Yaoyu Li - Assistant Professor



Contact Information

Office Address:
EMS 907
3200 North Cramer Street
Milwaukee, WI 53211
Phone: 414-229-3960
Fax: 414-229-6958
Email: yyli@uwm.edu
Personal Home Page: http://www.uwm.edu/~yyli
Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 784
Department of Mechanical Engineering
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Milwaukee, WI 53201

 Yaouyu Li
Education

Ph.D. - Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 2004
M.S. - Agricultural Engineering, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada, 1997
B. S. - Mechatronics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 1992

Research Interests

Mechatronics; Control, Optimization, Diagnostics and Prognostics of Mechanical Systems; Extremum Seeking Control; HVAC Control Systems; Power Management of Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles; Underwater Robot and Observation Systems; Wireless Process Control; Active and Semi-Active Control of Sound and Vibration; Smart Structures.

Selected Publications
  1. Gong, Q., Li, Y. and Peng, Z.-R. “Optimal Power Management of Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles with Intelligent Transportation Systems”.  Submitted to 2007 International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics.
  2. Wu, X., Li, Y. and Consi, T. R. “Gait Synthesis of Hexapod Robot for Observation on Corrugated Surfaces”. Submitted to 2007 Unmanned Untethered Submersible Technology Symposium (UUST).
  3. Ji, Y., Li, Y., Liao, Q. and Consi, T. R. “Modeling and Control of Coordinated Pan/Tilt Platforms for Underwater Observation”. Submitted to 2007 Oceans Conference.
  4. Wu, X., Li, Y. “Computationally Efficient Data-driven Surge Map Modeling for Centrifugal Air Compressors”. Accepted by 2007 American Control Conference.
  5. Ji, Y., Li, Y., Lee, J. “Boring Tool Monitoring via Kautz Function Based Transient Modeling”.  Accepted by 2007 American Control and Conference.
  6. Lei, Y., Li, Y., Fritz, E. J. and Laskaskie, D. ”Development of Automatic Broken-strap Monitoring Systems for Flexi-roll Machines”, Submitted to TAPPI journal.
  7. Sodemann, A., Li, Y., Lee, J., Qiu, H. M., Rucker, M., Lancaster, R. and Carnagie, J., Inman, A. and Stebbins, B. “Data-driven Surge Map Modeling for Centrifugal Air Compressors”.  Proceedings of 2006 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Expo (IMECE 2006), Paper No. IMECE-13103. Accepted by Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing.
  8. Sodemann, A., Li, Y., Wu, X., Lee, J., Qiu, H. M., Rucker, M., Lancaster, R. and Carnagie, J., Inman, A. and Stebbins, B. “Robust Smith Predictor Control of Inlet Guide Vane for Centrifugal Air Compressors”.  Proceedings of 2006 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Expo (IMECE 2006), Paper No. IMECE-13101.
  9. Li, Y., Rotea, M., Chiu, G. T.-C., Mongeau, L. G. and Paek, I.-S. “Extremum Seeking Control of Tunable Thermoacoustic Cooler”. IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, Vol. 13, No. 4, 527- 536, July 2005.
  10. Li, Y. and Chiu, G. T.-C. “Control of Loudspeakers Using Disturbance-Observer Type Velocity Estimation”. IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 10 (1), 111 – 117, 2005.
  11. Li, Y., Chiu, G. T.-C. and Mongeau, L. G. “Robust Repetitive Control: Acoustic Impedance Matching for Dual-Driver Standing Wave Tube”, IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, Vol. 12, No. 6, pp. 869-880, November 2004.
  12. Li, Y., Minner, B. L., Chiu, G. T.-C., Mongeau, L. G. and Braun, J. E. “Adaptive Tuning of an Electrodynamically Driven Thermoacoustic Cooler”. Journal of Acoustical Society of America, Vol. 111, No. 3, 1251-1258, March 2002.