Yaobin Chen, Ph.D.
Professor and Chairman
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
 Purdue School of Engineering and Technology, IUPUI
723 West Michigan Street, SL160 
Indianapolis, Indiana 46202-5132 
Phone: (317) 274-4032, Fax: (317) 274-4493 
E-Mail: ychen@iupui.edu 
Courses Education Research  Publications Honors and Awards

Courses Taught

ECE 382 Feedback System Analysis and Design
ECE 483 Digital Control System Analysis and Design
ECE 569 Introduction to Robotics
ECE 580 Optimization Methods for Systems and Control
 ECE 680 Modern Control Theory

Research Interests

Modeling, optimization, simulation and control of complex systems (advanced automotive systems, energy systems; distributed power generation systems, biological systems, health care delivery systems); computation intelligence and its applications

Education

B.S., Electrical Engineering, Nanjing Institute of Technology, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China 1982
M.S., Electrical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, 1986
Ph. D, Electrical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York,1988

Publications

Honors and Awards

NSF Research Initiation Award 1991
Nominee for the NSF Young Investigator Awards, 1993
Teaching Excellence Recognition Award, Indiana University Board of Trustees, 1998
U.S. Patent #5,553,609 Intelligent remote visual monitoring system for home health care service, Issued September 10, 1996
A. Max Distinguished Professor Award for Outstanding Research, Purdue School of Engineering and Technology, IUPUI, 2000
U.S. Patent #6,064,180 Method and apparatus for determining battery state-of-charge using neural network architecture, Issued May 16, 2000
 The Doris H. Merritt Award for Leadership, Purdue School of Engineering and Technology, IUPUI, April 2005

Memberships

IEEE, SAE, and ASEE
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