About me
About me
I received the B.E. degree from Hebei Polytechnic University, China, in 2007, the M. E. degree from Guizhou University, China, in 2010, and the PhD degree from Swinburne University of Technology (SUT), Australia, in 2014, respectively, all in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. From 2014 to 2015, I was the Postdoc Research Fellow in the Faculty of Science, Engineering, and Technology, at SUT, Australia. From 2015 to 2019, I was with the School of Electrical and Automation Engineering at Hefei University of Technology, China, where I served as the full Professor (Huangshan Young Scholar) and the Deputy Discipline Head of Automation. In early 2019, I joined Murdoch University as a Senior Lecturer of Electrical Engineering (tenured) and served as Academic Chair of Instrumentation and Control Engineering (ICE), Industrial Computing Systems Engineering (ICSE) in 2020-2022, Academic Chair of Intelligent Industrial Control & Autonomous Systems Engineering (IICASE) up to 2024. I am currently an Associate Professor in the School of Engineering and Energy, College of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.
I am also leading the Advanced Robotics and Intelligent Control Research Laboratory at Murdoch University, located in Bld 807 and 340.1.006. Please feel free to contact me if you would like to visit the lab and discuss about potential research and project opportunities.
My research interests are in nonlinear and robust control, robotics & mechatronics, artificial intelligence, autonomous vehicles and systems (drones, ground robots, and underwater vehicles), sensors and actuators, Industry 4.0 and smart agriculture, etc. I contribute to academia through national, international, and translational industry focussed research and publications. I have been securing many grants and a total external income exceeding $9 million, with more than $7 million from industrial partners. I am the author of over 160 refereed journal papers including (50+ IEEE Transactions papers, 140+ Q1 journal papers, 10 ESI top 1% highly cited papers).
I am a member of Murdoch University Academic Council, Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, a senior member of IEEE, Chair of IEEE-IES WA Chapter (2024), and also serving as Section Editor-in-Chief of Actuators, Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing, Computers and Electrical Engineering, Robotica, etc.
I have received the following awards in the past few years:
(i) Murdoch University 2023 Vice Chancellor's Excellence Award in Research
(ii) Best Paper Award for 2024 International Conference on Advanced Robotics, Control, and Artificial Intelligence (ARCAI 2024)
(iii) Best Paper Award for 2021 International Conference on Advanced Mechatronic Systems (ICAMechS)
(iv) 2013 Engineering Excellence Award for Postgraduate Research from the Society of Automotive Engineering-Australasia (SAE-A).
I am constantly looking for highly potential research students. If you are interested in my research areas, please check through above links to apply for scholarships and email me at any time.