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Pengzhao Wu

Baton Rouge,LA

Summary

Focusing on reinforcement learning and control algorithms, successfully overcoming technical challenges in medical ultrasound systems. Proven ability to lead teams and innovate, delivering award-winning products while ensuring performance and reliability through effective collaboration and data analysis.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience

Work History

Research Assistant

Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA
01.2025 - Current

Research Areas: Reinforcement Learning, Particle Assembly, Autonomous Vehicles

  • Developed Reinforcement Learning (RL)-based control strategies for particle assembly, optimizing electrohydrodynamic (EHD) attraction and dipolar repulsion to achieve desired structures.
  • Designed an RL framework to control self-organization processes, ensuring stable jammed states with minimal defects.
  • Implemented formation control algorithms for autonomous vehicles, integrating vision-based navigation and multi-agent coordination for robust real-world deployment.
  • Simulated and tested reinforcement learning models using Python (PyTorch, TensorFlow), MATLAB, and ROS for autonomous system control.

Senior Hardware Engineer

Shenzhen Medical Technology Co., Ltd.
Shenzhen, China
05.2020 - 05.2022
  • Company Overview: Medical Ultrasound Imaging System.
  • Medical ultrasonic front-end hardware system design, including key chip selection, such as FPGA, clock PLL, crystal oscillator, transceivers, ultrasound chip, the design of the digital clock system, and the development of the board-level power system, etc.
  • Build and manage the analog hardware team, and also provide basic training for new employees in hardware development.
  • Pre-research of new technologies, such as linear wave emission technology (not widely used currently), full system clock alignment, and ultra-high-speed interface communication (up to 10 Gbps).
  • The high-end color ultrasound equipment named Lotus, which is mainly applied to obstetrics and gynecology, and the hardware design of which I am responsible for, has been displayed at CMFE in the second half of 2022 and won the 2023 German Red Dot Design Award.
  • Made great contributions toward solving many technical difficulties left in products, such as image noise interference, power supply noise under-suppression, clock phase misalignment, etc.

Hardware Development Engineer

Landtop Technology Co., Ltd.
Chengdu, China
06.2017 - 07.2019
  • Company Overview: The Digital Communication Module.
  • Single-board hardware development for digital communication modules, including demand analysis, device selection, hardware system design, schematic design, PCB-assisted design, and single-board regression testing.
  • Coordinate hardware and software development resources, conduct joint debugging and testing, and ensure that the product's performance and reliability meet the requirements.

Education

Bachelor degree - Microelectronics

XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY
Xi'an, Shaanxi
06.2016

Skills

  • Reinforcement learning
  • Control algorithms
  • Data analysis
  • System simulation
  • Machine learning
  • Python programming

Patents

Monitor and monitor control methods, CN114567685B, 2022, A monitor technology that solves problems such as high cost, low scalability, and limited monitor interface resources.

Timeline

Research Assistant

Louisiana State University
01.2025 - Current

Senior Hardware Engineer

Shenzhen Medical Technology Co., Ltd.
05.2020 - 05.2022

Hardware Development Engineer

Landtop Technology Co., Ltd.
06.2017 - 07.2019

Bachelor degree - Microelectronics

XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY
Pengzhao Wu