
Fumin
ZHANG
Acting Head and Chair Professor
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Chair Professor
Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering
Department of Ocean Science
Director of Cheng Kar-Shun Robotics Institute
Director of HKUST-Bright Dream Robotics Joint Research Institute
Director of HKUST-Wuxi Joint Laboratory for Robotic Embodied Dexterity and Intelligence
Associate Director of Low Altitude Economy Research Center
Research Area
Control and Robotic Systems (CRS)
Research Interests
Marine Robotics and Autonomous Systems
Mobile Sensor and Actuator Networks
Bio-inspired Distributed Active Perception
Human-Autonomy Interaction and Integration
Dr. Fumin ZHANG received the B.S. and M.S. degrees from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, in 1995 and 1998, respectively. He received a PhD degree in 2004 from the University of Maryland (College Park) in Electrical Engineering, and held a postdoctoral position in Princeton University from 2004 to 2007. Dr. Zhang joined the Georgia Insitute of Technology in 2007 and held Dean’s Professorship in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering before joining the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in 2023. His research interests include marine robotics and autonomous systems, mobile sensor and actuator networks, bio-inspired distributed active perception, and human-autonomy interaction and integration. He received the NSF CAREER Award in September 2009 and the ONR Young Investigator Program Award in April 2010.