Members of the Group
“You can't have a goal without determination, because without the determination the goal will die.”
Patrick Turner
Principal Investigator | |
| Zhihong Yuan Associate Professor Department of Chemical Engineering Tsinghua University Beijing 100084, P. R. China
Office: Gongwu Building, Room 347 Phone: 010-62796764 Fax: 010-62770304 Email: zhihongyuan@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn
|
Professional Experience:
· Associate Professor, 2020-
· Assistant Professor, 2016-2020.
· Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Chemical Engineering, Auburn University, 2014-2016.
· Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 2011-2014.
Education:
· Ph.D., Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tsinghua University, 2011. Thesis: “Controllability Analysis of Chemical Processes for Inherently Safer Design”.
· Advisor: Professor Bingzhen Chen.
· M.Sc., Control Science and Engineering, China University of Petroleum (Beijing), 2008.
· B. Sc., Automation, China University of Petroleum (East China), 2005.
Research Interests:
· Data-driven Automated Discovery of Modeling
· Multi-Scale Optimization under Uncertainty
· Autonomous Decision-Making and Control for Future Sustainable Manufacturing
· Energy Systems Engineering towards Carbon Neutrality
Professional Services:
· Member, Scientific Committee & Organization Committee, Chinese Annual Process Systems Engineering Conference, Wuhan, Hubei, 2021
· Member, Scientific Committee, the 30th European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering (ESCAPE-31), Istanbul, Turkey, 2021.
· Member, Scientific Committee, the 30th European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering (ESCAPE-30), Milano, Italy, 2020.
· Member, Scientific Committee & Organization Committee, Chinese Annual Process Systems Engineering Conference, Chongqing, 2020.
· Member, Scientific Committee & Organization Committee, Chinese Annual Process Systems Engineering Conference, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 2019
· Member, International Scientific Committee, the 3rd International Conference on Functional Materials and Chemical Engineering (ICFMCE 2019), 2019
· Member, Scientific Committee, the 29th European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering (ESCAPE-29), Eindhoven, Netherland, 2019.
· Member, Scientific Committee, the 28th European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering (ESCAPE-28), Graz, Austria, 2018.
· Member, International Scientific Committee, the 2nd International Conference on Functional Materials and Chemical Engineering (ICFMCE 2018), 2018
· Member, Scientific Committee & Organization Committee, Chinese Annual Process Systems Engineering Conference, Xining, Qinghai, 2018
· Co-Chairman, Session “Data-Driven and Hybrid Modeling for Decision Making II”, AIChE Annual Meeting, Boston, 2021.
· Chairman, Session “Artificial Intelligence in Chemical Engineering”, the 2019 Sino-Japan Joint Chemical Engineering Conference, Tokyo, 2019.
· Chairman, Session “Energy, Water, Food, Waste Nexus 3”, the 13th International Symposium on Process Systems Engineering, San Diego, United States, 2018.
· Chairman, Session “Environmental, Social, and Risk Models”, the 28th European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering (ESCAPE-28), Graz, Austria, 2018.
· Co-Chairman, Session “Meta Models and Multi-Scale Models”, the 28th European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering (ESCAPE-28), Graz, Austria, 2018.
· Chairman, Session “Modeling and Simulation of Chemical Processes”, Chinese Annual Process Systems Engineering Conference, Xining, Qinghai, 2018
· Chairman, Session “Big Data Analytics and IIOT in Chemical Engineering”, the 2017 Sino-Japan Joint Chemical Engineering Conference, Beijing, 2017.
· Co-Chairman, Session “Industrial Applications in Design and Operations”, AIChE Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, 2017.
Graduate Students |
 | Jiawen Wei Research Topic: Data-driven Modeling and Optimization · B. Sc., Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, July, 2017. · Ph. D Candidate, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, 2017~. · Co-supervised with Prof Bingzhen Chen |
 | Yue Li Research Topic: Sustainable Manufacturing under Uncertainty · B. Sc., Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, July, 2017. · Ph. D Candidate, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, 2017~. · Co-supervised with Prof Bingzhen Chen |
 | Enzhi Liang Research Topic: Dynamic Optimization under Uncertainty · B. Sc., Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, July, 2018. · Ph. D Candidate, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, 2018~. |
 | Lifeng Zhang Research Topic: Enterprise-wide Optimization under Uncertainty · B. Sc., Chemical Engineering, Sichuan University, July, 2018. · Ph. D Candidate, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, 2018~. · Co-supervised with Prof Bingzhen Chen
|
 | Zhiquan Wang Research Topic: (Dynamic) Real-Time Optimization · B. Sc., Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, July, 2018. · Ph. D Candidate, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, 2018~. · Co-supervised with Prof Bingzhen Chen |
 | Haoyang Hu Research Topic: Learning based Control for Modular Manufacturing · B. Sc., Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, July, 2019. · Ph. D Candidate, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, 2019~. |
 | Runzhe Liang Research Topic: Autonomous Optimization for Modular Manufacturing · B. Sc., Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, July, 2019. · Ph. D Candidate, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, 2019~. · Co-supervised with Prof Bingzhen Chen
|
 | Wenhui Yang Research Topic: Flexible Reconfigurable Manufacturing · B. Sc., Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, July, 2019. · Ph. D Candidate, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, 2019~. · Co-supervised with Prof Bingzhen Chen |
 | Congqin Ge Research Topic: Reconfigurable Manufacturing of Fine Chemicals · B. Sc., Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, July, 2020. · Ph. D Student, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, 2020~. |
 | Yuxuan Xu Research Topic: Learning to Optimize · B. Sc., Chemical Engineering, Sichuan University, July, 2021. · Ph. D Student, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, 2021~. |
 | Yunke Bai Research Topic: Autonomous Discovery of Functional Molecules · B. Sc., Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, July, 2021. · Master Student, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, 2021~. |
 | Shunmei Wu Research Topic: Future Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing · B. Sc., Biochemical Engineering, Xiamen University, July, 2022 (Expected). · Ph. D Student, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, 2022(Expected)~. |
 | Yueheng Han Research Topic: AI Accelerated Additive Manufacturing · B. Sc., Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, July, 2022 (Expected). · Master Student, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, 2022(Expected)~. |
 | Weigu Wen Research Topic: Intelligent Electrochemical Platform · B. Sc., Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, July, 2022 (Expected). · Master Student, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, 2022(Expected)~. · Co-supervised with Prof Kai Wang |
Undergraduate Students |
Group Alumni
| Ying Chen Thesis: Superstructure-based Modeling and Optimization Algorithm for Process Synthesis under Uncertainty · B. Sc., Chemical Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), 2016. · Ph. D., Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tsinghua University, 2021. · Current Position: Sinopec Research Institute of Petroleum Processing.
|
| Botong Liu Thesis: Distributionally Robust Optimization Algorithm for Process Systems under Uncertainty · B. Sc., Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 2014. · M. Sc., Chemical Engineering, Tianjin University, 2017. · Ph. D., Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tsinghua University, 2021. · Current Position: Nanjing Tech University.
|
|
Liang Wang Thesis: Dynamic Modeling and Parameter Estimation of Industrial Methanol-to-Olefins Process · B. Sc., Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, 2018. · M. Sc., Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, 2021. · Current Position: ByteDance, Beijing.
|
