Sze-Hong Teh PhD

Assistant Professor

Dr Sze-Hong Teh is an Assistant Professor in the School of Intelligent Manufacturing Ecosystem at the Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University. Prior to joining Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, he worked as an Assistant Professor at the University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus, where he taught subjects related to dynamics and control for the Department of Mechanical, Materials and Manufacturing Engineering. He received his MEng in Mechanical Engineering in 2011 and PhD in Mechanical Engineering in 2016 all from the University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus. His main research interests involve nonlinear dynamics and control of nonlinear systems. He is an associate member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and an associate fellow of the Higher Education Academy.


  • PhD, University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus - 2016
  • MEng (Hons), University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus - 2011


  • Assistant Professor - Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University - 2021 to Present
  • Assistant Professor - University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus - 2016 to 2021


  • Nonlinear Dynamics
  • Dynamic Systems and Control


  • Teh, S.-H., Woo, K.-C. and Wiercigroch, M., 2023. Nonlinear dynamics of vibro-impacting indenter. Applied Sciences, 13(4), pp.2469.
  • Chin, K.M., Teh, S.-H., Ho, J.-H. and Ng, H.K., 2019. Controller Design and Trajectory Tracking of a Two-Link Robotic Orthosis via Sinusoidal-Input Describing Function Model. International Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Robotics Research, 8(6).
  • Kaluarachchi, M.M., Ho, J.H., Yahya, S. and Teh, S.H., 2018. Design of a bistable electromagnetic coupling mechanism for underactuated manipulators. Smart Materials and Structures, 27(7), p.075031.
  • Teh, S.-H., Woo, K.-C. and Demrdash, H., 2018. Rotations of pendulum when its pivot oscillates chaotically. Journal of Computational and Nonlinear Dynamics, 13(1).
  • Teh, S.-H., Woo, K.-C. and Demrdash, H., 2016. Rotating orbits of pendulum in stochastic excitation. Journal of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, 54(3), pp.717-730.
  • Nassirharand, A. and Teh, S.H., 2016. Describing function-based identification of nonlinear transfer functions for nonlinear systems from experimental/simulation data. International Journal of Modelling, Identification and Control, 25(2), pp.93-101.
  • Teh, S.-H., Chan, K.-H., Woo, K.-C. and Demrdash, H., 2015. Rotating a pendulum with an electromechanical excitation. International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics, 70, pp.73-83.
  • Teh, S.H. and Nassirharand, A., 2014. Design of dual-range linear multivariable controllers for nonlinear systems with application to UAV control. Journal of Aerospace Engineering, 27(2), pp.215-224.
  • Teh, S.H. and Nassirharand, A., 2010. Idle speed control using a describing-function approach. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering, 224(4), pp.533-545.
  • Teh, S.H., Malawaraarachci, S.R., Chan, W.P. and Nassirharand, A., 2010. A Benchmark Laboratory for Experimenting with Multivariable Nonlinear Control Methodologies. International Journal of Systems Control, 1(2).
  • Teh, S.H., Malawaraarachci, S., Chan, W.P. and Nassirharand, A., 2010. Design and Instrumentation of a Benchmark Multivariable Nonlinear Control Laboratory. International Journal of Mechanical, Aerospace, Industrial, Mechatronic and Manufacturing Engineering, 4(2), pp.133-139.


  • Teh, S.-H. and Woo, K.-C., 2020, December. Attractors of rotating pendulums. In International Conference on Engineering Vibrations.
  • Nassirharand, A. and Teh, S.H., 2014, June. Controller design for nonlinear multivariable systems. In American Control Conference (pp. 2995-2999).
  • Teh, S.-H., Chan, K.-H., Woo, K.-C. and Demrdash, H., 2014, January. Rotating a pendulum with an electromechanical excitation. In Third International Conference on Recent Advances in Nonlinear Mechanics.
  • Teh, S.H. and Nassirharand, A., 2010, December. Multivariable temperature control of a reactor. In International Conference on Advances in Mechanical Engineering (pp. 180-184).
  • Teh, S.H. and Nassirharand, A., 2010, December. Software for design of linear controllers for nonlinear systems. In International Conference on Advances in Mechanical Engineering (pp. 83-88).
  • Nassirharand, A. and Teh, S.H., 2010, June. Application of describing function technique to idle speed control. In American Control Conference (pp. 5350-5355).


  • Teh, S.H., 2011, Multivariable dual-range linear controller design for nonlinear system, LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing.


  • RBE211TC Dynamic Systems
  • RBE202TC Programmable Logic Controllers and Network Communications
  • RBE204TC Sensors and Instrumentation


  • 2020 Associate Fellow, Higher Education Academy, UK.
  • 2011 Associate Member, The Institution of Mechanical Engineers, UK.
Sze-Hong Teh