Xiu Zhang received a B.E. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the China University of Mining and Technology (CUMT), Xuzhou, China. After, he studied Mechanical Engineering at Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy.
Currently, he is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering (DEIB) of Politecnico di Milano, supervised by Prof. Elena De Momi and Prof. Andrea Aliverti.
He is also a researcher in the EU Horizon 2020 research project ARTERY.
His research focuses on the modeling and control of the steerable catheter.