Dr. Liao is engaged in long-term research on high-speed maglev and medium low speed maglev technology. He has participated in the scientific research work of the National Science and Technology Ministry's "15th Five Year Plan" 863 High speed Maglev Major Project, "11th Five Year Plan" and "12th Five Year Plan" High speed Maglev Support Program, and "13th Five Year Plan" and "14th Five Year Plan" High speed Maglev Key Research and Development Program. As the overall electrical director of maglev vehicles, he developed China's first high-speed maglev test vehicle and the first high-speed maglev engineering prototype vehicle, which led the development of China's first linear drive logistics test line and the first all element high-temperature superconducting electric suspension test system. He has hosted the research work on multiple provincial and ministerial level projects, including "Research on High Temperature Superconducting Linear Motor Test System and Control Technology" and "Research on Non Contact Induction Power Supply Technology for Medium Speed Maglev Vehicles"; Published over 30 academic papers and applied for more than 20 patents both domestically and internationally.
Main research directions: Integration of electrical systems for high-speed maglev and medium low speed maglev vehicles; power supply technology for maglev vehicles; research on high-power, high-precision linear motors, and motor control technology.
Education
2016/09-2022/12, Tongji University, majoring in Control Science and Engineering, PhD;
2000/09-2003/03, Southwest Jiaotong University, Master's degree in Power Electronics and Power Transmission;
1991/09-1995/06, Wuhan University of Water Resources and Electric Power, majoring in Mechanical Design, Bachelor's degree.
Experience
2012/10--present, Senior Engineer and Director of the Vehicle and Magnetic Control Research Laboratory at Tongji University, National Maglev Transportation Engineering Technology Research Center；
2003/04-2012/09, Senior Engineer and Deputy Technical Director of the Vehicle Research Laboratory at the National Maglev Transportation Engineering Technology Research Center；
1995/7-2000/08, Sichuan Jiangyou Power Plant, Assistant Engineer, Technical Specialist Assistant Engineer。
Research interests
Integration of electrical systems for high-speed maglev and medium-low speed maglev vehicles, power supply technology for maglev vehicles, research on high-power, high-precision linear motors, and motor control technology
Publicaitons
(1) Zhiming Liao; Tianran Peng; Jia Liu; Tao Guo ; Multi-Adjustment Strategy for Phase Current Reconstruction ofPermanent Magnet Synchronous Motors Based on ModelPredictive Control,energies, 2023, 16: 5694；
(2) Zhiming Liao; Yue Hao; Tao Guo; Bingxin Lv; Qiang Wang ; Second-Order Sliding Mode Control of Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor Based on Singular Perturbation, Energies, 2022,15(21): 8028；
（3）Liao, Zhiming; Yue, Jiguang; Lin, Guobin ; Application Research of HTS Linear Motor Based on Halbach Array in High Speed Maglev System, IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity,2020, 31(5)；
(4) Ren, Linjie; Lin, Guobin; Zhao, Yuanzhe; Liao, Zhiming ; Smart Collaborative Performance-Induced Parameter Identification Algorithms for Synchronous Reluctance Machine Magnetic Model,Sustainability, 2021, 13(8): 0-4379；
(5) Ren, Linjie; Lin, Guobin; Zhao, Yuanzhe; Liao, Zhiming; Peng, Fei; Adaptive Nonsingular Finite-Time Terminal Sliding Mode Control for Synchronous Reluctance Motor, IEEE Access, 2021, 9:51283-51293；
(6) Zhiming, Liao; Jiguang, Yue; Guobin, Lin; Huahua, Zhao; Study on Characteristic of High-Temperature Superconducting Linear Motor for High Speed Maglev System, 20th COTA International Conference of Transportation Professionals.