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Ruihan Zhao · Lecturer, Sino-German College of Applied Sciences (CDHAW), Tongji University

positions

2026–present

Lecturer

Sino-German College of Applied Sciences (CDHAW), Tongji University

education

2021–2025

Ph.D., Tongji University

School of Mechanical Engineering; advisor: Pengzhong Li

2018–2021

Master's, Tongji University

Sino-German School for Postgraduate Studies (CDHK); advisor: Pengzhong Li

research experience

2024

Visiting Ph.D. student (joint doctoral training), Technical University of Munich

Professorship of Autonomous Vehicle Systems (AVS); host: Prof. Johannes Betz

projects and funding

Revision of the Machine Tool Design Handbook and Integration of Design Results

National Science and Technology Major Project of China, no. 2019ZX04005-001

DAAD Research Grant

German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), no. 57693450

awards

2025

IEEE CEC 2025 Competitions on Numerical Optimization — First Place in All Four Tracks

2024

IEEE WCCI 2024 Competition on Numerical Optimization — Silver Award

publications

25 public works: 14 journal articles, 6 conference papers and 5 preprints; 6 first-authored.

patents

2020

Double-cylinder-block hydraulic transformer with a rotatable swash plate

Wei Shen, Jiehao Wang, Ruihan Zhao

Chinese invention patent CN108533540B, granted Sep 01, 2020; assignee: University of Shanghai for Science and Technology

2019

Leveling mechanism for a stair-climbing rehabilitation device

Ruihan Zhao, Lanchun Zhang, Zixuan He, Chen Zhao, Pengshuai Gao

Chinese invention patent CN107174489B, granted Dec 24, 2019; assignee: University of Shanghai for Science and Technology

2019

Book packaging device

Ruihan Zhao

Chinese invention patent CN107021253B, granted Jun 04, 2019; assignee: University of Shanghai for Science and Technology

2019

Stair-climbing multifunctional rehabilitation device

Ruihan Zhao, Pengshuai Gao, Junyi He, Jiawei Yang, Lanchun Zhang

Chinese invention patent CN107095769B, granted May 24, 2019; assignee: University of Shanghai for Science and Technology

2018

Circulating height-adjustable water-blocking device

Ruihan Zhao

Chinese invention patent CN107237594B, granted Oct 12, 2018; assignee: University of Shanghai for Science and Technology