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Mo Yang

Being unique is difficult, because there are no excuses.

About Me

I am an PhD student in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Toronto, working in AMNL lab. My current research lies in learning based control for cell manipulation with medical robots. We hope to utilize precise control of medical robots to conduct cell manipulation, especially for intracytoplasmic sperm injection. Please feel free to reach me out if there is opportunity for possible research collaboration.


Education

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Ph.D. in Mechenical and Industrial Engineering, Specialization in Robotics
University of Toronto, Sept. 2025 - Present

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B.S.E. in Data Science, Minor in Mathematics
University of Michigan, Sept. 2023 - May. 2025

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B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Sept. 2021 - Aug. 2025


Recent Research

Safe Control of Multi-Agent Systems with Minimal Communication

Mo Yang, Jing Yu, Necmiye Ozay. (2025). Accepted by 2025 IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC). Online available.

Human Balancing on a Log: A Switched Multi-Layer Controller

Jiayi Zhao, Mo Yang, Jing Shuang (Lisa) Li. (2025). Accepted by 2025 IEEE American Control Conference (ACC). Online available.


Awards and Scholarships

  • Summa Cum Laude, Highest Distinction for Graduate at University of Michigan (May. 2025)
  • Honored Graduate, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (Apr. 2025)
  • James B. Angell Scholar, University of Michigan (Feb. 2025)
  • Roger King Scholarship, University of Michigan (Aug. 2024)
  • Summer Undergraduate Research in Engineering (SURE) Stipend, University of Michigan (May. 2024)
  • UM-SJTU Joint Institute Student Development Scholarship (Apr. 2023)
  • Silver Medal in The University Physics Competition (Dec. 2022)
  • SJTU Undergraduate Excellent Scholarship (Oct. 2022)
  • Third Prize in the Chinese National High School Math League, Shanghai (Oct. 2020)
  • Second Prize in the Chinese National Physics Contest for High School Students, Shanghai (Oct. 2019)


Misc

I play many sports, including table tennis, badminton and tennis.

I enjoy traveling. I've been to 7 countries and have lived in 3 of them.

I like music, especially Jpop. My favourite singers include KAF, Aimer,and Yourushika. I also play drums myself.

I enjoy reading, and would like to recommand Demmon Pond, Strait is the Gate , and Three Days of Happiness to you.

Last but not least, here is a random sentence from Hitokoto for you:

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