Research Publications, Projects and Awards
* Research Publications
(Monographs, Journal Articles, etc.)
o
Featured Interview at The Chinese University of Hong
Kong (2026)
o
Featured Interview at National University of
Singapore (2018)
o
Featured Interview in IEEE Control Systems Magazine:
People in Control (2013)
o A Nonsensical Article on Taoism (in Chinese)
o BSc Research Paper (in Chinese)
o
Full Publication List (PDF)
* My Research Family Genealogy
* Funded Research Projects
ุ Chinese University of Hong Kong (2018.08)
o Advanced Motion Planning
Techniques for the Cooperation of Multi-agent Systems (GRF 20222024)
o Intelligent Navigation and
Robust Flight Control Systems for Unmanned Systems (GRF 20212023)
o Unmanned Aerial System (UAS)
and AI Driven High Efficiency and Precision Built Asset Inspection and
Management
(TSSSU 20242025)
o
Developing a Digital Twin
Empowered Approach for Horseshoe Crab Survey and Conservation with Drones and
AI (ECF
20242026)
o Development of Drone-based and AI-based Surveillance and
Inspection System at Wo Hop Shek Cemetery (EMSD 20242025)
o Development of Hybrid
Aerial-Aquatic and Underwater Unmanned Systems (TJU 2019)
o Development of Unmanned
Systems Framework (PCL 20182022)
ุ National University of Singapore (1993.082021.08)
o Onboard 3D Navigation System
for UAVs in Unknown and Realistic Indoor Environments (DSTA 20162019)
o Navigation and Control of MAVs in Indoor and Outdoor Cluttered
Environments (DSO 20142016)
o Fruit Dove UAV Control (T-Lab 20142016)
o Optimal Coverage and Surveillance Using Cooperative Planning and Control
of UAVs (TDSI 20132016)
o Investigation of Navigation Systems for UAVs in Outdoor Cluttered
Environments (TDSI 20122015)
o Special Project for DARPA UAVForge Competition (DSO 2012)
o Development of Autonomous
Micro Aerial Vehicles (DSO 20112013)
o Optimal Motion Planning in
Obstacle-Rich Environment (TDSI 20102013)
o Development of a Sophisticated 3D Indoor Navigation System for UAVs (TDSI
20092012)
o Cooperative Reconfiguration Control for Multiple Unmanned Air Vehicles
(TDSI 20082011)
o Technologies to Lead Unmanned
Air Vehicles via Manned Air Vehicles (TDSI 20072010)
o Nonlinear Flight Model Identification & Control for VTOL UAV in
Formation (T-Lab 20072009)
o Nonlinear Control of Unmanned
Flying Vehicles (DSTA 20032007)
o Compensation of Friction in Hard Disk Drives (UAR 20032006)
o Virtual Reality Interface for
Web-Based Remote Experimentation (SAREN 20012003)
o Dual Stage Servo System for
Hard Disk Drives (UAR 20002003)
o Development of Web-Based Virtual Laboratories (UAR 19982000)
o Dual Actuator Control System
for R/W Head Actuation in Rotating Memory Devices (UAR 19961999)
o Gain Scheduling for Robust
Controllers in Flight Control Systems (DSO 19941995)
* Research Related Awards
& Honors
o Choh-Ming Li Professor of
Mechanical and Automation Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong,
2026
o Best Paper Award, Control
Theory & Technology, Springer, 2025
o Gold Medal with
Congratulations of the Jury, The 15th International Invention Fair
in the Middle East, Kuwait, 2025
o Fellow,
The Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE), 2024
o Outstanding
Contribution Award, Technical Committee on Control Theory, Chinese
Association of Automation, 2022
o Fellow,
Academy of Engineering, Singapore, 2020
o Provost's
Chair, National University of Singapore, 2016
o Fellow, Chinese
Association of Automation, China, 2015
o Best Application Paper Award, 8th World
Congress on Intelligent Control and Automation, Jinan, China, 2010
o Changjiang Guest Chair
Professorship, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, China, 2009
o Best Application Paper Award, 7th Asian Control
Conference, Hong Kong, 2009
o Fellow,
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), USA, 2007
o Best Industrial Control Application Prize,
5th Asian Control Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 2004
o Temasek
Young Investigator Award, Defence Science
& Technology Agency, Singapore, 2003
o IES Prestigious Engineering Achievement Award,
Institution of Engineers Singapore, 2001
o University
Researcher Award, National University of Singapore, 2000
o Best Poster Paper Award, 2nd Asian Control
Conference, Seoul, Korea, 1997
o
Whos
Who in Engineering Singapore, Institution of Engineers Singapore, 2007
o Marquis Who's Who in the
World, 19th Edition, USA, 2002
o Asian Young Scholars Award,
University of Melbourne, Australia, 1997
o Cardinal Yu-Pin
Scholarship, Sino-American Amity Fund, New York City, USA, 1986-1991
o Presidential Scholarship,
Gonzaga University, Spokane, Washington, USA, 1986-1988
* Awards Won by My UAV
Research Teams and Students
ุ Chinese
University of Hong Kong (2018.08)
o Team CWB
Lions
Outdoor Competition Champion
~YouTube~
17th International Micro Aerial Vehicle Competition, Strasbourg, France,
September 2026
o Team
CWB Lions
Indoor Competition 1st Runner-Up ~YouTube~
17th International Micro Aerial Vehicle Competition, Strasbourg, France,
September 2026
o Lei Lei, Duanqin Hong, Guidong Yang, Xi Chen, Ben M. Chen
The Honorable Mention of Guan Zhao-Zhi Award
The 45th
Chinese Control Conference (CCC 2026), Changsha, China, July 2026
o Tianyi Zhang, Yu
Li, Xi Chen, Ben M. Chen
Building And
Simulation (BAS 2026), Hong Kong, China, June 2026
o Team CWT
United
Indoor Competition Champion
~YouTube~
16th International Micro Aerial Vehicle Competition, Puebla, Mexico, November
2025
o Team
CWT United
Outdoor Competition Champion
~YouTube~
16th International Micro Aerial Vehicle Competition, Puebla, Mexico, November
2025
o Yijun Huang, Jihan Zhang, Xi Chen, Alan H.-F.
Lam, Ben M. Chen
Cash Prize: US$300
19th IEEE
International Conference on Control & Automation, Tallinn, Estonia,
JuneJuly 2025
o Chuanxiang Gao, Xinyi Wang, Xi Chen, Ben M.
Chen
Cash Prize: CNY 3,000
Control Theory
and Technology, Springer Nature, 2025
o Zuoquan Zhao, Ruixin Yan, Zongzhou Wu,
Jialiang Wang, Zixuan Guo, Bingxin Han
Professor
Charles K. Ko Student Creativity Award 2025
2nd Runner-up, Postgraduate Group
Cash Prize: HK$6,000
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2025
o Zuoquan Zhao, Ruixin Yan, Bingxin Han, Wendi Ding,
Zixuan Guo, Zongzhou Wu, Jialiang Wang, Pei Wang
2nd Class Prize, Science and Mechanical Category
Cash Prize: HKD 8,000
11th Hong Kong University Student Innovation &
Entrepreneurship Competition, 2025
o Ben M. Chen and Xi Chen
Gold Medal with
Congratulations of the Jury
15th International Invention Fair in the Middle East, Kuwait, 2025
o Qingxiang Li, Guidong Yang, Xi Chen, Ben M.
Chen
Best Paper Award
1st International Conference of Net Zero Carbon Built Environment, University
of Nottingham, U.K., July 2024
o Minghao Dou (with Xuchen Liu, Dongyue Huang,
Biao Wang, Jinqiang Cui, Qinyuan
Ren, Lihua Dou, Jie Chen, Ben M. Chen)
Guan Zhao-Zhi Award
Cash Prize: CNY 5,000
42nd Chinese Control Conference, Tianjin, China, July 2023
o Ka Lung Cheung, Benyun Zhao, Guidong Yang,
Jihan Zhang
YDC Dare to
Change Business Pitch Competition
Cash Prize: HK$15,000
Young Entrepreneurs Development Council, Hong Kong, 2023
o Jihan Zhang, Benyun Zhao, Guidong Yang, Jia
Dou, Bingxin Han, Ka Lung Cheung
Professor
Charles K. Ko Student Creativity Award 2023
Cash Prize: HK$18,000
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2023
o Chuanxiang Gao, Ruoyu Wang, Xinyi Wang,
Yizhou Chen, Zuoquan Zhao, Wendi Ding
Professor
Charles K. Ko Student Creativity Award 2023
2nd
Runner-up, Postgraduate Group
Cash Prize: HK$6,000
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2023
o Ruoyu Wang, Yizhou Chen, Xi Chen, Zixuan Guo,
Mark Kyeredey Ansah, Yu Zhai, Ben M. Chen
Autonomous
Indoor Drone Inspection and Modeling System
Prize: Bronze
Medal
48th Geneva International Exhibition of Inventions, Geneva, Switzerland, 2023
o Guidong Yang, Jihan Zhang, Xi Chen, Benyun
Zhao, Chuanxiang Gao, Ka Lung Cheung, Ben M. Chen
Drone and
AI-based Digital Platform for Outdoor Built Asset Inspection and Information
Management
Prize: Bronze
Medal
48th Geneva International Exhibition of Inventions, Geneva, Switzerland, 2023
o Panpan Zhou (with Ben M. Chen)
2021
IEEE CSS Beijing Chapter Young Author Prize
Cash Prize: CNY 2,000
40th Chinese Control Conference, Shanghai, China, July 2021
o Kangcheng Liu
Professor Charles K. Ko
Student Creativity Award 2021
Postgraduate Individual Merit
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2021
ุ National
University of Singapore (1993.082021.08)
o Shupeng Lai (with
Menglu Lan, Ben M. Chen)
Guan Zhao-Zhi Award
Cash Prize: CNY 5,000
37th Chinese Control Conference, Wuhan, China, 2018
o Team
Instinct Cougar
Indoor
Competition Champion
9th International Micro Aerial Vehicle Competition, Toulouse, France, 2017
o Team
Instinct Lion
Outdoor
Competition Champion
9th International Micro Aerial Vehicle Competition, Toulouse, France, 2017
o Team
U-Lion: Shupeng Lai, Yingcai
Bi, Menglu Lan, Jiaxin Li, Hailong Qin, Kun Zhang
Overall Championship Award (Gold), Best Platform Design Award (Gold)
Total Prize: SGD 8,000 in Cash and 5 iPad Mini 4
Category D2: Fully Autonomous
Singapore Amazing Flying Machine Competition, 2017
o Team
AeroLion: Kangli Wang, Yijie Ke, Mo Shan (NUS UAV
Group), Xiang Li, Fei Wang (AeroLion Technologies)
Champion
Cash Prize: CNY 100,000
Category: Rotor-Wing Competition
The 3rd AVIC Cup ~ International UAV Innovation Grand Prix, Anji, Zhejiang,
China, 2015
o Team
V-Lion: Jinqiang Cui, Hailong Qin, Yingcai Bi, Jiaxin, Li, Menglu
Lan, Mo Shan, Wenqi Liu
1st Runner Up
International Micro Aerial Vehicle Competition, Aachen, Germany, 2015
o Team
AP-Lion: Menglu Lan, Jiaxin Lin, Kaijun
Liu, Shuai Wang, Mengmi Zhang
Overall Championship Award (Gold), Best Performance Award (Gold), Best Theory
of Flight Award (Gold), Best Video Award (Silver)
Total Prize: SGD 8,000 in Cash and 5 Samsung Tablets
Category D2: Fully Autonomous
Singapore Amazing Flying Machine Competition, 2015
o Team
LV-Lion: Yingcai Bi, Jiaxin
Li, Wenqi Liu, Hailong Qin, Mo Shan
Overall Championship Award (Silver), Best Performance Award (Silver)
Cash Prize: SGD 3,000
Category D2: Fully Autonomous
Singapore Amazing Flying Machine Competition, 2015
o Limiao Bai (Sen Yan, Xiaolian Zheng, Ben M. Chen)
Best
Student Paper Award
The 2014 International Conference on Financial Engineering, London, U.K., 2014
o Team
AeroLion
Champion
International Micro Aerial Vehicle Competition, Delft, the Netherlands, 2014
o Fei
Wang (with Peidong Liu, Shiyu Zhao, Ben M. Chen,
Swee-King Phang, Shupeng Lai, Tong H. Lee, Chenxiao
Cai)
Guan Zhao-Zhi Award
Cash Prize: CNY 5,000
33rd Chinese Control Conference, Nanjing, China, 2014
o Team
U-Lion: Kangli Wang, Yijie Ke, Kun Li, Tao Pang
Overall Championship Award (Gold), Best Performance Award (Gold), Most Creative
Award (Bronze)
Total Prize: SGD 4,000 in Cash and 5 iPads
Category E: Unconventional
Singapore Amazing Flying Machine Competition, 2014
o Team
Q1-Lion: Fei Wang, Swee-King Phang, Zizhang Ai, Wenqi
Liu, Wei-Lian Mook
Overall Championship Award (Silver), Best Performance Award (Gold), Best Theory
of Flight Award (Gold)
Cash Prize: SGD 4,000
Category D2: Fully Autonomous
Singapore Amazing Flying Machine Competition, 2014
o Team
Q2-Lion: Kevin Ang, Jinqiang Cui, Peidong
Liu, Shupeng Lai, Dong Wang
Best Theory of Flight Award (Silver)
Category D2: Fully Autonomous
Singapore Amazing Flying Machine Competition, 2014
o Team
NUS2T-Lion
2nd Place Overall (1st in Final Round)
Cash Prize: CNY 80,000
Category: Rotor-Wing Competition
The 2nd AVIC Cup ~ International UAV Innovation Grand Prix, Beijing, China,
2013
o Team
NUS2T-Lion
New Innovation Star Award
Cash Prize: CNY 10,000
Category: Creativity Competition
The 2nd AVIC Cup ~ International UAV Innovation Grand Prix, Beijing, China,
2013
o Kangli Wang, Xiang Li, Di Deng, Hongyu Tian, Youyang Cheng
Overall Championship Award, Best Performance Award, Most Creative Award
Total Prize: SGD 10,000 in Cash and 5 iPads
Category D2: Fully Autonomous
Singapore Amazing Flying Machine Competition, 2013
o Kevin
Ang, Fei Wang, Swee King Phang, Peidong Liu
Most Creative Award
Cash Prize: SGD 2,000
Category E: Unconventional
Singapore Amazing Flying Machine Competition, 2013
o Team
GremLion
Finalist (of 9 selected among 144 teams from 153 countries)
DARPA UAVForge Challenge
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency & Space and Naval Warfare Systems
Center, Atlanta, USA, 2012
o Sing
Jie Lee, Yuxiang Wang, Yi Ling Tan, Sharon Ang, Shiyi
Li
Overall Championship Award, Most Creative Award
Total Prize: SGD 10,000 in Cash and 5 iPads
Category D: Autonomous and Flying by Video
Singapore Amazing Flying Machine Competition, 2011
o Feng
Lin (Ben M. Chen, Kai-Yew Lum, Tong H. Lee)
Best Application Paper Award
Cash Prize: USD 1,000
8th World Congress on Intelligent Control & Automation, Jinan, China, 2010
o Swee
King Phang, Jun Jie Ong, Ronald Yeo
Best Performance Award
Category D: Autonomous and Flying by Video
Cash Prize: SGD 1,000
Singapore Amazing Flying Machine Competition, 2010
o Guowei
Cai (Ben M. Chen, Tong H. Lee)
Best Application Paper Award
Cash Prize: USD 500
7th Asian Control Conference, Hong Kong, 2009
o Tao
Wang, Fei Wang, Li Liu
Best Theory Award
Category D: Autonomous and Flying by Video
Singapore Amazing Flying Machine Competition, 2009
o Guoyang
Cheng (Kemao Peng, Ben M. Chen, Tong H. Lee)
Best Industrial Control Application Prize
Cash Prize: AUD 350
5th Asian Control Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 2004