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

• Duan, H., Tian, B., Levine, D. T., & Kaul, H. (2025). Investigating resilience in the childcare context through the agent-based paradigm. Child Abuse & Neglect, 163, 107402. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107402).

• 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. (Under review).

• 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).

• 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., 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)

 

Book & Journal article 

Tian, B., Kaul, H. and Janardhanan, M. (2023). Towards self-organized logistics planning in decentralised production systems via agent-based modelling. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. M. B. Francesco Gabriele Galizia, Springer Nature. (Accept for publication).  

Tian, B., Marinelli, M. and Janardhanan, M. (2023). A systematic investigation on barriers to effective implementation of human-robot assembly line: a BWM approach. International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing, Taylor & Francis. (Under review). 

Conference paper 

Tian, B., Kaul, H. and Janardhanan, M. (2023). Towards self-organized logistics planning in decentralised production systems via agent-based modelling. the 9th Changeable, Agile, Reconfigurable and Virtual Production Conference (CARV2023) and the 11th World Mass Customization & Personalization Conference (MCPC2023). Bologna, Italy, June 2023. Springer International Publishing. 

Tian, B., Su, S. and Wang, Q. (2018). Task pricing model for Internet labor service crowdsourcing platform. the 2nd Undergraduate Symposium in Dalian University of Technology Panjin Campus, China, October 2017. (Oral presentation, third prize of the conference). 

Published Artwork 

Tian, B. (2009). 田氏治印. Collection of the 6th National Seal Cutting Art Exhibition. C. C. Association, China Federation of Literary & Art Circles Press. 2:441. (bookschina.com/3552461.htm) 

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