Hi, I am Fan Chen.

I am a thesis-track M.S. student in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, advised by Prof. Naira Hovakimyan in the Advanced Controls Research Laboratory. Previously, I received my B.Eng. in Vehicle Engineering at the Tongji University under the supervision of Prof. Gang Niu. My research interests lie in the area of Robotics. My current research focuses on planning and control for autonomous aerial robots.

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I am seeking PhD opportunities for Fall 2026. Feel free to contact me!

Email: fanc3@illinois.edu