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Xinyan Deng is an Associate Professor in the School of Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University. He received his Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley in 2004 and a B.S. from Tianjin University in China in 1995. His research interests include principles of aerial and aquatic locomotion in animals, experimental fluid mechanics, dynamics, and control. He focuses on bio-inspired robotics, including biologically inspired micro aerial vehicles and underwater robots, as well as bio-sensing and sensor fusion algorithms. Dr. Deng has received several awards, including the NSF CAREER Award (2006-2011) and a nomination for the Excellence Teaching Award at the University of Delaware. He has also been recognized as a Student Paper Award Finalist at the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation in 2003. His work contributes significantly to the understanding and development of human-machine interaction and robotics.
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