Biography

Dr. Lianwu Guan is a lecture and postdoctoral researcher at the College of Automation in
HEU (since 2017). His researches concentrated on inertial measurement unit (IMU),
inertial based integrated navigation and localization systems with their application in
pipeline inspection & localization robots, intelligent ski machine, unmanned autonomous
vehicle, underwater autonomous vehicle and other fields. Dr. Guan holds B.Sc. degree in
M&C Technology and Instrumentation (2011) and M.Sc. degree and Ph.D. degree in
Navigation, Guidance and Control (2016) from HEU, Harbin, China. In addition, he has a
Visiting Research experience in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
in Queen’s University and Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Canada from
Sep. 2014 to March 2016.
Dr. Guan is the author and coauthor over 25 scientific papers and over 20 patents in
China, USA, Japan, France and other countries. His results are reported on several
international conferences in UAE «ICCSPA’19», China «ICMA’2018», France «IFAC
World Congress’2017», USA«PLANS’2016», and Japan «ICMA’2013» and others. He is
also the Editorial Board Membership of International Journal of Sensors, the reviewer for
some international journal and conference papers, such as, IEEE Transaction on
Instrumentation and Measurement, Journal of Advanced Transportation, Measurement,
Polish Maritime Research Journal, The Open Automation and Control Systems Journal,
Asian Journal of Mathematics and Computer Research and so on.

Main Publications:

1. S Li, Y Gao*, G Meng, G Wang, L Guan. Accelerometer-Based Gyroscope Drift
Compensation Approach in a Dual-Axial Stabilization Platform, Electronics, 8(5), 594.
2. N Li, Y Gao, Y Wang, Z Liu, L Guan*, X Liu, A Low-Cost Underground Garage Navigation
Switching Algorithm Based on Kalman Filtering, Sensors 19 (8), 1861.
3. L Guan*, Y Gao, H Liu, W An, A Noureldin, A Review on Small-Diameter Pipeline
Inspection Gauge Localization Techniques: Problems, Methods and Challenges,
2019 International Conference on Communications, Signal Processing, and their
Applications (ICCSPA), March 19, 2019, 1-6.
4. H Rong, L Guan*, Y Gao, Design and Experiment of an Autonomous Underwater
Vehicle for Twilight Zone Surveying, 2019 International Conference on
Communications, Signal Processing, and their Applications (ICCSPA), March 19,
2019, 1-6.
5. X Zhou, Y Gao*, L Guan. Towards Goal-Directed Navigation Through Combining
Learning Based Global and Local Planners, Sensors, 19(1), 2019, 176.
6. L Guan*, X Xu, Y Gao, F Liu, H Rong, M Wang, A Noureldin. Micro-Inertial-Aided
High-Precision Positioning Method for Small-Diameter PIG Navigation, IntechOpen,
2018/11/5.
7. Z Jiang, H Zhang*, L Guan, J Yang. Fiber Bragg grating anemometer and
temperature compensation technology. Optical Engineering, 57(6), 2018, 064104.
8. M Liu, G Li*, Y Gao, S Li, L Guan. Velocity-aided In-motion Alignment for SINS Based
on Pseudo-Earth Frame. Journal of Navigation, 71, 2018, 221-240.
9. Y Jiang*, T Bai, Y Gao, L Guan. Water entry of a constraint posture body under
different entry angles and ventilation rates. Ocean Engineering, 153, 2018, 53-59.
10. H. Han, Y. Wei, L Guan, X Ye, A Wang. Trajectory Tracking Control of Underwater
Vehicle-Manipulator Systems Using Uncertainty and Disturbance Estimator,
OCEANS 2018 MTS/IEEE Charleston, 2018, 1-6.
11. L Xu; Y Wei; X Wang, A Wang, L Guan. Binocular Vision of Fish Swarm Detection in
Real-time Based on Deep Learning, OCEANS 2018 MTS/IEEE Charleston, 2018,
1-6.
12. A Wang, Y Wei, H Han, L Guan, X Zhang, X Xu. Ocean Wave Active Compensation
Analysis of Inverse Kinematics for Hybrid Boarding System based on Fuzzy Algorithm.
OCEANS’18 MTS/IEEE, 2018/05/11, 1-6.
13. L Guan*, Y Gao, A Noureldin, X Cong. Pipeline Junction Detection based on
Complex Continuous Wavelet Transform and MEMS Accelerometer Measurement.
IEEE ICMA 2018, 1227-1232.
14. M Wang, L Guan*, D Xiong, Y Gao, X Xu, X Chen. UAV Attitude Measurement based
on Enhanced Mahony Complementary Filter. IEEE ICMA 2018, 545-550.
15. M Wang, K He, L Guan*, Y Gao, L Yu, X Luo. Application of a Novel Fast Transfer
Alignment Algorithm on SINS for Vehicular Launching System. IEEE ICMA 2018,
2115-2119.
16. L Guan*, X Cong, Y Gao, U Uqbal, A Noureldin. Enhanced MEMS SINS Aided
Pipeline Surveying System by Pipeline Junction Detection in Small Diameter Pipeline,
IFAC-PapersOnLine, 50(1), 2017, 3560-3565.
17. P Liu, X Li*, X Guang, G Li, L Guan. Bias Error Caused by the Faraday Effect in Fiber
Optical Gyroscope With Double Sensitivity, IEEE Photonics Technology Letters 29
(15), 2017, 1273-1276.
18. X Li, P Liu*, X Guang, Z Xu, L Guan, G Li. Temperature Dependence of Faraday
Effect-Induced Bias Error in a Fiber Optic Gyroscope. Sensors, 17(9), 2017, 2046.
19. L Guan, Y Gao, A Osman, U Iqbal, M Korenberg, A Noureldin. Pipeline junction
detection from accelerometer measurement using fast orthogonal search. 2016
IEEE/ION Position, Location and Navigation Symposium (PLANS), 2016/4/11, 21-26.
20. L Guan*, Y Gao, A Osman, U Iqbal, A Noureldin. Analysis of rolling motion effect on
SINS error modeling in PIG. 2016 IEEE/ION Position, Location and Navigation
Symposium (PLANS), 2016/4/11, 681-686.
21. Y Gao, L Guan*, T Wang, Y Sun. A Novel Artificial Fish Swarm Algorithm for
Recalibration of Fiber Optic Gyroscope Error Parameters. Sensors 15 (5), 2015,
10547-10568.
22. Y Gao, L Guan*, T Wang. Triaxial Accelerometer Error Coefficients Identification with
a Novel Artificial Fish Swarm Algorithm. Journal of sensors 2015 (2015), 17.
23. Y Gao, L Guan*, T Wang, A novel IFOG Allan variance coefficients real-time
detection method with temperature variation in moorage, Optik-International Journal
for Light and Electron Optics. 2015, 126(19), 2184-2189.
24. Y Gao, L Guan*, T Wang. Optimal artificial fish swarm algorithm for the field
calibration on marine navigation, Measurement 50, 2014, 297-304.
25. Y Gao, L Guan*, T Wang, H Kuang. Position precision analysis for single-axis rotation
fiber optic gyro strapdown inertial navigation system. Chinese Journal of Scientific
Instrument, 2014, 35(4), 798-800.
26. Y Gao, L Guan*, T Wang. Deviation compensation on single-axis rotation modulation
SINS inclination angle. Journal of Chinese Inertial Technology, 2013, 21(4), 446-451.
27. Y Gao, L Guan*, T Wang, X Cong. Research on the Calibration of FOG Based on
AFSA. IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation (ICMA)
2013/8/4, 412-417.
28. G Li*, Y Gao, T Wang, L Guan. Error Auto-compensation Methods of Improved
Single-axial Rotation INS. Advanced Materials Research, 79(1), 2013, 1046-1049.
Funding (PI):

1. The National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) (No. 61803118)
2. The Science and Technology Research Program of Chongqing Municipal Education
Commission (No. KJZD-K201804701)
3. The Post Doc. Foundation of Heilongjiang Province (No. LBH-Z17053)
4. The Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (No. HEUCFJ180402,
No. 3072019CFM0402 and No. 3072019CF0405)

Dr. B. MYTHILI GNANAMANGAI graduated from Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore in Biotechnology and Master’s degree in Biotechnology at Vivekanadha College of Arts and Science, Tiruchengode. I completed my Diploma in Nutrition and Health Education at Indira Gandhi Open University, Delhi. I have completed my M.tech Biotechnology in K.S.Rangasamy College of Technology. I received the Ph.D. degree in faculty of Science and Humanities from Anna University, Chennai in 2012. I have four years of teaching and research experience. Presently, I am working as Assistant Professor in the Department of Biotechnology, K.S.Rangasamy College of Technology, Namakkal Dt.
My area of research includes Nanobiotechnology, Microbial Biotechnology, Medical Biotechnology and food microbiology. I am skilled in handling microbial techniques and Instrumentation troubleshooting.
  I received national level Young Women Scientist Award from Dr. Kalam Educational Trust for tribal, Chennai for my contribution towards science and technology. I presented a paper entitled evaluation of knowledge on cooking methods, food nutrition and safety among women population aged around 40 years, organized by International Institute of food and nutritional sciences, New Delhi and Southern regional station, ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute, Bengaluru and won I prize. So far I have received 17 awards for my research contribution.
Dr. B. Mythili Gnanamangai has guided 25 B.Tech. graduates, 2 M.Tech. graduates and 5 Ph.D scholars. I have more than 33 publications in International and National journals with overall impact factor of 25 and three book chapters. I have filed two US Patent entitled “biosynthesis of gold and silver nanoparticles for stability and extended shelf-life of antagonistic activities” and “simple and modified process for isolation of Quercetin from Saudi Arabian Date fruits (Phoenix dactylifera L.) using Ionic liquid Microwave assisted extraction method”. I also have more than 25 conference paper proceedings. So far I have submitted 30 DNA sequence at NCBI Gene bank. I am also reviewer in Eight Journals from IEEE, Taylor and Francis, Elsevier, Springer and Bentham Journals Like IET System Biology, IET Image Processing, Current drug discovery technologies, Spectrochimca Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, Journal of Food chemistry, International journal of Fruit Science, Journal of Applied Chemical Science International and The open Nanomedicine Journal. I served PI and Co-PI for many Funding Projects from TNSCST, DST-INSPIRE, DBT, NTRF and UGC.

I have also severed Chairperson in International Conference and delivered so many guest lectures in Colleges and Schools. As a part of outreach I am acting as a Microbial culture collection incharge, Public awareness Club Coordinator, Press and Media Coordinator, DBT-STAR College Scheme Coordinator, Social Media Co-ordinator of the Department, Mitacs-Internship Coordinator, USIEF Funding ambassador of the college.

In Jul 1992 I was graduated at Opole University in Poland (M.Sc. in chemistry, specialization in agrobiochemistry at the Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry, dissertation subject in microbiology). In Oct 2005 I obtained Ph.D. in chemistry at Faculty of Chemistry, Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland (dissertation title: Model structures of biodegradable aliphatic polyesters). Since Nov 1995 I have been working at Centre of Polymer and Carbon Materials Polish Academy of Science in Zabrze. I am currently working as a specialist. I am a co-author of 8 published chapters in scientific monographs of top-notch international publishers (upon invitation), 37 peer-reviewed publications published in journals registered in the Web of Science and SCOPUS databases. I have 74 papers in total, including the other publications, conference series, national publications and monograph chapters. I participate in numerous grants and evaluate national and EU proposals (Marie Curie Individual Fellowship, Research and Innovation Action H2020) and peer-review publications. I also gained experience abroad during long-term scholarships at Polymer Institute SAS (Bratislava, Slovakia), Institute of Polymers BAS (Sofia, Bulgaria) i Vienna University of Technology, Institute for Applied Synthetic Chemistry (Austria).

I joined the Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, in 1993 for my Doctoral thesis. In June 1997 I present my thesis The pharmacognostical analysis of Chrysanthemum balsamita L. (Asteraceae). In 2002, I graduated a Postdoctoral stage in the Ethnopharmacological Field at the University of Metz in collaboration with France Society of Ethnopharmacology. Currently, I am the vice-president of Romanian Society of Ethnopharmacology and I am specialist on phytochemistry. My research includes the field of medicinal plants, obtaining, characterization and standardization of extracts, testing their pharmacological action, testing antioxidant activity in vitro and in vivo, analysis and isolation of biologically active compounds (polyphenols, carotenoids, essential oils, terpenes, alkaloids), spectrometric and chromatographical analysis (HPLC, GC).
Nowaday, I am The pharmacist, Associate Professor PhD. at University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Iuliu Haţieganu”, Cluj-Napoca (Romania), Department of Pharmacognosy (Faculty of Pharmacy). My work is embodied in scientific papers: 10 books published in national publishing houses: CNCSIS-MECI, 5 chapters published in books, 105 scientific papers published in journals. I have been involved in 10 research projects (as member or as manager). I am member of the professional associations: Association of Romanian Pharmacists, Society of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Romania, Association for the Medicinal and Aromatic Plants of Southeast European Countries (AMAPSEC), Society for Medicinal Plant and Natural Product Research (GA) and Vice President of Romanian Society of Ethnopharmacology.

Key words of my research interests
Obtaining and standardization of vegetal extracts; HPLC, GS-MS analysis; polyphenols, essential oils, carotenoids, testing of the bioactive compounds (antioxidant, antitumoral activity).

Dr. Lichong Xu, done his Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering and Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, his research interest is Biological interactions at biomaterial interfaces including protein adsorption, platelet adhesion/activation, blood coagulation, and bacterial adhesion/biofilms formation; Development of new biomaterials and surface modification to improve resistances to thrombosis and microbial infections; Atomic force microscopy techniques to characterize material surface properties and biological interactions at surfaces. Currently, he is working as an Assistant professor, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Hershey, PA.

Research keywords: Biomedical Signal Analysis, Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), High-Speed Analog Digital Convertor, ECG, PPG, Blood Pressure (BP), Glucose monitoring, High Intensity Focus Ultrasound (HIFU), Deep learning, Internet of medical things (IoMT), Mobile Edge Computing.

My name is Mozhgan Keshavarz and I hold a Ph.D. degree in Materials Science and Engineering from Tarbiat Modares University in Iran. I was a Ph.D. visiting researcher at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Vitoria-Gasteiz (Spain), at the department of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Technology for 8 months in 2020.

During the course of my studies, I developed a set of different lab and management skills. For my Ph.D. degree thesis, I fabricated bioactive scaffolds/hydrogels and studied their mechanical and biological properties for bone tissue engineering applications.
I have deeply focused and working on bioactive glass ceramics and polymers, preparation and characterization of multifunctional nanocomposite hydrogels & scaffolds with improved mechanical and biological properties. Specifically, I experienced in tissue engineering field, additive manufacturing methods, fabrication of hydrogels, 3D scaffolds, expertise in cell culture and differentiation of stem cells.