About Me
I am a Postdoctoral Research Associate with the Control Systems and Robotics Group (CSR) and the Centre for Robotics and AI, the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
I received a B.Eng. (2015) in Transportation Engineering as a member of Shenghua Honors College under the Innovative Advanced Engineering Talent Program at Central South University, during my studies I spent one year of industrial placement at CRRC in China. After moving to England in 2015, I obtained an M.Sc. (2017) in Advanced Mechanical Engineering and a Ph.D. (2022) in Mechanical Engineering at the Dynamics and Control Group (DCG) from the University of Bristol. I was a Visiting Researcher with the Institute for Advanced Automotive Propulsion Systems (IAAPS) at the University of Bath from 2016 to 2022.
I am an IEEE member of the Control Systems Society (CSS) and the Robotics and Automation Society (RAS). I am a reviewer for IEEE TAC, Automatica, IEEE CDC, IEEE L-CSS, IEEE RA-L, IEEE T-RO, IROS, and ICRA.
Research
My research interests focus on intelligent control and robotics. I have been developing learning-based control theory for extensive real-world applications:
- Control: Adaptive optimal control [TAC2024], [CDC2023], [CDC2019], [IJACSP2024].
- Robotics: [RA-L2024], [TMECH2024], [IROS2024].
- Automotive/Aerospace systems: (Reinforcement)-Learning-based control [TCST2024][IFAC2023], Estimation (Observer) design [TVT2017][TII2024][TCST2019], Adaptive control [ICMIC2017], Dynamics modeling [SAE2020],[IFAC2017].
- Quantum systems: [L-CSS2024].
Projects
- AMPI [Key Researcher][2023-now]: WP2.1 Dynamic resilient machines and fabrication technologies, WP2.2 Human-machine interaction systems (Development of control and dual-arm manipulation methods for manipulator with soft-rigid end-effector), under the Advanced Machinery & Productivity Institute (AMPI), £22.6m funded by UKRI and NPL
- RAICo [Co-I][2024-now]: Theme 2 Suppressing Task-Space Vibrations in Robotic Manipulators on a Flexible Platform, £150k funded by Sellafield and NDA.
- LongOps [Key Researcher][2022-2023]: Challenge 3 Modelling and control of a long flexible manipulator, Challenge 4 Merging haptic rendering with live sensor data, under SBRI – digital technologies for robotic nuclear decommissioning, £300k funded by UKAEA RACE.
- RAIN [Associate Member][2022]: Robotics and Artificial Intelligence for Nuclear (RAIN), £12.8m funded by EPSRC.
- ADAPT-IT [Key Researcher][2017-2021]: Reducing vehicle carbon emissions through development of a compact, efficient and intelligent powertrain, £3.9m funded by APC UK.
- AECE [Key Researcher][2015-2017]: Adaptive optimal estimation and control for automotive engine systems with approximate dynamic programming, €231k funded by EU FP7 Marie-Curie Fellowship.
Business, Commercialization, and Outreach
- RoboGlove (Founder): Innovation Award (£2,000) from Innovation Academy, The Masood Entrepreneurship Centre (MEC), and Alliance Manchester Business School(Alliance MBS);
- J2W (Co-Founder, ex-CFO): £700,000 turnover in 2023;
- Outreach: Exhibition Award £3,000 at Renold Innovation Hub, ID Manchester, from Innovation Academy; £1,000 outreach award in Faculty of Engineering, Unversity of Bristol.