1.信息物理系统的智能控制与应用：智能电网、智慧交通、智慧医疗等

2.微电网分布式控制与优化

3.无人自主系统的智能控制

4.人工智能AI：深度学习、强化学习

1)Shen Yan (严沈), Z. Gu, J. H. Park, X. Xie. A delay-kernel-dependent approach to saturated control of linear systems with mixed delays. Automatica, vol. 152, pp. 110984, 2023. （ESI高被引，控制领域Top2期刊, IF: 6.150 ）

2)Shen Yan (严沈), M. Shen, S. K. Nguang, G. Zhang. Event-triggered H∞ control of networked control systems with distributed transmission delay. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 65(10): 4295-4301, 2020.（控制领域Top2期刊, IF: 5.792）

3)Shen Yan (严沈), Z. Gu, J. H. Park, X. Xie. Sampled memory-event-triggered fuzzy load frequency control for wind power systems subject to outliers and transmission delays. IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics，2022, doi: 10.1109/TCYB.2022.3224386. （中科院1区，Top期刊, IF: 19.118）

4)Shen Yan (严沈), Z. Gu, J. H. Park, X. Xie. Adaptive memory-event-triggered static output control of T-S fuzzy wind turbine systems. IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, 30(9): 3894-3904, 2021. （ESI高被引，中科院1区，Top期刊, IF: 12.253）

5)Shen Yan (严沈), X. Hu, J. H. Park. Deep-Q-learning-based proportional-integral event-triggered fuzzy output control of variable speed AGVs via proportional-integral observer. IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, 34(1): 89-100, 2026. （中科院1区，Top期刊, IF: 12.253）

6)Shen Yan (严沈), Z. Gu, J. H. Park, X. Xie, W. Sun. Distributed cooperative voltage control of networked islanded microgrid via proportional-integral observer. IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, 15(6): 5981-5991, 2024. （中科院1区，Top期刊, IF: 9.8）

7)Shen Yan (严沈), Z. Gu, J. H. Park, X. Xie. Synchronization of delayed fuzzy neural networks with probabilistic communication delay and its application to image encryption. IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, 31(3): 930-940, 2023. （ESI高被引，中科院1区，Top期刊, IF: 12.253）

8)Shen Yan (严沈), Z. Gu, J. H. Park, Xiangpeng Xie. Distributed-delay-dependent stabilization for networked interval type-2 fuzzy systems with stochastic delay and actuator saturation. IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems, 53(5): 3165-3175, 2023. （中科院1区，Top期刊, IF: 11.471）

9)Shen Yan (严沈), Z. Gu, S. K. Nguang. Memory-event-triggered H∞ output control of neural networks with mixed delays, IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, 33(10): 6905-6915, 2021. （中科院1区，Top期刊, IF: 14.255）

10)Shen Yan (严沈), S. K. Nguang, Z. Gu. H∞ weighted integral event-triggered synchronization of neural networks with mixed delays. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, 17(4): 2365-2375, 2021. （中科院1区，Top期刊, IF: 11.648）

自动控制原理、现代控制理论、线性系统理论

1.严沈（1/1），江苏省科协青年科技人才托举工程.

2.严沈（1/1），2024/2025年度全球前2%顶尖科学家榜单.

3.严沈（2/4），江苏省自动化学会科学技术二等奖.

4.严沈（2/5），Event-triggered dissipative tracking control of networked control systems with distributed communication delay，美国电气电子工程师协会（IEEE），IEEE Systems Council 2022年度最佳论文奖，2022.