Lei Zhou

Credentials: Assistant Professor
Mechanical Engineering

Email: lei.zhou@wisc.edu

Website: Lei Zhou's website

Address:
Mechanical Engineering, Rm 2250

Dr. Lei Zhou is an Assistant Professor with the ME and ECE department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and is an Associate Director of WEMPEC. Dr. Zhou received her Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 2019. Dr. Zhou also holds an MS (2014) in Mechanical Engineering from MIT and a BE in Control and Instrumentation Engineering from Tsinghua University. She is directing the Precision Mechatronics and Control Lab (PMCL) at UW-Madison, which is a part of WEMPEC.  

Dr. Zhou’s research focuses on developing novel and high-performance electromechanical solutions through exploiting the synergy between machine design, electric machines and drives, and control engineering. 

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Research Interests

  • Precision mechatronics
  • Control engineering
  • Electric machine design and control
  • Robotic actuation
  • Precision machine design