Current Roles

Academic Appointment

Associate Professor

School of Systems and Computing, UNSW Canberra.

Research Leadership

Inaugural Director

Resilient Intelligent Systems and Engineering Research Hub.

Teaching Leadership

Postgraduate Course Coordinator

Systems Engineering at UNSW Canberra.

Appointments

Period Role Institution Focus
2025-present Associate Professor UNSW Canberra AI, resilient systems, energy, systems engineering.
2021-2025 Senior Lecturer UNSW Canberra Systems and Computing.
2019-2021 Lecturer UNSW Canberra Systems engineering and intelligent systems.
2016-2019 Research Associate ETH Zurich Reliability, resilience, and engineered networks.

Awards

2024

IEEE SMC Early Career Award

Fourth awardee since 2014.

2024

Gold Medal, China International College Student Innovation Competition

Top 50 of 12,063 projects, as supervisor.

2024

Excellent Paper Award

20th IEEE International Conference on E-Business Engineering (ICEBE), Shanghai, China.

2024

Best Oral Presentation Award

The 6th International Conference on System Reliability and Safety Engineering, Hangzhou, China.

2023

Visiting Research Fellowship

Pre-award of Jean d'Alembert Pour Fellowship, France.

2022

Best Presentation Award

IEEE 5th Student Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems, Korea.

2021

Arc PGC Supervisor Award

Postgraduate supervision recognition.

2021

IEEE SMC Outstanding Chapter Award

Chair: Fangbao Tian; Co-Chairs: Huadong Mo and Daoyi Dong.

2021

Best Paper Award

International Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems, Korea.

2019

Alumni Achievement

City University of Hong Kong.

2017

Outstanding Paper Award

IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, Singapore.

2013-15

Outstanding Academic Performance Award for Research Degree Students

City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong; 107,240 HKD.

2012

Outstanding Graduate

University of Science and Technology of China.

Service

Outstanding Reviewer

Recognised by two SCI Q1 journals.

Education

2016

PhD, Systems Engineering and Engineering Management

City University of Hong Kong.

2012

BE, Automation

University of Science and Technology of China.

Research and Service Profile

  • Research interests include AI, clean energy, energy systems, and life-cycle asset management.
  • Author of more than 120 publications, including books, book chapters, journal articles, and conference papers.
  • IEEE Senior Member and Chair of the IEEE SMC Society ACT Chapter.
  • Associate editor, editorial board member, guest editor, and committee member for international journals and conferences.
  • Reviewer for more than 30 international journals.
  • Supervisor for PhD, Master by Research, and undergraduate research students.