UTIASASRL

Autonomous Space Robotics Lab

Hang Jason Dong

M.A.Sc. Candidate (University of Toronto)
B.A.Sc (Mechatronics Eng, Waterloo)

Curriculum Vitae / Résumé

Contact Info

Institute for Aerospace Studies
University of Toronto
4925 Dufferin Street, Room 150B
Toronto, ON M3H 5T6 Canada
hang.dong [at] robotics.utias.utoronto.ca
+1 416-667-7730 (office)
+1 416-667-7799 (fax)
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Research

My research focuses on development of novel techniques to address the problem of dark navigation in GPS denied environment. This work has direct space application in rover-based exploration of the permanently shadowed lunar craters, where there is strong scientific evidence to support existence of water ice. On earth the same technology can be used on search and rescue robots as well as industrial applications like underground mining. The actual approach will involve a form of fusion of existing (e.g. laser range scan and wheel odometry) and new (e.g. star tracker) sensing technologies to enable simultaneous localization and mapping in environments with insufficient or inconsistent lighting for traditional camera vision appearance based techniques.

Scholarly Activity

Publications

You can also find my publications on Google Scholar

Conference Papers

Submitted
[1] Dong H, Barfoot T. "Lighting-Invariant Visual Odometry using Lidar Intensity Imagery and Pose Interpolation". In Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Field and Service Robotics (FSR), Matsushima, Japan, 16-19 July 2012.
Accepted
[2] Marion C L, Osinski G R, Abou-Aly S, Antonenko I, Barfoot T, Barry N, Bassi A, Battler M, Beauchamp M, Bondy M, Blain S, Capitan R, Cloutis E, Cupelli L, Chanou A, Clayton J, Daly M, Dong H, Ferriere L, Flemming R, Flynn L, Francis R, Furgale P, Gammell J, Garbino A, Ghafoor N, Grieve R A F, Hodges K, Hussein M, Jasiobedzki P, Jolliff B L, Kerrigan M C, Lambert A, Leung K, Mader M M, McCullough E, McManus C, Moores J, Ng H K, Otto C, Ozaruk A, Pickersgill A E, Pontefract A, Preston L J, Redman D, Sapers H, Shankar B, Shaver C, Singleton A, Souders K, Stenning B, Stooke P, Sylvester P, Tripp J, Tornabene L L, Unrau T, Veillette D, Young K, and Zanetti M. "A Series of Robotic and Human Analogue Missions in Support of Lunar Sample Return". In Proceedings of the 43rd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC), 2333. Texas, USA, 19-23 March 2012.

[3] Pickersgill A E, Osinski G R, Beauchamp M, Marion C, Mader M M, Francis R, McCullough E, Shanker B, Barfoot T D, Bondy M, Chanou A, Daly M, Dong H, Furgale P, Gammell J, N N G, Hussein M, Jasiobedski P, Lambert A, Leung K, McManus C, Ng H K, Pontefract A, Stenning B, Tornabene L L, Tripp J, and Team I. "Scientific Instrumentation for a Lunar Sample Return Analogue Mission". In Proceedings of the 43rd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC), 2657. Texas, USA, 19-23 March 2012.<

[4] Stenning B, Osinski G R, Barfoot T D, Basic G, Beauchamp M, Daly M, Dong H, Francis R, Furgale P, Gammell J, Ghafoor N, Lambert A, Leung K, Mader M, Marion C, McCullough E, McManus C, Moores J, and Preston L. "Planetary Surface Exploration Using a Network of Reusable Paths". In Proceedings of the 43rd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC), 2360. Texas, USA, 19-23 March 2012.

[5] Moores J, Francis R, Barfoot T, Barry N, Basic G, Battler M, Beauchamp M, Blain S, Bondy M, Capitan R D, Chanou A, Clayton J, Cloutis E, Daly M, Dickinson C, Dong H, Flemming R, Furgale P, Gammell J, Ghafoor N, Hussein M, Grieve R, Henrys H, Jaziobedski P, Lambert A, Leung K, Mader M, Marion C, McCullough E, McManus C, Neish C, Ng H, Ozaruk A, Pickersgill A, Preston L, Redman D, Sapers H, Shankar B, Singleton A, Souders K, Stenning B, Stooke P, Sylvester P, Tornabene L, and Osinski G. "Mission Operations Design for Lunar Sample Return as Field-Tested in an Analogue Deployment to the Sudbury Impact Structure". In Proceedings of the European Planetary Science Congress (EPSC-DPS), October 2011. pp. 1728.

Other

Technical Presentation

[6] Das A, Dong H, Elliott C, Francisco P, "Demonstrating instant prototyping concept using custom made shape memory alloy based rotary actuator", website
Undergraduate Final Design Project, University of Waterloo, April 2010.

Reports Prepared for Industry/Government

[7] Dong H, "Implementation of Platform Agnostic Mobile Chipset Concurrency Test Scenarios"
Prepared for Qualcomm Inc. San Diego, California, Sept 2009

[8] Dong H, "Analysis of Output Ripple and Noise in Switched-Mode Power"
Prepared for Advanced Micro Device Inc. Markham, Ontario, Apr 2008

[9] Dong H, "Improving Gantry Style Router Tracking Accuracy through Optical Linear Encoder Retrofit and Error Compensation Using Laser Interferometry", Prepared for Tekcel CNC Solutions, Ottawa, Ontario, Sept 2007

Field Deployments


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Education

M.A.Sc. Candidate, Aerospace Science and Engineering, University of Toronto, Sept 2010 - present

B.A.Sc. in Mechatronics Engineering, University of Waterloo, June 2010

Teaching Assistantship

AER372: Control Systems (Winter 2011)

Prior Research 

Precision Control Laboratory (Waterloo) January 2007- September 2008

1. Application of feed-forward volumetric error compensation using custom dSpace real-time controller
2. Identification and avoidance of machine resonance through controller design
3. Five axis ultra high precision CNC machine design and fabrication

Internship/Co-op Work Experience

Software Engineering

Embedded Software Developer, Qualcomm CDMA Technologies, San Diego, CA, May - Sept 2010
MultiOS Automation Test Developer, Qualcomm CDMA Technologies, San Diego, CA, May - Sept 2009

Electrical Engineering

Hardware Diagnostic Engineering Intern, Sandvine Inc, Waterloo, ON, Sept - Dec 2008
Signal Integrity Engineering Intern, Advanced Micro Devices Inc, Markham, ON, Jan - Apr 2008

Mechanical Engineering

Engine Component Weight Analyst, Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp, Mississauga, ON, Sept - Dec 2006
Mechanical Drafting, Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp, Mississauga, ON, Jan - Apr 2006
Last Updated: March 15th, 2012.