Dr. Jingshan Li is an assistant professor of
Electrical Engineering and the UK Center for
Manufacturing. He is the Director of Production and Service Systems Lab. He received his Bachelor degree
from Department of Automation, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China in 1989,
Master degree from Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China in 1992, and PhD from Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI, in 2000. His PhD advisor was Prof. Semyon M. Meerkov. From 2000-2006, Dr. Li worked in the Manufacturing Systems Research Lab, General Motors Research & Development Center, Warren, MI. He joined the University of Kentucky in 2006 as a
joint faculty member in Electrical Engineering and the Center for Manufacturing.
His research area is in system and control with applications to production and service systems modeling, design, analysis, control, lean production systems, and supply chain management, etc.
Dr. Li is the co-author (with Prof. S.M. Meerkov) of the textbook Production Systems Engineering (Preliminary Edition, Third Printing, WingSpan Press, 2008) and has more than 50 referred journal and conference publications.
He is a senior member of IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) and IIE (Institute of Industrial Engineers). He has been Associate Editors for IEEE Transactions on
Automation Science and Engineering (2006-) and Mathematical Problems in Engineering (2006, 2007). He received 2005 IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering Best Paper Award, and 2006 IEEE Early Industry/Government Career Award in Robotics and Automation.
Dr. Li's research has been supported by NSF (National Science Foundation), General Motors Research & Development Center, University of Kentucky Research Foundation, and SME (Society of Manufacturing Engineers).
Teaching
EE 421G: Signals and Systems, Fall, Spring 2008.
EE 605 / MFS 605: Systems for Factory Information and Control, Fall 2008, 2007, 2006.
EE 599 / MFS 599: Production Systems Engineering, Spring 2007.
Industry short course: Production Systems Engineering for Factory Floor Management, Summer 2008, 2007.
Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, Production Systems Engineering, Summer 2008.
Research
Production and Service Systems Lab
Publications
Dr. Li has more than 50 referred journal and conference publications. For a detailed list, please click here.
Awards
Early Industry/Government Career Award in Robotics and Automation, IEEE Robotics and Automation Society, 2006.
Best Transaction Paper Award, IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, 2005.
Finalist, Best Automation Paper Award, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Barcelona, Spain, 2005.
Professional Services
Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, 2006-
Lead Guest Editor, Special Issue on Automation Science and Engineering in Automotive Manufacturing, IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, 2008
Associate Editor, Mathematical Problems in Engineering, 2006, 2007
International Advisory Board member, 10th International Conference on Automation Technology, Tainan, Taiwan, China, 2009.
Registration Chair, IEEE Conference on Automation Science and Engineering, Washington DC, 2008.
Associate Editor, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Pasadena, CA, 2008, Rome, Italy, 2007.
Associate Editor, IEEE Conference on Automation Science and Engineering, Washington DC, 2008, Scottsdale, AZ, 2007.
International Program Committee member, 7th World Congress on Intelligent Control and Automation, Chongqing, China, 2008.
Chair, Special Industrial Session, IEEE Conference on Automation Science and Engineering, Washington, DC, 2008.
Session Chair, IEEE Conference on Automation Science and Engineering, Washington DC, 2008, Scottsdale, AZ, 2007, Edmonton, Canada, 2005.
Session Chair, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Rome, Italy, 2007.
Session Chair, IIE Annual Research Conference, Orlando, FL, 2006.
Session Chair, IFAC Youth Automation Conference, Beijing, China, 1995.
Seminar Chair, Electrical and Computer Engineering Seminar Series, University of Kentucky, 2007-.
Secretary General, China Associate of Automation, Young Scientists Working Committee, 1991-1993.
Invited Talks
Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel, 2008
Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 2008, 2006, 2003
Tongji University, Shanghai, China, 2008
HEC School of management, Paris, France, 2007
NIST, Gaithersburg, MD, 2007
Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China, 2006
Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, China, 2006, 2003, 1997
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 2005
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 2005, 2004, 2003
University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 2005
University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 2004
Virginia Polytechnical Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, 2003
Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 2003
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 2002
State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 2000
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