Dong Zhang

Dr. Dong Zhang is a Lecturer in Automotive Design in the department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in vehicle dynamic control from University of Lincoln in October 2019. After this, he worked as a research fellow in Centre for System Intelligence and Efficiency and the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, at Nanyang Technological University from 2019 to 2020. During this period, his research was focusing to provide novel solutions to address the security challenges raised by intelligent vehicles; and to develop a novel, integrated vehicle chassis control system for intelligent and automated electric vehicles (iAEVs). Before joining Brunel University London in 2021, he worked as a senior research project manager in scientific collaborative projects with car industry for developing the next-generation vehicle chassis control system. Dr. Zhang is welcoming and putting a special emphasis on the collaboration with car companies for developing human-centered automotive control systems and Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS). Dr. Zhang's research interests strongly reside in the area of human-centered automotive control systems, intelligent vehicle/transportation control, game theory based driver-vehicle shared control systems, vehicle dynamic and safety control, adaptive vehicle motion control, and A.I based autonomous vehicle control. His research has resulted in more than thirty peer-reviewed papers in top journals and conferences, and about ten patents for invention.