Zheng Zhu

Canada-Spain Partnership in Quantum Reinforcement Learning and Algorithms for Autonomous Space Robotic Control

Principal investigators: Zhu, Zheng Hong

Keywords: Aerospace; Modelling and mathematical simulation of natural processes

Computational Control Framework and Application for Flexible Spacecraft

Principal investigators: Zhu, Zheng Hong

Keywords: coupled rigid-flexible dynamics; finite element method; muli-fidelity & multi-physics modeling; spacecraft, tethered space system, flexible satellite; control-affine nonlinear systems; artstein's theorem & sontag's universal formula; machine learning and artifical neural network; stability and robustness; control lyapunov function; experimental investigation & air-bearing testbed

Ground Experiment System of Free-Floating Dual-Arm Space Robot for Autonomous On-Orbit Service

Principal investigators: Zhu, Zheng Hong

Keywords: Active microgravity compensation; Artificial Intelligence; Collaborative control; Computer Vision; Dynamics, Modeling and Control; Machine Learning; Multibody dynamics; Robotic Manipulator; Spacecraft dynamics and control; Visual servo control

3D and 4D Laser Metal Additive Manufacturing in Zerogravity and Vacuum for Space Exploration

Principal investigators: Zhu, Zheng Hong

Keywords: Additive Manufacturing; Vacuum; Multiphase Heat and Mass Transfer; Multiphysics Modeling and Simulation; Laser Metal Deposition; Wire Feed; 3D and 4D Printing; Zerogravity; Smart Material; Machine Learning

3D and 4D Laser Metal Additive Manufacturing in Zerogravity and Vacuum for Space Exploration

Principal investigators: Zhu, Zheng Hong

Keywords: Additive Manufacturing Vacuum Multiphase Heat and Mass Transfer Multiphysics Modeling and Simulation Laser Metal Deposition Wire Feed 3D and 4D Printing Zerogravity Smart Material Machine Learning

Additive Manufacturing: Engineering Design and Global Entrepreneurship

Principal investigators: Czekanski, Aleksander A

Keywords: additive manufacturing; advanced manufacturing; am process development; control systems; design engineering; design for manufacturing; global entrepreneurship; material science; selective laser melting

Dynamics and Control of Tethered Spacecraft Systems

Principal investigators: Zhu, Zheng Hong

Keywords: Astrodynamics, Orbital Mechanics; Control of Underactuated and Distributed System; Coupled Multi-physics Modeling and Simulation; Coupled Rigid-Flexible Multi-Body Dynamics; Electrodynamic Tether and Electric Solar Wind Sail; Gravity-less Ground Experimental Investigation; Model Predictive Control, Fractional Order Control; Propellantless Spacecraft Propulsion; Space Debris Mitigation and Deorbit; Tethered Spacecraft System

NSERC CREATE Technologies and Techniques for Earth and Space Exploration

Principal investigators: Osinski, Gordon