Mengchu Zhou

Distinguished Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Ph.D.; Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; 1990
M.S.; Beijing Institute of Technology; 1986
B.S.; East China Institute of Technology; 1983
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
ECE 700B - MASTER'S PROJECT
ECE 792B - PRE-DOCTORAL RESEARCH
ECE 417 - ELECT AND COMP ENGR PROJ II
ECE 453 - INTRO DISCRETE EVENT SYS
ECE 725 - INDEPENDENT STUDY I
Discrete event systems
Control systems
Network design and analysis
Computer architecture
Intelligent optimization
ECE 232: CIRCUITS & SYSTEMS II - HONORS
ECE 232: CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS II
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
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
Rail Transit Communication Method and System (US Patent Number 11252630)
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.
Bo Huang, Mengchu Zhou, Cong Wang, Abdullah Abusorrah, Yusuf Al-Turki. 2021. "Deadlock-free supervisor design for robotic manufacturing cells with uncontrollable and unobservable events." IEEE/CAA Journal of Automatica Sinica.
Li Huang, Mengchu Zhou, Kuangrong Hao, Sui-Hoi Edwin Hou. 2019. "A survey of multi-robot regular and adversarial patrolling." IEEE/CAA Journal of Automatica Sinica, vol. 6, no. 4, pp. 894-903.
"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.
"Fast adaptive search on the line in dual environments"
IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering, 2018.
"IEEE SMC 2019 in Bari, Italy"
IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Magazine, 2018.
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.
Naiqi Wu, Mengchu Zhou, F. Chu, S. Mammar. "Modeling and Scheduling of Crude Oil Operations: A Hybrid Timed Petri Net Approach." In M. Khalgui, O. Mosbahi, and A. Valentini, eds., pp. 1-49. Encyclopedia of Embedded Control Systems, 2013.
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.