Gang Niu, Ph.D.
Full Professor in Vehicle Engineering
Institute of Rail Transit (IRT), Tongji University
Room 210, Building F, Caoan Road 4800, Shanghai 201804, China
Tel: +86-21-6958-4712
Email: gniu@tongji.edu.cn
BIOGRAPHY
Gang Niu is a full professor in Vehicle Engineering at Tongji University, China. He graduated from Beihang University in China, and received his Ph.D. degree in mechatronics engineering from Pukyong National University in South Korea. Dr. Niu has been working in the areas of intelligent maintenance and system health management near 20 years on rotating machinery, electronic systems and mechatronics control systems. Prior to joining Tongji, he spent several years working at China Aero-polytechnology Establishment (CAPE) and City university of Hong Kong (CityU) as a research fellow. He has worked on and completed many projects in related-areas, funded by the NSF of China and industry. His current research interests are in the fields of hybrid PHM, data-driven algorithms, dynamic modeling analysis, and autonomous contingency management for intelligent vehicle system. He has published over 60 articles mainly found in international journals like Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, ISA Transaction, Expert Systems with Applications, Structural Health Monitoring, Reliability Engineering and System Safety, Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science etc. with citation over 1200 by researchers over 20 countries. In the past five years, he served as Technical Committee and Program Chair in several international conferences like IEEE prognostics and health management (PHM) Society. He is the editorial board member of 3 internal academic journals, and IEEE/CAA/CSVE Senior Member.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Full Professor (12/2019 – Present)
IRT, Tongji University, Jiading, Shanghai, 201804, China
Associate Professor (04/2011 – 11/2019)
IRT, Tongji University, Jiading, Shanghai, 201804, China
Visiting Scholar (08/2014 – 11/2014)
Center for Advanced Life Cycle Engineering (CALCE), University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
Visiting Scholar (04/2013 – 06/2013)
LAMIH, University of Valenciennes, Lille, France
Research Fellow (09/2010 – 04/2011)
Key Laboratory of Aviation Integrated Environmental,
China Aero-polytechnology Establishment, Beijing, China
Research Fellow (04/2009 – 08/2010)
PHM Center, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Ave, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong
HONORS AND AWARDS
1. Keynote Speaker for 2019 IEEE International Conference on Prognostics and Health
Management 07/2019
The IEEE Reliability Society
San Francisco, CA, USA
2. Keynote Speaker for the 10th IFAC Symposium on Fault Detection, Supervision and
Safety for Technical Processes (IFAC-SAFEPROCESS) 08/2018
The International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC)
Warsaw, Poland
3. Keynote Speaker for the 3rd International Conference on Materials and Reliability
(ICMR) 11/2015
Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers, South Korea
Jeju, South Korea
4. Shanghai Pujiang Talent 09/2012
Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Commission
Shanghai, China
5. The Most Downloaded Article in Reliability Engineering & System Safety 07-09/2013
G. Niu*, B. Yang, M. Pecht, “Development of an optimized condition-based maintenance system by data fusion and reliability-centered maintenance,” Reliability Engineering and System Safety, vol.95(7), pp.786-796, 2010.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
1. Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Applied Mathematics and Computer
Science (12/2018 –Present)
2. Editorial Board Member, The Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE), Part C:
Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science (08/2014 –Present)
3. Editorial Board Member, Chinese Journal of Scientific Instrument (12/2018 – Present)
China Instrument and Control Society
4. Program Chair, 2020 Global Reliability and Prognostics and Health Management
(PHM-Shanghai)
5. Committee of IEEE Standards Working Group 1413.1 and 1624, IEEE Reliability
Society, and the IEEE Standards Association (2019)
6. Senior member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) (08/2014 –
Present)
7. Senior member, Professional Committee on Fault Diagnosis and Safety of Technical
Processes (10/2018 –Present), Chinese Association of Automation ,
8. Senior member, Chinese Society for Vibration Engineering (08/2018 –Present)
AUTHORSHIP / PUBLICATIONS
Academic Monograph：
1. G. Niu, Data-Driven Technology for Engineering Systems Health Management,
Springer-Verlag Publisher, 2016, ISBN: 978-981-10-2031-5, Price: 300 $, 110 thousand
words.
2. G. Niu, Health Management of Rail Vehicle Systems, Tongji University Publishing
House, 2016, ISBN: 978-7-5608-6483-9, 33 thousand words.
Journal Publications (Partly):
1. G. Niu*, L. Xiong, X. Qin, M. Pecht, Fault detection isolation and diagnosis of multi-axle speed sensors for high-speed trains, Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing 131(2019) 183-198. (JCR: Q1, Cited by )
2. G. Niu*, S. Liu, Demagnetization monitoring and life extending control for permanent magnet-driven traction systems, Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing 103 (2018) 264-279. (JCR: Q1, Cited by )
3. G. Niu*, J. Jiang, Autonomous Health Management for PMSM Rail Vehicles through Demagnetization Monitoring and Prognosis Control, ISA Tractions 72 (2018) 245-255. (JCR: Q1)
4. G. Niu*, X. Huang, Failure Prognostics of Locomotive Electro-Pneumatic Brake based on Bond Graph Modeling, IEEE Access 5 (2017) 15030-15039. (JCR: Q1)
5. G. Niu*, J. Jiang, Prognostic control-enhanced maintenance optimization for multi-component systems, Reliability Engineering and System Safety 168 (2017) 218-226. (JCR: Q1)
6. G. Niu*, Hao Li, IETM centered intelligent maintenance system integrating Fuzzy semantic inference and data fusion, Microelectronics Reliability 75 (2017) 197-204. (JCR: Q3)
7. G. Niu*, F. Qian, B. Choi, Bearing life prognosis based on monotonic feature selection and similarity modeling, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science 230(18) (2016) 3183-3193. (JCR: Q3)
8. G. Niu*, Y. Zhao, Michael Defoort, Michael Pecht, Fault diagnosis of locomotive electro-pneumatic brake through uncertain bond graph modeling and robust online monitoring, Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing 50-51 (2015) 676-691. (JCR: Q1)
9. G. Niu*, Y. Zhao, V. Tran, Fault detection and isolation based on bond graph modeling and empirical residual evaluation, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science 229(3) (2015) 417-428. (JCR: Q3区)
10. G. Niu*, S. Singh, S. Holland, Michael Pecht, Health monitoring of electronic products based on Mahalanobis distance and Weibull decision metrics, Microelectronics Reliability 51 (2011) 279-284. (JCR: Q3区)
11. G. Niu*, B. Yang, M. Pecht, Development of an optimized Condition-Based Maintenance system by data fusion and Reliability-Centered Maintenance, Reliability Engineering and System Safety 95(7) (2010) 786-796. (JCR: Q1, The TOP 7 Hottest Articles in Reliability Engineering and System Safety in 2013)
12. G. Niu*, B. Yang, Intelligent condition monitoring and prognostics system based on data fusion strategy, Expert Systems With Applications 37(12) (2010). (JCR: Q1)
13. W. Caesarendra, G. Niu, B. Yang, Machine condition prognosis based on sequential Monte Carlo method, Expert Systems with Applications, 37 (2010) 2412-2420. (JCR: Q1)
14. G. Niu*, B. Yang, Dempster-Shafer regression for multi-step ahead time-series prediction towards data-driven machinery prognosis, Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing 23(3) (2009) 740-751.(JCR: Q1)
15.J. Son, G. Niu, B. Yang, D. Hwang, D. Kang, Development of smart sensors system for machine fault diagnosis, Expert Systems with Applications 36(9) (2009) 11981-11991. (JCR: Q1区)
16. G. Niu, A. Widodo, J. Son, B. Yang, D. Hwang, D. Kang, Decision-level fusion based on wavelet decomposition for induction motor fault diagnosis using transient current signal, Expert Systems with Applications 35(3) (2008) 918-928. (JCR: Q1)
17. G. Niu, T. Han, B. Yang, A. Chiow Tan, Multi-agent decision fusion for motor fault diagnosis, Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing 21(3) (2007) 1285-1299. (JCR: Q1)
18. G. Niu, J. Son, A. Widodo, B. Yang, D. Hwang, D. Kang, A comparison of classifier performance for fault diagnosis of induction motor using multi-type signals, Structural Health Monitoring 6(3) (2007) 215-229. (JCR: Q1)
19. G. Niu, S. Lee, B. Yang, S. Lee, Decision fusion system for fault diagnosis of elevator traction machine, Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology 22(1) (2008) 85-95. (JCR: Q3)
20. G. Niu *, D. Lau, M. Pecht, Computer manufacturing management integrating lean six sigma and prognostic health management, International Journal of Performability Engineering 6(4) (2010) 351-360.
21. G. Niu*, X. Cao, X. Qin, Research on fault detection and isolation of dual channel speed sensor for high-speed train, Chinese Journal of Scientific Instrument, 40(1) (2019) 158-165.
22. G. Niu*, S. Liu, Auotnomous life extending control for PMSM rail vehicles under demagnetizing fault, Chinese Journal of Scientific Instrument, 38(9) (2017) 2251-2257.
23. G. Niu*, J. Jiang, Health-oriented control strategy for PMSM rail vehicles through similarity-based modeling, Chinese Journal of Scientific Instrument, 2 (2017) 480-486.
24. G. Niu*, H. Li, IETM integrated diagnosis system based on semantic inference and data fusion, Chinese Journal of Scientific Instrument, 37(9) (2016) 1971-1977.
25. G. Niu*, J. Zhao, Bond graph model based fault detection and isolation for locomotive brake, Journal of Tongji University (Natural Science), 6 (2015) 894-899.
INVENTIONS AND PATENTS
1. G. Niu, X. Qin,“Anomaly detection of speed sensors and axle lock diagnosis of rail-vehicle” (China Patent, ZL 201810856916.5)
2. G. Niu, H. Li, J. Jiang, X. Huang, “An optimal control method of electro pneumatic hybrid braking for a PMSM traction train with demagnetizing fault tolerance” (China Patent, ZL 201510764441.3)
3. G. Niu, H. Li, J. Jiang, X. Huang and F. Qian, “A metro vehicle interoperability maintenance support platform based on IETM and its construction method” (China Patent, ZL 201510763291.4)
4. G. Niu, S. Liu, “A method for life extending control of inverter system under demagnetizing fault” (China Patent, CN 201710968414.7 )
5. G. Niu, Y. Li, “An intelligent sensor system for prognostics and health management” (China Patent, CN 201810741553.0)