Dr. WU Zhe

Assistant Professor (2021 – Present),

Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, NUS Artificial Intelligence Institute

Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles

B.S. in Control Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University

Email: wuzhe@nus.edu.sg

Full Curriculum Vitae

Awards and Honors:

Stanford/Elsevier Top 2% Scientists List, 2024
Highly Ranked Scholar in the Speciality of Machine Learning, ScholarGPS, 2024
Best Paper Award, Mathematics, 2019, 2021
Top Reviewer Award, Chemical Engineering Research & Design, 2020-2024
Top Reviewer Award, Digital Chemical Engineering, 2021
Outstanding PhD in Chemical Engineering Award, UCLA, 2020
Dissertation Year Fellowship, UCLA, 2020
CAST Director’s Student Presentation Award Finalists, AIChE, 2019

Professional Appointments:

Editorial Board, Digital Chemical Engineering
Early Career Advisory Board, ACS Chem & Bio Engineering
Chair of “Data-driven Modeling, Estimation and Optimization for Control” and “Advances in Machine Learning and Intelligent Systems” sessions for AIChE Annual Meeting, 2024
Co-chair of “Data science and analytics for process applications” and “Data-driven Optimization” sessions for AIChE Meeting, 2024
Associate Editor, American Control Conference, 2024, 2025
Co-chair of “Advances in Process Control II” session for AIChE Annual Meeting, 2023
Co-chair of “Machine Learning and Data Analytics in Process Control” session for the IFAC World Congress, 2023
Chair of “Energy Systems” session for the 7th International Symposium on Advanced Control of Industrial Processes, 2022
Chair of “Model Predictive Control” session for the IFAC Symposium on Dynamics and Control of Process Systems, 2022
Guest co-editor for Special Issue “Role of Intelligent Control Systems in Industry 5.0”, Processes, 2022
Guest editor for Special Issue “Machine Learning in Model Predictive Control and Optimal Control ,” Processes, 2022
Guest co-editor for Special Issue “Autonomy, Safety, and Security for Cyber-Physical Systems in the Process Industries ,” Digital Chemical Engineering, 2022
Chair of Workshop on “Digital Twin and Edge Computing for Cyber Physical System: Communication, Modeling, and Learning” for the 8th IEEE International Conference on Smart Data, 2022
Guest editor for Special Issue “Advances in Intelligent Autonomous Control: Methods and Applications”, Frontiers in Control Engineering, 2022

Postdoctoral Researchers

WANG, Yujia

Research Fellow (September 2022-present), National University of Singapore (NUS)

Ph.D. in Control Science and Engineering (2022), Harbin Institute of Technology

Research areas: adaptive control, Machine-learning-based control, and their applications

XU, Zeyuan

Research Fellow (December 2022-present), National University of Singapore (NUS)

Ph.D. in Control Science and Engineering (2022), Harbin Institute of Technology

Research areas: Machine-learning-based control, Model predictive control, Markov stochastic systems

SHI, Yao

Research Fellow (August 2024-present), National University of Singapore (NUS)

Ph.D. in Control Science and Engineering (2024), Zhejiang University

Research areas: Model predictive control, Machine-learning-based control, and their applications

Graduate Students

ZHAO, Tianyi (Ph.D. Candidate)

Ph.D. (2021 – present) Co-advised by Prof. Gong Jinlong, Tianjin University

B.S.(2016~2020), Dalian University of Technology

XIAO, Ming (Ph.D. Candidate)

Ph.D. (2022 – present)

M.Eng in Control Science and Engineering (2019 – 2022), Zhejiang University

B.Eng in Automation (2015 – 2019), Northeastern University

WU, Guoquan (Ph.D. Candidate)

Ph.D. (2022 – present)

MSC (2021) in Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London

B.S. (2016-2020) in Chemical Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University

WANG, Wenlong

Ph.D. (2023 – Present)

MSc (2020-2023), Dalian University of Technology

B.S. (2016~2020), Dalian University of Technology

WU, Wanlu

Ph.D. (2023 – Present)

B.S. (2019~2023), National University of Singapore

JI, Yuxiao

Ph.D. (2024 – Present)

B.S. (2020~2024), Zhejiang University

Keerthana Vellayappan

Research Engineer (2023 – Present), National University of Singapore (NUS)

M. Eng (2021-2023), National University of Singapore

B.S. (2016~2020), National Institute of Technology, Warangal

WANG, Zihao

Research Engineer (2023 – Present), National University of Singapore (NUS)

B.S. (2019~2023), National University of Singapore

YU, Donghan

Research Engineer (2024 – Present), National University of Singapore (NUS)

B.S. (2019~2023), National University of Singapore

ZHU, Xinji

Research Engineer (2024 – Present), National University of Singapore (NUS)

MSc (2022-2023), National University of Singapore

B.S. (2018~2022), National University of Singapore

Oo, Yue Yang

M. Eng (2022 – present), National University of Singapore (NUS)

Dipl. Ing. (2020 – present), CentraleSupélec, France

B.Eng (2018 – 2022), National University of Singapore (NUS)

Email: e0309557@u.nus.edu

Tsoi, Wai Mun

M. Eng (2024 – present), National University of Singapore (NUS)

B.Eng (2020– 2024), National University of Singapore (NUS)

Lee, Max

M. Eng (2024 – present), National University of Singapore (NUS)

B.Eng (2020– 2024), National University of Singapore (NUS)

YE, Haonan