Professor of the Practice
Department of Mechanical Engineering
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
1000 Hilltop Circle
Baltimore, MD 21250
Nameless Lab
Bio
Dr. Wu’s research focuses on guidance, navigation and control for autonomous vehicles. Dr. Wu obtained a Ph.D. and M.S. in Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering at George Washington University. He earned his B.S. from National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan. Dr. Wu joined UMBC from Clear Guide Medical, a spinout of the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions and the Johns Hopkins University, where he applied modern C++ for research and development for IMU and vision-based surgical navigation devices. With multiple years of professional software development experiences, there is a strong commitment for Dr. Wu to combine classroom topics with programming practice.
Teaching
- ENME403 Automatics Controls – The course covers linear control theory and related applications. Python is heavily used in this course to prepare students for the job market or/and graduate school.
- ENME475 Robotics – Established by Dr. Wu in 2020, this senior-level elective course investigates classical robotics manipulators and provides an overview in modern robotics applications such as autonomous vehicles, SLAM, and legged locomotion.
- ENME482L Vibration & Control Laboratory – Overhauled by Dr. Wu in 2021, the course now introduces microcontrollers and related programming to senior students. Students have hands-on experience with the sensors/actuators for rapid prototyping.
Selected Publications
- T. Wu and T. Lee “Angular velocity observer for velocity-free attitude tracking control on SO(3)” International Journal of Control, Automation, and Systems, 2016, 14(5):1289-1298, doi: 10.1007/s12555-015-0163-3.
- T. Wu, B. Flewelling, F. Leve, and T. Lee “Spacecraft relative attitude formation tracking using line-of-sight measurements” Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 2017, Vol. 40, No. 10, pp. 2616-2629.
- T. Wu, E. Kaufman, and T. Lee “Globally asymptotically stable attitude observer on SO(3)” in Proceedings of IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2015, pp. 2164-2168.
- T. Wu and T. Lee “Spacecraft position and attitude formation control using line-of-sight observations” in Proceedings of IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2014, pp. 970-975.
- T. Wu, B. Flewelling, F. Leve, and T. Lee “Spacecraft relative attitude formation tracking on SO(3) based on line-of-sight measurements” in Proceedings of the American Control Conference, 2013, pp. 4820-4825.