Dayong Tong

Dayong Tong has worked in various roles since 2015. In 2016, they co-founded the FIRST Robotics China Sharing Platform and was an English teacher at Pattison High School. From 2017 to 2021, they were a research assistant at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, where they designed and experimentally validated a prototype multiplicative hydraulic valve for pin array controlled with SNMF controller reduction method, and worked on a data collection system designed to gather data to train machine learning algorithms. In 2018, they were a mechanical engineering intern at Rose-Hulman Ventures, specializing in finite element analysis driven design and product design. In 2019, they were a product engineering intern at Tuthill Corporation. In 2021, they were a robotics software engineering intern at Neocis Inc. and a graduate research assistant at the University of Pennsylvania, where they evaluated, designed, and integrated various Lidars, cameras, Nvidia Jetson boards, and other hardwares for the F1tenth car. Dayong is currently an engineering at Applied Intuition, where they contribute to the company blog.

Dayong Tong obtained a Scholar Diploma in High School/Secondary Diplomas and Certificates from Westminster Academy (Fort Lauderdale) from 2013 to 2016. Dayong then attended Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology from 2016 to 2020, earning a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Mechanical Engineering, with a Minor in Computer Science, Robotics, and a Concentration in Dynamic System and Control. In 2017, they attended the University of California, Berkeley Summer Session, studying Philosophy. Dayong also obtained a Human Research Social/Behavioral certification from the CITI Program, A Division of BRANY in November 2017. Currently, they are pursuing a Master of Science (MS) in Robotics at the University of Pennsylvania, which they are expected to complete in 2022.