University of Glamorgan

Name:

Guoping Liu

Qualifications:

BEng, MEng, PhD, FIET, SMIEEE

Department:

Engineering

Phone Number:

++ 44 (0)1443 654023

Fax Number:

++ 44 (0)1443 482514

Email Address:

gpliu@glam.ac.uk

Room Number:

J417

Research Areas:

Networked Control Systems
Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicles
Industrial Advanced Control Applications
Nonlinear System Identification and Control
Intelligent, Adaptive and Robust Control
Condition Monitoring and Fault Detection
Multiobjective Optimisation and Control
Eigenstructure Assignment
Critical Control Systems

Teaching:

Mechatronics -- Automation and Control
Electrical Principles, Methods and Simulation
Final-year undergraduate projects

Education:

1989 - 1992: PhD, UMIST (now University of Manchester)
1982 - 1985: MEng, CSUT (now Central South University)
1978 - 1982: BEng, Central South Univ. of Technology (CSUT)

Empolyment:

2005 - present: Head of Research Unit, University of Glamorgan
2004 - present: Professor, University of Glamorgan, UK
2000 - 2003: Senior Lecturer, University of Nottingham, UK
1999 - 2000: Principal Engineer, ABB ALSTOM Power, UK
1998 - 1999: Senior Engineer, ALSTOM, UK
1996 - 1998: Senior Engineer, GEC-ALSTHOM, UK
1993 - 1996: Research Fellow, University of Sheffield, UK
1992 - 1993: Postdoctoral Researcher, University of York, UK
1987 - 1988: Lecturer, Central South Univ. of Tech., PRC
1985 - 1987: Teaching Assistant, Central South Univ. of Tech., PRC

Memberships:

Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Automation and Computing (2004 - present)

Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks (2009 – present)

Member of the IFAC Technical Committee on Networked Systems (2005-present)

Member of the EPSRC Peer Review College (2003 - present)

Fellow of the IET (2009-present)

Senior Member of the IEEE (1999-present)

Changjiang Scholar visiting professor of Harbin Institute of Technology (2008 - present)

Hundred-Talent Program visiting professor of Chinese Academy of Sciences (2001 - 2005)

President of the Chinese Automation and Computing Society in the UK (2001-2002)

President of the Association of Chinese Engineers in the UK (1997-1999)

General chair of the IEEE International Conference on Networking, Sensing and Control, London, 2007

Program co-chair of the UKACC International Conference on Control '08, Manchester, 2008

Conference Chairman of the Chinese Automation and Computing Conference in the UK, Nottingham, 2001

Projects (2004-):

Principal investigator for the following projects:

Multiobjective Optimisation and Control of Power Electronics Systems for Vehicle Hybridisation, funded by European Union Structural Funds and Aeristech Ltd., £70K, 2010-2013.

Advanced Battery Modelling & Simulation Package (ABMSP), funded by European Union Structural Funds and Atraverda Ltd., £70K, 2010-2013.

Modelling and Validation of Retrofit HGV Hybrid Systems, funded by EPSRC and Connaught Engineering Ltd., £86K, 2009-2012.

Refurbishment and Upgrading of Facilities of Two Control System Teaching Labs, funded by Higher Education Funding Council for Wales (HEFCW) and Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS), £72K, 2009-2010.

Fault prediction and reliability analysis of networked control systems, funded by The Royal Society and National Natural Science Foundation of China, £21K, 2009-2011.

Expansion and Upgrading of Power-train Research Lab Facilities for Advanced Control Technology of No-emission Vehicles, funded by Higher Education Funding Council for Wales (HEFCW) and Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS), £225K, 2008-2011.

Drive-by-Wire Steering systems for Niche Vehicles, funded by European Union Structural Funds (EUSF), Welsh Assembly Government (WAG) and 6 industrial companies, £268K, 2008-2010.

To research and develop a new asset maintenance and management software product, funded by the Economic & Social Research Council (ESRC), Department of Trade Industry (DTI) and Mayer Brown Ltd., £100K, 2007-2009.

To research and develop a new hybrid PV and wind source renewable energy product, funded by Technology Strategy Board (TSB), Welsh Assembly Government (WAG), and Energy Equipment Testing Services Ltd., £99K, 2007-2009.

Control Strategies in Rotary Dryers Dealing with Vegetal Products, funded by European Commission 6th Framework Programme (FP6), 1.1M Euros, 2006-2008.

Advanced Hydrogen Hybrid Midi Bus, funded by Energy Saving Trust (EST) and 5 industrial companies, £430K, 2006-2008.

Development of Future Automotive Technology Mobile Test Rig, funded by European Union Structural Funds (EUSF), Welsh Assembly Government (WAG) and 4 industrial companies, £335K, 2006-2008.

Advanced Real-Time Computer Modelling and Control of Industrial PEM Fuel Cells, funded by Higher Education Funding Council for Wales (HEFCW), £174K, 2006-2008.

Control of Networked Nonlinear Systems with Random Communication Delay, funded by Leverhulme Trust, £22K, 2006-2007.

Mobile Ad Hoc Sensor Networks Based on Multi-Robot Systems, funded by the Royal Society, £12K, 2006-2008.

Research and Development of New Capabilities in Transport System Modelling and Analysis, funded by Department of Trade Industry (DTI) and Mayer Brown Ltd., £163K, 2005-2009.

Development of a New Range of Wireless, Embedded Internet Based Products and Related Services, funded by Department of Trade Industry (DTI) and C&G Management Ltd., £130K, 2005-2008.

Investigation of Splicer Process Modelling Models Based on Novel Electronic Control Sequences for New Material Splicing, funded by EPSRC and GTW Developments Ltd., £70K, 2004-2008.

Internet Based Distributed Control of Biomimetic Robot Fish Systems, funded by The Royal Society, £18K, 2004-2005.

Co-investigator for the following projects:

To deliver an electronic control system for the optimal splicing of technically advanced fibres, funded by Welsh Assembly Government and GTW Developments Ltd., £38K, 2009-2010.

UK-China Network: Intelligent Automation, Computing and Manufacturing, funded by EPSRC, £60K, 2004-2008.

Capital Equipment for Automotive Sector, funded by Walsh Development Agency (WDA), £90K, 2005-2006.

Publications:

More than 400 publications include
    6 books
    2 edited books
159 journal papers
184 conference papers
    3 invited book chapters
  32 journal papers in Chinese
  31 conference papers in Chinese
    9 reports