Dr. Zutao Zhang

Professor

Huo Yingdong Education and Teaching Award from the Ministry of Education

Tianfu Special Teacher under the prestigious "Tianfu Qingcheng Program"

Prominent educator in Sichuan Province

The 14th National People's Congress

The top 2% of scientists globally

Highly Contributing Scholar in China by the Alumni Association in 2023

The Vice Chairman of the National Research Society for Teaching Mechanical Design

The Director of the Mechanical Design (Transmission) Committee within the Sichuan Mechanical Engineering Society

1. Profile

Dr. Zutao Zhang, is a distinguished Professor at the School of Mechanical Engineering, Ph. D. He is a recipient of the Huo Yingdong Education and Teaching Award from the Ministry of Education, appointed as a Tianfu Special Teacher under the prestigious "Tianfu Qingcheng Program," and recognized as a prominent educator in Sichuan Province. Additionally, he has been honored with the Zhan Tianyou Education Award and is a distinguished Yanghua Scholar. Dr. Zhang is a deputy to the 14th National People's Congress. His innovative contributions have positioned him among the top 2% of scientists globally, as indicated by a collaborative ranking from Stanford University and Elsevier. Furthermore, he has been acknowledged as a Highly Contributing Scholar in China by the Alumni Association in 2023. In his professional capacity, Dr. Zhang serves as the Vice Chairman of the National Research Society for Teaching Mechanical Design and as the Director of the Mechanical Design (Transmission) Committee within the Sichuan Mechanical Engineering Society.

2. Teaching Profile

Professor Zhang Zutao has demonstrated a longstanding commitment to teaching and curriculum development. He is an integral member, lecturer, and partial course leader of numerous national teaching platforms and course resources, including the pioneering national boutique courses, national boutique resource sharing courses, national network courses, national boutique online open courses, national first-class undergraduate courses, and national demonstration centers for experimental teaching of basic mechanics. Within these platforms, Professor Zhang plays key roles such as overseeing the first batch of national quality online open courses in "Mechanical Design," managing the second batch of national quality online open courses in the "College Students' Science and Technology Innovation Series Courses" (consisting of 8 national quality online open courses), leading the first batch of national first-class undergraduate courses in "College Students' Innovation and Entrepreneurship Practices," and supervising the national blended first-class undergraduate course in "Mechanical Design." Additionally, he is responsible for the initial English courses in "College Students' Innovation and Entrepreneurship Practices" on the international platform "iCourse."

Under his guidance, Professor Zhang has presided over and lectured in 11 national first-class undergraduate courses, emphasizing a teaching approach that combines theoretical instruction with practical guidance to foster innovative talent. His team's efforts have been recognized with accolades such as the second prize in National Teaching Achievement in 2022, two special prizes in Sichuan Teaching Achievement in 2021 (ranking first and fifth), and a first prize in Sichuan Teaching Achievement in 2017 (ranking first). Over the past two decades, Professor Zhang's team has mentored students in competitions like the "National College Students Mechanical Innovation Design Competition" and the "China-US Youth Creative Competition," garnering over 190 awards, including an international first prize, a national special prize,33national first prizes,37national second prizes, and more than 70 provincial, ministerial, and institutional level awards. The team's achievements in fostering student innovation and creativity were highlighted on CCTV News on July 13,2015, as part of the program "National Comprehensive Implementation of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Education Reform."

3. Research Profile

Professor Zutao Zhang is a distinguished figure in the academic world, recognized as one of the top 2% of scientists globally by a collaborative ranking from Stanford University and Elsevier in October 2023. He is also acknowledged as a high-contributing scholar in China by the Alumni Association in 2023. His research focuses on new energy intelligent vehicles and their key technologies, new energy regeneration, and self-sensing technologies. In his research leadership capacity, Professor Zhang has chaired 3 National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) projects and supervised 1 NSFC Research Fund for Foreign Scholars (RFFS) project in China.

Professor Zhang's contributions to academia are evident in his authorship and correspondence roles in prestigious journals such as Device (Cell sister journal, TOP 1%), Advanced Energy Materials (TOP 3%, IF: 27.8), Nano Energy (TOP 5%, IF: 17.6), Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews (TOP 3%, IF: 16.3), Small (TOP 5%, IF: 13.3), Small Methods (TOP 5%, IF: 12.4), Applied Energy (TOP 5%, IF: 11.2), Energy Conversion and Management (TOP 5%, IF: 10.4), Journal of Cleaner Production (TOP 5%, IF: 11.1), Sustainable Cities and Society (TOP 5%, IF: 11.7), Automation in Construction (TOP 5%, IF: 10.3), IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems (TOP 5%, IF: 8.5), and Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing (TOP 5%, IF: 8.4). With a prolific publication record exceeding 160 SCI papers, including over 50 papers with an impact factor exceeding 10 and four ESI highly cited papers, Professor Zhang's work has garnered significant recognition. He was honored with the APPLIED ENERGY Highly Cited Award in 2022 and holds 127 authorized invention patents, underscoring his innovative contributions to the field of new energy and intelligent vehicle technologies.

4. Partial Representative Publications

[1] Rui Zou, Hongyu Chen, Hongye Pan, Hexiang Zhang, Lingji Kong, Zutao Zhang*, Zerui Xiang, Jinyi Zhi, Yongsheng Xu, Self-powered and self-sensing wearable devices from a comfort perspective: Advances, challenges, and opportunities [J], Device, TOP 1%.

[2] Lingji Kong, Zheng Fang, Tingsheng Zhang,  Zutao Zhang*, Yajia Pan*, Daning Hao, Jiangfan Chen , Lingfei Qi, A self-powered and self-sensing lower-limb system for smart healthcare[J], Advanced Energy Materials, 2023:2301054, TOP 3%, IF:27.8.

[3] Lingfei Qi, Lingji Kong, Yuan Wang, Juhuang Song, Ali Azam, Zutao Zhang*, Jinyue Yan, Recent Progress of Application-oriented Self-powered Microelectronics[J], Advanced Energy Materials, 2023：2302699,1-59, TOP 3%, IF:27.8.

[4] Ali Azam, Ammar Ahmed, Minyi Y, Zutao Zhang*, Zhang Zeqiang, Touqeer Aslam, Shoukat Ali Mugheri, Mansour Abdelrahman, Asif Ali , Lingfei Qi, Wave Energy Evolution: Knowledge Structure, Advancements, Challenges and Future Opportunities e[J]. Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews,2024(online), TOP 3%, IF:16.3.

[5] Zheng Fang, Lingji Kong, Jiangfan Chen , Hongyu Chen, Xinyi Zhao, Dabing Luo,  Zutao Zhang*, A Multi-Node Self-Powered Fault Detection System by Triboelectric2 Electromagnetic Nanosensors for Smart Transportation[J] NANO ENERGY, 2024(online),  TOP 5%, IF:17.6.

[6] Jiangfan Chen, Lingji Kong, Zheng Fang, Rui Zou, Jiaoyi Wu, Hongjie Tang, Zutao Zhang*, A Self-powered and Self-sensing Driver Behavior Detection System for Smart Transportation [J] NANO ENERGY, 122(2024):109327,  TOP 5%, IF:17.6.

[7] Zheng Fang, Zijie Zhou, Minyi Yi, Zutao Zhang*, Xiao Luo, Ammar Ahmed, A roller-bearing-based triboelectric nanosensor for freight train synergistic maintenance in smart transportation[J] NANO ENERGY, 2023, (106)108089, TOP 5%, IF:17.6.

[8] Long Wang, Hongjie Tang, Zutao Zhang*, Yajia Pan*, Dabing Luo, Bendong Xiong, Tengfei Liu, Congcong Zhang, Hao Wang, Weihua Kong, Smart Nodding Duck: A Hybrid Halbach Electromagnetic Piezoelectric Self-Powered Sensor for Smart Fisheries [J]. Chemical Engineering Journal, 2024(online)，TOP 5%, IF:15.1.

[9] Ali Azam, Ammar Ahmed, Muhammad Sajid Kamran, Li Hai, Zutao Zhang*, Asif Ali, Knowledge structuring for enhancing mechanical energy harvesting (MEH): An in-depth review from 2000 to 2020 using CiteSpace[J]. Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews,2021,(150)111460, TOP 3%, IF:16.3.

[10] Daning Hao, Yuchen Gong, Jiaoyi W, Qianhui Shen,  Zutao Zhang* , Jinyi Zhi, Rui Zou, Weihua Kong, Lingji Kong，A Self-Sensing and Self-Powered Wearable System Based on Multi-Source Human Motion Energy Harvesting[J] Small，2024, (online), IF:13.3.

[11]  (ESI Highly cited paper)Hongye Pan, Lingfei Qi, Zutao Zhang*, Jinyue Yan*，Kinetic energy harvesting technologies for applications in land transportation: A comprehensive review[J].APPLIED ENERGY, 2021,(286)1116518：1-22, TOP 5%,IF:11.446.

[12] Hexiang Zhang, Qianhui Shen, Peng Zheng, Hao Wang, Rui Zou, Zutao Zhang*,Yajia Pan a, Jinyi Zhi, Zerui Xiang, Harvesting inertial energy and powering wearable devices: A review[J]. Small Methods, 2023(2300771):1-31, IF:12.4.

[13] Xin Wang, Minfeng Tang, Yongzhao Han, Alaeldin M. Tairab, Jiancheng Yu, Lei Han, Zutao Zhang*，An omnidirectional hybrid wind-wave energy harvester based on a coaxial contra-rotation mechanism for unmanned surface vessels,Energy Conversion and Management[J].293,(2023)117517, TOP 5%,  IF：11.533.

[14] Peng Zheng, Hexiang Zhang, Zutao Zhang*, Waleed Salman, Mansour Abdelrahman,  Parameter Optimization Method of Contra-rotating Vertical Axis Wind Turbine: Based on Numerical Simulation and Response Surface [J]. Journal of Cleaner Production,435(2024):140475, IF:11.1. 

[15] Jianhong Zhou, Hongjie Tang, Lei Zeng, Zutao Zhang*,Jie Zhao, Ang Li, Lingji Kong, Minfeng Tang, Yongli Hu, A self-powered and self-sensing wave energy harvesting system for the sea2 crossing bridge[J]. Materials Today Nano, 2024(online),  IF:10.3.

[16] Hao Cao,Hongjie Tang,  Zutao Zhang*,Lingji kong, Minfeng Tang , Xinru Du, Hidemi Mutsuda, Alaeldin M. Tairab, Sustainable Sea of Internet of Things: wind energy harvesting system for unmanned surface vehicles[J] ,ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces,2024(ONLINE)，IF:9.5.