Chen 
Zhen, associate professor, master supervisor, government-sponsored visiting scholar, is mainly engaged in the research on gear meshing theory, mechanical transmission and robotics, intelligent manufacturing, and innovative design of new gear mechanism/wheel system. He has successively published 24 papers in famous international journals and international conferences, such as Mechanism and Machine Theory, ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, Proc. IMechE, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics. He has applied for 26 patents (24 granted), including 1 international invention patent (PCT), 1 US invention patent, 14 invention patents and 8 utility models. He has presided over/participated in 22 projects, including General Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, National Natural Science Foundation of China for the Youth, General Program of the Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province, Foundation for Youth Scholars in Central Universities, Postdoctoral Scientific Research Foundation of Jiangsu Province, and various researches sponsored by enterprise and institution.
Concurrent academic posts: reviewer of international journals, such as Mechanism and Machine Theory, Proc. IMechE, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, Advances in Mechanical Engineering, Transactions of the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering, Shock and Vibration, Science Progress, and Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Robotics Research.
Contact Information:
Email: mezhenchen@cug.edu.cn
Office: Room 419, No. 2 Teaching Building, Nanwangshan Campus, China University of Geosciences
Main Education/Work Experience:
2013.07-present: Lecturer, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan);
2018.11-2019.11: Government-sponsored visiting scholar, Rochester Institute of Technology, Co-supervisor: Prof. Alfonso Fuentes-Aznar
2014.03-2015.02: Temporary post as Chief Engineer Assistant in Hubei Provincial Blower Works Co., Ltd in Guangshui, The third batch of “Doctor Service Team” of Hubei Province
2008.09-2013.06: Doctor of Engineering, Mechanical Design and Theory, South China University of Technology
2005.07-2007.11: Mechanical engineer, Guangzhou CNC Equipment Co., Ltd
2001.09-2005.06: Bachelor of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Beijing University of Technology
Academic Exchange:
1. 2018.11-2019.11: Cooperation with Prof. Alfonso FUENTES-AZNAR at Rochester Institute of Technology Gear Research Laboratory, USA
2. 2021: Exchange study at Luoyang 2021CGMA Gear Technology Conference
3. 2019: Oral academic presentation at the Proceedings of the ASME 2019 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference in Los Angeles, USA
4. 2018: Exchange study at Zhongshan 2018CGMA Gear Technology Conference
5. 2017: Oral presentation at the Proceedings of the 2017 International Conference on Mechanical Design in Beijing
6. 2016: Oral presentation at the Proceedings of the ASME 2016 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition in Phoenix, USA
7. 2012: Oral presentation at the Proceedings of the ASME 2012 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition in Houston, USA
Main Research Fields:
Gear meshing theory: including gear geometry, new meshing principle gear design methods
Mechanical drives and robotics: including drive mechanism design, robotics
Intelligent manufacturing technology: including advanced gear processing methods, gear additive/subtractive green manufacturing, gear intelligent manufacturing
Innovative design of new gear mechanism/wheel system: including new gear mechanism and pure rolling wheel system integrated design
Admission:
Welcome undergraduate and graduate students who love scientific research and are interested in gear mechanism, robotics, and intelligent manufacturing to join our team. Our team has participated in extensive peer-to-peer academic exchanges and worked closely with renowned experts in the field of gears, such as Prof. Chen Yangzhi and Prof. Alfonso Fuentes-Aznar, and has also established close contact with South China University of Technology, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Chang'an University, Beijing University of Technology, and Dongfeng Motor Corporation, so we can provide students with a good platform for peer exchange, academic improvement and internship work.
Scientific Research:
1. Government-sponsored visiting scholar, program No.: CSC 201806415017
2. Industry-University-Research Collaborative Education Project of the Ministry of Education: Pure rolling planetary transmission design optimization combination and comprehensive detection experimental system, 2021.9-2022.9, program No.: 202102616002, under study, PI
3. General Program of the Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province: Research on the design theory for concave-convex meshing spiral gear without relative sliding, 2016.09-2018.08, program No.: 2016CFB280, concluded, PI
4. Program supported by the Foundation for Youth Scholars in Central Universities: Optimization of the key design parameters for linear meshing wheel with axis coplanar transmission, 2014.01-2015.12, program No.: CUGL140823, concluded, PI
5. Experimental basic research program of China University of Geosciences (Wuhan): Development of dynamic test bed for concave-convex meshing arc spiral gear, 2015.07-2017.06, program No.: CUGSJ2015-18, concluded, PI
6. Program supported by the Postdoctoral Scientific Research Foundation of Jiangsu Province: Research on the conchoids transmission technology for drilling mud pump, 2014.03-2016.02, program No.: 1401174C, concluded, PI
7. General Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China: Optimization design and control study of piezo-based drive/sensing flexible and adjustable constant force operating platform, program No.: 52175035, 2022.01-2025.12, under study, participant
8. General Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China: Research on the long distance directional crossing guide hole formation mechanism of high-power fiber laser drilling, program No.: 41972325, 2020.01-2023.12, under study, participant
9. General Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China: Automatic topology synthesis theory of planetary wheel system and automatic innovative design of automatic transmission mechanism based on it, program No.: 51975544, 2020.01-2023.12, under study, participant
10. National Natural Science Foundation of China for the Youth: Discriminative sparse decomposition and its application to mechanical fault feature extraction, program No.: 51705483, 2018.01-2020.12, under study, participant
11. National Natural Science Foundation of China for the Youth: Research on the conformation synthesis theory of multilayer multi-loop spatial mechanisms with coupled branch chains, program No.: 51505438, 2016.01-2018.12, concluded, participant
12. National Science and Technology Support Program: Research on the closed-loop PLM system for the heavy machine tool industry, 2015.04-2017.12, concluded, participant
13. General Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China: Fundamentals of design theory and manufacturing technology of helical gears with new meshing principle, program No.: 51175180, 2012.01-2015.12, concluded, participant
14. Enterprise or institution sponsored research: Cooperation in the development of key technology for daily glass intelligent equipment, 2021.12-2023.12, under study, PI of sub-project
15. Enterprise or institution sponsored research: Development of Min-LED defect visual inspection system, 2021.12-2023.12, under study, PI of sub-project
16. Enterprise or institution sponsored research: Mechanical teachers training from the perspective of new engineering, 2018.11-2020.11, concluded, participant
17. Enterprise or institution sponsored research: Design of helium mass spectrometry inspection system, 2017.12-2018.02, concluded, participant
18. Enterprise or institution sponsored research: Design of heat transfer tube simulator and installation platform, 2017.07.11-2017.10.31, concluded, participant
19. Enterprise or institution sponsored research: Package 2 of ROV system and related spare parts procurement project of Guangzhou Marine Geological Survey: ROV operation tools, 2016.08-2018.08, concluded, participant
20. Enterprise or institution sponsored research: Testing and analysis of cobalt-rich crust samples, 2016.06-2017.12, concluded, participant
21. Enterprise or institution sponsored research: Dynamic process analysis and pile effect mechanism of marine sediment columnar sampling, 2016.06-2017.06, concluded, participant
22. Enterprise or institution sponsored research: Automatic assembly machine design for stamping sheet fasteners, 2016.03-2017.12, concluded, participant
Academic Papers:
(1) Wen Long, Chen Zhen* and Fuentes-Aznar Alfonso. Computerized design, simulation of meshing and stress analysis of non-generated double circular-arc helical gear drives with different combinations of transverse pressure angle, Mechanism and Machine Theory, 2021, accepted. (SCI, TOP)
(2) Chen Zhen*, Zeng Ming and Fuentes-Aznar Alfonso. Computerized design, simulation of meshing and stress analysis of pure rolling cylindrical helical gear drives with variable helix angle, Mechanism and Machine Theory, 2020, 153:103962. (SCI, TOP)
(3) Chen Zhen*, Zeng Ming and Fuentes-Aznar Alfonso. Geometric design, meshing simulation, and stress analysis of pure rolling rack and pinion mechanisms, ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, 2020, 142(3): 031122. (SCI, TOP)
(4) Chen Zhen*, Zeng Ming and Fuentes-Aznar Alfonso. Geometric design, meshing simulation, and stress analysis of pure rolling cylindrical helical gear drives, Proc. IMechE, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, 2020, 234(15): 3102-3115. (Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, SCI)
(5) Chen Zhen*, Zeng Ming. Design of pure rolling line gear mechanisms for arbitrary intersecting shafts, Proc. IMechE, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, 2019, 233(15): 5515-5531. (Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, SCI)
(6) Chen Zhen*, Zeng Ming. Non-relative sliding of spiral bevel gear mechanism based on active design of meshing line, Proc. IMechE, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, 2019, 233(3): 1055-1067. (Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, SCI)
(7) Chen Zhen*, Ding Huafeng, and Zeng Ming. Non-relative sliding gear mechanism based on meshing line function-oriented design for parallel axes transmission, Advances in Mechanical Engineering, 2018, 10(9): 1-13.(SCI)
(8) Chen Zhen*, Ding Huafeng, Li Bo, Luo Linbo, Zhang Liang and Yang Jing. Geometry and parameter design of novel circular arc helical gears for parallel-axis transmission, Advances in Mechanical Engineering, 2017, 9(2): 1-11.(SCI)
(9) Chen Zhen, Chen, Yangzhi.*, and Ding Jiang. A generalized space curve meshing equation for arbitrary intersecting gear, Proc. IMechE, Part C: J. Mechanical Engineering Science, 227(7): 1599-1607, 2013. (Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, SCI)
(10) Chen Yangzhi*, He Enyi, and Chen Zhen, Investigations on precision finishing of space-curve meshing-wheel by electrochemical brushing process, International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 67(9-12): 2387-2394, 2013. (SCI)
(11) Chen Yangzhi*, Lv Yueling., Ding Jiang, and Chen Zhen, Fundamental design equations for space curve meshing skew gear mechanism, Mechanism and Machine Theory, 70(7): 175-188, 2013. (SCI, TOP)
(12) Zeng Ming*, Zhang Weimin and Chen Zhen. Group-Based K-SVD Denoising for Bearing Fault Diagnosis, IEEE Sensors Journal, 2019, 19(15): 6335-6343. (SCI)
(13) Zeng Ming*, Chen Zhen. Iterative K-Singular Value Decomposition for Quantitative Fault Diagnosis of Bearings, IEEE Sensors Journal, 2019, 19(20): 9304-9313. (SCI)
(14) Zeng Ming*, Chen Zhen. SOSO Boosting of the K-SVD Denoising Algorithm for Enhancing Fault-Induced Impulse Responses of Rolling Element Bearings, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 2020, 67(2): 1282-1292. (SCI)
(15) Chen Zhen*, Zeng Ming and Fuentes-Aznar Alfonso. Geometric design of pure rolling rack and pinion mechanisms, Proceedings of the ASME 2019 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, pp:1-8, Anaheim, CA, United states, Aug 18-21, 2019, oral report. (Important International Conference)
(16) Chen Zhen*, Lei Bo, and Zhao Q., Geometry Design and Contact Ratio Analysis for Circular Arc Parallel-Axis Helical Gears, Proceedings of the ASME 2016 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, pp:13-16, Phoenix, AZ, United states, Nov 11-17, 2016, oral report. (Important International Conference)
(17) Chen Yangzhi*, Chen Zhen, and Zhang Yang, Contact Ratio of Spatial Helix Gearing Mechanism, Proceedings of the ASME 2012 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, pp:1529-1536, Houston, Texas, USA, Nov 9-15, 2012, oral report. (Important International Conference)
(18) Chen Zhen*, Ding Huafeng, Li Bo, Zhang Weimin, Luo Linbo and Zhang Liang. Review of Research on Space Curve Meshing Theory and Its Applications, Proceedings of the 2017 International Conference on Mechanical Design, v. 55, pp: 151-163, Beijing, China, Nov 19-21, 2017, oral report. (Important International Conference)
(19) Peng Chaolin, Huang Bo, Xie Xiaopeng*, Chen Zhen, Li Xinglin. Effects of Raceway Surface Dents on Oil Film Characteristics of Grease-Lubricated Rolling Bearing, Journal of South China University of Technology (Natural Science Edition), 43 (10): 116-121, 2015. (Indexed by EI)
(20) Peng Chaolin, Xie Xiaopeng*, Chen Zhen. Research on Raceway Surface Defects of Grease Lubricated Bearings Based on EHL Theory, Bearing, (5): 28-31, 2015.
(21) Peng Chaolin, Xie Xiaopeng*, Chen Zhen. Research on Relationship Between Lubrication Factors and Failure Mechanism of Rolling Bearing, Lubrication Engineering, (8): 26-30, 2015.
(22) He Enyi, Chen Yangzhi*, Chen Zhen. Effects of Assembly Errors on Transmission Precision of Space Curve Meshing Wheel, Journal of South China University of Technology (Natural Science Edition), 40 (12): 24-29, 2012. (Indexed by EI)
(23) Chen, Zhen*, Chen, Y.Z., and He, E.Y., Theoretical Stress Concentration Factor for Spatial Helix Gear, 2014 International Conference on Design, Manufacturing and Mechatronics, Changsha, Hunan, China, March 21-24, 2014, oral report. (International conference)
(24) Chen, Y.-Z.*, Chen, Zhen, and Fu, X.-Y., Design parameters for spatial helix gearing mechanism, 2nd International Conference on Frontiers of Manufacturing and Design Science, v 121-126, pp: 3215-3219, Taichung, Taiwan, China, Dec 11-13, 2011, oral report. (International conference)
Domestic and Foreign Granted Patents:
1. International invention patents (PCT)
(1) Chen, Y.Z., Chen, Zhen, and Ding, J., Space curve mesh driving pair and polyhedral space curve mesh transmission, 2014.7, US Patent No. 8,789,438 B2.
2. Domestic patents
(1) Chen Zhen, et al. Convex-concave mesh pure rolling spiral bevel gear mechanism for cross shaft drives, 2020.01, China, ZL 201810603774.1.
(2) Chen Zhen, et al. Concave-convex mesh pure rolling bevel gear mechanism for cross shaft drives, 2020.01, China, ZL 201810604043.9.
(3) Chen Zhen, et al. Convex-convex mesh pure rolling spiral bevel gear mechanism for cross shaft drives, 2020.01, China, ZL 201810603686.5.
(4) Chen Zhen, et al. Flat-convex mesh pure rolling gear mechanism for parallel shaft external gearing, 2019.12, China, ZL 201810604039.2.
(5) Chen Zhen, et al. Flat-convex mesh pure rolling bevel gear mechanism for cross shaft drives, 2019.12, China, ZL 201810603772.2.
(6) Chen Zhen, et al. Convex-flat mesh pure rolling spiral bevel gear mechanism for cross shaft drives, 2019.12, China, ZL 201810603089.9.
(7) Chen Zhen, et al. Flat-convex mesh pure rolling gear mechanism for parallel shaft internal gearing, 2019.12, China, ZL 201810603088.4.
(8) Chen Zhen, et al. Convex-flat mesh pure rolling gear mechanism for parallel shaft internal gearing, 2019.09.17, China, ZL 201810603090.1.
(9) Chen Zhen, et al. A convex-concave meshing circular rack and pinion mechanism without relative sliding, 2018.11.02, China, ZL 201710016207.1.
(10) Chen Zhen, et al. A concave-convex meshing circular rack and pinion mechanism without relative sliding, 2018.11.02, China, ZL 201710016238.7.
(11) Chen Zhen, et al. Helical circular gear mechanism for parallel shaft external gearing, 2017.02, China, ZL 201510054843.4.
(12) Chen Zhen, et al. Helical circular gear mechanism for parallel shaft internal gearing, 2017.02, China, ZL 201510051923.4.
(13) Chen Zhen, et al. A spiral bevel gear mechanism without relative sliding, 2016.01, China, ZL 201610036649.8.
(14) Chen Yangzhi, Chen Zhen, et al. A helical gear mechanism, 2012.05, China, ZL 201010105902.3.
(15) Chen Zhen, et al. Convex-concave mesh pure rolling spiral bevel gear mechanism for cross shaft drives, 2018.04, China, ZL 201820908326.8.
(16) Chen Zhen, et al. A convex-concave meshing type rack and pinion mechanism without relative sliding, 2017.11, China, ZL 201720025089.6.
(17) Chen Zhen, et al. A concave-convex meshing type rack and pinion mechanism without relative sliding, 2017.12, China, ZL 201720025069.9.
(18) Chen Zhen, et al. A spiral arc bevel gear mechanism, 2016.01, China, ZL 201620049147.4.
(19) Chen Zhen, et al. A parallel shaft drive gear mechanism, 2015.02, China, ZL 201420623938.4.
(20) Chen Zhen, et al. A helical circular gear mechanism with parallel shaft internal meshing drive, 2015.06, China, ZL 201520072664.9.
(21) Chen Zhen, et al. A helical circular gear mechanism with parallel shaft external meshing drive, 2015.06, China, ZL 201520070886.7.
(22) Chen Yangzhi, Chen Zhen, et al. A helical gear mechanism, 2011.03, China, ZL 201020108064.0.
Teaching Achievements:
1. 2021: Excellent class teacher of School of Mechanical Engineering and Electronic Information, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan)
2. In 2020, under his guidance, the students won the Second Prize in the 9th National Metallographic Skills Competition for College Students
3. In 2020, under his guidance, the students won the First Prize in Hubei Region of the Ninth National College Mechanical Innovation Competition
4. In 2016, under his guidance, the students won the Second Prize in Hubei Region of the Seventh National College Mechanical Innovation Competition
5. 2015: Second Prize in Youth Lecture Competition of School of Mechanical Engineering and Electronic Information, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan)
6. 2015: Excellent Award of the Eighth Young Teachers Teaching Competition of China University of Geosciences (Wuhan)
7. In 2014, under his guidance, the students won the First Prize in Hubei Region of the Sixth National College Mechanical Innovation Competition
8. Teaching Research Project of China University of Geosciences (Wuhan): teaching content research and practice of “Fundamentals of Mechanical Design”, PI
9. Teaching Research Project of China University of Geosciences (Wuhan): Research and application of semi-definite process control teaching model, participant
10. Chen Zhen, Zhang Meng, Lei Bo: Optimization of Undergraduate Talents Training Model of Mechanical Specialty Based on Subject Competition. Education and Teaching Forum, 38: 50-52, 2019.
