Ph. D., Mechanical Engineering, McMaster University Hamilton, ON, Canada Jun. 2017
M. S., Vehicle Operation Engineering, China Academy of Railway Sciences Beijing, China Jun. 2013
B. S., Automotive Engineering, Tsinghua University Beijing, China Jun. 2010

Associate Professor, School of Mechanical Engineering Jul. 2022 to date.
Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai, China

Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering Jun. 2020 to Jun. 2022.
University of Alaska Fairbanks Fairbanks, AK, USA

Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Mechanical Engineering Aug. 2018 to Jun. 2020
University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX, USA

Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Systems Design Engineering Jul. 2017-Jul. 2018
University of Waterloo Waterloo, ON, Canada

01. Connected & Autonomous Vehicles (CAVs), Autonomous Driving and Eco-Driving;
02. Perception, Decision-Making, Path Planning, Control, and Machine Learning applications;
03. Human-Machine Cooperation, Mutual Trust, Co-Driving, and Shared Control.

• PI, Alaska NASA EPSCoR RID Seed Grants, $40,000 2021-22
Title: “Data-Driven Motion Planning and Control of Planetary Exploration Rovers on Deformable
Terrains."

• PI, PacTrans Regional UTC Research Small Project, $120,000 2021-22
Title: “Data-Driven Motion Control of Autonomous Vehicles in GPS-Unreliable Environments."

Last 5 years（All publications: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=xRgru9YAAAAJ&hl=en）
01. Hongbo Gao, Yechen Qin, Chuan Hu*, Yuchao Liu, Keqiang Li, and Deyi Li, “An Interacting Multiple Model for Trajectory Prediction of Intelligent Vehicles in Typical Road Traffic Scenario," IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, accepted, 2022.
02. Hui Pang, Minhao Liu, Chuan Hu*, Fengqi Zhang, “Adaptive Sliding Mode Attitude Control of Twowheel Mobile Robot with an integrated learning based-RBFNN approach," Neural Computing and Application, in press, 2022.
03. Chuan Hu, Junmin Wang*, “Trust-Based and Individualizable Adaptive Cruise Control Using Control Barrier Function Approach With Prescribed Performance," IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, in press, 2021. DOI: 10.1109/TITS.2021.3066154
04. Chuan Hu, Yimin Chen, and Junmin Wang*, “Fuzzy Observer-Based Transitional Path-Tracking Control for Autonomous Vehicles," IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, in press, 2020. DOI: 10.1109/TITS.2020.2979431
05. Chuan Hu, Hongbo Gao, Hamid Taghavifar, Chongfeng Wei, and Yechen Qin*, Jing Na, and Jinghua Guo, “RISE-Based Integrated Motion Control of Autonomous Ground Vehicles with Asymptotic Prescribed Performance," IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems, in press, 2019. DOI: 10.1109/TSMC.2019.2950468
06. Chuan Hu, Zhengfeng Wang, Yechen Qin*, Yanjun Huang, Jinxiang Wang, and Rongrong Wang, “Lane Keeping Control of Electrified Autonomous Vehicles with Prescribed Performance Considering the Rollover Prevention and Input Saturation," IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems. 2019 Jul 10;21(7):3091-103. (Highly Cited Paper)
07. Chuan Hu, Zhenfeng Wang, Hamid Taghavifar, Jing Na, Yechen Qin*, Jinghua Guo, and Chongfeng Wei, "MME-EKF-Based Trajectory Tracking Control of Autonomous Vehicles Considering Input Saturation," IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. 2019 Mar 27; 68(6): 5246-5259.
08. Chuan Hu, Yechen Qin, Haotian Cao, Xiaolin Song, Kai Jiang, Jagat Jyoti Rath, Chongfeng Wei*, "Lane Keeping of Autonomous Vehicles based on Differential Steering with Adaptive Multivariable Super-Twisting Control," Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing. 2019 Jun 15; 125: 330-346.
09. Yechen Qin, Zhenfeng Wang, Changle Xiang, Mingming Dong, Chuan Hu*, and Rongrong Wang, “A Novel Global Sensitivity Analysis on the Observation Accuracy of the Coupled Vehicle Model," Vehicle System Dynamics. 2019 Oct 3; 57(10): 1445-1466. (Highly Cited Paper)
10. Chuan Hu, Rongrong Wang*, Fengjun Yan, Yanjun Huang, Hong Wang and Chongfeng Wei, “Differential Steering Based Yaw Stabilization Using ISMC for Independently Actuated Electric Vehicles," IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems. 2017 Oct 24; 19(2): 627-38. (Highly Cited Paper)

• ME F302 - Dynamics of Machinery, at UAF Fall, 2020; Fall, 2021
• ME F403 - Machine Design, at UAF Spring, 2021; Spring, 2022
• ME F405 - Computer Aided Design (CAD), at UAF Fall, 2021
• ME F406 - Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM), at UAF Spring, 2022

Associate Editor
– IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems (2021 IF: 14.255), 2022-present.
– IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems (2021 IF: 9.551), 2022-present.
– IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles (2021 IF: 5.009), 2021-present.


Editorial Board Member
– Neural Computing and Applications (2021 IF: 5.102), 2021-present.

• Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-Finance Students Abroad 2017
• Outstanding Reviewer of Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing 2016
• Outstanding Reviewer of Mechatronics 2016
• International Initiatives Micro Fund Award, McMaster University 2015
• Canada Mitacs Globalink Research Award 2014
• U.S. Cyrus Tang Scholarship, Tsinghua University 2007