Professor Jie Bao
PhD (Process Control) Qld
BE, ME Zhejiang
Professor Jie Bao is a Process Control expert of international repute, particularly in dissipativity/passivity based process control. He is the Director of ARC Research Hub for Integrated Energy Storage Systems and also leads the Process Control Research Group, School of Chemical Engineering. He has been awarded over AUD 17 million competitive research funding (excluding infrastructure funding) in the field of process control, control theory and applications, including 12 Australian Research Council Discovery Projects/ARC Large grants, 1 CSIRO National Flagship project, 1 ARC Industry Research Hub Project, 1 Australian Coal Association Research Program project and several major industrial research grants. His research interests include dissipativity theory-based process control, networked and distributed control systems, system behavioural theory and control applications in membrane separation, flow batteries, coal preparation and Aluminium smelting. He has published extensively in major process control and chemical engineering journals. He is an Associate Editor of Journal of Process Control (an International Federation of Automatic Control affiliated journal) and Associate Editor of Digital Chemical Engineering (an IChemE affiliated journal). He is appointed by the ARC to the College of Experts. He also serves on the International Federation of Automatic Control Technical Committees: Chemical Process Control (TC6.1); Mining, Mineral and Metal Processing (TC6.2).
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Selected Competitive Research Grants (excluding Infrastructure funding)
Title of project and names of Chief Investigators |
Source and scheme |
Duration |
Amount AUD$ |
Big Data-based Distributed Control using a Behavioural Systems Framework (DP240100300) Chief Investigator: J. Bao |
ARC Discovery Projects (Category 1 grant) |
2024-2026 |
$432K |
ARC Research Hub for Smart Process Design and Control (IH230100010) Key Chief Investigators: A.B. Yu, V. Strezov, J. Bao, G.X. Wang, Y.S. Shen |
ARC Industry Research Hub (Category 1 grant) |
2023-2027 |
$5,035K |
Long Duration Energy Storage Solutions by Using Vanadium Flow Batteries Chief Investigators: J. Bao (co-lead), C. Menictas (co-lead), M. Skyllas-Kazacos |
Trailblazer for Recycling and Clean Energy (TRaCE) Program/Rio Tinto |
2023-2026 |
$1,815K |
Data-based Control of Process Feature Dynamics through Latent Behaviours (DP220100355) Chief Investigator: J. Bao |
ARC Discovery Projects (Category 1 grant) |
2022-2024 |
$405K |
Improved Redox Flow Batteries and Integration into the Grid Chief Investigators: C. Menictas, J. Bao, M. Skyllas-Kazacos, K. Meng |
ARC Research Hub/Industry |
2022-2024 |
$996K |
A System Behavioral Approach to Big Data-driven Nonlinear Process Control (DP210101978) Chief Investigator: J. Bao International Partner Investigator: B. Huang (University of Alberta) |
ARC Discovery Projects (Category 1 grant) |
2021-2023 |
$449K |
ARC Research Hub for Integrated Energy Storage Solutions (IH180100020) Key Chief Investigators: J. Dong, G.X. Wang, R. Amal, K.F. Aguey-Zinsou, J. Bao Current role: Hub Director and Virtual Storage Theme Leader |
ARC Industry Research Hub (Category 1 grant) |
2019-2025 |
$3,058K |
Power Modulation of Aluminium Smelting Cells for Power Demand–Supply Balancing Chief Investigators: J. Bao, B.J. Welch, M. Skyllas-Kazacos |
ARC Research Hub/Industry (Emirate Global Aluminium) co-funding |
2020-2024 |
$1,000K |
A Distributed Optimization-based Approach to Flexible Plantwide Control using Differential Dissipativity (DP180101717) Chief Investigator: J. Bao International Partner Investigator: J.F. Liu (University of Alberta) |
ARC Discovery Projects (Category 1 grant) |
2018-2020 |
$383K |
Advanced Distributed Cell Control for Aluminium Smelting Cells Chief Investigators: J. Bao and B.J. Welch |
Industry (Emirate Global Aluminium) |
2018-2023 |
$867K |
Advanced Anode Current Monitoring System for Aluminium Reduction Cells, UNSW-EGA Collaborative Research Project Chief Investigators: J. Bao, B.J. Welch and Y.C. Yao |
Industry (Emirate Global Aluminium) |
2020-2023 |
$209K |
An Integrated Approach to Distributed Fault Diagnosis and Fault-tolerant Control for Plantwide Processes (DP160101810) Chief Investigator: J. Bao |
ARC Discovery Projects (Category 1 grant) |
2016-2018 |
$285K |
Control of Distributed Energy Storage System using Vanadium Batteries (DP150103100) Chief Investigators: J. Bao, M. Skyllas-Kazacos |
ARC Discovery Projects (Category 1 grant) |
2015-2017 |
$341K |
Dissipativity based Distributed Model Predictive Control for Complex Industrial Processes (DP130103330) Chief Investigator: J. Bao International Partner Investigator: J.F. Liu (University of Alberta) |
ARC Discovery Projects (Category 1 grant) |
2013-2015 |
$315K |
Anode current distribution monitoring and analysis Chief Investigators: J. Bao, M. Skyllas-Kazacos and B.J. Welch |
Industry (DUBAL) |
2013-2015 |
$528K |
Feedback destabilizing control of electro-osmotic flow for reducing fouling and enhancing productivity of membrane systems (DP110101643) Chief Investigators: J. Bao and D.E. Wiley International Partner Investigator: A. Alexiadis |
ARC Discovery Projects (Category 1 grant) |
2011-2014 |
$276K |
Advanced Dynamic Control for Paste Thickeners – First stage for control of complete CHPPs (C21055) Chief Investigators: J. Bao (UNSW project leader), G. Bickert (GBL Process project leader) |
Australian Coal Association Research Program (ACARP) (Category 1 grant) |
2012-2013 |
$131K |
Plantwide control of modern chemical processes from a network perspective (DP1093045) Chief Investigator: J. Bao International Partner Investigator: B.E. Ydstie (Carnegie Mellon University) |
ARC Discovery Projects (Category 1 grant) |
2010-2014 |
$280K |
Breakthrough Technology for Primary Aluminium - Advanced Control (process data and regulation approaches) (Project 9B) Chief Investigators: J. Bao, B.J. Welch and M. Skyllas-Kazacos |
CSIRO Light Metal National Flagship Research Cluster Fund (Category 1 grant) |
2009-2012 |
$438K |
Dynamic Controllability Analysis for Plantwide Process Design and Control (DP0558755) Chief Investigators: J. Bao and P.L. Lee |
ARC Discovery Projects (Category 1 grant) |
2005-2007 |
$178K |
Defining Fundamental Principles for the Design and Operation of Membrane Systems from Time-Varying Performance Analysis (DP0343073) Chief Investigators: D.E. Wiley, J. Bao, D.J. Clements and D.F. Fletcher |
ARC Discovery Projects (Category 1 grant) |
2003-2005 |
$375K |
Passivity-based Fault-tolerant Decentralized Control for Linear and Nonlinear Processes (A00104473) Chief Investigators: J. Bao and P.L. Lee |
ARC Large Projects (Discovery) (Category 1 grant) |
2001-2003 |
$201K |
Interaction analysis and decoupling control of complex processes (CH060018) Chief Investigator: J. Bao |
DEST International Science Linkages |
2007-2009 |
$16K |
Studies on Failure-tolerant Decentralised Control based on the Passivity Theorem Chief Investigator: J. Bao |
ARC small (Category 1 research grant) |
2000 |
$16K |