Zongxuan Sun

Zongxuan Sun
Frank Rowley Professor, Mechanical EngineeringContact
Mechanical Engineering Room 3110 111 Church Street SEMinneapolis, MN 55455
Affiliations
Education
Ph.D. 2000, Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign
M.S. 1998, Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign
B.S. 1995, Automatic Control, Southeast University, China
Professional Background
Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, 2016-present
Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, 2012-2016
Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, 2007-2012
Staff Researcher, Research and Development Center, General Motors Corporation, 2006-2007
Senior Researcher, Research and Development Center, General Motors Corporation, 2000-2006
Scientific & Professional Societies
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
- Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
Biography
Zongxuan Sun is an expert on dynamic systems and control with applications to automotive propulsion systems. He had seven years of experience at General Motors Research Center prior to joining the University of Minnesota in 2007. His research work includes system modeling, control theory, building unique instruments, and testbeds for experiments.
Lab
Automotive Propulsion Control Lab
ME Research Areas
Sensing and Controls
Fluid Power
Combustion and Engines.
ME Impact Areas
Energy Transition
Robotics & Mobility
Environment & Sustainability
- Dynamic systems and control.
- Tracking control and disturbance rejection.
- Nonlinear and time-varying control.
- Mechatronics.
- Fluid power.
- Applications to automotive propulsion systems.
Research Group
Name: | Location: |
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Automotive Propulsion Control Laboratory | ME 54 |
Center for Compact & Efficient Fluid Power | ME 325B |
Honors and Awards
- Best Paper Award, ASME Automotive and Transportation Systems Technical Committee, 2018.
- Charles E. Bowers Faculty Teaching Award, College of Science and Engineering, University of Minnesota, 2015.
- CAREER Award, NSF, 2012.
- George W. Taylor Career Development Award, College of Science and Engineering, University of Minnesota, 2012.
- Best Paper Award, the 2012 International Conference on Advanced Vehicle Technologies and Integration.
- Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award, SAE, 2011.
- “Inventor Milestone” Award, GM R&D, 2006.
- Spark Plug Award, GM R&D, 2005, “For Demonstrating the Importance of Spirit and Moral”.
- Charles L. McCuen Special Achievement Award, GM R&D, 2004.
Selected Publications
- Tripathi, A., Zhang, C and Sun, Z., “A Multizone Model of the Combustion Chamber Dynamics in a Controlled Trajectory Rapid Compression and Expansion Machine (CT-RCEM)”, Applied Energy, in press, 2018.
- Zhang, C. and Sun, Z., “A Control-Oriented Model for Trajectory-Based HCCI Combustion”, ASME Transactions on Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control, Vol. 140, 091013, September, 2018.
- Li, K., Zhang, C and Sun, Z., “Transient Motion Control for a Free Piston Engine”, Proceedings of the IMechE, Part D, Journal of Automobile Engineering, Vol. 231, pp.1709-1717, Oct. 2017.
- Shao, Y., Mohd Zulkefli, A. and Sun, Z., “Vehicle and Powertrain Optimization for Autonomous and Connected Vehicles”, ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Magazine, Vol.5, No. 3, pp.15-19, Sept., 2017.
- Hu, J., Shao, Y., Sun, Z., and Bared, J., “Integrated Vehicle and Powertrain Optimization for Passenger Vehicles with Vehicle-Infrastructure Communication”, Transportation Research Part C, 79, pp.85-102, 2017.