An analytical approach for dealing with explicit physical constraints in excitation optimization problems of dynamic identification

Dynamic modeling and identification of industrial robots; Calibration and compensation of kinematic errors

Additive manufacturing of carbon-fiber composites

Molong Duan leads the Manufacturing and Aerospace Automation Lab at HKUST. His research spans dynamic-system modeling and control, robotic and additive manufacturing, continuous-fiber composites, flexible aircraft, and VTOL control.