Dr.NI holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from RWTH Aachen University, Germany, and has long been engaged in scientific research, engineering practice, and talent cultivation in the fields of maglev train dynamics and control. In recent years, he has presided over and participated in more than 10 national, provincial/ministerial-level, and industry collaborative key projects. He has contributed to the compilation of 2 international standards, published over 40 high-level papers, and been granted more than 10 invention patents. His research achievements have been honored with awards including the Second Prize of the Wu Wenjun AI Science and Technology Progress Award by the Chinese Association for Artificial Intelligence (CAAI).
He currently serves as a Youth Editorial Board Member for leading journals in the field such as Transportation Systems and Technology and Electric Drive for Locomotives, and as a reviewer for journals including IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, and Journal of Sound and Vibration. He is also a committee member of several professional organizations, including the Maglev Transportation Technology Committee of the World Transport Convention (WTC), the Youth Working Committee of the China Power Supply Society (CPSS), the Electromagnetic Compatibility Working Committee of the CPSS, and the Youth Working Committee on Maglev Technology and Vibration Control of the Chinese Society of Vibration Engineering (CSVE).
Education
2010/10-2014/12: RWTH Aachen University (Germany), Electrical Engineering, Dr. of Natural Science (Dr. rer. nat.)
2007/09-2010/04: Northwestern Polytechnical University, Applied Mathematics, Master
2003/09-2007/07: North Minzu University, Information and Computing Sciences, Bachelor
Experience
2024/09-Present: Tongji University, College of Transportation, Associate Professor
2022/01-2024/08: Tongji University, Maglev Transportation Engineering R&D Center, Associate Professor
2017/11-2021/12: Tongji University, Maglev Transportation Engineering R&D Center, Assistant Professor
2015/01-2017/07: Eindhoven University of Technology (the Netherlands), College of Electrical Engineering, Postdoc
Research interests
1.Uncertainty Quantification & Robust Control of Maglev Trains
2.Simulation & Optimization of Transport-Energy Network
Honors & Awards
[1]Second Prize for Innovation Award, Invention Entrepreneurship Award (China Invention Association), 2025
[2] Outstanding Mentor, Tongji University Student Innovation Base, 2023
[3] Outstanding Class Advisor for Undergraduates, Tongji University, 2021-2022 Academic Year
[4] Second Prize, Wu Wenjun Artificial Intelligence Science and Technology Progress Award (Chinese Association for Artificial Intelligence), 2021
[5] “The Good Teacher in My Heart” Award, Institute of Rail Transit and Urban Rail Transit, Tongji University, 2020
Publications
Dr. Ni. has published more than 40 papers in peer-reviewed top ranked journals and top-class international conferences. There are 5 selected articles as follows：
[1] Corresponding author, “Design of Feedback Control of Levitation System Excited by Track Irregularity for Targeting a Pre-specified Stationary Probability Density,” Journal of Sound and Vibration (2025).https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsv.2025.119071
[2] First author, “Physics-informed Machine Learning for Robust Inverse Problem Solving in Maglev Train Levitation Systems under Noisy Measurement,” Nonlinear Dynamics (2025).https://doi.org/10.1007/s11071-025-11549-7
[3] First author, “Global Fast Non-Singular Terminal Sliding Mode Control with Finite-Time Extended State Observer for Levitation Systems of High-Speed Maglev Train,” IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification (2025).https://doi.org/10.1109/TTE.2025.3579773
[4] First author, “Structural Safety Analysis of Electromagnetic Levitation System Subject to Track Irregularities,” IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, vol.34, no.8, pp.1-5, 2024.
[5] Corresponding author, “Data-driven Methods for the Inverse Problem of Suspension System Excited by Jump and Diffusion Stochastic Track Excitation,” International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics, vol.166, pp. 04819, 2024.