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Chenghao Wang is a robotics researcher whose work spans autonomous systems, multi-modal locomotion, and sensor fusion. His early contributions focused on time synchronization for multi-sensor systems, addressing a critical challenge in autonomous mobile robots where precise temporal alignment directly reduces perceptual ghosting and improves prediction-measurement association accuracy — work that has garnered 6 citations since 2021. More recently, Wang has concentrated on thruster-enhanced legged robotics, developing sophisticated control frameworks for bipedal and quadrupedal platforms that integrate propulsion systems with traditional locomotion. His research on Northeastern University's Husky and Husky Carbon robots demonstrates how combining thrust vectoring with posture manipulation enables robots to accomplish extraordinary feats — from dynamic wall-jumping using model predictive control to traversing narrow paths like pipes and slacklines. Wang's application of reduced-order models and collocation methods for steep incline walking further highlights his fluency across control theory, trajectory optimization, and hardware implementation. Though still building his citation record, Wang represents an emerging voice in multi-modal robot locomotion, tackling the fundamental challenge of expanding what legged robots can physically achieve across diverse and demanding environments.