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Kai Zheng

Ph.D. student
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Advisors:
Professor Brian G. Thomas
Professor Joseph Bentsman

Office Address: 32 Mechanical Engineering Bldg.

E-mail: email

Research Interests: Optimal control, robust control, anti-windup and bumpless transfer, boiler/turbine control

 

Research Area:

Bumpless transfer under controller uncertainty, robust megawatt/throttle pressure control of boiler/turbine units, spray cooling control of a continuous slab caster, mold oscillation control, motor control

Education:

Bachelors Automotive Engineering
Tsinghua University
1998
Masters Automotive Engineering
Tsinghua University
2001
Masters Mathematics
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2005
Ph.D. Mechanical & Industrial Engineering Department,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2006

Positions Held:

8/2001-current
Research Scientist
Mechanical & Industrial Engineering Department
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Awards:

2005 1st student in history of IIT Kharagpur to obtain simultaneous degree from 3 departments
2005 1st student in history of Mechanical Engineering Department, IIT Kharagpur to obtain minor degree

Selected Publications:

K. Zheng, A. H. Lee, J. Bentsman, and C. W. Taft, “Steady-state Bumpless Transfer under Controller Uncertainty Using the State/Output Feedback Topology,” to appear in IEEE Transactions on Control System Technology ,2005

K. Zheng, J. Bentsman, and C.W. Taft, “Identification for Robust Control of a Boiler/Turbine Unit in a Coal-Fired Power Plant”, in Proceedings of the 15th Annual Joint ISA POWID/EPRI Controls and Instrumentation Conference, Jun, 2005

K. Zheng, A. H. Lee, J. Bentsman, and P. Krein, “Multi-objective hybrid control of an induction motor under controller uncertainty using the state/output bumplesss transfer,” in Proceedings of the 43rd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Dec., 2004

K. Zheng, A. H. Lee, J. Bentsman, and C. W. Taft, “Steady-state Bumpless Transfer under Controller Uncertainty Using the State/Output Feedback Topology,” in Proceedings of the 43rd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Dec.,2004

K. Zheng, J. Bentsman, and C.W. Taft, “Advanced Boiler/turbine Control and its Benchmarking in a Coal-fired Power Plant”, in Proceedings of the 14th Annual Joint ISA POWID/EPRI Controls and Instrumentation Conference, Jun, 2004