Mengchu Zhou
Distinguished Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
335 Electrical and Computer Engineering Center (ECEC)
Education
Ph.D. ; Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute ; ; 1990

M.S. ; Beijing Institute of Technology ; ; 1986

B.S. ; East China Institute of Technology ; ; 1983

Awards & Honors

2021 Fellow, National Academy of Inventors (NAI)

2020 Edison Patent Award, Research & Development Council of New Jersey

2019 Excellence in Research Prize and Medal, New Jersey Institute of Technology

2015 Norbert Wiener Award , IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society

2013 Distinguished Service Award, IEEE Robotics and Automation Society

2013 Fellow, IFAC

2012 Saul K. Fenster Innovation in Engineering Education Award, Newark College of Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology

2011 Fellow, AAAS

2010 Franklin V. Taylor Memorial Award, IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society

2006 Outstanding Contribution Award, WOCC (Wireless and Optical Communication Conference) Inc.

2005 Outstanding Contribution Award, IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Society

2003 Fellow, IEEE

1994 Computer-Integrated Manufacturing UNIVERSITY-LEAD Award , Society of Manufacturing Engineers

2025 Fall Courses
ECE 700B - MASTER'S PROJECT

ECE 792B - PRE-DOCTORAL RESEARCH

ECE 232 - CIRCUITS & SYSTEMS II

ECE 417 - ELECT AND COMP ENGR PROJ II

ECE 453 - INTRO DISCRETE EVENT SYS

ECE 725 - INDEPENDENT STUDY I

Teaching Interests
Discrete event systems
Control systems
Network design and analysis
Computer architecture
Intelligent optimization
Past Courses
ECE 353: COMPUTER ARCH & ORGANIZATION

ECE 453: INTRO DISCRETE EVENT SYS

ECE 453: INTRODUCTION TO DISCRETE EVENT SYSTEMS

ECE 605: DISCRETE EVENT DYN SYS

ECE 605: DISCRETE EVENT DYNAMIC SYSTEMS

ECE 683: COMP NETWRK DESGN & ANALYS

ECE 683: COMPUTER NETWORK DESIGN & ANALY

Research Interests
Petri nets
Discrete event systems
Intelligent optimization
Cyber-physical systems in intelligent manufacturing, robotics, networking, transportation, disassembly, and service computing
Cloud/edge computing
Machine learning
Internet of Things
Big data analytics
Patents
Rail Transit Communication Method and System (US Patent Number 11252630)

Journal Article
Guangyu Guo, Chao Zhu, Zhiming Ji, Mengchu Zhou. 2023. "Integrated system model of spray flash vacuum distillation with internal heat recovery." Desalination , vol. 564 .

Fatemeh Mohammadi Shakiba, Seyyedmohsen Azizi, Mengchu Zhou. 2023. "A Transfer Learning-based Method to Detect Insulator Faults of High-Voltage Transmission Lines via Aerial Images: Distinguishing Intact and Broken Insulator Images." IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Magazine , vol. 8 , no. 4 , pp. 15-25.

Fatemeh Mohammadi Shakiba, Milad Shojaee, Seyyedmohsen Azizi, Mengchu Zhou. 2023. "Real-time Sensing and Fault Diagnosis for Transmission Lines." International Journal of Network Dynamics and Intelligence , vol. 1 , no. 1 , pp. 36−47.

Fatemeh Shakiba, Seyyedmohsen Azizi, Mengchu Zhou, . 2023. "Application of Machine Learning Methods in Fault Detection and Classification of Power Transmission Lines: A Survey." Artificial Intelligence Review , pp. 1-38.

Fatemeh Mohammadi Shakiba, Milad Shojaee, Seyyedmohsen Azizi, Mengchu Zhou. 2022. "Generalized Fault Diagnosis Method of Transmission Lines Using Transfer Learning Technique." Neurocomputing , vol. 500 , pp. 556–566.

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Conference Proceeding
"Robustness Analysis of Fault Diagnosis in Transmission Lines Using Generalized Regression Neural Network"
IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC), August, 2023.

"A visual domain adaptation method based on enhanced subspace distribution matching"
ICNSC 2018 - 15th IEEE International Conference on Networking, Sensing and Control, 2018.

"An improved cuckoo search algorithm for semiconductor final testing scheduling"
IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering, 2018.

"An opposition-based particle swarm optimization algorithm for noisy environments"
ICNSC 2018 - 15th IEEE International Conference on Networking, Sensing and Control, 2018.

"Analysis of urban traffic jam formation based on extended cell transmission model"
ICNSC 2018 - 15th IEEE International Conference on Networking, Sensing and Control, 2018.

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Magazine/Trade Publication
"IEEE SMC 2019 in Bari, Italy"
IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Magazine, 2018.

Chapter
P. Xiong, Mengchu Zhou, C. Pu, Y. Fan. "A Petri Net Solution to Protocol-level Mismatches in Service Composition." In M. C. Zhou, H.-X. Li and M. Weijnen, eds., pp. 619-643. Wiley/IEEE Press, 2015.

M. Hou, H. M. Zhu, Mengchu Zhou, R. Arrabito. "Advances and challenges in intelligent adaptive interface design." In C. Zhou, H.-X. Li and M. Weijnen, eds., pp. 369-424. Wiley/IEEE Press, 2015.

N. Wu, Mengchu Zhou, F. Chu, Said Mammar. "Modeling, Analysis, Scheduling and Control of Cluster Tools in Semiconductor Fabrication." In M. C. Zhou, H.-X. Li and M. Weijnen, eds., pp. 289-315. Wiley/IEEE Press, 2015.

Naiqi Wu, Mengchu Zhou. "A Resource-Oriented Petri Net Approach to Scheduling and Control of Time-Constrained Cluster Tools in Semiconductor Fabrication." In Z. Li and A. Al-Ahmari, eds., pp. 136-177. Formal Methods in Manufacturing Systems: Recent Advances, 2013.

Mengchu Zhou, A. Wang. "Iterative deadlock control for Petri net models of automated manufacturing systems: Algorithms and case studies." In Z. Li and A. Al-Ahmari, eds., pp. 296-321. Formal Methods in Manufacturing Systems: Recent Advances, 2013.

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Book
Mengchu Zhou, H.-X. Chen, M. Weijnen. "Contemporary Issues in Systems Science and Engineering." 888 pp. IEEE Press/Wiley, 2015. ISBN 978-1-118-27186-5.

Wei Tan, Mengchu Zhou. "Business and Scientific Workflows: A Service-Oriented Approach." IEEE Press/Wiley, 2013.