PEOPLE:Research Group

Jinfeng Liu Professor Department of Chemical & Materials Engineering University of Alberta 13-269 Donadeo Innovation Center for Engineering 9211-116 Street, Edmonton, AB, CANADA T6G 1H9 Phone: +1-780-492-1317 Email: jinfeng@ualberta.ca PhD (2011) in Chemical Engineering, University of California at Los Angeles MSc (2006), BSc (2003) in Control Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University

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CURRENT MEMBERS

• Song Bo (PhD student, 2021 - present)
• Bernard Twum Agyeman (PhD student, 2020 - present)
• Zhiyinan Huang (PhD student, 2019 - present)
• Sarupa Debnath (PhD student, 2019 - present)
• Lingzhi Zhang (Visiting PhD, 2022 - present)
• Wentao Liu (Visiting PhD, 2022 - present)
• Jiwei Wen (Visiting professor, 2023 - present)

ALUMNI

PhD

• Benjamin Decardi-Nelson, PhD, 2022 (Postdoc, Cornell).
  Thesis: Graph-based Computation of Control Invariant Sets: Algorithms, Analysis and Applications
• Soumya Sahoo, PhD, 2022 (NTWIST).
  Thesis: Model Reduction and Remote Sensing for Precision Irrigation Applications
• Guoyang Yan, PhD, 2020 (Hangzhou AIMS Intelligent Technology).
  Thesis: Limits of Control Performance for Networked Control Systems with Random Communication Delays.
• Jannatun Nahar, PhD, 2019 (EPCOR).
  Thesis: Closed-loop Irrigation Scheduling and Control.
• Xunyuan Yin, PhD, 2018 (Assistant Professor, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore).
  Thesis: Subsystem Decomposition and Distributed State Estimation of Nonlinear Process Networks.
• Su Liu, PhD, 2017 (General Electric).
  Thesis: Economic Model Predictive Control with Extended Horizon.
• Mohammad Rashedi, PhD, 2016 (Amgen).
  Thesis: Distributed Adaptive High-Gain Extended Kalman Filtering For Nonlinear Systems.
• Bardia Hassanzadeh, PhD, 2015 (NTWIST).
  Thesis: Price-Driven Coordination of Distributed Model Predictive Controllers.

MSc and MEng

• Sandra Obiri, MSc, 2023 (Halliburton).
  Thesis: State Estimation and Control of mAb Production Processes
• Erfan Orouskhani, MSc, 2022 (Suncor Energy).
  Thesis: Soil Moisture and Hydraulic Parameter Estimation and Remote Sensing for Precision Irrigation
• Aristarchus Gnanasekar, MSc, 2021 (Spartan Controls).
  Thesis: Modeling and Control of Hemodialysis Systems for Better Treatment Management of Chronic Kidney Disease Patients
• Bernard Agyeman, MSc, 2020 (PhD student, University of Alberta).
  Thesis: Soil Moisture Map Construction by Sequential Data Assimilation Using an Extended Kalman Filter
• Song Bo, MSc, 2020 (PhD student, University of Alberta).
  Thesis: Parameter and State Estimation of Infiltration Processes: A Simultaneous Approach.
• Nirav Raiyani, MEng, 2020 (NTWIST).
• Rui Nian, MSc, 2019 (Spartan Controls).
  Thesis: Machine Learning for Industrial Processes: Prediction, Monitoring, and Adaptive Control.
• An Zhang, MSc, 2019 (Fusion Analytics).
  Thesis: Economic MPC of Wastewater Treatment Plants: Distributed Computing and Model Reduction.
• Nirwair Bajwa, MSc, 2018 (Stantec).
  Thesis: Hemoglobin Modeling and Simulation for Anemia Management in Chronic Kidney Disease.
• Jayson McAllister, MSc, 2017 (Spartan Controls).
  Thesis: Modeling and Control of Hemoglobin for Anemia Management in Chronic Kidney Disease.
• Tianrui An, MSc, 2016 (Amazon).
  Thesis: Coordinated Distributed Moving Horizon State Estimation for Linear Systems.
• Kevin Arulmaran, MSc, 2017 (True North Solutions).
  Thesis: Estimation and Control of Froth Flotation Units.
• Jing Zhang, MSc, 2014 (Finning).
  Thesis: Distributed Moving Horizon State Estimation of Nonlinear Systems.
• Shuning Li, MSc, 2013 (Wave Control Systems Ltd.).
  Thesis: Computational Properties of Unconstrained Linear Distributed Model Predictive Control.

Visiting PhD

• Tiange Yang, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 2023
• Zhuangyu Liu, Jiangnan University, 2021 - 2023
• Long Wu, Southeast University, 2020 - 2023
• Tianhao Mou, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 2022 - 2023
• Siyu Liu, Jiangnan University, 2020 - 2023
• Haojie Sun, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2019 - 2021
• Qian Guo, Jiangsu University, 2019 - 2020
• Qinyao Liu, Jiangnan University, 2019 - 2020
• Jianbang Liu, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2018 - 2020
• Angang Chen, Donghua University, 2018 - 2019
• Yi Zhang, Southeast University, 2018 - 2019
• Mengzhi Wang, Beijing Institute of Technology, 2017 - 2018
• Yawen Mao, Jiangnan University, 2016 - 2018
• Jinghan Cui, North China Electric Power University, 2017 - 2018
• Syed Asad Hussain, City University of Hong Kong, 2017

Visiting Scholars and Postdocs

• Wei Xie, Visiting professor, 2019
• Xiaoqiang Zhao, Visiting professor, 2018 - 2019
• Xunyuan Yin, Postdoctoral fellow, 2018 - 2019 (Assistant Professor, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
• Langwen Zhang，Visiting professor, 2018 - 2019
• Aimin An, Visiting professor, 2018 - 2019
• Su Liu, Postdoctoral fellow, 2017 - 2018 (General Electric)
• Lothar Berger, Visiting Professor, 2018.
• Fariborz Kiasi, Postdoctoral fellow, 2015 (TPC Group)
• Ridong Zhang, Visiting professor, 2017
• Bin Wei, Visiting professor, 2016 - 2017
• Shurong Hao, Visiting professor, 2014 - 2015
• Jun Xu, Visiting professor, 2015
• Jing Zeng, Visiting professor, 2014 - 2015, 2016
• Ouguan Xu, Visiting professor, 2013 - 2014