BIOGRAPHY
APPOINTMENTS
2021.8 - present Professor of Dynamics and Control, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Bristol, Bristol
2021.1 - 2021.8 Associate Professor of Dynamics and Control, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Bristol, Bristol
2018 – 2020 Senior Lecturer, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Bristol, Bristol
2013 - 2018 Lecturer, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Bristol, Bristol
2012 - 2013 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Control Group, University of Cambridge, Cambridge
2011 - 2012 Postdoctoral Research Assistant, Control Group, University of Cambridge, Cambridge
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
2006 - 2010 PhD in Network Synthesis and Passivity Based Mechanical Control, Control Group, University of Cambridge, Cambridge
2003 - 2006 MEng in Quick Heuristic Algorithms for Solving PDPTW Problem, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai
1999 - 2003 BEng in Automatic Control, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai
POSTGRADUATE SUPERVISION
2013 - 2014 Lead supervisor of Mr. Jinrong Yang, on Ball-screw inerter testing and modelling.
2013 - 2017 Co-supervisor of Mr. Teruya Yamaguchi, on Dynamic sub-structuring applying to railway system.
2013 - 2017 Lead supervisor of Miss Ying Zhang, on Network synthesis theory and civil engineering applications.
2014 - 2018 Lead supervisor of Miss Yuan Li, on Landing gear performance modelling and improvement.
2014 - 2019 Lead supervisor of Mr. Jiannan Luo, on Mitigating cable vibration with inerter(s).
2014 - 2019 Lead supervisor of Mr. Xiaofu Liu, on Experimental testing and nonlinear modelling of fluid inerter integrated damping devices.
2015 - 2019 Co-supervisor of Mr. Chris Szczyglowski, on Nonlinear strut design for flexible aeroplane wings.
2015 - 2020 Lead supervisor of Mr. Tim Lewis, on Development of inerter-based suspension systems for railway vehicle.
2017 - 2021 Lead supervisor of Mr. Hui Yuan, on A design methodology for mechatronic vibration suppression devices.
2017 - 2021 Lead supervisor of Mr. Ming Zhu, on Inertance-integrated vibration suppression for multibody systems.
2018 - date Lead supervisor of Mr Duanqi Zhao, on Interlinked suspension design for road vehicles.
2019 - date Lead supervisor of Mr Cenxiao Qu, on Physical synthesis of vibration suppression devices.
2019 - date Lead supervisor of Mr. Haonan He, on Electrical and mechanical motion control.
2020 - date Lead supervisor of Mr Nick Wills, on In-wheel motor design.
2020 - date Co-supervisor of Mr Anagnostis Samanis, on Coupling digital and automation technology with process control for a more efficient future in composites manufacture.
2020 - date Co-supervisor for Wasi Ahmadi, on Model updating/system identification for nonlinear structural dynamics.
2021 - date Lead supervisor of Mishaal Sanad, on Enhancing the dynamic performance of actuation systems using a network-sysnthesis-based design methodology.
2022 - date Lead supervisor for Millie Nar, on Development of a graph-theory-based methodology for the design of vibration suppression systems.