{"id":6799,"date":"2023-12-13T13:26:16","date_gmt":"2023-12-13T17:26:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/home.hamptonu.edu\/engineering\/?page_id=6799"},"modified":"2024-01-30T17:19:38","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T21:19:38","slug":"dr-zhao-sun","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/home.hamptonu.edu\/engineering\/dr-zhao-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Zhao Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"6799\" class=\"elementor elementor-6799\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a3054b6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a3054b6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5f8592b\" data-id=\"5f8592b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b71da98 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b71da98\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-350a555\" data-id=\"350a555\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f04b01 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8f04b01\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><strong>Dr. Zhao (Joy) Sun<\/strong><\/h2><h4>Associate Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering<\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-572d05d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"572d05d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-772f795\" data-id=\"772f795\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ee2b8b elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"7ee2b8b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-009d201 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"009d201\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Location:<\/strong> Olin 318G<\/p><p><strong>Phone:<\/strong> (757) 637 &#8211; 2338<\/p><p><strong>Email: <\/strong><a href=\"mailto:zhao.sun@hamptonu.edu\">zhao.sun@hamptonu.edu<\/a><\/p><p><strong>Expertise:\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit;color: var( --e-global-color-text );letter-spacing: -0.2px\">Data-driven Modeling and Learning based Control; Computational Intelligence; Autonomous System; Sensor Network Optimization; Quantum Computing and Communication; Human Machine Teaming; Quantum-enhanced Machine Learning<\/span><\/p><p><strong style=\"font-style: inherit;color: var( --e-global-color-text );letter-spacing: -0.2px\">Education:\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit;color: var( --e-global-color-text );letter-spacing: -0.2px\">Ph.D. Electrical and Computer Engineering,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text );font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit;letter-spacing: -0.2px\">North Carolina A&amp;T State University, 2006<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/joyzhaosun\"><span class=\"MsoHyperlink\"><i>https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/joyzhaosun<\/i><\/span><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-3323169\" data-id=\"3323169\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e030f7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8e030f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/home.hamptonu.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2024\/01\/Zsun.jpg\" title=\"Zsun\" alt=\"Zsun\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ac496c3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ac496c3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0228472\" data-id=\"0228472\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-aadb678 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"aadb678\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c4eeca0\" data-id=\"c4eeca0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e175331 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e175331\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4><strong>BIO<\/strong><\/h4><p><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;line-height: 107%;font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif\">Dr. Zhao (Joy) Sun is an associate professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Hampton University. Before joining Hampton University, she was a research scientist at the National Institute of Aerospace working on intelligent methods and adaptive fault tolerant control strategies. She also has worked as a Summer Visiting Faculty at National Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory on Quantum Computing and Quantum Control and at Stanford University on Safe\/Tactical Autonomy. She received a Ph. D. degree in Electrical Engineering in 2006 from North Carolina A&amp;T State University. Her current research includes serving as PI for NSF EIR grant \u201c Integrated Sensor-Robot Networks for Real-time Environmental Monitoring and Marine Ecosystem Restoration in the Hampton River\u201d and IBM-HBCU Quantum Center project \u201cMachine Learning Methodology for Robust Control Design of Quantum Systems\u201d; serving as Co-PI for the NASA ULI project &#8220;Safe Aviation Autonomy with Learning-enabled Components in the Loop: from Formal Assurances to Trusted Recovery Methods&#8221;, which is led by Stanford University. She is also serving as a Subject Matter Expert for NSF project \u201cConvergent Undergraduate Education in Quantum Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (QuSTEAM)\u201d, which is led by the Ohio State University.\u00a0 Dr. Sun is a senior member of IEEE and AIAA, and a member of ASEE.<\/span><\/p><p><strong>Selected Publications: <\/strong>\u00a0<\/p><p><strong><u>Journal Papers<\/u><\/strong><\/p><ol><li>S. Li, S. Chen, Y. Z. Cao and <strong>Z. Sun<\/strong><strong>,<\/strong> \u201c<strong>A Neural Network Approach to Sampling Based Learning Control for Quantum System with Uncertainty,<\/strong>\u201d <em>Commun. Comput. Phys.<\/em> doi: 10.4208\/cicp.OA-2020-0182<\/li><li><strong> Sun<\/strong>, Xi. Chen, and Z. H. He, \u201c<strong>Adaptive Critic Design for Energy Minimization of Portable Video Communication Devices<\/strong>,\u201d <em>IEEE Transactions on Circuits and System for Video Technology<\/em>, 2010, Vol. 20, Issue 1, pp. 27-37.<\/li><li><strong> Sun, <\/strong>W. C. Cai, L. G. Weng, and Y. D. Song, \u201c<strong>Nonlinear Pitch Control of Wind Turbines,<\/strong>\u201d International<em> Journal of Factory Automation, Robotics and Soft Computing<\/em>, Issue 4, ISSN 1828-6984, pp. 57-62.<\/li><li>H. Liao, <strong>Z. Sun<\/strong>, Y. D. Song, B. Li, and X. Y. Mei, \u201cVariable<strong> Speed Control of Wind Turbines via Memory-based Firing Angle Sequences Adjustment<\/strong>,\u201d <em>Journal of Solar Energy<\/em>, Volume 130, Issue 3, pp. 166-173.<\/li><li><strong> Sun<\/strong>, X. H. Liao, F. Stewart, B. Li, and Y. D. Song, <strong>\u201cNeuro-Robust Reentry Path Control of Reusable Launch Vehicles,\u201d<\/strong> <em>International Journal of Computational Intelligence Research.<\/em> Vol. 2, No. 1, pp.76-80.<\/li><\/ol><p><strong><u>\u00a0Book Chapters<\/u><\/strong><\/p><ol><li><strong> Sun, <\/strong>W. C. Cai, L. G. Weng, and Y. D. Song, \u201c<strong>Nonlinear Pitch Control of Wind Turbines,<\/strong>\u201d Recent Advances in <em>Control Systems, Robotics and Automation<\/em>, Third Edition, Volume 1, pp.104-109.<\/li><li><strong> Sun<\/strong>, R. Zhang, T. Dong, X. H. Liao and Y. D. Song <strong>\u201cFuzzy Logic Approach to Path Tracking and Obstacles Avoidance of UAVs,\u201d <\/strong><em>Advanced Fuzzy Logic Technologies in Industrial Applications<strong>, <\/strong><\/em>published by Springer, Chapter 15, pp. 212-223.<\/li><li>Li, <strong>Z. Sun<\/strong>, R. Zhang, B. Li, L. G. Weng and Y. D. Song, <strong>\u201cClose Formation Flight Control of Multi-UAVs via Fuzzy Logic Technique,\u201d<\/strong> <em>Advanced Fuzzy Logic Technologies in Industrial Applications<\/em><strong>, <\/strong>published by Springer, Chapter 21, pp. 298-308.<\/li><\/ol><p><strong><u>Conference Papers\/Presentations<\/u><\/strong><\/p><ol><li>Zhang, S. Q. Wu, Z. H. He; <strong>Z. Sun<\/strong>, \u201c<strong>Critical Sampling for Data-Driven Modeling of Unknown Dynamical Systems<\/strong>,\u201d <em>2023 CoRL conference, OOD workshop<\/em>, Atlanta, USA.<\/li><li><strong> Sun<\/strong>, L. C. Peralta, M. A. Ragins, N. R. Chaney \u201c<strong>Development of a Research-based Course On Machine Learning and Robotics for Undergraduate Engineering Students<\/strong>,\u201d <em>2023 ASEE Annual Conference<\/em>, Baltimore, MD.<\/li><li><strong> Sun<\/strong>, \u201c<strong>An Improved QPSO based Algorithm for USV Path Planning<\/strong>\u201d, <em>NUMTA2023 Conference<\/em>, Calabria Italy, 2023.<\/li><li><strong> Sun<\/strong>, \u201c<strong>A Review on Quantum-like Approach to Human Cognition and Decision Making<\/strong>,\u201d <em>NUMTA2023 Conference<\/em>, Calabria Italy, 2023.<\/li><li>Nare, Q. Le, N. Halyo, Z. Hayes, and <strong>Z. Sun<\/strong>, \u201c<strong>Assessing Potential Impacts an Experimental Centric Approach Can Have in an Introduction to Digital Electronics Course<\/strong>,\u201d <em>ASEE-SE Conference<\/em>, Chicago, IL ,2016.<\/li><li><strong> Sun<\/strong>, \u201c<strong>Vision-assisted Adaptive Target Tracking of Unmanned Ground Vehicles<\/strong>,\u201d <em>33rd Chinese Control conference<\/em>, Nanjing, China, 2014.<\/li><li><strong> Sun<\/strong>, and Suresh M. Joshi, \u201c<strong>An Indirect Adaptive Control Scheme in the Presence of Actuator and Sensor Failures<\/strong>,\u201d <em>2009 AIAA GNC Conference<\/em>, Chicago, IL.<\/li><li><strong> Sun<\/strong>, W. C. Cai, X. H. Liao and Y. D. Song, \u201c<strong>Virtual Leader Based Robust Adaptive Formation Control of Multi-Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGVs<\/strong>),\u201d <em>American Control Conference<\/em>, New York city, 2007.<\/li><li><strong> Sun<\/strong>, W. C. Cai, X. H. Liao and Y. D. 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