Xiaowen Chen

Research Interests

• Piezoelectric microrobotics
• Biomimetic approaches to control methodologies of bipedal robotics from gait analysis of human subjects.
• Neural network with computer vision or other advanced sensing approaches for control and autonomous pilot of unmanned aerial and land vehicles.

Education

• Ph.D Electrical and Computer Engineering
  University of Massachusetts, Lowell, USA (1/2025-Now)


• B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering
  Pennsylvania State University, USA (8/2019--5/2024)
  Capstone Project: High-Speed Bolt Nuts Routing, Sponsor: PennEngineering


• B.Sc. Physics
  Pennsylvania State University, USA (8/2019--5/2024)

Awards

• Physics Scholarship ($1000): Edward and Patricia Shalis Physics Scholarship in Memory of Dr. D.H. Rank, Eberly College of Science, Pennsylvania State University, USA (August 2023 - May 2024)
• Dean’s List: Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Fall 2022, and Fall 2023 semesters, Eberly College of Science, Pennsylvania State University, USA

Publications

• Chen, X., Martin, A., Automated gait event detection for exoskeleton-assisted walking using a long short-term memory model with ground reaction force and heel marker data., PLoS One. 2025 Feb 10;20(2):e0315186. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0315186
• Chen, J., Chen, X., Jia, W., et al. Multi-site observation of large-scale eddies in the surface layer of the Loess Plateau. Sci. China Earth Sci. 66, 871–881 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11430-022-1035-4