Zhen Zhang

Position: Associate Professor

Telephone: 8610-62771390

E-mail: zzhang@tsinghua.edu.cn

Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University,Beijing, 100084, China

Office: A931, Lee Shau Kee Building, Tsinghua University

属性1 Position: Associate Professor 属性2 Telephone: 8610-62771390
属性3 E-mail: zzhang@tsinghua.edu.cn 属性4 Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University,Beijing, 100084, China
属性5 Office: A931, Lee Shau Kee Building, Tsinghua University 属性6
Education background

Ph.D. Electrical and Computer Engineering, The Ohio State University,Columbus, OH, USA, 2007

M.S. Mechanical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA, 2003

M.S. Precision Instruments, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 2001

B.S. Instrumentation Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China, 1998

Experience

Jan. 2013 to present: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing China, Associate Professor

Nov. 2009 to Dec. 2012: Department of Precision Instruments, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, Assistant Professor

2007-2009: Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, MN, USA, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow

Areas of Research Interests/ Research Projects

Research Interests

Design, modeling and control of ultra-precision mechatronic systems and applications in advanced manufacturing equipment (such as ultra-fast laser, additive manufacturing), scientific instrument;

Tracking problem for time-varying systems and rotation-angle based systems;

Precision mechatronics;

Research Projects

- 3-axis scanning system supporting micromachining, Key R&D Program China, PI

- Large dynamic range servo systems supporting ultra-fast laser manufacturing, National Science Foundation of China (NSFC), PI

- A novel nanomanipulation-based direct writing vacuum evaporation instrument, sponsored by NSFC Special Fund for Research Instruments, Co-PI

- large range flexure-based XY nano servo stage, sponsored by Key State Lab of Hydraulic and Mechatronic Systems, PI

- Tracking control design for time-varying systems, sponsored by National Science Foundation of China, PI

- Time-varying repetitive control and its applications, sponsored by Tsinghua University, PI

Honors And Awards

- 2019 IEEE International Conference on Manipulation, Manufacturing and Measurement on the Nanoscale Best Application Paper Award

- Best Session Presentation Award, The 2009 American Control Conference

Academic Achievement

Selected Publications

He has published more than 80 peer-reviewed technical articles in international journals and conference proceedings, and has 30 inventions either patented or patent-pending.

- M. Cui, L. Lu, Z. Zhang* and Y. Guan, A laser scanner-stage synchronization system supporting large area precision polishing of additive manufactured metallic surface, Engineering, In press, 2020.

- Y. Song, G. Hu, Z. Zhang* and Y. Guan, Real time spectral response guided smart femtosecond laser bone drilling, Optics and Laser in Engineering, 128, 106017, 2020.

- M. Cui, Z. Zhang* and P. Yan, Tracking control of a large range 3D printed compliant nanomanipulator with enhanced anti-windup compensation, Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, vol. 131, pp. 33-48, 2019.

- Z. Zhang, X. Yang, and P. Yan, Large dynamic range tracking of an XY compliant nanomanipulator with cross-axis coupling reduction, Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, vol. 117, pp. 757-770, 2019.

- Z. Liu, Z. Zhang*, and P. Yan, A self-adjusting stiffness center design for large stroke compliant XY nanomanipulators, Mechanical Sciences, vol. 9, pp. 41-50, 2018.

- Z. Zhang, P. Yan, and G. Hao. A large range flexure-based servo systems supporting precision additive manufacturing, Engineering, vol. 3(5), pp. 708-715, 2017.

- Z. Zhang, P. Wang, P. Yan, and Y. Guan. A beam flexure-based large stroke nanopositioning stage supporting laser direct-write nanofabrication. Science China-Phys Mech Astron, vol. 59(8), 2016.

- Z. Zhang, P. Yan, H. Jiang and P. Ye, A discrete time-varying internal model-based approach for high precision tracking of a multi-axis servo gantry, ISA Transactions, vol. 53(5): pp. 1695-1703, 2014.

- Z. Sun, Z. Zhang and T.-C. Tsao. Trajectory tracking and disturbance rejection of linear time-varying systems: Input/output representation. Systems & Control Letters, vol. 58(6): 452-460, 2009.

- Z. Zhang and A. Serrani. Adaptive robust output regulation of uncertain linear periodic systems. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol. 55(2): 266-278, 2009.

Patents

- XY Nano positioning stage, Chinese Patent ZL201410265441.4.

- High stiffness double drive parallel kinematic servo gantry, Chinese Patent ZL201310157124.6.

- Parallel motion decoupling servo gantry. Chinese Patent ZL201210575659.0.

- Motion decoupling servo gantry. Chinese Patent ZL201210519763.8.

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