Bo Tian

As a PhD candidate at the University of Leicester, I specialise in enhancing human-robot collaborative manufacturing systems, supported by a fully-funded scholarship awarded in 2021. My role extends to a teaching assistant in the School of Engineering, where I contribute to eight diverse modules/labs. Since August 2023, I've been working closely with a leading automotive manufacturer to push the boundaries of my research towards the commercialisation of deep technology. In 2024, I was selected as one of 100 UK PhD Venture Science Fellows in the Conception X Deeptech Venture Programme.

Before this, my journey began with a BSc in Chemical Engineering from Dalian University of Technology, China (2021). During my undergraduate, I received outstanding awards in several academic competitions and distinguished with the honour of "Star of Scientific Innovation". I led the University Mathematical Modelling Society (2018-2019) and undertook internships at Imperial College London and Intel China, contributing to critical projects in carbon capture and Intel QAT. I furthered my professional contributions as a session chair at CARV2023, University of Bologna and a peer reviewer for IEEE transaction T-ASE from Oct 2024.

Impact & Knowledge Exchange 

• 04/2024 | Startup Founder | Founder of MANUFIX, a platform transforms production agility by providing predictable reconfiguration solutions.

• 02/2024 | Venture Scientist | Awarded as one of 100 UK PhD Venture Science Fellows in the Conception X Deep-tech Venture Programme.

• 03/2023 | Student representative | Introduced the PGR research of the University of Leicester as one of the two PhD representatives to the visit delegation of the Estonian University of Life Sciences. 
   
• 07/2022 | Student lead | Established the first Swarm Robotics Laboratory at the School of Engineering, University of Leicester. (PI: Dr Himanshu Kaul and Dr Mukund Janardhanan) 
   

Publication

• Tian, B., Kaul, H. and Janardhanan, M. (2024). Balancing heterogeneous assembly line with multi-skilled human-robot collaboration via Adaptive cooperative co-evolutionary algorithm. Swarm and Evolutionary Computation, Elsevier. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.swevo.2024.101762).

• Tian, B., Raj, R., Janardhanan, M., Marinelli, M. and S.G Ponnambalam. (2024). Evaluating Implementation Barriers and Collection Strategies for Reverse Logistics in Metal Remanufacturing: A Hybrid BWM-TOPSIS Approach. Flexible Services and Manufacturing Journal, Springer. (Under review).

• Raj, R., Tian, B., Janardhanan, M., Marinelli, M. and S.G Ponnambalam. (2024). Exploring barriers and strategies for implementing reverse logistics in the metal disassembly and remanufacturing industry in the digitalization era. RAISE 2023. Springer. (https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-4700-9_34).

• Tian, B., Marinelli, M. and Janardhanan, M. (2024). A systematic investigation of the barriers to effective implementation of human-robot assembly line: an integrated multi-criteria decision-making approach. International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing, Taylor & Francis. (https://doi.org/10.1080/0951192X.2023.2278114).

• Tian, B., Kaul, H. and Janardhanan, M. (2023). Towards self-organized logistics planning in decentralised production systems via agent-based modelling. CARV 2023. Springer. (https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-34821-1_90).

 

Conference  & Talk 

• Oral Presentation, IEEE 20th International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE 2024). Politecnico di Bari, Bari, Italy, September 2024.

• Oral Presentation, International Conference on Recent Advances in Industrial and Systems Engineering (RAISE 2023). Vellore Institute of Technology, India, December 2023.

• Session Chair & Oral Presentation, The CIRP Sponsored 9th Changeable, Agile, Reconfigurable and Virtual Production Conference (CARV2023). University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy, June 2023.

• Poster Presentation, Doctoral College Researcher Conference. University of Leicester, Leicester, UK, April 2023.

 

Patent

• A kind of disinfection of indoor air and gaseous pollutant controlling device. CN109432478A • Filed 2018-10-26 • Published 2019-03-08 (https://patents.google.com/patent/CN109432478A/en)

 

2022-2023 

EG1004 - Engineering Experimentation and Analysis 

1X1 - Tensile Testing Lab - Teaching Assistant 

1X3 - Euler Buckling Lab - Teaching Assistant 

EG2004 - Engineering Experimentation and Analysis 

2X3 - Pumps Parallel & Series Lab - Teaching Assistant 

2X4 - Heat Exchangers Lab - Teaching Assistant 

EG7321 - Engineering Business Management - Panel Member 

2021-2022 

EG1006 - Engineering Design and Experimentation 

1X3 - Euler Buckling Lab - Teaching Assistant 

EG2121 - Materials Processing - Field Trip Leader 

EG7321 - Engineering Business Management - Panel Member 

Second Prize 
2018 Asia and Pacific Mathematical Contest in Modeling (APMCM) 
Issued by Beijing Society of Image and Graphics (BSIG) · Nov 2018 

National Third Place 
2018 College Student "Chem-E-Car" Competition (China Division) 
Issued by The Chemical Industry and Engineering Society of China (CIESC) · May 2018 

Honorable Prize 
2018 Mathematical Contest In Modeling (MCM) 
Issued by Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) · Feb 2018 

Third Prize 
2017 Asia and Pacific Mathematical Contest in Modeling (APMCM) 
Issued by Beijing Society of Image and Graphics (BSIG) · Nov 2017 

Provincial First Price 
2017 China Undergraduate Mathematical Contest in Modeling (CUMCM) 
Issued by China Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ICIAM) · Sep 2017 

Third Prize 
The 3rd Fujian Calligraphy and Seal Cutting Exhibition 
Issued by China Calligraphers Association (CCA), Fujian Association · May 2011 

First Prize 
The 1st Fujian New Calligraphy Artists Exhibition 
Issued by China Calligraphers Association (CCA), Fujian Association · Mar 201