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Our major research interests include control, modeling, estimation, optimization, diagnosis, and AI for dynamical systems, especially for ground vehicles, robotics, manufacturing, energy storage, human-centric automation, cyber-physical, and mechatronic systems. Our research endeavors aim to improve the efficiency, safety, environmental friendliness, human acceptance and trust of such intelligent systems.

MSL’s research activities are supported by federal and state agencies as well as industrial companies including National Science Foundation (NSF), NSF-CAREER, Office of Naval Research (ONR), Department of Energy (DOE), U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), Army Research Laboratory (ARL), National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), General Motors, Ford, Honda, Tenneco, Eaton, Ftech, Denso, and others.

Thanks to the current and past MSL sponsors

  • National Science Foundation
  • Office of Naval Research
  • U.S. Department of Energy
  • U.S. Department of Transportation
  • U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
  • U.S. Army Research Lab
  • Texas Department of Transportation
  • Oak Ridge Associated Universities
  • General Motors R&D Center
  • Ford Motor Company
  • Honda R&D Americas, Inc.
  • Tenneco, Inc.
  • Eaton Corporation Innovation Center
  • F.tech R&D North America Inc.
  • Denso
  • OSU-CAR Industrial Research Consortium
  • Honda-OSU Partnership Program
  • OSU Transportation Research Endowment Program

Recent Posts

Prof. Wang Receives 2026 ASME Henry M. Paynter Outstanding Investigator Award

Prof. Wang has been recognized by the 2026 ASME Henry M. Paynter Outstanding Investigator Award.  The Paynter Award, established in 1996, is given biennially (even years) to a researcher who has demonstrated sustained outstanding research contributions, either basic or applied, in the field of dynamic systems and control.

Prof. Wang is honored by the 2026 ASME Paynter Outstanding Investigator Award for his contributions to control systems that improve driving safety and energy efficiency of electrified ground vehicles.

  1. Prof. Wang Honored as the Inaugural Awardee of the ASME Transportation Systems Outstanding Mentor Award Leave a reply
  2. Workshop on Planning, Perception and Navigation for Intelligent Vehicles at IROS Leave a reply
  3. Ronnie’s Work on Motion Planning for Arbitrarily Shaped Robots Received Editor’s Award Leave a reply
  4. Prof. Wang elected as IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Society Distinguished Lecturer Leave a reply