Maode Yan, (post) doctor, professor. Currently he is the vice President and master supervisor of School of Electronics and Control Engineering, Chang’an University. In September 1996, he graduated from Northwest Polytechnic University with a bachelor's degree in thermal engine. In March 1999, he graduated from Northwest Polytechnic University with a Master's degree in weapon System and Application Engineering. In September 2001, he graduated from Northwest Polytechnic University with a doctor's degree in weapon System and Application Engineering.

From September 2001 to August 2003, he was engaged in software system design and testing in Xi 'an Research Institute of ZTE Corporation; from February 2003 to May 2005, he worked in the control Science and Engineering postdoctoral scientific research station of the Second Artillery Corps Engineering College; from January 2007 to July 2008, he went to the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Saskatchewan, Canada for visiting research work. He published more than 50 papers on core journals at home and abroad and academic conferences, among which there was 3 included by SCI, 15 included by EI, 5 included by ISTP, and has been cited for above more than 20 times. He published monograph Nonlinear control theory and application and textbook Computer Network and Communication, Modern control theory, Preliminary automation practice. His research fields or directions include networked control systems, intelligent measurement and control technology, autonomous vehicle fleet modeling and formation control, robots and formation control, embedded systems and applications.