Liu Ying | Mechanical Engineering | Research Excellence Award

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Dr. Liu Ying | Mechanical Engineering | Research Excellence Award

East China Jiaotong University | China

Ying Liu is a dedicated researcher and Lecturer specializing in vehicle engineering with a strong academic trajectory and growing research impact, reflected in an h-index of 2, 4 published documents, and 14 citations across indexed platforms. She earned a combined Master’s and PhD degree in Mechanical Engineering from Shanghai University, followed by a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Design, Manufacturing and Automation from Changchun Institute of Technology. Her professional career includes serving as a Lecturer at East China Jiaotong University, where she contributes to teaching, mentoring, and interdisciplinary research. Her work focuses on target optimization, image detection, reinforcement learning, computer vision, intelligent control, and smart vehicle technologies. She has completed five research projects, contributed to two national-level and multiple provincial and horizontal projects, and actively engages in consultancy with ten industry-linked initiatives. She has authored seven SCI-indexed papers, produced twenty-five patents, and participated in major scientific collaborations including a project funded with 5 million yuan. As a recipient of Jiangxi’s Early-Career Young Talents Program, she continues to advance innovation in intelligent vehicle systems. She remains committed to impactful research, advancing engineering applications, and contributing to societal and technological development.

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Featured Publications

Liu, Y., & [Co-author(s) if any]. (2025). Continuous path tracking of robots based on positioning error compensation with iterative learning control. IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement.

Chih-Lyang Hwang | Electrical Engineering | Best Researcher Award

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Prof. Chih-Lyang Hwang | Electrical Engineering | Best Researcher Award

National Taiwan University of Science and Technology | Taiwan

Dr. Chih-Lyang Hwang (SM’08) is a distinguished researcher and academic in the field of electrical and mechanical engineering, currently serving as a Research Fellow at the Intelligent Robot Center, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (NTUST), Taipei, Taiwan. He earned his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Tatung Institute of Technology  and subsequently held professorial positions at Tatung Institute of Technology, Tamkang University, and NTUST. With an extensive academic career spanning over three decades, he has contributed significantly to robotics, fuzzy neural modeling, nonlinear control, and human–robot interaction. His research also encompasses distributed visual and wireless localization, UAV control, and emotion recognition. Dr. Hwang has been a Visiting Scholar at Georgia Institute of Technology and Auburn University, broadening his international academic collaborations. He has authored numerous influential journal and conference papers, amassing over 3,383 citations, 533 documents, and an H-index of 29. Recognized among the world’s top 2% scientists by Stanford University for multiple years, he has also received Excellent and Outstanding Research Awards from NTUST and 2024. His enduring contributions continue to advance intelligent robotics and control systems research globally.

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Featured Publications

Hwang, C.-L., Yang, C.-C., & Hung, J.-Y. (2017). Path tracking of an autonomous ground vehicle with different payloads by hierarchical improved fuzzy dynamic sliding-mode control. IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, 26(2), 899–914.

Hwang, C.-L., Jan, C., & Chen, Y.-H. (2001). Piezomechanics using intelligent variable-structure control. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 48(1), 47–59.

Hwang, C.-L., Chang, L.-J., & Yu, Y.-S. (2007). Network-based fuzzy decentralized sliding-mode control for car-like mobile robots. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 54(1), 574–585.

Hwang, C.-L., Chiang, C.-C., & Yeh, Y.-W. (2013). Adaptive fuzzy hierarchical sliding-mode control for the trajectory tracking of uncertain underactuated nonlinear dynamic systems. IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, 22(2), 286–299.

Hwang, C.-L. (2004). A novel Takagi–Sugeno-based robust adaptive fuzzy sliding-mode controller. IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, 12(5), 676–687