Zhixuan Zhao

Zhixuan Zhao 赵之煊

Undergraduate Student

Xingjian College (Mechanical Engineering)
Tsinghua University

My research interests center on AI for inverse problems and sparse reconstruction, numerical simulation, and multiphysics. I am also interested in embodied intelligence and robotics.

I continue to collaborate with the CAB Lab at Princeton University following my exchange there in spring 2026.

Zhixuan Zhao in front of the Manhattan Bridge

I welcome research opportunities for summer 2027 and plan to apply to PhD programs for Fall 2028. Let's connect.

Publications

Preprint Submitted to NeurIPS 2026

Neural Fields for NV-Center Inverse Sensing

Zhixuan Zhao, Tao Zhong, Yixun Hu, Nathalie P. de Leon, Christine Allen-Blanchette

NeTMY combines neural fields with differentiable physics for sparse reconstruction, revealing how forward-model fidelity and neural parameterization shape inverse optimization.

Conference
Presentations

Technical Presentation Extended abstract

Closed-Form Force Design for Friction Reduction in an Eccentrically Loaded Nonlinear Drawer Dynamic System

Zhixuan Zhao Co-first author

ASME IDETC-CIE 2026
Houston, TX, USA –

Research
Experience

CAB Lab Princeton University

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Advisor: Prof. Christine Allen-Blanchette Mentor: Tao Zhong

I led NeTMY's physical modeling and neural-field design (Feb–Jul 2026), investigating how forward-model fidelity changes reconstruction behavior and why neural parameterization mitigates center collapse. Our ongoing collaboration explores equivariant models for learning physical structure in acoustics and weather modeling.

Institute of Engineering Thermophysics Tsinghua University

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Advisor: Prof. Xianghua Xu (徐向华)

I developed a CNN surrogate to infer cell-wise correction coefficients from temperatures on two opposing surfaces, addressing non-orthogonal mesh errors in finite-volume heat-transfer simulations. I led the implementation, including ANSYS mesh parsing, and benchmarked the model against least-squares-based methods on simple 3D geometries.

Education

Tsinghua University Beijing, China

Xingjian College (Mechanical Engineering)
Undergraduate Student

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Princeton University Princeton, NJ, USA

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE)
Exchange Student

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Skills

Programming
Python, MATLAB
Simulation tools
COMSOL Multiphysics, ANSYS