Dr. Tao’s greatest professional joy is helping students learn and develop engineering concepts and their industrial applications. He participates in designing and developing future technologies through the students’ achievements. His interdisciplinary science background allows me to prepare students in multiple disciplines, mainly mechanical, electrical, control, and robotics engineering. Dr. Tao’s teaching strategy is to focus on student-centered instruction, implemented to the best of my ability. He believes what’s important is “not what is being taught to students, but what is being learned by students.” Dr. Tao prefers to guide the students with projects that allow students hands-on experience solving real-world problems. Through these projects, students’ learning curve increases drastically. Students develop a deeper understanding of the principles taught and how to apply them.

Current Courses

MTRE 4820: Machine Learning for Robot Perception (Fall 2025)

MTRE 4820L: Machine Learning for Robot Perception Laboratory (Fall 2025)

MTRE 1001L: Introduction to Mechatronics Engineering Laboratory (Fall 2025)

Past Courses

OSU MERO 5333 Learning-Based Control for Mechatronics and Robotics (Fall 2024)

OSU MET 3803 Fundamentals of Mechatronics (Spring 2024)

OSU MERO 5113 Mechatronic Systems I (Spring 2024, 2025)

OSU MERO 5313 Linear Control Systems for Mechatronics (Fall 2023)

Mines MEGN 545 Advanced Robot Control (Spring 2021, 2022, 2023)