Haorui Zhang
Robotics Engineering Intern at University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolHaorui Zhang is a PhD candidate in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and a research assistant focused on simulation, modeling, and robotics for autonomy. With four years of experience spanning undergraduate research to a Robotics Engineering internship at Tesla, he builds simulation engines and sim2real training pipelines to accelerate controller development and evaluation. His background uniquely combines applied mathematics, physics, and mechanical engineering, enabling rigorous computational approaches to robotics problems. He has hands-on experience implementing self-driving algorithms and optimizing real-time solvers, reflecting a balance of theoretical tools and practical system integration. Based in Madison, Haorui leverages high-performance computing to bridge lab prototypes and production-grade robotic workflows. Notably, his work at Tesla involved creating in-house simulation infrastructure that directly supported Optimus training and evaluation.
4 years of coding experience
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Mechanical Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Mechanical Engineering at University of Wisconsin-Madison
Github Skills (11)
simulations10
simulation10
physics-engine10
c-library10
robotics10
cpp10
high-performance10
physics10
modeling10
dynamics10
multiphysics9
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
harryzhang1018/chrono
Dec 2023 - Nov 2024
High-performance C++ library for multiphysics and multibody dynamics simulations
Contributions:45 pushes, 15 branches in 11 months
harryzhang1018/CS760
Sep 2023 - Aug 2024
Contributions:12 pushes in 11 months
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