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| Prof. Li Yangmin’s research project has been approved for funding from the National Natural Science Foundation of China |
Prof. Li Yangmin of the Faculty of Science and Technology at the University of Macau (UM) has received approval of his application for the Joint Research Fund for Hong Kong, Macao and Overseas Chinese Scholars, in the amount of RMB 200,000, from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NNSFC), for the research project “Study of Parallel Active Vibration Damping Mechanism Applicable to Experimental Device for Crystal Growth in Space and Its Control Methods”.
The National Natural Science Fund is open to applications from all over the country. It mainly funds fundamental research projects and certain applied research projects in the field of natural science, according precedence to applications from research personnel from higher education institutions or scientific research institutions with good research conditions and strong research capabilities. Funded projects are executed and managed by NNSFC. The Joint Research Fund for Hong Kong, Macao and Overseas Chinese Scholars aims to encourage Hong Kong, Macao and overseas Chinese scholars under the age of fifty to collaborate with their counterparts in mainland China in carrying out quality research projects, in order to fully tap into the scientific and technological strengths of Hong Kong, Macao and overseas regions and encourage excellent scholars to serve mainland China.
The research project, Study of Parallel Active Vibration Damping Mechanism Applicable to Experiment Device for Crystal Growth in Space and Its Control Methods, is the fruit of collaboration between Prof. Li Yangmin and Liu Jinguo, a research professor from Shenyang Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Experts on the review panel are of the opinion that Prof. Li’s research project has achieved innovative breakthroughs, has major research and practical value, is highly significant for manned spacecraft projects in China, and has some international influence. Earlier Prof. Li and Prof. Liu’s co-authored paper entitled “Enumeration of the Non-isomorphic Configurations for a Reconfigurable Modular Robot with Square-cubic-cell Modules ” was awarded the first prize in the category of natural science papers at the Liaoning Academic Achievements Awards in Natural Science 2011.
Prof. Li joined UM’s FST in 1997. His main research interests include robotics and automation. His numerous research projects have received funding from the Science and Technology Development Fund of Macao SAR and UM’s Research Committee. A world-renowned scholar in robotics and automation and control, Prof. Li is the chairman, vice-chairman and member of programme committees of a dozen international conferences. So far he has published two hundred and fifty journal and conference papers both at home and abroad, and fifty papers have been included in the Science Citation Index, with citation frequency reaching four hundred and five. He now serves on the editorial boards of IEEE(the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)Transactions on Automation Science Engineering and IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, and several other top international journals.
