• 712F Boyd Research and Education Center
  • 200 D.W. Brooks Drive, Athens, GA 30602
yunli.shao@uga.edu

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Yunli Shao

Assistant Professor

School of Environmental, Civil, Agricultural, and Mechanical Engineering

yunli.shao@uga.edu

About

Dr. Yunli Shao is an Assistant Professor at the University of Georgia College of Engineering, part of the E-Mobility initiative. His research focuses on developing and innovating automotive and transportation systems by integrating theories and methodologies, such as advanced control, optimization, artificial intelligence (AI), with multi-resolution modeling, simulation, and hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) experimental evaluation. Dr. Shao was PI and Co-PI of multiple Department of Energy (DOE) core capability projects on multi-resolution HIL simulation for vehicle and transportation systems as well as applications to connected and automated vehicles (CAVs), electrification with hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) and electric vehicles (EVs). He has Extensive experiences in developing emerging E-Mobility technologies for light-duty, medium-duty, heavy- duty vehicles, as well as off-road vehicles (e.g., agriculture, mining). His expertise includes system-of-systems modeling and simulation of vehicle and transportation systems, HIL evaluation, model based and AI based optimal control, electrification and CAV applications, commercial and off-road vehicle applications, traffic control, traffic sensing and data analytics

Education

  • Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, 2019
  • M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, 2015
  • B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 2013

Professional Experiences

  • Assistant Professor, University of Georgia College of Engineering, Athens, GA, Aug. 2023-present
  • Research & Development Staff, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Knoxville, TN, Dec. 2020-July 2023
  • Postdoctoral Research Associate, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Knoxville, TN, Dec. 2019-Nov. 2020

Ph.D Students

Hetian Guo
Hetian Guo

hetian.guo@uga.edu

  • B.S. in Engineering, Computer Science and Technology, Southern University of Science and Technology, 2024.
  • Research Interests: Motion Prediction, End to End Autonomous Driving
  • Panda Express Enthusiast, Car Enthusiast.

    • Xinliang Li
    Xinliang Li

    xinliang.li@uga.edu

  • B.S. in Electrical Engineering , Dalian Maritime University, 2019.
  • M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Northwestern University, 2023.
  • Research Interests: Autonomous Driving, Reinforcement Learning in Optimal Control, Multi-Agent Systems under Traffic Background

    • Zongtan Li
    Zongtan Li

    zongtan.li@uga.edu

  • B.S. in Engineering, Robotics and Intelligent Devices, Fuzhou University, 2023.
  • Research Interests: Control Theory, Robotics, 3D Computer Vision
  • Hobby: Table tennis, Piano
  • Motto: Seize the days, live like lark

    • Undergraduate Students

    Andrew Graham
    Andrew Graham

    Alumni

    Cameron Michini
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