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General Information

Full Name Hongzhong Zhu
Languages Chinese, English, Japanese

Education

  • 2011 - 2014
    PhD in Electrical Engineering
    The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
    • Nonlinear friction compensation for high-precision motion system.
    • Quantization noise suppression for servo-performance enhancement.
    • Convex optimization.
    • Industry-Academia Collaboration.
      • Development of next generation of ball-screw stage.
      • High-precision control of linear stage.
  • 2009 - 2011
    Master in Informatics
    Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
    • Quantized output reconstruction of linear system for feedback control.
    • Convex optimization.
  • 1999 - 2003
    Bachelor in Energy and Mechanical Engineering
    Shanghai Unviersity of Electric Power, Shanghai, PRC
    • Two-phase flow in bending pipe.
    • Energy conversion in boiler and steam turbine.

Experience

  • 2023 -
    Associate Professor of Offshore Renewable Energy
    Research Institute for Applied Mechanics, Kyushu University
    • Floating type hybrid wind-wave conversion system
    • Digital twins of floating offshore wind turbine
    • Optimal design of floating structures
    • Multi-body dynamics
    • Motion control
  • 2022 - 2023
    Senior Engineering of Floating Offshore Wind
    OWC | ABL Group
    • Floater engineering design (steel, concrete) for FOWT
    • Market study of Global floating offshore wind
  • 2020-2022
    Assistant Professor of Offshore Renewable Energy
    Research Institute for Applied Mechanics, Kyushu University
    • Multi-body ship towing system
    • Floating offshore overhead power transmission system
    • Floating shrouded wind turbine
  • 2019 - 2020
    Research fellow of Offshore Renewable Energy
    Research Institute for Applied Mechanics, Kyushu University
    • Multi-body ship towing system
    • Floating offshore overhead power transmission system
  • 2018 - 2019
    Assistant professor of Renewable Energy
    Transdisciplinary Research and Education Center for Green Technologies, Kyushu University
    • Drivetrain damper for wind turbine
    • Floating type hybrid wind-wave energy conversion system
    • Floating shrouded wind turbine
  • 2015 - 2018
    Assistant professor of Renewable Energy
    Research and Education Center for Advanced Materials, Devices, and Systems, Kyushu University
    • Drivetrain damper for wind turbine
    • Floating type hybrid wind-wave energy conversion system
    • Floating shrouded wind turbine
  • 2014
    Research fellow of Motion Control
    Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo
    • Design and control of next generation ball-screw stages
  • 2011 - 2014
    Research Assistant of Motion Control
    Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
    • High-precision control of linear stages and ball-screw stages
  • 2009
    Teaching Assistant of feedback Control
    Graduate school of Informatics, Kyoto University
  • 2003 - 2008
    Engineer of Supercritical Thermal Power Plant
    Zhejiang Beilun Power Plant, China Guodian Group
    • O&M of supercritical thermal power plant

Honors and Awards

  • 2018
    • Best Paper Award @ 4th Asian Wave and Tidal Energy Conference (AWTEC2018), Co-author
  • 2014
    • Best Dissertation of the Department of Electrical Engineering
    • Outstanding Self-supporting International Student (China Scholarship Council)
    • Research Award by the Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan, Inc
  • 2013
    • Best Session Paper @ the 39th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON2013)
    • Control Division Young Author's Award by SICE Control Division
    • IEEJ Industry Applications Society Excellent Presentation Award
  • 2012
    • Best Session Paper @ the 38th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON2012)
  • 2010
    • AEON scholarship
  • 2003
    • Shanghai Outstanding Graduate

Academic Interests

  • Floating Offshore Wind Turbine
    • Optimal design
    • Digital twins
    • Aero-hydro-servo-mooring dynamics
  • Floating type hybrid wind-wave energy conversion system
    • Prototype design
    • Optimal control towards floater motion reduction
  • Multibody dynamics
    • Floating overhead power transmission system
    • Vortex-induced vibration of submarine cables

Other Interests

  • Hobbies: Basketball, badminton, etc.