Bo Shang

I am a Post-Doc researcher specializing in Robotics and Control at the City College of New York (CCNY). I am affiliated with the CCNY Robotics Lab.

For inquiries about my research, email me at bshang@ccny.cuny.edu.

See my work on GitHub.

Research Overview

I specialize in the intersecting domains of robotics, control systems, and machine learning.

My recent focus areas include:

• Automated crack segmentation and measurement based on drone cameras
• Bridge Inspection Robot Deployment Systems (BIRDS)
• Unmanned Aerial Systems for bridge inspection

Education

• Ph.D., Pattern Recognition and Intelligent Systems, Northeastern University, China (2013-2020)
• Exchange Ph.D. student, University of California at Merced, USA (2015-2017)
• M.E. Pattern Recognition and Intelligent Systems, Northeastern University, China (2011-2013)
• B.E. Automation, Northeastern University, China (2007-2011)

Work Experience

• Dec 2022-now: Post-Doc Researcher @ CCNY Robotics Lab
• 2020-2022: Post Doctoral Fellow @ Missouri University of Science and Technology
• 2016-2017: Lecturer @ University of California, Merced
• 2015-2017: Junior Specialist @ University of California, Merced

Teaching Experience

I have taught courses including:

• ME 190: Mechatronics (UC Merced)
• ME 143: Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UC Merced)
• ME 021: Engineering Computing (UC Merced)
• ENGR 204: Electric Circuits (CUNY City College)
• MCE 355: Robotics, Mechanics and Control (Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology)
• SBC 012: Principles of AI (Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology)
• SBC 014A: Principles of Research-AI (Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology)

Recent Publications

1. Feng, J., Shang, B., Hoxha, E., Hernández, C., He, Y., Wang, W., & Xiao, J. (n.d.). Robotic Inspection and Data Analytics to Localize and Visualize the Structural Defects of Concrete Infrastructure. IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, 2024. (submitted)

2. Li, L., Shang, B., I. Jayawardana and G. Chen, “Hardware-in-the-loop and Digital Twin Enabled Autonomous Robotics-assisted Environment Inspection*,” 2023 6th International Symposium on Autonomous Systems (ISAS), Nanjing, China, 2023, pp. 1-5, doi: 10.1109/ISAS59543.2023.10164352.

3. Shang, B., Liujun Li, Zhenhua Shi, Alec Reven, Pu Jiao, Boyang Li, and Genda Chen. Development of Bridge Inspection Robot Deployment Systems (BIRDS). 8th World Conference on Structural Control and Monitoring (8WCSCM), 2022. (withdrew due to patent application)

Contact

You can reach me at bshang@ccny.cuny.edu.