Ou Ma received a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Zhejiang University in 1982 and a Ph.D. degree from McGill University in 1991. From 1991 to 2002, he was a Senior Project Engineer and R&D lead with MDA Space Systems (MD Robotics). From 2002 to 2017, he was an Associate Professor, Professor, and John Nakayama and Tome Nakayama Professor with New Mexico State University. Since 2017, he has been the Alan B Shepard Chair Professor with the Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, University of Cincinnati. His research interests include multibody dynamics and control, impact–contact dynamics, intelligent control of robotics and autonomous systems, human–robot interaction and collaboration, and smart manufacturing.