Dr. Jing Zhou   Lecturer of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Qualifications

• PhD, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 2006
• B.Eng, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China, 2000

Areas of Expertise and Research

• Adaptive control, nonlinear control, robust control
• Estimation theory and observer design with applications
• Control applications to drilling and well systems
• Compensation of actuator and sensor nonlinearities: dead–zone, backlash, hysteresis, saturation, time–delays

Awards and Membership

• Finalist, Best Paper Award, J. Zhou, etc, "Nonlinear Adaptive Observer for Managed Pressure Drilling System", 6th IEEE Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications, China, 21–23 June, 2011
• Best Presentation in Session Award, J. Zhou, etc, "Nonlinear Adaptive Observer Control for a Riser Slugging System in Unstable Wells", American Control Conference, 11–13 June 2008
• IEEE Member

Professional Activities

• Member, International Program Committee, the 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th Chinese Control and Decision Conference, 2008~2012
• Member, International Program Committee, International Conference on Intelligent Control and Information Processing, Harbin, China, Jul. 25–28, 2011
• Member, International Program Committee, International Conference on Intelligent Control and Information Processing, Dalian, China, Aug 12–15, 2010
• Member, International Program Committee, IEEE Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications, Singapore , May 23–25, 2007
• Committee Member of Evaluation for PhD Thesis, Department of Engineering Cybernetics, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 2008 and 2011
• Chairman of Technical Session on a number of refereed international conferences.
• Service as a reviewer for a number of refereed journals and conferences, such as, Automatica, IEEE Trans. Automatic Control, IEE Trans. on Control Theory and Application, IEEE Trans. on Fuzzy Systems, IEEE Trans. on Control Systems Technology, IEEE Trans. on Industrial Electronics, Systems & Control Letters, International Journal of Control, International Journal of Adaptive Control and Signal Processing, CDC, ACC, IFAC, etc.

Topics for Prospective Ph.D Students - View ALL topics for Dr. Jing Zhou

Automatic control of dynamic systems
The purpose of this project is to develop advanced control methodologies for dynamic systems with uncertainties, to solve the long-standing engineering problems posed by imperfections of the actuators and sensors, and to obtain a systematic and unified methodology.

Intelligent control for managed pressure drilling
The objective of this research is to improve the ability of teams performing well planning and implementation decisions to perform in the face of new challenges.

Intelligent converter design for renewable energy power generators
The project will involve the theoretical analysis, design and construction of novel DC/AC converters that mimic the behaviour of synchronous generators together with their controllers.

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Research Topics

• Control theory including adaptive control, robust control, nonlinear control, decentralized control, neural network control
• Control of systems in presence of actuator and sensor nonlinearity (such as dead–zone, backlash, hysteresis), time–delay, saturation, failures
• Control applications to drilling and well systems, power systems, and robotic systems
• Parameter estimation with applications
• Observer design with applications

Selected Publications

Books and Book Chapters

1. Jing Zhou and C. Wen, "Adaptive Backstepping Control of Uncertain Systems: Nonsmooth Nonlinearities, Interactions or Time–Variations", Springer–Verlag, 2008.
2. Jing Zhou and C. Wen, "Backstepping Control", Industrial Electronics Handbook– Control and Mechatronics, Tayler & Francis, Feb. 2011
3. Jing Zhou and G. Nygaard, "Decentralized Adaptive Stabilization for Large–Scale Systems with Unknown Time–Delay", Time–Delay Systems, IN–TECH, Feb. 2011

Journal Papers

1. C. Wen, J. Zhou, Z.T. Liu and H.Y. Su, "Robust Adaptive Control of Uncertain Nonlinear Systems in the Presence of Input Saturation and External Disturbance", IEEE transactions on Automatic Control, Vol. 56, No. 7, pp.1672–1678, 2011
2. J. Zhou, O. Stamnes, O. M. Aamo, and G.–O. Kaasa, "Switched Control for Pressure Regulation and Kick Attenuation in a Managed Pressure Drilling System", IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, Vol. 19, No. 2, pp.337–350, 2011.
3. J. Zhou and C. Wen, "Control of MIMO Systems Using Adaptive Internal Model Principle with Backstepping Approach", Journal of Shandong University, 2009.
4. J. Zhou, C. Wen and W. Wang, "Adaptive Backstepping Control of Uncertain Systems with Unknown Input Time–Delay", Automatica, Vol. 45, pp. 1415–1422, 2009.
5. C. Wen, J. Zhou and W. Wang, "Decentralized Adaptive Backstepping Stabilization of Interconnected Systems with Dynamic Input and Output Interactions", Automatica, Vol. 45, No. 1, pp. 55–67, 2009.
6. J. Zhou and C. Wen, "Decentralized Backstepping Adaptive Output Tracking of Interconnected Nonlinear Systems", IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Vol. 53, No10, pp.2378–2384, 2008
7. J. Zhou, "Decentralized Adaptive Control for Large–Scale Time–Delayed Systems with Dead–Zone Input", Automatica,Vol.44, no7, pp. 1790–1799, 2008
8. G.–O. Kaasa, V. Alstad, J. Zhou and O. M. Aamo, "Nonlinear Control for a Riser–Slugging System in Unstable Wells", Journal of Modeling, Identification and Control, Vol. 28, No. 3, pp. 69–79, 2007
9. J. Zhou, C. Wen and C. J. Zhang, "Adaptive Control of a Piezo–Positioning Mechanism with Hysteresis", Transactions of the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering (Invited for the special issue on "Advances in Smart Structures"), Vol. 31, No.1, pp. 97–110, 2007
10. J. Zhou and M. J. Er, "Adaptive Output Control of a Class of Uncertain Chaotic Systems", Systems and Control Letters, Vol. 52, Issue 6, pp. 452–460, 2007
11. J. Zhou, C. J. Zhang and C. Wen, "Robust Adaptive Output Control of Uncertain Nonlinear Plants with Unknown Backlash Nonlinearity", IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Vol. 52, No.3, pp. 503–509, 2007
12. C. Wen and J. Zhou, "Decentralized Adaptive Stabilization in the Presence of Unknown Backlash–Like Hysteresis", Automatica, Vol. 43, pp. 426–440, 2007
13. J. Zhou and X. Z. Shen, "Robust Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Uncertain Plants with Unknown Dead–Zone", IEE Proceedings Control Theory & Applications, Vol.1, Issue 1, pp. 25–32, 2007
14. J. Zhou, M. J. Er and J. M. Zurada, "Adaptive Neural Network Control of Uncertain Nonlinear Systems with Non–smooth Actuator Nonlinearities", Neurocomputing, Vol. 70, Issues 4–6, pp.1062–1070, 2007
15. J. Zhou, C. Wen and W. Cai, "Adaptive Control of a Base Isolated System for Protection of Building Structures", Journal of Vibration and Acoustics–Transactions of the ASME, Vol. 128, pp. 261–268, 2006
16. J. Zhou, C. Wen and Y. Zhang, "Adaptive Output Control of Nonlinear Systems with Uncertain Dead–zone Nonlinearity", IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Vol. 51, No. 3, pp. 504–511, 2006
17. J. Zhou, C. Wen and Y. Zhang, "Adaptive Output Control of a Class of Time–varying Uncertain Nonlinear Systems", Journal of Nonlinear Dynamics and System Theory 5, No. 3, pp. 285–298, 2005
18. J. Zhou, C. Wen and Y. Zhang, "Adaptive Backstepping Control of a Class of Uncertain Nonlinear Systems with Unknown Backlash–Like Hysteresis", IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Vol. 49, No. 10, pp.1751–1757, 2004