C.V.

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EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering                    Official graduation date: 12/2013                

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL

Dissertation Title: Integrated Design and Control for Vehicle-Environmental Interaction System

Thesis Adviser: Prof. Andrew Alleyne

Master in Mechanical Engineering                                      08/2005 – 01/2008

Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (BUAA), Beijing, China

Thesis Title: Research and Software Development of the Dynamic Simulation for NC Machining Process

Thesis Adviser: Prof. Qiang Liu

Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering                                10/2001 – 06/2005

Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (BUAA), Beijing, China

Thesis Title: Design and Development of Vision Software’s Kernel Modules of a Surface Mount Machine  

Thesis Adviser: Prof. Qiang Liu

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JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

  • Y. Xie, A. Alleyne, “Fundamental Limitations of LTI Feedback Control Systems:A Review “, in preparation.
  • Y. Xie, H. Shi, A. Alleyne, B. Yang,  “Active Shape Control for Deployable Mesh Reflectors using Gain Scheduling Method”, in preparation.
  • Y. Xie, A. Alleyne, “Two Degrees of Freedom Control for Combine Harvester Header Height Control “, Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control, accepted, 2013
  • Y. Xie, A. Alleyne, ” A Robust Two Degree-Of-Freedom Controller for Systems with Both Model and Measurement Uncertainty”, Control System Practice, accepted,2013
  • Y. Xie, A. Alleyne, A. Greer, D. Deneault, “Fundamental Limits in Combine Harvester Header Height Control System”, Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control, 135(3), Mar., 2013.
  • Y. Xie, Q. Liu, “Research on Locating Algorithm of Vision Alignment System in Automatic high Precision Chip Mounter（高精度自动贴片机视觉系统定位算法研究”, Optical Technique(光学技术), Mar. 2008 .

CONFERENCE PUBLICATIONS

  • Y. Xie, A. Alleyne, “Integrated Design and Control for Header Height Control of  Combine Harvesters”, invited paper for 2014 American Control Conference, Submitted.
  • Y. Xie, A. Alleyne, ” Robust Model Inversion Based two DOF Control for MIMO System with Both Model and Signal Uncertainties “, 2014 World Congress of the International Federation of Automatic Control, Submitted.
  • Y. Xie, A. Alleyne, “A Robust Two DOF Controller for Delayed Systems”, Proceedings of the 2013 American Control Conference, Washington, DC, Jun., 2013.
  • Y. Xie, A. Alleyne, “Two Degree of Freedom Controller on Combine Harvester Header Height Control”, Proceedings of the 2012 ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Oct. 2012 (Best Paper in Session Award ).
  • H. Shi, Y. Xie,  ” Feedback Shape Control for Deployable Mesh Reflector”, Proceedings of the 2012 ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Oct. 2012.
  • Y. Xie, A. Alleyne, “Integrated Plant and Controller Design of a Combine Harvester System”, Proceedings of the 2011 ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, Arlington, Nov. 2011.
  • Y. Xie, A. Alleyne, A. Greer, D. Deneault, “Fundamental Limits in Combine Harvester Header Height Control System”, Proceedings of the 2011 American Control Conference, San Francisco, Jun., 2011 (Best Presentation in Session).
  • Y. Xie, A. Alleyne, A. Greer, D. Deneault, “Header Height Control of a Combine Harvester System”, Proceedings of the 2010 ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, Boston, MA, Sep, 2010.