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Dr Zhiwei Gao

Associate Professor

Department: Mathematics, Physics and Electrical Engineering

Dr David (Zhiwei) Gao

Reader. Department: Mathematics, Physics and Electrical Engineering

Before joining Northumbira University, he held research and academic positions respectively in Newcaslte University, University of Liverpool, University of Leicester, University of Manchester, University of Duisburg-Essen, and Tianjin University. 

He was elevated to for contributions to real-time diagnosis and control for wind turbine systems in 2023. He is awarded the devoting to real-time diagnosis and health management for wave energy conversion systems in 2024. He is also the , , and Fellow of HEA.

Dr. Gao is currently the Co-EIC of IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, Senior Editor of IEEE Access, Area Editor of Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing (Springer), Assoicate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics: Systems, and  ISA Transactions (Elsevier), and the editorial board member of Renewable Energy (Elsevier).

He was the Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, and IEEE Transactions on Industral Electronics. 

Zhiwei Gao

  • Reihane Rahimilarki Fault Diagnosis for Wind Turbine Systems by Using Neural Network and Deep Learning Techniques Start Date: 01/10/2017 End Date: 19/07/2021
  • Yichuan Fu Data-Driven Fault Classification for Wind Turbine Systems Start Date: 01/02/2016 End Date: 21/04/2021
  • Sarah Odofin Robust Fault Diagnosis by GA Optimisation with Applications to Wind Turbine Systems and Induction Motors Start Date: 31/01/2013 End Date: 27/02/2017
  • Xiaoxu Liu Fault estimation and fault tolerant control with application to wind turbine systems Start Date: 01/10/2014 End Date: 26/03/2018

  • Engineering PhD April 14 1996
  • Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship (AvH Research Fellow) 2004
  • Fellow, Industry Academy within the International Artificial Intelligence Industry Alliance (AIIA) 2024
  • Royal Academy Engineering/Leverhulme Trust Fellowship (RAEng/Leverhulme Research Fellow) 2024
  • Fellow Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence Association (AAIA) 2023
  • Fellow Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers (IEEE) 2023
  • Fellow, Higher Education Academy (HEA) 2015


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