Lihua Xie:   Research

School of Electrical and Electrical Engineering Nanyang Technological University


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If you are interested in the following listed research topics and would like to joint us as a research student, please write to me directly.

Research Interests in Systems and Control

  • Robust and nonlinear control
  • Estimation theory with applications in autonomous vehicles
  • Networked control systems
  • Sensor networks
  • Time-delay systems
  • Multi-dimensional systems
  • Control of smart structures and disk drive servo

Research Interests in Signal Processing

  • FIR and IIR filter design
  • Envelope-constrained filter
  • Signal processing for uncertain systems
  • Optimal filtering and deconvolution
  • Multi-rate and filter banks

Funded Research Projects

  • Advanced digital control, Academic Research Fund, 1993-1997.
  • Development of decentralized controllers for industrial processes, Academic Research Fund, 1996-1997.
  • Control and filtering for industrial processes, Academic Research Fund, 1995-1998 .
  • A robust and adaptive filtering approach to active control of noise in a cleanroom, Academic Research Fund, $71,000, 1998-2002.
  • Development of an intelligent monitoring and control system for hazardous waste chemical treatment, A*-STAR, $1.04m, 1999-2002.
  • Analysis and synthesis of two-dimensional systems with applications in signal processing and control, Australian Research Council, A$163,000, 2000-2003.
  • Development of Optimization Technology for Building HVAC Systems, A*STAR, $1.2m, 2001-2003.
  • Robust Control of Smart Structure, Academic Research Fund, $149,000, 2001-2004.
  • Soft-sensing Technologies with Application to Chemical Waste Treatment, EDB/PureChem/NTU, $498,000, 2004-2007.
  • Collaborative Signal Processing and Control in Wireless Sensor Networks, AcRF (RG12/05), $85,043.20, 1 Dec. 200531 Nov 2008.
  • Distributed Information Processing for Wireless Sensor Network, RGM 19/05, $80,000, Feb. 2006-Jan. 2009.
  • Soft Intelligent Sensors and Its Applications in Magnetic Data Storage Systems, A*STAR (SERC Grant no. 052 101 0036), $527,840, Jan. 2006 – Dec. 2008.
  • Markov Jump System Theory for Collaborative Signal and Information Processing in Wireless Sensor Networks, A*STAR (SERC Grant no. 052 101 0037), $510,439, Jan. 2006 – Dec. 2008.
  • Integrative Serviceability Management and Supervisory Control of Networked Manufacturing Systems and Virtual Exterprises, A*STAR, Thematic Strategic Research Programme Grant P0520104, $982,190, April 2006-March 2009.

My Research Groups

(a)     Intelligent Sensing for Chemical Waste Treatment

·         Mr Qiao Hongbo (Research Associate)

·         Dr Zhang Sen (Research Associate)

(b)    Wireless Sensor Networks (in collaboration with Institute of Info-Comm Research

·         Dr Sun Shuli (Research Fellow)

·         Dr Xie Li (Research Fellow)

·         Dr Yu Mei (Research Fellow)

·         Dr Weng Yang (Research Fellow)

·         Mr Meng Wei (Research Associate)

·         Ms Wang Hongxia (Research Associate)

·         Mr Li Tao (Project Officer)

·         Mr Toh Yue Khing (Project Officer)

·         Mr Lin Jianyong (PhD student)

·         Mr Hu Jinwen (PhD student)

(c ) Disk Drive Control (in collaboration with Data Storage Institute)

·         Dr Hu Qinglei (Research Fellow)

·         Dr Zhao Yanlong (Research Fellow)

·         Mr Xu Jun (Project Officer)

·         Ms Teoh Jul Nee (PhD student)

·         Ms Gao Tingting (PhD student)

(d)   Control of Networked Manufacturing Systems (in collaboration with Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology)

·         Dr Ding Baocang (Research Fellow)

·         Mr Lin Jun (PhD student)

·         Mr Cao Chengtao (PhD student)

·         Mr Zhuang Liqun (PhD student)

·         Mr Liu Shuai (PhD student)

·         Mr Xiao Nan (PhD Student)

·         Mr You Keyou (PhD student)

Visiting Professors

·         Professor Yang Tao, School of Information Engineering, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang, China, Sept 2006 – March 2007.

·         Professor Zhong-Ping Jiang, New York Polytechnic University, July 2006.

·         Professor Minyue Fu, University of Newcastle, May 2006.

·         Professor Frank Lewis, University of Texas at Arlington, March 2006.

·         Professor Huanshui Zhang, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen Graduate School, March 2005.

Postgraduate Students and Their Theses

Ph.D. Students

  1.  Xie Shoulie, 1997- 1999, PhD, Robust and nonlinear control of interconnected systems. Research fellow, Institute of Information Research.
  2. Du Chunling, 1997- 1999, PhD, H-infinity filtering and control of two-dimensional systems. Senior Research Engineer, Data Storage Institute.
  3. Li Luowen, 1997 - 1999, PhD, Optimal model reduction and reduced order filtering. Senior Engineer in Singapore Aerospace Engineering.
  4. Zhou Huan, 2000 - 2003, H2 and H-infinity Optimal Design of Multirate Filter Bank Systems, Panasonic Singapore.
  5. Lu Lilei, 2000- 2004, PhD, Issues in Robust and Networked Control Systems.
  6. Zhang Sen, 2002-2005, PhD, Simultaneous Localization and Map Building for Outdoor Mobile Robot Navigation.
  7. Xu Jun, 2003-2007, PhD, Control and Estimation of Piecewise Affine Systems.
  8. Cao Chengtao, 2002-2007, PhD, A Polynomial Approach to Robust Channel Estimator Design for DS-CDMA Systems.
  9. Lin Jun, 2002-2007, PhD, Robust Deconvolution and Control of Uncertain and Time-delay Systems.
  10. Teoh Jul Nee, 2003-2007, PhD, High Precision Motion Control for Hard  Disk Drive Systems
  11.  Lin Jianyong, 2005-present, PhD, Sensor Scheduling in Wireless Sensor Networks
  12.  Zhuang Liqun, 2006-present, PhD (part-time), Optimization in Networked Systems
  13. You Keyou, 2007-present, PhD, Quantized Estimation and Control
  14. Xiao Nan, 2007-present, PhD, Analysis and Design of Networked Control Systems
  15. Liu Shuai, 2007-present, PhD, Control of Systems with Multiple Input Delays
  16. Yu Zhong, 2007-present, PhD, Cooperative Control of Multi-robot Systems
  17. Ni Wei, 2007-present, PhD, Process Control

Master students

  1.  Su Weizhou, 1995 - 1996, MEng., Robust control of cascaded uncertain nonlinear systems
  2. Xie Shoulie, 1995 - 1996, MEng, Dissipative control of uncertain dynamical systems
  3. Chen Chang, 1995 - 1996, MEng, Robust and optimal control of helicopter systems
  4. Tay Huck Sun, 1995 - 1996, MSc, Precision headload control of high capacity disk drive
  5. Tham Poi Kwan, 1995 - 1997, MSc, Head positioning control of hard disk drive
  6. Yang Xiao Hua, 1997 - 1999, MEng, Multi-channel active noise control
  7. Tian Hui, 1997 - 1998, M.E. Nonlinear composite control of hard disk drive
  8. Gao Wei, 1996 - 1998, MSc, H-infinity iterative control of ball and plate systems
  9. Zaw Naing Oo, 1995 - 1999, MSc, Robust control of simplified helicopter model
  10. Zheng Hong, 1998-2000, MSc, Active Noise Control
  11. Huang Fu Zhong, Master of Science, 1997-2000, Identification and control of a distillation column
  12. Bayu Jayawardhana, 2001-2002, MEng, Active Noise Control
  13. Gao Ronghua, 2002-2003, MSc, Robust estimation with applications in signal dectection
  14. Li Hui, 2002-2003, MSc, System identification and active vibration control of a hexpod
  15. Sai Sai, 2002-2003, MSc, Active vibration control
  16. Zhang Ling, 2002-2003, Energy optimization of air distribution and chilled water systems
  17. Low Cher Wee, 2002-2003, Active noise control for air handling unit
  18. Myo Thant Aung, Master of Science, 2002-2003, Modeling and control of a Stewart platform
  19. Tan Toa You, Master of Science, 2003-2004, Multirate digital notch filter and resonance screening for hard disk drive
  20. Maung Aung Khant, Master of Science, 2004, Control of Stewart platform – An adaptive filtering approach
  21. Du Zhe, MSc., 2005-2006, Control of Stewart Platform
  22. Leng Mei, MSc., 2006-2007, Multi-hop Routing in Wireless Sensor Networks
  23. Huang Kang, MSc., 2006-2007, Development of A Body Sensor Network System
  24. Liu Jiandong, MSc., 2007, Quantized Filtering with Application in Wireless Sensor Network Based Target Tracking System
  25. Toh Yue Khing, 2007-present, MEng, Development of A Wireless Sensor Network Target Tracking System
  26. Saba Salehi, 2007-present, MEng, Networked Control for Pressure Loop of HVAC System