Research – Prof. Zhengguo Sheng

2025KKU Funding – AI-Driven Secure and Cloud-Integrated Energy Management for Vehicular Communications, Co-I.

2025Industry Funding – RFID tracking system Phase 2, PI.

2024Industry consultancy in freight innovation and intelligent transportation.

2024Industry Funding (Connect to Expertise Scheme) – RFID system design and development, PI.

2023–25Industry KTP – To embed the latest thermo-dynamic modelling to accelerate innovation in renewable refrigeration systems, Co-I.

2023HEIF 2023 Business Collaboration & Commercialisation – IoT based smart electric vehicle (EV) charging, PI.

2023–25Royal Academy of Engineering Distinguished International Associates – Blockchain-based Mobility-as-a-Service, Co-I.

2022HEIF 2022 FROM COVID CRISIS TO NET ZERO – 5G enabled robotic teleoperation, Co-PI.

2022NERC Discipline Hopping for Environmental Solutions – IoT flood mitigation, PI.

2021Imperial – Nanyang Technological University Collaboration Fund – Industrial 4.0, Co-I.

2021–25H2020-MSCA-RISE – Secure vehicular networks: communications, data caching and blockchain services (SEEDS), Coordinator (PI).

2020Royal Society Kan Tong Po International Fellowship – NOMA based Data-Centric Vehicular Networks, PI.

2020–23Research Grants Council Hong Kong – Distributed Multi-hop C-V2X Self-Optimizing Network, Co-I.

2020School's HEIF – Blockchain security and robotics for social distancing in childcare, PI.

2019Research Opportunity Fund (ROF Sussex) – Internet-of-Robot for Elderly Homecare, PI.

2019Consultant project – IoT gateway for clinic acute transport services, PI.

2019School's HEIF – V2X impact activity, PI.

2018–19H2020 European-Pacific Partnership (EPIC) visits – V2X testbed, PI.

2017–19Royal Society International Exchange – Bionic communications and networking for connected vehicles, PI.

2017–18EPSRC (EP/P025862/1) – Mission-Critical and Intelligent Communication Protocols for Future Vehicles Using Power Lines, PI.

2017Asa Briggs Visiting Fellowship, University of Sussex, PI.

2013–15Postdoctoral Fellowship, funded by Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (DIVA).

2014AUTO21 Research Grant, funded by The Government of Canada (The Networks of Centres of Excellence program).

2014USRA Research Grant (for training young researchers from undergraduate level), funded by NSERC, Canada.

2025First Prize, Educational Achievement Award of the Zhejiang Provincial Graduate Education Society.

2022International Junior Research Associate (IJRA), collaborated with Hanoi University of Science and Technology.

2021Best Paper Award – "Implementing Trajectory Tracking Control Algorithm for Autonomous Vehicles", IEEE International Conference on Unmanned Systems (ICUS'21).

2021IEEE Industry Placement Sponsorship, awarded by IEEE Electron Devices Society.

2020Junior Research Associate (JRA), funded by University of Sussex for summer research internship.

2020Research poster competition (Blockchain-Enabled Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communications), 2nd winner awarded by University of Sussex.

2018Promoted as IEEE Senior Membership.

2017"Emerging Research Award", University of Sussex.

2017Award of Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA), UK.

2016Best Paper Award – "Unicast Routing Protocol Based on Attractor Selection Model for Vehicular Ad-Hoc Networks", 3rd International Conference on Internet of Vehicles 2016.

2016Best Demo Award (3rd) – "Connected Vehicles in Smart Cities: Interworking From Inside Vehicles to Outside", IEEE SECON 2016.

2015IEEE Outstanding Service Award, awarded by IEEE CloudCom 2015.

2014AUTO21 TestDRIVE Competition (Presentation) Award, sponsored by The Networks of Centres of Excellence program, Canada.

2012–13Retention Bonus Recipient, Orange Outstanding Researcher Award.

2007–11Studentship of U.S.-U.K. IBM/ITA Project, funded by U.S. Army Research and U.K. Ministry of Defence.

2002–06Top Grade University People's Scholarship, awarded by The University of Electronic Science and Technology of China.