Dr. Youxian Sun

Double Employed Academician-Youxian Sun

Professor, PhD Supervisor

Email: 2006860001@ buct.edu.cn

Background

Youxian Sun, born on 23 December 1940 in Zhuji, Zhejiang Province, is an expert in industrial automation, an Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, a professor and doctoral supervisor of Zhejiang University, dean of the School of Control Science and Engineering of Zhejiang University, director of the Institute of Modern Control Engineering of Zhejiang University, director of the National Engineering Research Centre for Industrial Automation, honorary Dean of Jiyang College of Zhejiang Agriculture and Forestry University, double employed academician for the school of Information Science and Technology of Beijing University of Chemical Technology.

Areas of Research of Expertise

• Modeling of complex industrial processes,

• Control and optimization of complex industrial processes,

• Factory integrated automation system,

• Complete automation system for large-scale equipment,

• Robust control theory and applications.

Research

Youxian Sun creatively proposed a whole set of system modeling technology, advanced control technology, online optimization technology, fault diagnosis technology, fault-tolerant control technology, system integration technology and integrated automation technology in view of the characteristics of complex industrial systems such as high uncertainty, high nonlinearity, high relevance, extremely large pure delay and incomplete information, and has been successfully applied in large-scale industrial plants.

Youxian Sun has led the establishment of China's first national engineering research center, creatively solved the major key technologies in the overall design of computer control system software for large production lines in pulp, paper and biochemical industries, successfully developed the Supcon decentralized control system, fieldbus control system, Suny TDCS9200 industrial control computer system, as well as the hardware platform and software platform of integrated automation system and realized industrialization.

By 2007, Youxian Sun had established 24 dynamic mathematical models, developed 25 advanced control algorithms, 18 computer control systems, 6 special paper instruments and 12 soft measurement software in the field of pulp and paper and biochemical automation engineering for various production processes in large enterprises, and promoted their application in more than 20 provinces and cities, achieving significant economic benefits.

Research Projects

By April 2018, Youxian Sun had presided over or completed more than 50 scientific research projects, including the National Natural Science Foundation of China Major Project, the National Natural Science Key Fund, the 863 High Technology Program, the National Science and Technology Tackling Program, the National High Technology Industrialization Major Project, major provincial and ministerial-level science and technology projects and major automation projects of enterprises. His research achievements have won one first-class, three second-class and one third-class National Science and Technology Progress Award, two National Excellent Teaching Achievement Awards, and more than 20 first- and second-class Provincial and Ministerial Science and Technology Progress Awards.

Main Achievements & Awards

Academic Works   

By April 2018, Youxian Sun had published 18 monographs and edited books, more than 500 SCI and EI-indexed papers, and more than 20 authorized patents.