Prof. Dianhua Zhang studied automatic control systems at Northeastern University in 1978, received a bachelor’s degree in engineering in 1982, a master’s degree in engineering in 1984, and a doctorate in 2003. He is now the deputy director and doctoral supervisor of the State Key Laboratory of Rolling Technology and Continuous Rolling Automation at Northeastern University. His main research directions are mathematical models for material forming process control, material forming process automation, intelligent control of material forming process, and system identification and simulation of material forming process. He has undertaken and completed many major projects of the National Natural Science Foundation, 973 projects, 863 projects, and national key research projects. He has published more than 200 papers and obtained more than 20 invention patents. He has won one second prize in the National Science and Technology Progress Award and seven provincial and ministerial Science and Technology Progress awards.
Prof. Dianhua Zhang studied automatic control systems at Northeastern University in 1978, received a bachelor’s degree in engineering in 1982, a master’s degree in engineering in 1984, and a doctorate in 2003. He is now the deputy director and doctoral supervisor of the State Key Laboratory of Rolling Technology and Continuous Rolling Automation at Northeastern University. His main research directions are mathematical models for material forming process control, material forming process automation, intelligent control of material forming process, and system identification and simulation of material forming process. He has undertaken and completed many major projects of the National Natural Science Foundation, 973 projects, 863 projects, and national key research projects. He has published more than 200 papers and obtained more than 20 invention patents. He has won one second prize in the National Science and Technology Progress Award and seven provincial and ministerial Science and Technology Progress awards.