Jinfeng Liu

Jinfeng Liu is a Professor in the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering at the University of Alberta's Faculty of Engineering. His research focuses on integrating advanced control strategies, machine learning, and data analytics to optimize chemical processes and irrigation systems.

• BS and MS in Control Science and Engineering from Zhejiang University (2003, 2006)
• PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles (2011)

Research Interests:

• Process Control and Systems Engineering
• Model Predictive Control
• Optimal Control with Machine Learning
• Data Analytics and Applied Machine Learning
• System Identification
• Irrigation Engineering

Teaching: Courses include CH E 358 - Process Data Analytics and Machine Learning, and CH E 446 - Process Dynamics and Control.

Research Goal: Development of techniques enabling sustainable smart plant operations through integration of physical processes, computations, and communication.