Team

Introduction

The VIN Lab (Vehicle Intelligence and New Energy Laboratory) of Tsinghua Intelligent Vehicle Design and Safety (IVDAS) Research Institute is a cutting-edge interdisciplinary platform focus on the strategic needs of future transportation transformation and sustainable development. The laboratory consists of more than 60 members, including six groups: the Intelligent Control Group, the Smart Energy Group, the Visual Perception Group, the Fluid and Heat Group, the Flying Car Group, and the Comprehensive Affairs Group. The person responsible for the overall safety of the laboratory is Prof. Yang Shen.

Faculty

Researchers in VIN Lab

Dr. Jun Li

Professor, Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE)

Jun Li received the Ph.D. degree in vehicle engineering from Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, China, in 1989. He is currently an Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, a Professor at the School of Vehicle and Mobility, Tsinghua University, the President of the Society of Automotive Engineers of China, and the Director of the Expert Committee of China Industry Innovation Alliance for the Intelligent and Connected Vehicles.

Dr. Yang Shen

Assistant Professor

Yang Shen received the Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from China University of Mining & Technology, Beijing, China. He is a member of the Tsinghua Intelligent Vehicle Design and Safety (IVDAS) Research Institute.

Dr. Zhengxian Chen

Assistant Researcher

Zhengxian Chen received the Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. He is a member of the Tsinghua Intelligent Vehicle Design and Safety (IVDAS) Research Institute. He has published more than 20 articles as the first author in SCI journals such as Nature Communications.

Dr. Huanan Wang

Assistant Researcher

Huanan Wang received the B.Eng. degree in School of Transportation Science and Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, China, in 2019. He is currently pursuing the Ph.D. degree in School of Vehicle and Mobility, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. He is a member of the Tsinghua Intelligent Vehicle Design and Safety (IVDAS) Research Institute and is supervised by Prof. Jun Li.

Dr. Chenggang Sun

Senior Engineer

Chenggang graduated from Tsinghua University, and his research direction is autonomous driving safety testing technology. Hold positions such as experimental engineer and test engineer in VIN Lab.

Dr. Liang Chen

Senior Engineer

Liang Chen graduated from Tsinghua University, major in Chemical Engineering. Now he is in charge of industrial transformation at VIN Lab.

Dr. Peng Ni

Assistant Researcher

Chenggang graduated from Tsinghua University, and his research direction is autonomous driving safety testing technology. Hold positions such as experimental engineer and test engineer in VIN Lab.

Members / Students

Students in VIN Lab

Han Hai

Master Student, Leader of the Intelligent Control Group

Visiting student from RWTH Aachen University. His research direction include new energy vehicle planning and control as well as ITS and ICV. He participated in the construction of the team’s ADCP dataset.

Wenjie Ni

Master Student

Wenjie Ni received the B.E. degree in Automotive Engineering from Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, China. He is a member of the Tsinghua Intelligent Vehicle Design and Safety (IVDAS) Research Institute. He has been working in the research team for over one year, contributing to the publication of high-level conference papers and a Nature Communications journal article. He is currently pursuing his Master’s degree at the University of California, Berkeley.

Yuqi Liu

PhD Student, Leader of the Smart Energy Group

Yuqi Liu is a doctoral student under the guidance of Dr. Zhengxian Chen. He obtained his master degree from Utrecht University and bachelor degree from Beijing Forestry University, specializing in the research of intelligent power systems.

Yikun Liu

PhD Student

Yikun Liu is a doctoral student under the supervision of Dr. Zhengxian Chen.She is currently in a joint training program with Tsinghua University, focusing on heavy-duty vehicle control, large language models (LLMs), and embodied intelligence. Her research develops algorithms for autonomous driving and explores LLM-robotics integration. She has published several papers and actively contributes to team projects.

Quanfu Yu

PhD Student

Visiting Student from Beijing Institute of Technology. His research direction is hydrogen fuel cell system integration. Established the laboratory’s first vehicle-mounted ammonia cracking platform in the Smart Energy Group, and proposed a machine learning-based fuel cell stack health management model, which has improved the fuel cell life prediction accuracy.

He Shang

PhD Student

Visiting Student from Beijing Institute of Technology. His research direction is autonomous driving digital twin technology. Built the laboratory’s first coordination digital twin platform, achieving sub-second synchronization between physical scenarios and virtual simulations.

Tianle Wu

PhD Student

Tianle Wu is a joint doctoral student from the University of Michigan, a core member of the Intelligent Control Group, and has long been engaged in the research of autonomous driving planning and control.

Chang Li

Undergraduate Student

Visiting student from China University of Petroleum (Beijing), recipient of eight national-level white paper awards including first prize in the ISCC National Competition. Admitted to the Shenyang Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences through the prestigious early admission program for exceptional undergraduates. His research focuses on visual dynamics. Developed the first image recognition-based vehicle speed prediction model in the Smart Energy Group, significantly reducing the RMSE of speed prediction..

Rui Li

PhD Student

Rui Li is a doctoral student under the guidance of Dr. Zhengxian Chen. He received his master degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has provided millions of kilometers of virtual road testing services for an automaker’s L4-level vehicle model to ensure the reliability of intelligent driving systems.

Yilin Bai

PhD Student

Yilin Bai is a doctoral student under the supervision of Dr. Zhengxian Chen. She earned her Master’s degree from the National University of Singapore and her Bachelor’s degree from Beijing University of Technology. Her research focuses on macro-level control of connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs), operational research, and reinforcement learning. Currently, she is actively engaged in dataset construction to support the team’s work.

Shaoqi Wang

Undergraduate Student

Shaoqi Wang is a Visiting Student from Tongji University, majoring in Vehicle Engineering. Her current main research interest lies in planning and control for autonomous driving. She is actively engaged in team projects and gaining hands-on research experience.

Yichong Li

Master Student

Visiting student from the University of New South Wales. His research focuses on vehicle-mounted hydrogen fuel cell system integration and traffic perception. He established the laboratory’s first vehicle-mounted ammonia cracking platform in the Smart Energy Group and proposed a machine learning-based fuel cell stack health management model, which improved the accuracy of fuel cell life prediction.

Alumni

Proud VIN Labor

  • Wei Li

    2016, Master

  • Dehong Fang

    2017, Bachlor

  • Feiyu Zhang

    2018, Master

  • Jieyi Shi

    2019, PhD

  • Shijie Li

    2020, Bachlor

  • Yinzhe Liu

    2020, PhD

  • Ziheng Pei

    2021, PhD

  • Kai Peng

    2022, Master

  • Heyun Wang

    2022, PhD

  • Yuechao Wang

    2023, Master

  • Mingyang Du

    2023, Bachlor

  • Qiao Lin

    2023, Bachlor

  • Yuwei Wang

    2024, PhD

  • Zihan Ling

    2024, Bachlor

  • Chufang Du

    2017, PhD

  • Jie Huang

    2017, PhD

  • Jincheng Hu

    2019, Master

  • Jiajun Chang

    2019, PhD

  • Tengfei Yang

    2020, Postdoctor

  • Wentao Li

    2021, Master

  • Xianhao Li

    2021, Bachlor

  • Zhuoxu Lu

    2022, Bachlor

  • Rui Mu

    2023, Master

  • Yuhao Liu

    2023, Master

  • Shiwen Li

    2023, Bachlor

  • Caihou Liu

    2024, Master

  • Hao Feng

    2024, PhD

  • Weikang Li

    2024, Master