Xiaobo Tan
MSU Research Foundation Professor and Richard M. Hong Endowed Chair in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Expert in robotic fish, mobile sensing in aquatic environments
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Electroactive polymer sensors and actuators, biomimetic robotic fish, mobile sensing in aquatic environments, control of autonomous robotic swarms, modeling and control of hysteresis, embedded control systems.
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University of Maryland: Ph.D., | 2002
Tsinghua University: M.E., | 1998
Tsinghua University: B.E., | 1995
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MSU leads project hailed as ‘Holy Grail’ of invasive species control
MSU Today | 2024-07-31
A project of this magnitude could only be accomplished through collaboration, said Tan, who is also director of the Smart Microsystems Lab in the College of Engineering’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Tan is known worldwide for developing a robotic fish, and while he’s an expert in his field, he couldn’t have approached this project without collaborating with researchers in other disciplines, he said.
MSU: More trained leaders needed to solve global water crisis
MSU Today | 2023-09-22
“We are surrounded by water crises, from the Flint water crisis; the years-long unsafe drinking water in Jackson, Mississippi; widespread contamination of water with per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS; and prolonged drought followed by extreme flooding in California,” said Xiaobo Tan, principal investigator, MSU Research Foundation Professor and Richard M. Hong Endowed Chair in the MSU College of Engineering.
To Track Down Bloodsucking Lampreys, This Robot Swims Like a Fish
Vice Motherboard | 2016-10-26
GRACE is the brainchild of Dr. Xiaobo Tan of Michigan State University, and he's thinking seriously about developing a powerful, multi-user platform. "We're not just trying to publish a paper," said Dr. Tan, "we want to make something really functional." GRACE's tracking system is built on a standardized acoustic monitoring protocol that is used throughout the Great Lakes, as well as many other marine and freshwater systems to track everything from salmon to bull sharks...
MSU Floats a New Solution to Invasive Species in the Great Lakes
BTN : Big Ten News Network | 2016-02-18
The mechanical maritime creatures are the brainchild of Dr. Xiaobo Tan and his team at Michigan State. They came up with the idea while looking into an affordable, efficient drone system that could monitor the Great Lakes and surrounding waterways.
“When you think about Michigan, you think about the beauty and fun of the Great Lakes,” said Tan, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at Michigan State. “But it is a big, unknown world, full of risk factors such as invasive species.”
