About Me
I am an Assistant Professor in Aerospace Engineering in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the University of Nottingham. I hold secondary appointments in the Department of Mechanical, Materials, and Manufacturing Engineering (M3) and the School of Computer Science. I am a Member of the Mechanical and Aerospace Systems Research Group (MAS), Rolls-Royce UTC in Gas Turbine Transmission Systems, and the Institute for Aerospace Technology (IAT). I also hold an honorary research position at the Control Systems and Robotics Group (CSR) and the Centre for Robotics and AI at The University of Manchester.
Office: B113, Coates Building, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, United Kingdom
Phone: +44 115 951 5151
Email: a.chen@nottingham.ac.uk
Research
My research lies at the intersection of control theory, machine learning, and robotics, with a particular emphasis on embodied intelligence and safe learning-based control for complex real-world systems. My work spans a broad spectrum of applications in unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), propulsion systems, aero-engines, robot manipulators, soft/rigid robotic hands, and quantum systems.
#I have led and contributed to a variety of research projects in intelligent control and robotics, focusing on the development and implementation of advanced control frameworks across multiple domains:
- Control: Adaptive optimal control [TAC2025], [CDC2023], [CDC2019], [IJACSP2025].
- Robotics: [T-RO2026], [RA-L2025], [TMECH2024], [IROS2024].
- Aerospace systems: (Reinforcement)-Learning-based control [TCST2024][IFAC2023], Estimation (Observer) design [TVT2017][AST2024][TCST2019], Adaptive control [ICMIC2017], Dynamics modeling [SAE2020],[IFAC2017].
- Quantum systems: [L-CSS2024].