Position: Assistant Professor
Tutor: MSc Students’ Supervisor
Telephone: 021-69584712
Email: yuejianchen@tongji.edu.cn
Department: Institute of Rail Transit
Main research directions:
Data Analytic; Intelligent Sensing, Diagnostic, and Failure Prediction; Artificial Intelligence; Signal Processing; Systems Health Management; Dynamics and Vibrations; Instrumentation. With applications on Renewable Energy Systems and Transportation Systems
Concurrent post：
APARM 2020 conference secretary；Member of Program Committee of IEEE PHM Conferences；Guest Editor for Two SCI Journals；Invited Reviewers for Prestigious Journals including the Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, ISA Transactions, Reliability Engineering & System Safety
Educational experience
Ph.D.Mechanical Engineering, University of Alberta, Canada. GPA 4.0/4.0. 06/2020
Dissertation: Vibration-based fault detection and severity assessment for fixed-axis gearboxes. Supervisor: Ming J. Zuo.
M.Sc.Mechatronic Engineering, Nanjing University of Science & Technology, China. 04/2015
Thesis: Wheel-rail coupled dynamics modeling and online track irregularities monitoring based on inertial responses. Supervisor: Zongyi Xing.
B.Sc.Mechanical and Automation Engineering, Wenzhou University, China. 06/2012
Work experience
11/2021-Present:Assistant Professor, Institute of Rail Transit, Tongji University, Shanghai, China.
07/2020-08/2021:Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
10/2019-12/2019:Junior Visiting Scholar, School of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
01/2019-04/2019:Sessional Instructor, Department of Computer Science, MacEwan University, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Teaching situation
01/2019-04/2019:Sessional Instructor, MATLAB programming lab, MacEwan University, Edmonton, Canada.
09/2015-04/2020:Graduate Teaching Assistant for the following courses at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
1) MECE300: Mechanical Measurement, Undergraduate course
2) MECE301: Mechanical Measurement Lab, Undergraduate lab
3) MECE403: Advanced Mechanical Measurement Lab, Undergraduate lab
4) ENGM514: Engineering Reliability, Graduate course
5) ECE625: Data Analysis and Knowledge Discovery, Graduate course
6) ENGM516: Engineering Management, Graduate course
7) ENGM6464: Engineering Optimization, Graduate course
Research project
1. Joint Fund of Key Laboratory of Oil & Gas Equipment, Ministry of Education (Southwest Petroleum University) and Honghua Group Co., Ltd., China, 01/2021-12/2021, “Intelligent fault diagnosis of critical rotating units in wind turbines”. Project # OGE202101-08, Chen (PI)
2. Future Energy System (FES) – Canada First Research Excellence Fund (CFREF), Canada, 07/2020-05/2021, “Decision support system for improved construction and maintenance of non-electrical infrastructure for energy.” Project # FES-T11-P01. Fayek (PI)
3. NSERC Discovery Grant, Canada, 07/2020-05/2021, “Reliability assurance methodology incorporating advanced diagnostics and prognostics.” Project # RGPIN-2015-04897. Zuo (PI)
4. MITACS Globalink Research Award - Abroad. Canada, 10/2019-01/2020, “Fault detection and severity assessment for gearboxes.” University of New South Wales, Australia. Zuo (PI).
5. MITACS Accelerate Grant, Canada, 01/2017-07/2017, “Degradation assessment of critical assets in power generation”. Zuo (PI), with ENMAX.
Academic papers
Yuejian has published about 30 research articles, among which 10 are first authored and/or correspondingly authored SCI journal articles.
Selected publications are as follows:
Journal Papers:
[1]. Yuejian Chen, Ming J. Zuo*, “A sparse multivariate time series model-based fault detection method for a gearbox under variable speed condition” Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, vol. 167, 108539, 2022.
[2]. Yifan Li, Yaocheng Yang, Yuejian Chen*, Zaigang Chen, “Iterative characteristic ridge extraction for bearing fault detection under variable rotational speed conditions” ISA Transactions, vol. 119, pp. 172-183, 2022.
[3]. Yuejian Chen, Stephan Schmidt, Stephan Heyns, and Ming J. Zuo*, “A time series model-based method for gear tooth crack detection and severity assessment under random speed variation,” Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, vol.156, 107605, 2021.
[4]. Yuejian Chen, Xihui Liang, and Ming J. Zuo*, “An improved singular value decomposition-based method for gear tooth crack detection and severity assessment,” Journal of Sound and Vibrations, vol.468, 115068, 2020.
[5]. Yuejian Chen, Xihui Liang, and Ming J. Zuo*, “Sparse time series modeling of the baseline vibration from a gearbox under time-varying speed condition,” Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, vol.134, 106342, 2019.
[6]. Liangqi Wan, Hongzhuan Chen, Linhan Ouyang, and Yuejian Chen*, “A new ensemble modeling approach for reliability-based design optimization of flexure-based bridge-type amplification mechanisms”, The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, vol.106, no. 1-2, pp.47-63, 2019.
[7]. Yuejian Chen*, Zongyi Xing, Yifan Li, and Zhi Yang, “Standard-wheel-based field calibration method for railway wheelset diameter online measuring system,” Applied Optics, vol.56, no. 10, pp. 2714–2723, 2017.
[8]. Xiaoqing Cheng, Yuejian Chen*, Zongyi Xing, Yifan Li, and Yong Qin. “A novel online detection system for wheelset size in railway transportation,” Journal of Sensors, Article ID 9507213, 15 pages, 2016.
[9]. Zongyi Xing, Yuejian Chen*, Xiaohao Wang, Yong Qin, and Shuang Chen. "Online detection system for wheel-set size of rail vehicle based on 2D laser displacement sensors." Optik-International Journal for Light and Electron Optics vol.127, no.4, pp. 1695-1702, 2016.
Booker Chapters
[1]. Yuejian Chen, Xihui Liang, Ming J. Zuo*. “Time series modeling of non-stationary vibration signals for gearbox fault diagnosis.” Advances in Performability Engineering (Eds. Krishna B Misra), Springer London. pp.337-354, 2020.
Conference Papers
[1]. Yuejian Chen, Ke Feng, Robert B. Randall, Pietro Borghesani, and Ming Zuo*, “Use of Autoregressive Conditional Heteroskedasticity Model to Assess the Tooth Surface Roughness of a Gearbox”. The 9th Asia-Pacific International Symposium on Advanced Reliability and Maintenance (APARM 2020), Vancouver, Canada, August 20-23, 2020. 5 pages. (Best Paper Nomination)
[2]. Yuejian Chen, Qing Li, Dongdong Wei, and Ming Zuo*, “A sparse FP-VAR model for representing multichannel non-stationary baseline vibration signals from a gearbox”. The 9th Asia-Pacific International Symposium on Advanced Reliability and Maintenance (APARM 2020), Vancouver, Canada, August 20-23, 2020. 6 pages.
[3]. Yuejian Chen, and Ming Zuo*, “Early gear tooth crack detection based on singular value decomposition”. IEEE International Conference on Prognostics and Health Management, San Francisco, USA, pp.1-6, June 17-19, 2019.
[4]. Yuejian Chen, Xihui Liang, and Ming Zuo*, “Time series modeling of vibration signals for a gearbox under varying speed and load condition”. IEEE International Conference on Prognostics and Health Management, Seattle, Washington, USA, pp.1-7, June 11-13, 2018.
[5]. Yuejian Chen, Xihui Liang, and Ming Zuo*, “An auto-regression model for tooth crack detection in a gearbox considering load variations”. The annual conference of Canadian Machinery Vibration Association, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, October 25-27, 2017. 15 pages. (Best Student Paper Award, Not Published)
Awards and patents
Honors & Awards:
09/2019:Third Place in PHM data challenge, team “Angler”.
08/2019:Sadler Graduate Scholarship in Mechanical Engineering ($12,000CAD).
07/2019:Best oral presentation award at the Engineering Graduate Research Symposium, University of Alberta
11/2017:The prestigious Alberta Innovative Technology Future scholarship ($32,000CAD/year, 2 years)
Patents:
1. Yuejian Chen, and Fengyi Shi. Hotbox detection device for urban rail transit intelligent probe angle adjustment. Chinapatent. CN103863355 B, Granted on April 4, 2016 (In Chinese)
2. Yuejian Chen, and Zongyi Xing, On-line vertical track long wave irregularity monitoring method and system, China patent. CN104032629 A, Granted on March 2, 2016 (In Chinese)
3. Yuejian Chen, and Xiaohao Wang. A decoding controller for urban rail transit operation simulation sandbox, China patent. CN103956087 A, Granted on March 2, 2016 (In Chinese)