Education

2014.09–2017.12

Ph.D. in Mechatronic Engineering, School of Mechanical Engineering, Tongji University (Engineering Doctorate)

2018.11–2021.03

Postdoctoral Researcher, National Maglev Transportation Engineering R&D Center, Tongji University

2020.01–2020.04

Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Experience

2021.03–2024.08

Associate Professor / PhD Supervisor, Institute of Rail Transit, Tongji University

2024.08–Present

Associate Professor / PhD Supervisor, National Maglev Transportation Engineering R&D Center, College of Transportation, Tongji University

Research Interests

Dynamics and Control of Transportation Systems, encompassing maglev trains, underactuated robots, wave compensation systems, and machine vision applications. Specialized in nonlinear dynamics, intelligent control (reinforcement learning, deep neural networks, adaptive fuzzy systems), and traffic salient object detection.

Selected Research Projects

1.National Natural Science Foundation for Excellent Young Scientists (Category B) [Formerly Excellent Young Scientists Fund], No. 52522217, ¥2M, 2026/01–2028/12, Principal Investigator (Ongoing).

2.National Natural Science Foundation of China Special Program "AI-Empowered Frontier Exploration in Engineering Science", ¥900K, 2025/01–2026/12, Principal Investigator (1 of 15 nationwide approvals).

3.National Natural Science Foundation of China General Program: "Collaborative Levitation and Fault-Tolerant Control for High-Speed Maglev Vehicles with Multi-Electromagnet Competition Phenomena", 2023/01–2026/12, Principal Investigator (Ongoing).

4.National Natural Science Foundation of China Youth Program: "Memory-Based Stability Control for Maglev Systems with Time-Delay Effects", 2020/01–2022/12, Principal Investigator (Completed).

5.National Natural Science Foundation of China Key Program: "Theories and Technologies for Non-Contact Stable Operation of 600 km/h High-Speed Maglev Vehicle-Track Systems", No. 52232013, ¥2.69M, 2023/01–2027/01, Task Leader (Ongoing).

6.China’s 14th Five-Year National Key R&D Program Subproject: "Modeling and Coupling Mechanisms of 600 km/h Maglev Vehicle-Magnet-Track Systems", ¥300K, 2024/01–2027/06, Principal Investigator (Ongoing).

7.Shanghai STIPM Soft Science Youth Program, 2022/03–2023/02, Principal Investigator (Completed).

8.China Postdoctoral Science Foundation Special Grant (In-Station), ¥180K, 2020/08–2021/03, Principal Investigator (Completed).

9.China Postdoctoral Science Foundation General Grant, ¥80K, 2019/05–2021/03, Principal Investigator (Completed).

10.Shanghai "Super Postdoc" Incentive Program, ¥300K, 2018/12–2020/12, Principal Investigator (Excellently Completed).

11.Open Fund of National Key Laboratory of High-Speed Maglev Transportation Technology (Major), ¥70K, 2023/11–2025/11, Principal Investigator.

12.Open Project of State Key Laboratory of Traction Power, ¥100K, 2022/01–2023/12, Principal Investigator (Completed).

13.Open Fund of State Key Laboratory of Rail Transit Infrastructure Performance Monitoring and Assurance, ¥50K, 2024/01–2025/12, Principal Investigator.

14.MOE Industry-Education Collaboration Program: "Experimental Platform for High-Efficiency Synchronous Reluctance Motor Traction Systems", ¥240K, 2021/10–2022/10, Principal Investigator.

15. Fundamental Research Funds for Central Universities: "Vibration Energy Harvesting Technologies for Rail Transit Infrastructure", No. 22120220466, ¥200K, 2022/01–2023/11, Principal Investigator (Completed).

Authorized Patents(Top 5 of 21 Granted Inventions)

36 invention patents filed, 21 authorized.

1.Lead Inventor: Event-Triggered Predictive Control Method for Multi-Suspension Systems in Maglev Trains.

2.Lead Inventor: Distributed Model Predictive Control Technology for Maglev Vehicle Levitation.

3.Lead Inventor: Control Method, System, Electronic Device, and Storage Medium for Maglev Vehicles.

4.Lead Inventor: Levitation Module Structure for Medium/Low-Speed Maglev Vehicles.

5.Lead Inventor: Redundancy-Enabled Running Gear for Medium/Low-Speed Maglev Vehicles.

Honors & Awards

1.2024.07, the Second Prize of Shanghai Natural Science Award, Shanghai Municipal People's Government (First Contributor)

2.2020.12, the Second Prize of Shanghai Technological Invention Award, Shanghai Municipal People's Government (5/10)

3.2024.09, the Second Prize of Hubei Science and Technology Progress Award, The People's Government of Hubei Province (Publicly Announced)

4.2025, MIT Technology Review Innovators Under 35 China, MIT Technology Review (MIT TR35)

5.2025.01, Shanghai Science & Technology 35 Under 35, Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Committee

6.2024, World's Top 2% Most-Cited Scientists, Elsevier & Stanford University

7.2022.01, the Second Prize of Wu Wenjun Artificial Intelligence Science and Technology Progress Award, Chinese Association for Artificial Intelligence (3/14)

8.2023.10, Zhan Tianyou Railway Science and Technology Youth Award, Zhantianyou Development Foundation for Science and Technology

9.2023.04, Science and Technology Innovation Youth Award, China Transportation Association

10.2022.04, May 4th Medal for Railway Youth, All-China Railway Youth League Committee (National Award)

11.2022.07, Science and Technology Think Tank Youth Talent Program, China Association for Science and Technology

12.2023.12, Gusu Leading Talent Award, Suzhou Municipal Talent Office

13.2024.07, the Second Prize of China Invention Association Invention and Entrepreneurship Award, China Invention Association (3/5)

14.2023.04, the Second Prize of China Industry-University-Research Collaboration Innovation Achievement Award, China Industry-University-Research Collaboration Promotion Association (3/10)

15.2018.12, Shanghai Super Postdoctoral Incentive Program, Shanghai Municipal Human Resources and Social Security Bureau

16.2022.02, Outstanding Postdoctoral Researcher of Tongji University, Tongji University

17.2021, Best Paper Award, 10th International Multi-Conference on Engineering and Technology Innovation (IMETI 2021)

18.2021, Best Presentation Award, International Conference on Applied Nonlinear Dynamics, Vibration, and Control (ICANDVC 2021)

19.2022.12, Youth Outstanding Paper Award, Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Society

20.2021-2022, Outstanding Class Advisor Award, Tongji University

21.2024, Outstanding Instructor Award, China International College Student Innovation Competition

22.2024, Outstanding Instructor Award, Shanghai Female College Students Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition

23. 2022, Excellent Graduation Thesis Advisor Award, Tongji University (Single Recipient in the College)

Publications

Has published over 100 academic papers, including 46 SCI-indexed journal papers as first/corresponding author, 8 EI-indexed journal papers in publications such as the Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering, with 10 papers (previously) selected as ESI Hot/Highly Cited Papers (including 1 Hot Paper), and 3 papers included in the National Railway Administration's Major Scientific and Technological Innovation Achievements Database. Selected publications include:

Year 2025

[1] Corresponding author,“Applications of Machine Learning in Real-Time Control Systems: A Review” [J].Measurement Science and Technology, 2025,36 012003(SCI, Invited review article, Student first-authored, ESI Highly Cited)

[2] First Author,Robust Control for Suspension System of Maglev Train Considering Parametric Uncertainty and Unidirectional Input Constraint [J],IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2025.3571360.(JCR Q1)

[3] Corresponding author, "Data Driven Fuzzy Sliding Mode Observer-Based Control Strategy for Time-Varying Suspension System of 12/14 Bearingless SRM,"IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, , vol. 33, no. 1, pp. 145-155, Jan. 2025. (CAS Q1 TOP journal, IF=11.9, ESI Highly Cited)

[4] Corresponding author, "Intelligent Fault-Tolerant Control for High-Speed Maglev Transportation Based on Error-Driven Adaptive Fuzzy Online Compensator,"IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, doi: 10.1109/TITS.2025.3549624.(CAS Q2 TOP journal, IF=8.4)

[5] Corresponding author, "Multiple Models-Based Fault Tolerant Control of Levitation Module of Maglev Vehicles Against Partial Actuator Failures,"IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 74, no. 2, pp. 2231-2240, Feb. 2025.(CAS Q2 TOP journal, IF=6.1, ESI Highly Cited)

[6] A safety evaluation method based on gating model & generalized zero-shot learning for industrial process[J].Reliability Engineering & System Safety，2025，doi.org/10.1016/j.ress.2025.111455(CAS Q1 TOP journal)

[7] Other Author, "Adaptive Prescribed-Time Optimal Control for Flexible-Joint Robots via Reinforcement Learning,"IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems, vol. 55, no. 4, pp. 2633-2643, April 2025.

[8] Other Author, "Mask Privacy Preservation Prescribed-Time Consensus Control for Nonlinear Multi-Agent Systems,"IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, vol. 22, pp. 11554-11563, 2025.

[9] First author,Fault-tolerant control for levitation systems of high-speed maglev train based on diversified basis neural networks,Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering,vol. 25, no. 2, pp. 61-74, 2025.

[10] First author, Fuzzy Compensation-Based Non-Singular Terminal Sliding Mode Control of Maglev Vehicle Levitation System,Xinan Jiaotong Daxue Xuebao/Journal of Southwest Jiaotong University,vol. 60, no. 4, pp. 803-811, 2025.

[11] Robust Model Predictive Control of Maglev Systems under Random Irregularities and Multiple Constraints" [J].Journal of the China Railway Society.(Accepted)

Year 2024

[1] First author, "Cooperative Model Predictive Levitation Control for Two-Points Electromagnetic Levitation System of High-Speed Maglev Vehicle,"IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles, doi: 10.1109/TIV.2023.3329073.(CAS Q1 TOP journal, IF=14.3)

[2] Corresponding author, "TFGNet: Traffic Salient Object Detection Using a Feature Deep Interaction and Guidance Fusion,"IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 2024, vol. 25, no. 3, pp. 3020-3030.(CAS Q2 TOP journal, IF=7.9)

[3] Corresponding author, "Adaptive Fuzzy Super-twisting Sliding Mode Control for the Multi-electromagnets Levitation System of Maglev Vehicles: Design and Experiments,"IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles, doi: 10.1109/TIV.2024.3463632. (CAS Q1 TOP journal, IF=14.3, Student first-authored)

[4] First author, "Bio-InsPrincipal Investigatorred Secondary Levitation Structure Design for High-Temperature Superconducting Maglev Train,"IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, vol. 34, no. 8, pp. 1-5, Nov. 2024.

[5] Corresponding author, "Salient Object Detection Network With Selection Mechanism for Consumer Electronics Imaging Systems,"IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics, vol. 70, no. 1, pp. 3403-3413, Feb. 2024.

[6] Corresponding author, "Knowledge Distillation With Fast CNN for License Plate Detection,"IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles, doi: 10.1109/TIV.2023. 3330164.(CAS Q1 TOP journal, IF=14.3)

[7] Corresponding author, "Enhancing IIoT Vision Data Transmission and Processing via Spatial Difference Attention-Guided Saliency Detection,"IEEE Internet of Things Journal, doi: 10.1109/JIOT. 2023.3343758(CAS Q1 TOP journal, IF=8.9)

[8] Corresponding author, "Diversified Basis Functions-based Fault-tolerant Control for Electromagnetic Levitation System,"IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, doi: 10.1109/TASC.2024.3420333.(SCI, Student first-authored)

[9] "Model-independent Robust Control for Electromagnetic Suspension Systems of Maglev Vehicles,"IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, doi: 10.1109/TASC.2024.3420213.(SCI, Student first-authored)

Year 2023

[1] First author, A Fuzzy-Logic System-Based Cooperative Control for the Multi-Electromagnets Suspension System of Maglev Trains with Experimental Verification [J],IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, 2023, doi: 10.1109/TFUZZ.2023.3257036.(CAS Q1 TOP journal, IF=11.9, Citation count: 66, ESI Highly Cited )

[2] First author, Dynamic analysis and vibration control for a maglev vehicle-guideway coupling system with experimental verification[J].Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 2023, 188: 109954.(CAS Q1 TOP journal, IF=8.9)

[3] First author, "Adaptive fault-tolerant control of high-speed maglev train suspension system with partial actuator failure: design and experiments,"Journal of Zhejiang University-Science A, vol. 24, no. 3, pp. 272-283, Mar 2023.

[4] First author, "Adaptive neural network control for maglev vehicle systems with time-varying mass and external disturbance," Neural Computing & Applications, vol. 35, no. 17, pp. 12361-12372, 2023.

[5] Corresponding author, "Control Methods for Levitation System of EMS-Type Maglev Vehicles: An Overview," Energies, vol. 16, no. 7, 2023.(Student first-authored, SCI, Invited review article)

Other in the past five years

[1] First author, RBF Neural Network-Based Supervisor Control for Maglev Vehicles on an Elastic Track with Network Time-Delay [J],IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, 2022, 18(1): 509-519.(CAS Q1 TOP journal, Citation count: 152,ESI Highly Cited , ESI Hot Paper, IF=9.9)

[2] First author, Adaptive neural-fuzzy robust position control scheme for maglev train systems with experimental verification [J].IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 2019, 66(11): 8589-8599. (CAS Q1 TOP journal, Citation count: 169,ESI Highly Cited , IF=7.2)

[3] First author, Deep Learning Based Semi-Supervised Control for Vertical Security of Maglev Vehicle With Guaranteed Bounded Airgap [J],IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 2021, 22(7): 4431-4442.(CAS Q2 TOP journal, Citation count: 120,ESI Highly Cited , IF=8.4)

[4] First author, Internet of Things-based online condition monitor and improved adaptive fuzzy control for a medium-low-speed maglev train system[J].IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics,2020, 16(4): 2629-2639.(CAS Q1 TOP journal, Citation count: 113,ESI Highly Cited , IF=9.9)

[5] First author, Reinforcement Learning-based Optimal Tracking Control for Levitation System of Maglev Vehicle with Input Time Delay[J].IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, 2022.71:1-13, Art no. 7500813.(CAS Q2 TOP journal, Citation count: 112,ESI Highly Cited)