Minyi(Miya) Sun

Contact

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Education

2026-Present: Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Vanderbilt University; Nashville, TN.
2024-2026: M.Eng., Engineering in Surgery and Intervention, Vanderbilt University; Nashville, TN.
2020-2024: B.Eng., Computer Engineering, Chinese University of Hong Kong(Shenzhen); Guangdong, China.

Recent Projects

Journal Publications

Gao, G. Ji, M. Sun, Y. Xiao, H. Rao and Z. Sun, "Dynamic Hysteresis Compensation for Tendon-Sheath Mechanism in Flexible Surgical Robots Without Distal Perception," in IEEE Transactions on Robotics, vol. 41, pp. 3703-3721, 2025, doi: 10.1109/TRO.2025.3577011.

Conference Publications

Academic Experience

Previously worked in the Network Coding Lab(NCLab) during my sophomore and junior years, and was intensively exposed to Linux-based coding and network experiments.
Very passionate about surgical/medical applications, and later fascinated by medical robots to pursue my interest in both engineering and medicine.
I am super excited to become a minion in this lab : )

Fellowships & Grants

McCord Graduate Library Fellowship - Vanderbilt University. Oct 2024 - May 2025

Awards

19th Undergraduate Research Awards - Chinese University of Hong Kong(Shenzhen). 2024
2023-2024 SSE Dean's List Award - Chinese University of Hong Kong(Shenzhen). 2024

Personal Interest

I love my life, and I have too many hobbies(but too little time).
Sports-wise: I do running and boxing for relaxation. Hiking is definitely a great option if I can drive around one day. And more sports to be explored.
Art-wise: I like to do Chinese calligraphy and drawing. Also, I am trying to learn a new instrument (probably Bass guitar, as I want to have a cool band with my friends when we are old and live in the same elderly community).
Life-wise: I love making coffee and Chinese tea. And I am a fair cook at making survival meals.
* and I just realized I simply just love learning.