Hongbo Wang (Member, IEEE) was born in Changchun, China, in 1969. She received a Bachelor's degree in Engineering from the Department of Hydroacoustic Electronics, Harbin Shipbuilding Engineering College, a Master's degree in Engineering from the Department of Vehicle Engineering, School of Automotive Engineering, Jilin University, a Ph.D. degree from Saint Petersburg State University, Russia. Currently, she is a Professor at the College of Electronic Science and Engineering at Jilin University. Her research interests include optimal control, weather routing, collision avoidance, and environmental perception. She has been engaged in software and hardware design and research on ship motion control systems for more than 20 years. Hongbo Wang has undertaken many important scientific research projects and won one-second prize in science and technology from China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (2010), one-third prize in science and technology from China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (2009), and one-second prize in science and technology progress from Jiangxi Province (2006).
