Profile
Research
Research areas of interest include, but are not limited for:
- Sustainable aviation electrification systems & technologies
- Energy management strategies and integrated control systems in aviation/transport electrification
- Smart grid planning and operation with transport integration, such as in airports, vehicle charging, etc.
Publications
[1] Zhang, J., Roumeliotis, I., Zhang, X., & Zolotas, A. (2023). Techno-economic-environmental evaluation of aircraft propulsion electrification: Surrogate-based multi-mission optimal design approach. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 175, 113168.
[2] Zhang, J., Roumeliotis, I., & Zolotas, A. (2022). Model-based fully coupled propulsion-aerodynamics optimization for hybrid electric aircraft energy management strategy. Energy, 245, 123239.
[3] Zhang, J., Roumeliotis, I., & Zolotas, A. (2021). Nonlinear model predictive control-based optimal energy management for hybrid electric aircraft considering aerodynamics-propulsion coupling effects. IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, 8(2), 2640-2653.
[4] Zhang, J., Roumeliotis, I., & Zolotas, A. (2022). Sustainable aviation electrification: a comprehensive review of electric propulsion system architectures, energy management, and control. Sustainability, 14(10), 5880.
[5] Guo, Z., Zhang, J., Zhang, R., & Zhang, X. (2021). Aviation-to-Grid Flexibility through Electric Aircraft Charging. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, 18(11), 8149-8159.
[6] Luan, Z., Zhang, J., Zhao, W., & Wang, C. (2020). Trajectory tracking control of autonomous vehicle with random network delay. IEEE transactions on vehicular technology, 69(8), 8140-8150.
[7] Kang, S., Roumeliotis, I., Zhang, J., Broca, O., & Pachidis, V. (2022). Assessment of engine operability and overall performance for parallel hybrid electric propulsion systems for a single-aisle aircraft. Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, 144(4).
[8] Wu, H., Zhang, Y., Huang, L., Zhang, J., Luan, Z., Zhao, W., & Chen, F. (2022). Research on vehicle obstacle avoidance path planning based on APF-PSO. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering, 09544070221088364.
[9] Lai, CS., Chen, D., Zhang, J., Zhang, X., Xu, X., Taylor, G. and et al. (2022) 'Profit maximization for large-scale energy storage systems to enable fast EV charging infrastructure in distribution networks'. Energy, 259. pp. 1 - 21. ISSN: 0360-5442.
[10] Carpentier, T., Zhang, J., van Heerden, A. S., & Roumeliotis, I. (2022, June). Performance and economic assessment of mechanically integrated parallel hybrid aircraft. In Turbo Expo: Power for Land, Sea, and Air (Vol. 86014, p. V004T06A018). American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
Supervision
I am currently recruiting a fully funded PhD student through University of Leicester Future 50 PhD Scholarships scheme:
- ENG Zhang Hydrogen-based novel propulsion technologies and design framework for future sustainable aviation
https://cms2.le.ac.uk/sitecore/shell/Applications/Content%20Editor.aspx?sc_bw=1&sc_lang=en
Teaching
EG1004 Engineering Experimentation (Ball and beam control)
EG2004 Engineering Experimentation and Analysis (Vibration modelling)
EG4323/7040 Robust and Nonlinear Control
UG Final year projects
MSc projects