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• I am currently a PhD candidate in College of Civil Engineering and Architecture at Zhejiang University.
• Supervised by Prof. Yong Bai, my current research interests include:
  Mission/path planning for autonomous marine vehicles;
  Coverage path planning for USV-assisted bathymetric survey;
  Path design for USV-assisted maritime data harvesting;
  Advanced control for marine vehicles;
• Priori to joining ZJU, I received my B.Eng. degree in College of Civil Engineering at Central South University in 2020.

Selected works

1. Zhao, L., Bai, Y*., 2024. Joint-optimized coverage path planning framework for USV-assisted offshore bathymetric mapping: From theory to practice. Knowledge-Based Systems, 294, p.116921. [Link]
2. Zhao, L., Bai, Y*., 2024. Energy efficient coverage planning for USV-assisted inland bathymetry under current effects: An analysis on sweep direction. Ocean Engineering, 305, p.117910. [Link])
3. Zhao, L., Bai, Y*., Paik, JK., 2024. Optimal coverage path planning for USV-assisted coastal bathymetric survey: Models, solutions, and lake trials. Ocean Engineering, 294, p.116921. [Link]
4. Zhao, L., Bai, Y., 2023. Data harvesting in uncharted waters: Interactive learning empowered path planning for USV-assisted maritime data collection under fully unknown environments. Ocean Engineering, 287, p.115781. [Link]

Recent news

• $\color{#fe4a49}{Award:}$ I was awarded the National Scholarship of graduate student granted by Chinese government. (Oct. 2023)
• $\color{#fe4a49}{Award:}$ I received the Outstanding Graduate Student honor granted by Zhejiang University. (Oct. 2023)
• $\color{#fe4a49}{Award:}$ I was awarded scholarship by Chinese Scholarship Council (CSC) for a joint PhD program (1 year duration) in Nanyang Technological University. (Aug. 2023)
• $\color{#37a55a}{Talk:}$ I gave a talk about “Observer Design for GNSS-aided Position Estimation of Autonomous Surface Vessels” on 5th IEEE International Conference on Unmanned Systems in Guangzhou, China. (Oct. 2022)
• $\color{#37a55a}{Talk:}$ I gave a talk about “Local Path Planning for Unmanned Surface Vehicles based on Hybrid A* and B-spline” on 5th IEEE International Conference on Unmanned Systems in Guangzhou, China. (Oct. 2022)
• $\color{#fe4a49}{Award:}$ I received the Outstanding Graduate Student honor granted by Zhejiang University. (Oct. 2022)
• $\color{#fe4a49}{Award:}$ I was awarded the National Scholarship of graduate student granted by Chinese government. (Oct. 2022)