Title: A sustainable transport system for future air transport

 

Brief CV: Yong Kang Chen is a Reader and leader of Mechanical Group in the School of Engineering and Technology at the University of Hertfordshire, leading the research in sustainable energy technologies and CFD/FEM simulations. He gained a BEng and an MSc from Taiyuan University of Technology followed by a PhD from the University of Birmingham. His research interests include renewable energy technologies, such as novel wind turbines for urban areas, sustainable airship for transport, fuel cells and nano-materials. He has published more than 70 refereed papers and a wide range of projects have been funded by EPSRC, TSB, EU FP7 and industry with over £1.0 million. He was invited to give a plenary speech in International Conference on Sensors, Measurement and Intelligent Materials in 2012. He also has been a committee member of a few international conferences. He is the Guest Editor of International Journal of Modelling, Identification and Control and Editorial Board Member, Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering. He holds a Fellowshipof Institution of Mechanical Engineers.

 

 

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Title: Chaos in electrical and electromechanical systems : Analysis and control

 

Brief CV: Prof. Moez Feki received his Bachelor's degree and Master's degree both in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Bilkent University, Turkey in 1995 and 1997. Next, he obtained a PhD degree in Applied Mathematics from Université de Metz France in 2001. Until 2004 he was a post-doc student in the Electrical, Electronics and Automation department of Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, France. Currently, Moez Feki is a Professor in the Ecole Supérieure des Science et de la Technologie de Hammam-Sousse Tunisia and carrying his research activities in the Control and Energy Management Laboratory of the Engineering School of Sfax. His research interests include non-linear control theory, with emphasis on analysis, control and synchronization of chaotic systems. Moez Feki is the author of 7 book chapters and more than 30 journal papers and 40 conference papers.

 

 

 

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Title: Synthesis and optimisation of dynamic performance of high speed mechanisms

 

Brief CV: Professor M. Necip Sahinkaya is the Head of School of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering at Kingston University London, and a visiting professor at the University of Bath. He received his doctorate in 1979 from the University of Sussex. Following periods at the Universities of Sussex, Strathclyde and Bath, he moved to industry in 1988. He re-joined the University of Bath in 2000 as a Reader in Mechanical Engineering, and then moved to Kingston University London in 2013 as a Professor of Mechanical Engineering. He is Fellow of IMechE and Associate Editor for the IMechE Proceedings Part I. He was Chair of the Organising Committee for the UKACC Control 2004 conference. He has experience in developing interdisciplinary research involving collaborative projects as well as individual research activity. He has made seminal contributions to the study of machine systems, inverse dynamic analysis, dynamics, control and modelling of nonlinear multi-physics systems, and robotics. He pioneered an adaptive control technique using magnetic bearings to control vibrations in rotating machines. His research in the dynamics and control of complex non-linear mechatronic systems has been recognised through prizes and awards including the IMechE William Sweet Smith Prize in 1990, the Thomas Bernard Hall Prize in 2006, and the PE Publishing Prize of the Journal of Power and Energy (IMechE) in 2009. He is a member of the ISO TC108/SC2/WG7 Committee on Vibration of Active Magnetic Bearing Equipped Rotating Machinery. His research has been supported by various grants from Research Councils and industry. He has published over 130 journal and conference papers.

 

 

 

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Talk- Research group presentation (30min) :

 

 

Brief CV: Dr. Lijie Jiang， research fellow, director of Editorial Department of Hebei University of Science and Technology ，executive deputy editor both Journal of Hebei Science & Technology(http://xuebao.hebust.edu.cn/hbkjdxen/ch/index.aspx) and Hebei Journal of Industrial Science & Technology(http://keji.hebust.edu.cn/hbgykjen/ch/index.aspx), vice chairman of Hebei University Journal Research Society, council member of Society of China University Journal.