I am as an assistant professor in AI and sustainable industries. My current research interest is how to innovatively develop and deploy emerging AI technologies for the unique physical principles and economic mechanisms of sustainable industries, especially for future energy and environment systems, to combat climate change.

I am also passionate about popularizing emerging science and how to advance engineering education. I am proud of my classical Oriental cultural background. I am easygoing and like parties, outdoor activities, playing tennis, classical music, painting, and calligraphy.

Welcome to all PhD, MSc and undergraduate students looking for supervision and collaboration.

Expertise

  • Engineering

    • Wind Power
    • Learning System
  • Social Sciences

    • China
  • Computer Science

    • Artificial Intelligence
    • Energy Generation
    • Experimental Result
    • Neural Network
    • Predictive Model

Organisations

Data-driven study of techno and/or economic in new industries and optimisation of engineering processes.

Publications

2025

Optimizing Energy Consumption through Energy Management Systems for Manufacturing Facility (2025)In International Conference on Electrical, Computer, Communications and Mechatronics Engineering, ICECCME 2025 (International Conference on Electrical, Computer, Communications and Mechatronics Engineering, ICECCME 2025). IEEE. Chen, H., Zhao, W. & Alaoui, M. E.https://doi.org/10.1109/ICECCME64568.2025.11277906How are Industry 4.0 technologies transforming a sustainable society across industries? (2025)Digital Transformation and Society, 4(3), 363-380. Zhao, W., Chen, H. & Bulis, A.https://doi.org/10.1108/DTS-11-2024-0225Few-shot learning and deep predictive models for cost optimization and carbon emission reduction in energy-water management (2025)Journal of environmental management, 389. Article 126077. Zhao, W., Chen, H., Yazan, D. M., Taghavifar, H., Lyu, Y. & Bulis, A.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.126077Decoding the Symmetry of Influence: A Machine Learning Study of Reading Exposure and Social Attitudes Across Social Groups (2025)Symmetry, 17(6). Article 900. Wang, Y., Chen, H., Zhao, W. & Zhang, Q.https://doi.org/10.3390/sym17060900

Research profiles

  1. Industrial Engineering Management (IEM) and Busniess Information System (BIS) for undergraduate and masters theses.
  2. Sustainable Supply Chains.
  3. Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Business with DR. M.R. MACHADO.

Affiliated study programs

Courses academic year 2026/2027

Courses in the current academic year are added at the moment they are finalised in the Osiris system. Therefore it is possible that the list is not yet complete for the whole academic year.

Courses academic year 2025/2026

Courses academic year 2024/2025

Address

University of Twente

Ravelijn (building no. 10), room 4402
Hallenweg 17
7522 NH Enschede
Netherlands

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