Publications (Total 29)

Prof. Chen’s current students and supervisees in italic.

Journal Articles

J11. Fengchen Wang and Yan Chen, "Dynamics and control of a novel active yaw stabilizer to enhance vehicle lateral motion stability," ASME Transactions Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control, (Accepted with minor revisions) 2017.

J10. Hui Zhang, Yan Chen, Junmin Wang, and Shichun Yang, “Cycle-based optimal NOx emission control of selective catalyst reduction systems with dynamic programming algorithm,” Fuel, Vol. 141, pp. 200-206, 2015 (DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2014.10.051).

J9. Yan Chen and Junmin Wang, “Adaptive energy-efficient control allocation for planar motion control of over-actuated electric ground vehicles,” IEEE Transactions on Control System Technology, Vol. 22, No.4, pp. 1362-1373, 2014 (DOI: 10.1109/TCST.2013.2287560).

J8. Yan Chen, Xiaodong Li, Christopher Wiet, and Junmin Wang, “Energy management and driving strategy for in-wheel motor electric ground vehicles with terrain profile preview,” IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, Vol. 10, Issue 3, pp. 1938-1947, 2014 (DOI: 10.1109/TII.2013.2290067).

J7. Yan Chen and Junmin Wang, “Design and experimental evaluations on energy efficient control allocation methods for over-actuated electric vehicles: longitudinal motion case,” IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, Vol. 19, Issue 2, pp. 538-548, 2014 (DOI:10.1109/TMECH.2013.2249591).

J6. Yan Chen and Junmin Wang, “Design and evaluation on electric differentials for over-actuated electric ground vehicles with four independent in-wheel motors,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Vol. 61, No. 4, pp. 1534-1542, 2012 (DOI:10.1109/TVT.2012.2187940).

J5. Yan Chen and Junmin Wang, “Fast and global optimal energy-efficient control allocation with applications to over-actuated electric ground vehicles,” IEEE Transactions on Control System Technology, Vol. 20, No.5, pp. 1202-1211, 2012 (DOI:10.1109/TCST.2011.2161989).

J4. Yan Chen and Junmin Wang, “Adaptive vehicle speed control with input injections for longitudinal motion independent road frictional condition estimation,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Vol. 60, No. 3, pp. 839-848, 2011 (DOI:10.1109/TVT.2011.2106811).

J3. Rongrong Wang, Yan Chen, Daiwei Feng, Xiaoyu Huang, and Junmin Wang, “Development and performance characterization of an electric ground vehicle with independently actuated in-wheel motors,” Journal of Power Sources, Vol. 196, No. 8, pp. 3962-3971, 2011 (DOI:10.1016/j. jpowsour.2010.11.160).

J2. Yan Chen, Andrew Dick, and Fathi Ghorbel, “Tip trajectories of a smart micro cantilever beam: analysis and design,” Smart Materials & Structures, Vol. 18, No. 11, pp. 1-10, 2009 (DOI:10.1088/0964-1726/18/11/115012).

J1. Guangren Duan and Yan Chen, “Generalized regularity and regularizability of rectangular descriptor systems,” Journal of Control Theory and Applications, Vol. 5, No. 2, pp. 159-163, 2007 (DOI:10.1007/s11768-005-5313-3).

Peer Refereed Conference Papers

C18. Fengchen Wang and Yan Chen, “Vehicle rollover prevention through a novel active rollover preventer,” ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, (Accepted), 2017.

C17. Fengchen Wang and Yan Chen, “Detection of vehicle tripped and untripped rollovers by a novel index with mass-center-position estimations,” ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, (Accepted), 2017.

C16. Yiwen Huang and Yan Chen, “Estimation and analysis of vehicle lateral stability region with both front and rear wheel steering,” ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, (Accepted), 2017.

C15. Yiwen Huang and Yan Chen, “Vehicle lateral motion control based on estimated stability regions,” ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, (Accepted), 2017.

C14. Fengchen Wang and Yan Chen, “Vehicle safety enhancement through a novel active yaw moment stabilizer,” Proceedings of the 2017 American Control Conference (Invited Paper), pp. 5556-5561, 2017.

C13. Yiwen Huang, Wei Liang, and Yan Chen, “Estimation and analysis of vehicle lateral stability region,” Proceedings of the 2017 American Control Conference (Invited Paper), pp. 4303-4308, 2017.

C12. Arvind Suresh, Clay Arnett, Krishna Chilumukuru, Mark Magee, Michael Ruth, and Yan Chen, “Advanced Diesel system technologies for meeting SULEV30/Bin30 emission standards and improving fuel economy on a light-duty pickup truck,” Proceedings of the 24th Aachen Colloquium Automotive and Engine Technology, pp. 893-926, 2015.

C11. Hui Zhang, Yan Chen, Junmin Wang, and Yue-Yun Wang, “Cycle-based optimal emission control of diesel engine selective catalyst reduction systems,” Proceedings of the 11th World Congress on Intelligent Control & Automation, pp. 1980-1984, 2014.

C10. Yan Chen and Junmin Wang, “Robust sideslip angle estimation for over-actuated electric vehicles: a linear parameter varying system approach,” Proceedings of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference (Invited Paper), pp. 669-677, 2013.

C9. Yan Chen and Junmin Wang, “A branch-and-bound algorithm for energy-efficient control allocation with applications to planar motion control of electric ground vehicles,” Proceedings of the 2012 American Control Conference, pp. 4999-5004, 2012.

C8. Xiaodong Li, Yan Chen, and Junmin Wang, “In-wheel motor electric ground vehicle energy management strategy for maximizing the travel distance,” Proceedings of the 2012 American Control Conference (Invited Paper), pp. 4993-4998, 2012.

C7. Yan Chen and Junmin Wang, “An adaptive energy-efficient control allocation on planar motion control of electric ground vehicles,” Proceedings of the 50th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control and European Control Conference, pp. 8062-8067, 2011.

C6. Yan Chen, Zili Chen, and Junmin Wang, “Operational energy optimization for pure electric ground vehicles based on terrain profile preview,” Proceedings of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, pp. 271-278, 2011.

C5. Yan Chen and Junmin Wang, “A global optimization algorithm for energy-efficient control allocation of over-actuated systems,” Proceedings of the 2011 American Control Conference, pp. 5300-5305, 2011.

C4. Yan Chen and Junmin Wang, “Energy-efficient control allocation with applications on planar motions of electric ground vehicles,” Proceedings of the 2011 American Control Conference (Invited Paper), pp. 2719-2724, 2011.

C3. Yan Chen and Junmin Wang, “Energy-efficient control allocation for over-actuated systems with vehicle applications,” Proceedings of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, pp. 37-44, 2010. (Top 10 Most Downloaded Articles in February 2011).

C2. Yan Chen and Junmin Wang, “Vehicle-longitudinal-motion-independent real-time tire-road friction coefficient estimation,” Proceedings of the 49th IEEE Conference on Control and Decision (Invited Paper), pp. 2910-2915, 2010.

C1. Yan Chen and Guangren Duan, “Conditions for C-controllability and C-observability of rectangular descriptor systems,” Proceedings of 6th World Congress on Intelligent Control & Automation, pp. 628-630, 2006.