Lei Chen

Dr Lei Chen

Senior Lecturer

School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering

Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.


  • Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

    Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
    2023 Principal Supervisor Maximising Mill Throughput using Machine Learning Techniques and Evolutionary Algorithms. Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mrs Zahra Ghasemi
    2021 Co-Supervisor Study on Radiation-enhanced Thermal Diode Tanks (RTDT) for Refrigeration and Air Conditioning (RAC) Systems Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Mingzhen Wang
    2021 Principal Supervisor Maximising throughput through intelligent online sensing and health monitoring Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Zeqi Li
    2020 Principal Supervisor Intelligent Online Health Monitoring Systems For IOCG Mines Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Lin Yang
    2020 Co-Supervisor Applications of Maisotsenko cycle based indirect evaporative air cooling technology in gas turbine power plants Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Samira Pourhedayat
  • Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

    Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
    2018 - 2022 Principal Supervisor Real-time Pipeline Burst Detection and Estimation using the Damping of Fluid Transients Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Xiaoxuan Du
    2017 - 2017 Co-Supervisor Study on Configuration and Operation Strategies of Solar Aided Power Generation Plant Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Jiyun Qin
    2017 - 2021 Co-Supervisor Investigation of the Maisotsenko Cycle Based Air Conditioning Systems Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Hamed SadighiDizaji
    2016 - 2018 Co-Supervisor Incorporation of the Influences of Kinematics Parameters and Joints Tilting for the Calibration of Serial Robotic Manipulators Master of Philosophy Master Full Time Mr Dhavalkumar Arunbhai Patel
    2016 - 2019 Principal Supervisor High-Order Robotic Joint Sensing with Multiple Accelerometer and Gyroscope Systems Master of Philosophy Master Full Time Laurence McLean
    2014 - 2020 Principal Supervisor Powder Metallurgy Synthesis of Ferromagnetic Heusler Alloys: Feasibility and Microstructural Characterization Studies Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Dr Riaz Ahamed Ahamed Khan
    2013 - 2019 Principal Supervisor Active Suppression of Aerofoil Flutter via Neural-Network-Based Adaptive Nonlinear Optimal Control Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Difan Tang
    2012 - 2014 Principal Supervisor An Evolutionary Approach to Physics-based Modelling of Piezoelectric Actuators Master of Engineering Science Master Full Time Miss Narges Miri
    2011 - 2016 Principal Supervisor Intelligent Control System Design for Energy Conservation in Commercial Buildings Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Hao Huang
    2010 - 2017 Principal Supervisor An Intelligent Approach to Inverse Heat Transfer Analysis of Irradiative Enclosures Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Ali Mirsepahi
    2009 - 2017 Co-Supervisor Investigation of Stockpile-Voxel Profile and Material Reclaiming Optimization Using Bucket Wheel Reclaimer Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Mr Maung Myo
    2009 - 2012 Principal Supervisor Robust Actuator Controller for Active-Truss-Based Morphing Wing Master of Engineering Science Master Full Time Mr Difan Tang
    2008 - 2010 Co-Supervisor Odour Source Localisation Using Multiple Plume-Tracing Mobile Robots Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Zhenzhang Liu
    2007 - 2010 Co-Supervisor Indoor Environments Robot Localization by Employing 802.11 Wireless Network One Way Propagation Time Measurements Master of Engineering Science Master Full Time Mr Xinrui Wang
    2007 - 2011 Principal Supervisor New Types of Knowledge about System Dynamics for Intelligent Control System Design Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Morteza Mohammadzaheri
    2007 - 2014 Co-Supervisor Outdoor Navigation: Time-critical Motion Planning for Nonholonomic Mobile Robots Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Mohd Sani Mohamad Hashim
    2004 - 2007 Co-Supervisor Kinetostatic Modelling of Compliant Micro-motion Stages with Circular Flexure Hinges Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Yuen Yong
    2002 - 2005 Principal Supervisor Active Vibration Control of a piezoelectric laminate plate using Spatial Control Approach Master of Engineering Science Master Full Time Mr Yong Lee
  • Position: Senior Lecturer
  • Phone: 83135469
  • Email: lei.chen@adelaide.edu.au
  • Fax: 83134367
  • Campus: North Terrace
  • Building: Engineering South, floor 3
  • Org Unit: Mechanical Engineering

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