Zhao Yu
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolZhao Yu is a robotics-focused mechanical engineer and graduate teaching assistant with eight years of hands-on experience in robot design, motion planning, and lab instruction. He has competed in RoboMaster, contributed to lower-body exoskeleton research and an ocean-cleaning project, and interned at GE to learn industrial mechanical design and machining practices. At USC CAT Lab he worked on satellite assembly cell configuration and simulation, integrating open-source tools into adaptable manufacturing cells and now applies those skills teaching mechatronics labs at the University of Cincinnati. He combines CAD and 2D/3D drafting experience from industry roles with practical automation integration from Phoenix Contact and Yaskawa-related projects. Notably, his background spans both competitive robotics and industrial automation, giving him a keen sense for the tradeoffs between novel form factors and manufacturability. He is based in Cincinnati and brings a pragmatic, systems-oriented approach to bridging academic research and industry-ready robotic solutions.
7 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Mechanical Engineering, Master's degree, Mechanical Engineering at University of Southern CaliforniaBachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering at Virginia TechProgramming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
Wavator/ACM_template
Jun 2018 - Sep 2018
Wavator's ACM code template
Contributions:251 commits, 224 pushes, 1 branch in 3 months
acmtemplatecode-template
Wavator/java2
Jun 2018 - Jun 2020
Contributions:4 commits, 3 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 11 months
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