2018-2019MasterofScienceinEngineering,RoboticsJohnsHopkinsUniversity,Baltimore,MD2015-2019BachelorofScience,MechanicalEngineering,MinorinMathematics,GPA:3.
92/4.
00AcademicandResearchExperienceDept.
ofMechanicalandAerospaceEngineering,PrincetonUniversity,Princeton,NJ2019-PresentGraduateResearchAssistant,IntelligentRobotMotion(IRoM)LabWorkingonintegratingmodel-basedandlearningmethodstoimproveformalgeneralizationguaranteesofroboticmanipulation.
LCSRLaboratory,JohnsHopkinsUniversity,Baltimore,MD2016-2019UndergraduateResearchAssistant,TerradynamicsLabWorkedonbuildinginsect-inspiredleggedrobotsandinvestigatinggeneralprinciplesofterrestrialloco-motionthroughrobophysicalexperimentsandmathematicalmodeling.
Dept.
ofMechanicalEngineering,CarnegieMellonUniversity,Pittsburgh,PA2018SummerUndergraduateResearchAssistant,RobomechanicsLabWorkedondevelopingaproprioceptivecontact-detectionlegobserverfortheMinitaurquadrupedalrobot,andapplyingittodisturbanceandtouchdowndetectionduringstairclimbing.
Dept.
ofMechanicalEengineeeeing,JohnsHopkinsUniversity,Baltimore,MD2018SeniorDesignTeamMember,CMM19Workedwiththreeotherstudentstobuilda"smart"guitarthatmeasuresforcesappliedbythengersonthefretboard.
1AwardsandHonorsJamesF.
BellAward,JohnsHopkinsUniversity2018Awardedforoutstandingresearchandscholarlyachievementinmechanicalengineering.
RoboticsInstituteSummerScholars,CarnegieMellonUniversity2018Selectedasoneofthe30summerresearchscholarsattheRoboticsInstitute,CMU.
RobertGeorgeGerstmyerAward,JohnsHopkinsUniversity2019Awardedforoutstandingundergraduateachievementinmechanicalengineering.
PiTauSigma2017InductedtothemechanicalengineeringhonorssocietyatJHU.
TauBetaPi2017InductedtotheengineeringhonorssocietyatJHU.
PublicationsPeer-reviewedconferenceandjournalpublications[2]ZhiyiRen,Chun-ChengHsu,CanKocabalkanli,KhanhNguyen,IulianI.
Iordachita,SerapBastepe-Gray,andNathanScott,"Multi-ContactForce-SensingGuitarforTrainingandTherapy,"In:Proceedingsofthe2019IEEESensors,2019.
[1]SeanWGart,ChangxinYan,RatanOthayoth,ZhiyiRen,andChenLi,"Dynamictraversaloflargegapsbyinsectsandleggedrobotsrevealsatemplate,"In:Bioinspiration&Biomimetics13.
2,2018.
Technicalreports[3]ZhiyiRenandAaronJohnson,"TowardRobustStairClimbingoftheQuadrupedusingProprioceptiveSensing,"In:CMURoboticsInstituteSummerScholarsWorkingPapersJournal,2018,pp.
112–118.
PostersandAbstracts[6]SeanWGart,ChangxinYan,RatanOthayoth,ZhiyiRen,andChenLi,"Activetailhelpsleggedrobotsdynamicallytraverselargegapandbumpobstacles,"In:Robotics:Science&Systems(RSS)Conference,Pitts-burgh,PA,2018.
[5]RatanOthayoth,GeorgeThoms,QihanXuan,ZhiyiRen,andChenLi,"Locomotionenergyland-scapestounderstandanimallocomotortransitionsin3-Dmulti-componentterrains,"In:18thU.
S.
NationalCongressforTheoreticalandAppliedMechanics,Chicago,IL,2018.
[4]ZhiyiRen,RatanOthayoth,andChenLi,"LeggedRobotsChangeLocomotorModesToTraverse3-DObstaclesWithVariedStiffness,"In:BulletinoftheAmericanPhysicalSociety63,LosAngeles,CA,2018.
2TeachingExperienceTeachingAssistantSpring2019,530.
343DesignandAnalysisofDynamicalSystems,JHUMEdepartment.
Gradedweeklyhomeworkandholdofcehoursfor46undergraduatestudent.
Fall2018,530.
424/624DynamicsofRobotsandSpacecraft,JHUMEdepartment.
Helpedcreateandgradeweeklyhomework,andholdofcehoursfor15undergraduateandgraduatestudents.
Spring2017,600.
120IntermediateProgramming,JHUCSdepartment.
Gradedweeklyhomeworkandheldofcehoursfor30undergraduatestudents.
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