Yan Chen

Publications (Total 96)

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

Selected Journal Articles

J34. Shi Lu, Konstantinos Tsakalis, and Yan Chen, “A Novel Transformable UAV: HOFA Modeling, Control, and Experimental Validations,” Control Engineering Practice, Vol. 173, 2026 (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conengprac.2026.106990).

J33. Gang Wang and Yan Chen, “A Systematic Control Parameter Tuning Framework Based on A Dual-Loop Model Predictive Control Architecture,” ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control, Vol. 148, No. 3, 031008 (14 pages), 2026 (DOI: 10.1115/1.4070412).

J32. Shi Lu, Konstantinos Tsakalis, and Yan Chen, “High-order Fully Actuated System Approach for Quadrotor Control Based on Extended State Observers,” International Journal of Systems Science, Vol. 56, Iss. 13, 3194-3215, 2025 (DOI: 10.1080/00207721.2025.2512208).

J31. Abed Kazemtarghi, Ayan Mallik, and Yan Chen, “Dynamic pricing strategy for electric vehicle charging stations to distribute the congestion and maximize the revenue,” International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems, Vol. 158, pp. 1-12, 2024 (DOI: 10.1016/j.ijepes.2024.109946).

J30. Mingzhe Liu and Yan Chen, “Safety-guaranteed learning-based flocking control design,”  IEEE Control Systems Letters, Vol. 8, pp. 19-24, 2023 (DOI: 10.1109/LCSYS.2023.3347809).

J29. Fengchen Wang, Yue Shi, and Yan Chen, “Hierarchical MIMO decoupling control for vehicle roll and planar motions with control allocation,”  IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Vol. 73, Iss. 1, pp. 494-503, 2023 (DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2023.3308577).

J28. Shi Lu, Konstantinos Tsakalis, and Yan Chen, “Development and application of a novel high-order fully actuated system approach: part I. 3-DOF quadrotor control,” IEEE Control Systems Letters, Vol.7, pp. 1177-1182, 2022 (DOI: 10.1109/LCSYS.2022.3232305).

J27. Gang Wang, Mingzhe Liu, Fengchen Wang, and Yan Chen, “A novel  and elliptical lattice design of flocking control for multi-agent ground vehicles,” IEEE Control Systems Letters, Vol.7, pp. 1159-1164, 2022 (DOI: 10.1109/LCSYS.2022.3231628).

J26. Abolfazi Razi, Xiwen Chen, Huayu Li, Hao Wang, Brendan Russo, Yan Chen, and Hongbin Yu, “Deep learning serves traffic safety analysis: a forward-looking review,” IET Intelligent Transport Systems, Vol.17, Iss. 1, pp. 22-71, 2022 (DOI: 10.1049/itr2.12257).

J25. Fengchen Wang and Yan Chen, “Flocking control of multi-agent systems with permanent obstacles in strictly confined environments,” ASME Journal of Autonomous Vehicles and Systems, Vol. 1, No. 2, 021005 (9 pages), 2021 (DOI: 10.1115/1.4052161).

Selected Peer Refereed Conference Papers

C56. Gang Wang, Mohammad Kathadi, William Yang, and Yan Chen, “Energy Efficiency Analysis of U-Haul Truck and Trailer Systems: Impact of Tongue Weight and Load Variations,” SAE WCX, April 2026.

C55. Mingzhe Liu and Yan Chen, “New Flocking Control of Multi-Agent Mobile Systems with Recoverable Collisions,” Proceedings of 2025 Modeling, Estimation, and Control Conference, October 2025.

C54. Shi Lu, Konstantinos Tsakalis, and Yan Chen, “A New HOFA Approach and Evaluation for Quadrotor Control over Feedback Linearization Methods,” Proceedings of 2025 IFAC Symposium on Intelligent Autonomous Vehicles, May 2025.

C53. Gang Wang and Yan Chen, “Neighbor Selections and Impacts on Vehicle
Flocking Control with Time Delays and Unknown Disturbances,” Proceedings of 2025 IFAC Symposium on Intelligent Autonomous Vehicles, May 2025.

C52. Gang Wang and Yan Chen, “Virtual Vehicle Flocking Control for Multi-Lane Ramp Merging,” Proceedings of 2025 American Control Conference, pp. 1617-1622, July 2025.

C51. Gang Wang and Yan Chen, “A New Parameter Tuning Method of Flocking Control Based on a Dual-Loop Model Predictive Control Structure,” Proceedings of 2024 Modeling, Estimation, and Control Conference, 2024.

C50. Jingxiong Meng, Yan Chen, and Junfeng Zhao, “Starlink for Localization: A Low Earth Orbit Satellites Based Approach for Vehicle Localization,” Proceedings of 2024 Modeling, Estimation, and Control Conference (Invited Paper), 2024.

C49. Jingxiong Meng, Yan Chen, and Junfeng Zhao, “Simulator development for vehicle localization using low earth orbit satellites,”  SAE Technical Paper, 2024-01-2846, 2024.

C48. Gang Wang and Yan Chen, “Flocking control of multi-agent automated vehicles for curved driving: a polyline leader approach,”  Proceedings of 2023 Modeling, Estimation, and Control Conference (Invited Paper), IFAC PapersOnLine Vol. 56, Iss. 3, pp. 253-258, 2023.

C47. Jingxiong Meng, Junfeng Zhao, and Yan Chen, “Reinforcement learning enabled safety critical tracking of automated vehicles with uncertainties via integrated control-dependent, time-varying barrier function, and control Lyapunov functions,” Proceedings of 2023 Modeling, Estimation, and Control Conference (Invited Paper), IFAC PapersOnLine Vol. 56, Iss. 3, pp. 85-90, 2023.