Prof. Yuan, Colorado State University

Ding Yuan, Ph.D.

Education:

Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, New Jersey, 2006.

B.E. in Industrial Automation, Dalian University of Technology, P.R. China, 1998.

Contact Information:

Mail: Department of Engineering, Colorado State University - Pueblo,

2200 Bonforte Blvd, Pueblo, Colorado 81001-4901 USA

Email: ding.yuan@colostate-pueblo.edu

Voice: (719) 549 2522

Fax: (719) 549 2519

Professional Experience:

2007-present: Assistant Professor, Department of Engineering, Colorado State University-Pueblo.

2006-2007: Postdoctoral Fellow, High-Precision Control and Commercialization Project, funded by the New Jersey Commission on Science and Technology.

2006-2007: Adjunct Professor of Linear Systems, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology.

2005-2006: Postdoctoral Fellow/Research Associate, Personalized Weapon ("SmartGun") Project, funded by the National Institute of Justice.

2005: Member of the Technology Commercialization Assessment Team (TCAT), Intelligent Property Commercialization Project, funded by the New Jersey Commission on Science and Technology.

2002-2005: Instructor, Control Systems Lab, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology.

2001-2002: Instructor, Electrical Engineering Lab II, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology.

2000: Teaching Assistant, Computer Network Design & Analysis, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology.

Research and Teaching Interests:

Control systems

Model reference control

Servo control and instrumentation

Real-time systems and embedded systems

Robotic systems

Publications:

Yuan, Ding, and Timothy Chang. "Model Reference Command Shaper Design with Applications to a High-Speed Robotic Workcell with Variable Loads," accepted for publication in IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics.

Chang, Timothy, Ding Yuan, and Henry Hanek. "Matched Feedforward/Model Reference Control of a High Precision Robot with Deadzone," accepted for publication in IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology.

Yuan, Ding, and Timothy Chang. "Trajectory Control of Robot with Model Reference Zero Vibration Shaper." Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics (ICM 2006).

Chang, Timothy, Ding Yuan, and Henry Hanek. "Control of a High Precision Linear Robot Workcell Using State Steering." Proceedings of 2005 IEEE Conference on Control Applications, pp. 1385-1390.

Presentations:

Bloomer, Derris, and Ding Yuan. "Piezoelectric Multiple Degree of Freedom Actuator," presented for Intellectual Property Commercializatoin Project, Dec. 13, 2005.
Yuan, Ding. "Feedforward Control of a High Precision NEAT Robot," presented in Graduate Research Poster Session at New Jersey Institute of Technology, Apr. 14, 2004.

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