Chao Shen

Dr. Chao Shen is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Systems and Computer Engineering, Carleton University, within the Faculty of Engineering and Design. His research focuses on control theory, machine learning, and optimization applied to robotics systems, autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs), and intelligent control of mechatronic systems. He leads the Robotics Control and Optimization Laboratory and has supervised multiple capstone projects, including a winning team in the 2022 departmental competition.

Dr. Shen holds a PhD from the University of Victoria. He has been appointed as a Technical Editor for IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics (2023) and Associate Editor for IEEE Canadian Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering (2022). He also served as Technical Program Chair for the 2022 IEEE Electrical Power and Energy Conference.

His research interests include perception and navigation for robotics, cooperative control of multi-agent systems, and distributed model predictive control (MPC) for large-scale systems. Notable contributions include a recently published Springer book on 'Advanced Model Predictive Control for Autonomous Marine Vehicles' (2023) and award-winning work funded by NSERC Discovery Grants.

Dr. Shen actively mentors graduate and undergraduate students in topics like robust MPC for visual servoing, UAV coordination, and energy-optimal control strategies. His lab offers funded PhD and MASc positions focusing on control theory applications in robotics and autonomous systems.