Anni Zhao received the B.S. in mechatronics engineering in 2016, M.S. degree in mechanical engineering in 2018 from Florida Institute of Technology, and the Ph.D. degree in mechanical engineering from the University of California, Merced in 2023. From 2020 to 2023, she was a Graduate Research Assistant with the Applied Controls Laboratory at UC Merced. Since 2024, she has been a post-doctoral fellow at the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Center for Data Science at Emory University. She has researched and developed a variety of dynamics and control technologies, including machine learning-enhanced system modeling, robotics control, and signal processing for mechanical and healthcare applications. Currently, she is developing advanced diagnostic tools aimed at enhancing decision-making and improving patient outcomes.

• Dynamics and Control
• Robotics
• State and Parameter Estimation
• Reinforcement Learning
• System Modeling and Simulation

• Zhao, A., Xing, S., Wang, X., Sun, J.-Q. (2024). RBFNNs for Optimal Control with Model Reduction and Transfer Learning, Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, Volume 136, Part A, 2024, 108899.
• Zhao, A., Toudeshki, A., Ehsani, R., Viers, J.,Sun, J.-Q. (2024). Robustness Improvement of Optimal Control in terms of RBFNN with Empirical Model Reduction and Transfer Learning, International Journal of Control, 1-15.
• Zhao, A., Toudeshki, A., Ehsani, R., Viers, J.,Sun, J.-Q. (2024). Evaluation of Neural Network Effectiveness on Sliding Mode Control of Delta Robot for Trajectory Tracking, Algorithm, 2024, 17, 113.
• Ma, S., Zhao, A., Sun, J.-Q. (2024). Identification of Linear Flat Outputs Using Neural Networks – Examples of Two-degree-of-freedom Underactuatued Mechanical Systems, Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 216, 111471.
• Zhao, A., Toudeshki, A., Ehsani, R., Sun, J.-Q. (2023). Data-Driven Inverse Kinematics Approximation of a Delta Robot with Stepper Motors, Robotics, 12, 135.
• Zhao, A., Sun, J.-Q. (2023). Wear Estimation of High Speed Train from Motion Measurements, Journal of Vibration Testing and System Dynamics, 7(3), 307–326.
• Wang, X., Jiang, J., Hong, L., Zhao, A., Sun, J.-Q. (2023). Radial Basis Function Neural Networks Solution for Stationary Probability Density Function of Nonlinear Stochastic Systems, Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics, 71:103408.
• Zhao, A., Sun, J.-Q. (2022). Control for Stability Improvement of High-Speed Train Bogie with a Balanced Truncation Reduced Order Model, Vehicle System Dynamics, 60(12), 4343–4363.
• Zhao, A., Sun, J.-Q. (2022). Estimation of Wheel-Rail Structural Interactions from Motion Signals of High-Speed Train Bogie, International Journal of Dynamics and Control, 1609-1620.

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