McQueen Quattlebaum Associate Professor
yunyij@clemson.edu
(864) 283-7226
4 Research Drive
Greenville, SC 29607
Director, Collaborative Robotics and Automation (CRA) Lab: http://cecas.clemson.edu/cra/
Dr. Yunyi Jia is the McQueen Quattlebaum Associate Professor in the Department of Automotive Engineering at Clemson University. He is the director of the Collaborative Robotics and Automation (CRA) Lab in the Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research (CU-ICAR) and Center for Manufacturing Innovation (CMI).
Dr. Jia's research mainly focuses on collaborative robotics for manufacturing and collaborative vehicles for transportation. His teaching covers automotive electronics and autonomous driving technologies. He is also organizing multiple outreach activities spanning from K-12 education, industries, to the general public.
Dr. Jia is the recipient of the TRB Committee Best Paper Award (2024), IEEE IAVVC Best Paper Award 2nd Place (2023), Most Accessed ASME Papers (2022), CECAS College Faculty Collaboration Award (2020), SAE Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award (2020), NSF CAREER Award (2019), NSF CRII Award (2018), and SAE Trevor O. Jones Outstanding Paper Award (2017). Dr. Jia received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Michigan State University in 2014 and he is a senior member of IEEE and a member of ASME and SAE.