Beichuan Hong

Beichuan holds a Ph.D. degree from the Unit of Mechatronics, Department of Engineering Design & Competence Center for Gas Exchange (CCGEx) at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden. His doctoral work was mainly with Dr. Andreas Cronhjort, Professor. Mihai Mihaescu, and Dr. Anders Christiansen Erlandsson. His research was conducted in the KTH-CCGEx center and was funded by the Swedish Energy Agency (Energimyndigheten), KTH-CCGEx center and its industrial partners.

Beichuan now partially works on continuing his previous reaserch (2016-2018) in the Division of Transport Planning,Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering at KTH. His work on "Optimization of Construction Activities and Logistics" is mainly with Dr. Wilco Burghout and Professor. Erik Jenelius.

Beichuan's research interests include the evaluation and optimization of energy and propulsion systems, alongside modeling and control theory for automotive applications. His experience covers combustion engines using renewable fuel, energy optimization for hybrid powertrain systems, discrete-event simulation for transport systems, system identification for mechatronics, and optimal control for autonomous construction vehicles.

Profession & Education

My doctoral studies have focused on thermal analyses and optimization of propulsion systems for marine and vehicle applications. I possess expertise in modeling, control, and estimation for dynamic systems within the automotive sector. 

At KTH Mechatronics  (2021-2023), I have also been involved in teaching and research projects concerning embedded systems for motor control, system identification of battery models, and energy optimization of hybrid powertrain systems.

My work conducted at Competence Center for Gas Exchange (CCGEx), carried out from 2018 to 2023, is related to propulsion system modelling, combustion analysis, pulsating flow field measurement and estimation (CCGEx project update poster beichuan_2022ccgex_poster03.pdf).

From  2016 to 2018, I was a Licentiate student / research engineer at the KTH Transport Planning division within the project of “Optimal Construction Operations”, which was funded by Volvo Construction Equipment (Construction Climate Challenge). My work at the Transport Planning division, Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering involves the optimal control application on construction operations.

Before moving to Sweden, I obtained both my bachelor and master degrees from Wuhan University of Technology, China. My bachelor degree was in Energy, Power Systems and Automation (2008-2012), and the master degree was in Marine and Power Machinery Engineering (2012-2014). Since 2014, I worked as a development engineer for 1.5 years at the Cummins East Asia Research & Development Center (Cummins EA R&D).

The presentation file for my self-introduction on September 22, 2023: presentation_ver4.pdf

 

Teaching Activity

Teacher and teaching assistant:

• MF133X Degree project in mechatronics (Spring 2022)
• MF224X Degree project in mechatronics, second cycle (Autumn 2022)
• MF2047 Internal combustion engines, I : Fundamentals (Autumn 2019, 2020, 2021)
• MF2066 Internal combustion engines Advanced course (Spring 2019, 2022)
• MF2083 Internal combustion engines, II: Combution process, gas dynamics, and engine simulation (Spring 2021, 2022)