Dr Yi (Leo) Chen


Associate Professor

CEng, FIET, FIMechE, FRSA, SFHEA, SMIEEE

  • Office:22/417-1
  • ☏ 4837
  • ✉ yi.chen(at)kfupm.edu.sa

Education:

  • PhD in Mechanical Engineering, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK, 2010
  • MSc in Automotive Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China, 2004
  • BSc in Automotive Engineering, Chongqing University of Technology, Chongqing, China, 2000

Research Interests:

  • Artificial Intelligence and Cross-disciplinary Applications
  • Industry 4.0, Cyber-physical Systems
  • Robotics and Autonomous Systems
  • High-Performance Computing and Data Analytics

Selected Publications:

  • Zhiqiang Chen, Feng He, Daxing Xu, Hailun Wang, Jiehang Deng, Yi Chen*, Chuan Li, (2025), Enhancing leather defect detection with cross-stage fused attention partial convolution network, Measurement, Volume 256, Part C, 1 December 2025, 118177
  • Zhiqiang Chen, Yu Yang, Chundi Jiang, Yi Chen*, Hao Yu, Chunguang Zhou, Chuan Li, (2025), Enhanced Industrial Heat Load Forecasting in District Networks via a Multi-Scale Fusion Ensemble Deep Learning, Expert Systems with Applications, Volume 272, 5 May 2025, 126783.
  • Zhiming Feng, Shan Jin, Hang Xiang, Da Li, Shuai Sun, Huagui Zhang, Yi Chen*, (2023), Artificial intelligence-based optimization for ring-opening metathesis polymerisation of proton exchange membrane, Journal of Polymer Research, Springer, (2023) 30:418
  • Zhiming Feng, Jian Huang, Shan Jin, Guanqi Wang, Yi Chen*, (2022), Artificial intelligence-based multi-objective optimisation for proton exchange membrane fuel cell: A literature review, Journal of Power Sources, Volume 520, 1 February 2022, 230808.
Dr Yi (Leo) Chen

Associate Professor