Yang Zhao ☕️

Yang Zhao

Ph.D. Candidate

Northeastern University

About Me

I am a second-year Ph.D. student in Mechanical Engineering at Northeastern University, advised by Prof. Sze Zheng Yong. My research lies at the intersection of control theory and machine learning, with a focus on data-driven control with constraint satisfaction, as well as safe planning and control under uncertainty.

I received my M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), where I was advised by Prof. Naira Hovakimyan. Prior to that, I earned my B.Eng. in Electronic and Information Engineering from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU).

Education

Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering

September 2024

Northeastern University

M.S. in Mechanical Engineering

August 2022 - May 2024

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

B.Eng. in Electronic and Information Engineering

September 2018 - May 2022

Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Education

Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering

Northeastern University

M.S. in Mechanical Engineering

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

B.Eng. in Electronic and Information Engineering

Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Recent News
[2025/12]
Our paper “Tube-Based MPC for Uncertain Sampled-Data Control Systems With Inter-Sample Reachability Analysis” has been published in L-CSS!
[2025/11]
I have passed Qualifying Exam!