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Zhihua Qu received his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology in 1990. Afterwards, he joined the Department of Electrical Engineering at the University of Central Florida (UCF). From 1995 to 1997, he served as the assistant chair of the department. From 1999 to 2004, he was the Director/Chair of the EE department at UCF. He is currently the SAIC Distinguished Professor at UCF and a Professor in School of EECS. Dr. Qu's research interests include system theory, advanced controls, and their applications to autonomous vehicles and intelligent systems. He has received a number of awards, authored three books, and published a number of the papers in his areas of expertise. Currently, he is an Associate Editor for Automatica, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, and International Journal of Robotics and Automation.