Chengyu Cao

Associate Professor

School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Manufacturing Engineering

Dr. Chengyu Cao joined the Mechanical Engineering Department in 2008. Prior to that, he was a research scientist in the Department of Aerospace and Ocean Engineering at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2004. He earned his B.S. degree in Electronics and Information Engineering from Xi’an Jiaotong University, China and M.S. in Manufacturing Engineering from the Boston University in 1995 and 1999, respectively.

Dr. Cao’s research is in the area of dynamics and control, adaptive and intelligent systems, and mechatonics with focus on unmanned systems and aerospace applications. He is also interested in bio-mechanics, sensor and actuator networks, control of flexible structures, and fluid/combustion control. His current research projects are supported by NASA and Pratt & Whitney. He has over 80 publications in journals and peer-reviewed conference proceedings.