Jekyll2026-10-08T21:19:39+00:00https://xiayu-zhao.github.io/feed.xmlXiayu (Summer) ZhaoXiayu (Summer) Zhao's academic portfolioXiayu (Summer) Zhaoxiayuz3@illinois.edu🎾 Consolation Champion — Labor Day Tennis Tournament2026-09-01T00:00:00+00:002026-09-01T00:00:00+00:00https://xiayu-zhao.github.io/posts/2026/09/tennis-tournament-first-place🎾 September 2026: Summer Zhao won the consolation championship in Intermediate Open Singles at the Champaign Park District Labor Day Tennis Tournament. Congratulations!

📰 Read the coverage in The Sentinel: Labor Day Tennis Tournament brings players together at Lindsey Courts

]]>Xiayu (Summer) Zhaoxiayuz3@illinois.eduOlympiad Medalist – 2025 Olympiad in Engineering Science2025-06-12T00:00:00+00:002025-06-12T00:00:00+00:00https://xiayu-zhao.github.io/posts/2025/06/olympiad-medalistTianyu Ren, Xiayu (Summer) Zhao, and Dr. Houtan Jebelli were among six Olympiad Medalists across engineering fields at the 2025 Olympiad in Engineering Science, at the University of Stavanger in Norway, for “Autonomous Drone-based System for Precision, Non-contact Surface Finishing in Construction.”

Olympiad Medalist Certificate

]]>Xiayu (Summer) Zhaoxiayuz3@illinois.eduFirst Place – ASCE 2025 Global Robotics and Automation Competition2025-05-01T00:00:00+00:002025-05-01T00:00:00+00:00https://xiayu-zhao.github.io/posts/2025/05/asce-first-placeXiayu (Summer) Zhao and Dr. Houtan Jebelli won First Place at the 2025 ASCE Global Robotics and Automation Competition at the ASCE Computing Conference in New Orleans, hosted by the ASCE Computing Division, for “Module-enhanced Slope-Adaptive and Hazard-Aware Hexapod Robotic System for Safe Roof Inspection.”

ASCE First Place Certificate

]]>Xiayu (Summer) Zhaoxiayuz3@illinois.eduJournal Cover Feature – Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering2025-03-01T00:00:00+00:002025-03-01T00:00:00+00:00https://xiayu-zhao.github.io/posts/2025/03/journal-cover-featureThe paper by Xiayu (Summer) Zhao and Houtan Jebelli on “A Computational Method for Real-time Roof Defect Segmentation in Robotic Inspection” has been featured as the cover image of Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering.

Journal Cover Feature

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