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Prof. Quan Min Zhu
University of the West of England
Department of Engineering Design and Mathematics
Frenchay Campus
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Bristol BS16 1QY
UK
quan.zhu
uwe.ac.uk
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Ohio State University
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Professor of Machine Design and Computational Mechanics
Università degli Studi di Bergamo
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Massachusetts Institute ofTechnology
Department of Mechanical Engineering
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USA
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BP Professor of Information Engineering
University of Oxford
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UK
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The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
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US Army Ballistic Research Laboratory
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Toyohashi University of Technology
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Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya
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Director, Laboratoire D’ Electrotechnique
Universite De Paris VI et XI
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University of Padua
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Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
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Nanyang Technological University
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School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
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Düsseldorf University of Applied Sciences
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Taiyuan University of Science and Technology
Complex System and Computational Intelligence Laboratory
Taiyuan, Shanxi, 030024
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University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
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Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
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University of Évora
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Al-Balqa’ Applied University
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University of Bedfordshire
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Martin Luther University
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Professor of Structural Engineering
University of Plymouth
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Chongqing University
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CHINA
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Associate Professor
Atilim University
Department of Computer Engineering
Incek 06836, Ankara
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Professor of Manufacturing Engineering; Director, Office of Research
National University of Singapore
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Singapore 117576
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Silesian University of Technology
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University of Central Lancashire
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University of Warwick
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Staffordshire University
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Head, Research Degree Studies, Faculty of Technology; Deputy Technical Director, Software Technology Research Laboratory
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University of Wyoming
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University of Bedfordshire
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Beijing Institute of Technology
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