Bo Chen

Contact

bochen@mtu.edu
906-487-3537
MEEM 905

Professor, Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

PhD, Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering, University of California-Davis

Biography

Dr. Chen received her PhD degree from the University of California, Davis, in 2005. She conducts interdisciplinary researches in the areas of mechatronics and embedded systems, agent technology, modeling and control of hybrid electric vehicles, cyber-physical systems, and automation. Her research projects are funded by National Science Foundation, Department of Energy, and industrial partners. Dr. Chen has authored or co-authored over 70 peer-reviewed journal and conference papers. She received the Best Paper Award at 2008 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Mechatronic and Embedded Systems and Applications.

Dr. Chen is currently serving as the Chair of the Technical Committee on Mechatronics and Embedded Systems of IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Society and the Chair of the Technical Committee on Mechatronic and Embedded Systems and Applications of ASME Design Engineering Division. She is an Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems. Dr. Chen has served as Program Chair, Symposium Chair, and Session Chair for a number of international conferences. She was the General Chair of 2013 ASME/IEEE International Conference on Mechatronic and Embedded Systems and Applications.

Links of Interest

Faculty Webpage: Intelligent Mechatronics and Embedded Systems

Areas of Expertise

Mechatronics and embedded systems
Agent Technology
Monitoring and control networks
Hybrid electric vehicles
Smart grid

Research Interests

Modeling and control of hybrid electric vehicles
EV-smart grid integration
Distributed monitoring and control
Battery control for HEV and energy storage systems
IC engine management systems
Sensor information fusion

Recent Publications

Cheng, M., Chen, Bo, "Nonlinear Model Predictive Control of a Power-Split Hybrid Electric Vehicle with Consideration of Battery Aging," Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control, Vol. 141, No. 8, online first Mar 2019, Article 081008, 10 pages. DOI:10.1115/1.4042954
Wang, Luting, Chen, Bo, "Distributed Control for Large-Scale Plug-in Electric Vehicle Charging with A Consensus Algorithm," International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems, Vol. 109, online first Feb 2019, pp. 369-383. DOI:10.1016/j.ijepes.2019.02.020
Wang, Luting, Chen, Bo "Dual-Level Consensus-Based Frequency Regulation Using Vehicle-to-Grid Service," Electric Power Systems Research, Vol 167, Feb 2019, pp. 261-276. DOI: 10.1016/j.epsr.2018.10.022
Cao, C., Chen, Bo, "Generalized Nash Equilibrium Problem based Electric Vehicle Charging Management in Distribution Networks," International Journal of Energy Research, Vol. 42, No. 15, Dec 2018, pp. 4584-4596. DOI:10.1002/er.4194
Barik, Biswajit, Bhat, Pradeep K., Oncken, Joseph, Chen, Bo, Orlando, Joshua, Robinette, Darrell, "Optimal Velocity Prediction for Fuel Economy Improvement of Connected Vehicles," IET Intelligent Transport Systems, Vol. 12, No. 10, Dec 2018, pp. 1329 – 1335. DOI:10.1049/iet-its.2018.5110
Chen, Bo, Robinette, Darrell, Shahbakhti, Mahdi, Zhang, Kuilin, Naber, Jeffrey D., Worm, Jeremy J., Pinnow, Christopher, Morgan, Christopher J., "Connected Vehicles and Powertrain Optimization," ASME Dynamic Systems & Control Magazine," Vol. 139, No. 9, pp. S12-S18, Sep 2017. DOI: 10.1115/1.2017-Sep-5
Bertozzi, M., Chen, Bo, Zingaretti, P., "Introduction to the Special Issue on Applications of Mechatronic and Embedded Systems (MESA) in ITS," IEEE Transaction on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Vol. 19, No. 2, pp 530-532, Feb 2018. DOI: 10.1109/TITS.2018.2792338
Li, Yang, Agashe, Pushkar, Ge, Zicheng, Chen, Bo, 2014, “Rapid Prototyping Energy Management System for a Single Shaft Parallel Hybrid Electric Vehicle Using Hardware-in-the-Loop Simulation,” SAE International Journal of Alternative Powertrains, Vol. 2(2), SAE Paper No. 2013-01-0155, pp.241-251, DOI:10.4271/2013-01-0155.
Liu, Wenjia, Chen, Bo, Swartz, Raymond A, 2013, “Investigation of Time Series Representations and Similarity Measures for Structural Damage Pattern Recognition,” The Scientific World Journal, Vol. 2013, Article No. 248349, 13 pages. DOI:10.1155/2013/248349.
Chen, Bo, Chou, Yu-Cheng, Cheng, Harry H., 2013, “Open Source Ch Control System Toolkit and Web-Based Control System Design for Teaching Automatic Control of Linear Time-Invariant Systems,” Computer Applications in Engineering Education, Vol. 21, pp.95-112, DOI: 10.1002/cae.20454.
Chen, Bo, Feng, Lei, Liu, Wenjia, 2012, "Driving Pattern Recognition for Adaptive Hybrid Vehicle Control," SAE International Journal of Alternative Powertrains, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 169-179.
Chen, Bo, and Liu, Wenjia, 2012, "A High Computational Power Wireless Sensor Network for Distributed Structural Health Monitoring," International Journal of Sensor Networks, Vol.11, No.3, pp. 137-147.
Chen, Bo, and Liu, Wenjia, 2012,"A Web-Based Structural Health Monitoring Sensor Network," International Journal of Computer Applications in Technology, Vol. 44, No. 3, pp. 188-197.
Chen, Cheng, Li Shuang, Shuang, Chen, Bo, Wen, Ding, 2011, "Agent Recommendation for Agent-Based Urban-Transportation Systems," IEEE Intelligent Systems, Vol. 26, No. 6, pp. 77-81.
Bo Chen, Chuanzhi Zang, "Emergent Damage Pattern Recognition using Immune Network Theory," Smart Structures and Systems, Vol. 8, No. 1 pp. 69-92, 2011-00-00
Bo Chen and Chuanzhi Zang, "A Hybrid Immune Model for Unsupervised Structural Damage Pattern Recognition," Expert Systems with Applications, vol. 38, no. 3, pp. 1650-1658, 2011.
Wenjia Liu and Bo Chen, "Optimal Control of Mobile Monitoring Agents in Immune-Inspired Wireless Monitoring Networks," Journal of Network and Computer Applications, vol. 34, no. 6, pp. 1818-1826, 2011.
Bo Chen, Stephen S. Nestinger, Harry H. Cheng, "A Mobile Agent-Based Framework For Flexible Automation Systems," IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics vol. 15, no. 6, Pages 942-951, 2010-12-01
Bo Chen, "Agent-Based Artificial Immune System Approach for Adaptive Damage Detection in Monitoring Networks," Journal of Network and Computer Applications, Volume 33, Issue 6, Pages 633-645, 2010-11-00
Bo Chen, "Mobile Agents in E-Commerce," Encyclopedia of E-Business Development and Management in the Digital Economy, Ch. 084, pp. 846-853, 2010-02-01
Bo Chen and Wenjia Liu, "Mobile Agent Computing Paradigm for Building a Flexible Structural Health Monitoring Sensor Network," Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, vol. 25, no. 7, pp. 504-516, 2010.
Bo Chen and Harry H. Cheng, "A Review of the Applications of Agent Technology in Traffic and Transportation Systems," IEEE Transaction on Intelligent Transportation Systems, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 485-497, 2010.
Bo Chen, H.H. Cheng, D. Ko, "Control System Design and Analysis Education via the Web," Intelligent Systems, Control and Automation: Science and Engineering, Volume 38, pp. 39-59, 2009-09-01
Bo Chen, "Artificial-immune-system approach enables monitoring structural health," SPIE Newsroom, 2009-09-01
Bo Chen, "Enhancing Control Systems Learning Experience with an Interactive Software Environment," Computer Education Journal (China), Vol. 7, pp. 47-51, 2009-04-00
Bo Chen and Chuanzhi Zang, "Artificial Immune Pattern Recognition for Structure Damage Classification," Computers & Structures, vol. 87, no. 21-22, pp. 1394-1407, 2009.
Bo Chen, Harry H. Cheng, and Joe Palen, "Integrating Mobile Agent Technology with Multi-Agent Systems for Distributed Traffic Detection and Management Systems," Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 1-10, 2009.

Teaching Statement

Dr. Chen teaches on topics of embedded control system design and automotive control systems.