Rate My Professor Zhiyong Chen

University of Newcastle

#4,938 worldwide#4,826 in Australia

Control Systems Engineering Electrical Engineering Mechatronics Robotics Machine Learning

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4.08/20/2025

Makes even hard topics easy to grasp.

4.05/21/2025

Brings enthusiasm to every interaction.

5.03/31/2025

Encourages independent and critical thought.

4.02/27/2025

Helps students develop critical skills.

5.02/4/2025

Great Professor!

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About Zhiyong

Professor Zhiyong Chen is a Professor in the School of Electrical Engineering and Computing within the School of Engineering at the University of Newcastle, Australia. He earned his PhD and MPhil degrees from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2005 and 2002, respectively, and his BE degree from the University of Science and Technology of China in 2000. After completing his doctorate, he worked as a Research Associate in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of Virginia from April 2005 to August 2006. He joined the University of Newcastle in November 2006 as a Lecturer, advancing to Senior Lecturer in January 2010, Associate Professor in July 2013, and Professor in January 2018. Chen has held significant administrative roles, including Head of the School of Electrical Engineering and Computing from August 2020 to August 2021, Head of Discipline from July 2019 to June 2020 and since January 2023, and serves as an Adjunct Professor at RMIT University since June 2019. He was a Member of the Academic Senate at the University of Newcastle from 2017 to 2018.