Xiaobo Tan
Xiaobo Tan | |
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| Born | 1972 (age 53–54) |
| Alma mater | Tsinghua University (BE, ME) University of Maryland, College Park (PhD) |
| Known for | Smart materials Biomimetic underwater robots Electroactive polymers |
| Awards | NSF CAREER Award (2006) IEEE Fellow (2017) ASME Fellow (2019) William J. Beal Outstanding Faculty Award (2023) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Electrical engineering Control theory Underwater robotics Soft robotics |
| Institutions | Michigan State University |
| Thesis | Control of Smart Actuators (2002) |
| Doctoral advisor | John S. Baras P. S. Krishnaprasad |
Xiaobo Tan (born 1972 in Danyang, China) is a Chinese-American electrical engineer and professor at Michigan State University. He is an MSU Foundation Professor and the Richard M. Hong Endowed Chair in Electrical Engineering, and serves as the Director of the Smart Microsystems Laboratory. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) for his contributions to modeling and control of smart materials and underwater robotics.