Yanran Ding

Pronouns: he/him

Assistant Professor, Robotics, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

  • Joined January 2025

Names

Yanran Ding (Preferred)

Emails

****@umich.edu (Confirmed)

Personal Links

Career & Education History

Assistant Professor
Robotics, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor (umich.edu)
2023 – Present
 
Postdoc
Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (mit.edu)
2021 – 2023
 
PhD student
Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (illinois.edu)
2015 – 2021
 

Advisors, Relations & Conflicts

Postdoc Advisor
2021 – 2023
 
PhD Advisor
2019 – 2021
 
PhD Advisor
2015 – 2021
 

Expertise

Legged Robot, Trajectory Optimization, Model Predictive Control, Humanoid, Whole-body Control
2015 – Present