Career Objective

◆ Willing to work in a top laboratory ( R&D on Mechatronics, Robotics, Embedded System, etc).

Working Experience

◆ 2007.8 - 2008.5   ABB (China) Ltd. Shanghai Branch, Robotics Department. Senior Engineer and Researcher.

Taking part in R&D a new industrial robot. This robot product has been released: ABB IRB 120.

◆ 2006.5 - 2007.7   Shanghai Grandar Robotics Co,.Ltd. Project Manager (and system, mechanical and electrical engineer).

  Researched and developed an autonomous cleaning robot product prototype, by myself, working as a team. Including the mechanical (plastic parts) design, the embedded system hardware and firmware development, system integration and test, etc, not including the art design. And being in charge of R&D some other projects.

Education

◆ 2002.4 - 2006.4   Ph.D     Mechatronics Engineering           Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

◆ 1999.9 - 2002.3   M.S.     Mechanical Design and Theory       Northeastern University.

                      (Associated with Shenyang Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

◆ 1995.9 - 1999.7   B.S.     Mechanical Design and Manufacture   Northeastern University.

 (Top 1, School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Northeastern University)

◆ 2003, First place award in “3rd Huawei Cup Science and Technology Innovation Competition”.

◆ 2003, First place award in “GE Fund Edison Cup Technology Innovation Competition”.

This competition was hold by The Institute of International Education, the China Scholarship Council, and GE Fund.

◆ 2002, “Excellent Master Dissertation of Northeastern University”.

◆ 1994, Liaoning province Second-class award in “Chinese High School Students Physics Competition”.

Research Interest and Achievement

◆ Robotics, Mechatronics, Intelligent Control, Embedded System, Multi-Agent System, etc.

◆ 14 (journal) publications (IEEE Trans. Robotics, ASME Trans, etc). Be invited as an international reviewer of Transactions of the ASME, and Emerald Advanced Automation Titles.

◆ Three Patents of Chinese Invention (two patents awarded).

Personality, Interests and Abilities

◆ I am a self-motivated robot/mechanical/electrical hobbyist and researcher. I have designed and built various robots, circuits and mechanical prototype systems, since my teens. Some works were awarded in some competitions, patented, and published. I had taken part in some practical projects, and worked on the mechanical design and the control system development. Taking pleasure in practice, and experienced.

◆ I am a very dedicated individual and I put myself into everything I do. I get a lot of satisfaction from a job well done and will stick with any project that I have a strong interest in. Dedicated to producing superior results in any endeavor. Willing to learn, progress, take challenges, and cooperate with colleagues.

◆ Good understanding on mechatronics and autonomous system. Willing to understand the project’s requirements deeply, and work with skill on mechatronics system-level planning, mechanical design, PCB-level (embedded control system) development and debugging.

Technique Background

◆ Mechanics: Skilled in mechanical design. Can work without example. Completed many projects.

  Software tools: Pro/E, SolidWorks, Auto CAD, MDT, etc.

◆ Electronics & Micro-controller Based System: Skilled in MCS-51, MSP430, AVR, ARM9, ARM7 (LPC210X), and SUNPLUS-61 micro-controllers, sensors, popular electronic components and chips, some BUS specifications, RTOS (µC/OS-Ⅱand RTX51), CPLD, etc. And developed many practical devices based on the listed MCUs, and PC’s USB, serial port, parallel port (in SPP, EPP), ISA, etc. Completed many projects. Some R&D work on Embedded Linux, and Computer Vision is ongoing.

  Software tools: Protel, EWB, and various software related to the mentioned MCUs and CPLD, C, etc.

Publications

> (International) Journal Publications:

[2] Kejun Ning, Mingyang Zhao, Jie Liu. A New Wire-Driven Three Degree-of-Freedom Parallel Manipulator. Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, Transactions of the ASME. 2006, 128(3): 816-819.

[3] Kejun Ning, Ruqing Yang. MAS Based Embedded Control System Design Method and a Robot Development Paradigm. Mechatronics, Elsevier. 2006, 16(6): 309-321.

[4] Kejun Ning. Research On Embedded MAS Based Manipulator Control. Industrial Robot: An International Journal. 2006, 33(2): 97-105.

> [5 - 12] Chinese Journal publications.

[5] Kejun Ning, Ruqing Yang. A Design of an Autonomous Mobile Robot's Intelligent Navigation Control System. Journal of Shanghai Jiaotong University. 2006, 40(7): 1074-1078. (in Chinese)

[6] Kejun Ning, Ruqing Yang, Xinhua Weng. A Design Method of Multi-Agent Systems (MAS) Based Mechatronic Device's Embedded Control System. Journal of Shanghai Jiaotong University. 2005, 39(12): 2020-2024. (in Chinese)

[7] Kejun Ning, Ruqing Yang. The Manipulator Control by Multi-Agent Based Embedded System. Journal of Shanghai Jiaotong University. 2005, 39(12): 2016-2019. (in Chinese)

[8] Kejun Ning, Ruqing Yang. Study on a General Inverse Displacement Solution of Series Manipulator. Mechanical Science and Technology. 2005, 24(9): 1066-1068, 1099. (in Chinese)

[9] Kejun Ning, Ruqing Yang, Xinhua Weng. The RTX51 Based Firmware Development for an EOD Robot's Embedded Control System. Electronic Technology and Application. 2005, 31(3): 17-20. (in Chinese)

[10] Kejun Ning, Ruqing Yang, Weijun Zhang, Xinhua Weng. Development and Experiment of an Inverse Displacement Solution for Manipulator's Embedded Controller. Robot, 2005, 27(3): 256-260. (in Chinese)

[11] Bo Zhang, Mingyang Zhao, Kejun Ning. Kinematics Analysis of a New Wire Driven Parallel Robot. Robot, 2002, 24(7): 654-657. (in Chinese)

[12] Jie Liu, Kejun Ning, Mingyang Zhao. Model of a New Type Wire Driven Parallel Robot System. Journal of Northeastern University, 2002, 23(10): 988-991. (in Chinese)

> (International) Conference Publications:

[13] Kejun Ning, Florentin Wörgötter. A DOF State Controllable & Driving Shared Solution for Building a Hyper-Redundant Chain Robot. In Proc. 2009 IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2009), St. Louis, pp. 5880-5885.