Vehicle Technology Research Centre Staff and students

Dr Gengxin Zhang - Premixed Combustion Flame Instability Characteristics

• Miss Hua Min (06/2021-06/2025) - PhD project: Deep Reinforcement Learning for Real-time Control of Electrified Vehicles
• Mr. Xu He (09/2021-09/2025) - PhD project: Data-oriented intelligent development of the dedicated hybrid engine in the HEV
• Mr. Fanggang Zhang (11/2021-11/2025) - PhD project: Energy Management of Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles
• Mr. Chengqing Wen (01/2022-01/2026) - PhD project: Improvement of Energy Management System for Electric Vehicles
• Mr. Hongyu Sun (11/2022-11/2026) - PhD project: Path-planning and energy management control of the autonomous vehicle
• Mr. Abdul Azis Abdillah - (11/2022-11/2026) - PhD project: Observation and Prediction State Variables for the Lithium-ion Battery using Machine Learning
• Miss Shiyi Yin (03/2023-03/2027) - PhD project: Sustainable Traffic Management and Battery Efficiency
• Mr. Zhaofeng Gao (06/2024-06/2028) - PhD project: Optimal energy management strategies for hybrid electric vehicles
• Mr. Qirui Miao - (09/2024-09/2028) - PhD project: Adaptive engine and vehicle dynamics control systems based on learning algorithms for intelligent driving
• Mr. Yifan Xiong - (09/2023-09/2025) - MRes project: Game theorical traffic assignment
• Miss Shuo Wang (04/2024-04/2026) - MRes project: Development of predictive cold starting strategy for a fan cooling PEM fuel cell system based on the data-driven model

• Dr Sijin Guo- Wuhan University of Technology (China)

• Miss Dandan Wu (04/2024-04/2025) - PhD project: Traffic dynamic assignment based on game theory - Northwestern Polytechnical University (China)
• Miss Shuo Wang (01/2025-01/2026) - PhD project: Long-combination Vehicle Dynamics and Control - Tsinghua University (China)

• Dr Cetengfei Zhang - optimization of multi-mode hybrid vehicle - Research Fellow in Tongji University
• Dr Zeyu Sun - Battery thermal management - Research fellow in the University of Oxford
• Dr Bin Shuai - CAV and reinforcement learning based control - Research fellow in Tsinghua University
• Dr Yinglong He - Vehicle platoon control and optimization - Lecturer at University of Surrey
• Dr Ji Li - Man-machine system in electrified vehicles - Assistant Professor at University of Birmingham
• Dr Ziyang Li - GDI engine control and optimization - Project Manager at China National Petroleum Corporation
• Dr Quan Zhou - Design and control optimization of off-highway vehicles - Professor at Tongji University
• Dr Scott Cash - HEV modelling and control - Sr. Hybrid Powertrain Software Development Engineer at Czinger Vehicles
• Dr Yunfan Zhang - Calibration and optimization for dual-loop EGR system - Software engineer at JLR
• Dr Cheng Tan - Model based control for diesel engines - Senior Investment Manager at Huawei

• Dr Haoye Liu - Advanced Fuel and Engine Combustion - Professor at Tianjin University
• Dr Guoxiang Lu - Engine Production Development - Director of the Product R&D Centre at BYD Auto Industry Co
• Dr Wei Zhang - HEV energy management - Engineer at AVL
• Dr He Ma - optimal Feedback control for engines - Principal Engineer at TAE Power Solutions

Research fellow

• Dr Xiulan Song (04/2023-04/2024) - Intelligent connected vehicles - Associate Professor at Zhejiang University of Technology

PhD Students

• Mr Kun Jiang (02/2024-08/2024) - PhD project: Multi-agent reinforcement learning- Southeast University (China) - Offer pending
• Miss Yiqi Jia (02/2024-06/2024) - PhD project: Diagnostic and prognostics for Lithium-ion batteries - Politecnico di Milano (Italy) - Offer pending
• Dr Yanhong Wu (03/2023-03/2024) - PhD project: Data-Driven Multi-Objective Predictive Control for Electric Vehicular Platoon - Tianjin University (China) - Offer pending
• Dr Zhong ren (01/2023-01/2024) - PhD project: Intelligent control algorithm for new energy vehicle power system - Wuhan University of Technology (China) – Lecturer at Xihua University (China)
• Dr Jinhai Wang (04/2022-04/2023) - PhD project: New energy vehicle power control - Wuhan University of Technology (China) - Offer pending
• Dr Zhou Ze (09/2021-09/2022) - PhD project: Dynamic Collision Behaviors of a Hydrous Ethanol Droplet on a Heated Surface - Wuhan University of Technology (China) - Offer pending
• Dr Wan Chen (09/2021-09/2022) - PhD project: Acoustic engineering optimisation - Wuhan University of Science and Technology (China) – Postdoc Research Fellow at Wuhan University of Technology
• Dr Mengzhu Zhang (03/2019-03/2021) -Vehicle engine emission control and optimisation - Beijing Institute of Technology (China) - Faculty member at Beijing Institute of Technology