Junran (Steve) Wang
B.S. Electrical Engineering, Harvey Mudd College — Expected May 2028
I am a rising junior majoring in Electrical Engineering at Harvey Mudd College.
Before that, I received my IB Bilingual Diploma from United World College Changshu China, where I led our robotics team (FRC 7280, VEX 72800X) during the 2023–2024 season.
Focus
Research Interests
I'm broadly interested in embedded systems and autonomous vehicles — sensor fusion, PID control, and onboard avionics — with a particular focus on FPV drone navigation. I also have some research background in electrocatalysis for fuel cells, from earlier work on single-atom catalysts.
Experience
Projects & Experience
Autonomous Surface Vehicle
Experimental Engineering Coursework, Harvey Mudd College (Spring 2025)
Engineered a fully autonomous surface vehicle for water quality mapping in kelp forest zones, with IMU+GPS sensor fusion, PID control, and onboard data acquisition with DSP.
AeroLab — Avionics Engineer
Prof. David Harris's Lab, HMC (Sep 2024 – Present)
Designing avionics subsystems for an experimental aircraft build (Van's RV-12iS ELSA), writing embedded C/C++ firmware for flight data acquisition over SPI/I2C/UART.
FRC Team MITO 7280
Team Lead & Electronics Captain (2020 – 2023)
Led a 30+ member robotics team to a Regional Winner at 2023 China Playoff. Designed electrical systems with CAN bus, programmed in Java/C++ with PID control loops.
Drone Club
Founder, Autonomous Navigation Group, HMC (Sep 2024 – Present)
Leading autonomous quadrotor navigation development using LiDAR, IMU, and optical flow. Regional FPV drone racing champion.
Single-Atom Electrocatalyst ORR Research
Summer Intern, Wenzhou University (Summers 2022–2023)
Investigated Co/N-doped carbon single-atom electrocatalysts derived from Prussian blue precursors for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in fuel cells. Synthesized a polydopamine-coated catalyst achieving 0.834 V vs. RHE half-wave potential, with DFT-based theoretical verification.
Education
Education
B.S. Electrical Engineering, Expected May 2028
Relevant coursework: Embedded Systems, Analog/Digital Electronics, Signals & Systems, Linear Systems & Control, Experimental Engineering
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