Dr. Jing Sun

Biography

Jing Sun received his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Southern California in 1989. He completed his M.S. and B.S. degrees at the University of Science and Technology of China in 1984 and 1982, respectively. From 1989 to 1993, he was a faculty member of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Wayne State University. In 1993, he joined the Ford Research Laboratory, where he worked on projects related to powertrain control systems, engine emission control, and fuel economy optimization. He returned to academia in September 2003, joining the Department of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, and the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department at the University of Michigan. He holds the title of Michael G. Parsons Collegiate Professor. His research interests encompass control theory and optimization with applications in marine and automotive propulsion systems. He has been awarded 39 patents and co-authored the textbook 'Robust Adaptive Control' (Prentice Hall, 1996), with over 200 publications in journals and conferences. He has served as an associate editor for several control journals and is a Fellow of IEEE, receiving the IEEE Control System Technology Award in 2003.

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