The Speakers
Prof. David Trumper
David L. Trumper (Life Member, IEEE) received the B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA, in 1980, 1984, and 1990, respectively.
He joined the MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering in 1993, and holds the rank of a Professor. Following the bachelor’s degree, he worked two years with Hewlett Packard Co. After finishing the master’s degree, he worked for two years with the Waters Chromatography Division of Millipore. Upon completing the Ph.D. degree, for three years, he was an Assistant Professor with Electrical Engineering Department, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, working within the precision engineering group. His research centers on the design of precision mechatronic systems, with a focus on the design of novel mechanisms, actuators, sensors, and control systems. He has conducted research in topics, including precision motion control, high performance manufacturing equipment, novel measurement instruments, biomedical and bio instrumentation devices, and high-precision magnetic suspensions and bearings.
Dr. Trumper is a member of ASME and ASPE (past-President).
Prof. Jian Guo Zhu
Jian Guo Zhu (Senior Member, IEEE) received the B.E. degree from Jiangsu Institute of Technology, Jiangsu, China, in 1982, the M.E. degree from Shanghai University of Technology, Shanghai, China, in 1987, and the Ph.D. degree from the University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Sydney, Australia, in 1995, all in electrical engineering. He was appointed a Lecturer with UTS in 1994, promoted to Full Professor in 2004, and Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering, in 2017. At UTS, he has held various leadership positions, including Head of School for the School of Electrical, Mechanical, and Mechatronic Systems and Director of the Centre for Electrical Machines and Power Electronics. In 2018, he joined the School of Electrical and Information Engineering, the University of Sydney (USyd), Australia, as the Head of School and a Full Professor. After completing his term as Head of School in 2023, he is currently a Full Professor with USyd. His research interests include computational electromagnetics, measurement and modeling of electromagnetic properties of materials, electrical machines and drives, power electronics, renewable energy systems, and smart grids.
Prof. Chuxiong Hu
Chuxiong Hu (Senior Member, IEEE) received the B.S. and Ph.D. degrees in mechatronic control engineering from Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, in 2005 and 2010, respectively.
He is currently an Associate Professor (tenured) with the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. From 2007 to 2008, he was a Visiting Scholar in mechanical engineering with Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA. In 2018, he was a Visiting Scholar in mechanical engineering with the University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA. His research interests include precision motion control, high-performance multi axis contouring control, precision mechatronic systems, intelligent learning, adaptive robust control, neural networks, iterative learning control, and robotics.
Dr. Hu was the recipient of the Best Student Paper Finalist at the 2011 American Control Conference, 2012 Best Mechatronics Paper Award from the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division, 2013 National 100 Excellent Doctoral Dissertations Nomination Award of China, the 2016 Best Paper in Automation Award, 2018 Best Paper in AI Award from the IEEE International Conference on Information and Automation, and 2022 Best Paper in Theory from the IEEE/ASME International Conference on Mechatronic, Embedded Systems and Applications. He is currently an Associate Editor for IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRIAL INFORMATICS and a Technical Editor for IEEE/ASME TRANSACTIONS ON MECHATRONICS.
Prof. Narayan Kar
Narayan C. Kar (SM’07) received the B.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh, in 1992 and the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from Kitami Institute of Technology, Hokkaido, Japan, in 1997 and 2000, respectively. He is a professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of Windsor, Canada where he also holds Tier 1 Canada Research Chair position in Electrified Vehicles. He is the founder and Director of the Centre for Hybrid Automotive Research and Green Energy (CHARGE) at the University of Windsor. His research and development activities focus on electric machine and drive design, optimization, and testing for electric vehicle application through an interdisciplinary approach in collaboration with automotive industry. Dr. Kar’s CHARGE research program is funded by multiple organizations including the Government of Canada and automotives OEM and tiered suppliers.