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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
71
Citations
16263
World Ranking
365
National Ranking
166

Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
71
Citations
16263
World Ranking
882
National Ranking
373

Bin Yao publication distribution in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Bin Yao sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 659+

This scientist: 337 publications — 79th percentile

79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 659 publications or more.

Bin Yao D-index placement in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Bin Yao sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 83 scientists 31 D-Index: 113 scientists 32 D-Index: 144 scientists 33 D-Index: 153 scientists 34 D-Index: 189 scientists 35 D-Index: 158 scientists 36 D-Index: 139 scientists 37 D-Index: 127 scientists 38 D-Index: 130 scientists 39 D-Index: 126 scientists 40 D-Index: 104 scientists 41 D-Index: 100 scientists 42 D-Index: 107 scientists 43 D-Index: 101 scientists 44 D-Index: 103 scientists 45 D-Index: 79 scientists 46 D-Index: 88 scientists 47 D-Index: 70 scientists 48 D-Index: 83 scientists 49 D-Index: 44 scientists 50 D-Index: 64 scientists 51 D-Index: 56 scientists 52 D-Index: 50 scientists 53 D-Index: 48 scientists 54 D-Index: 58 scientists 55 D-Index: 52 scientists 56 D-Index: 48 scientists 57 D-Index: 42 scientists 58 D-Index: 34 scientists 59 D-Index: 42 scientists 60 D-Index: 37 scientists 61 D-Index: 42 scientists 62 D-Index: 44 scientists 63 D-Index: 22 scientists 64 D-Index: 33 scientists 65 D-Index: 29 scientists 66 D-Index: 23 scientists 67 D-Index: 29 scientists 68 D-Index: 24 scientists 69 D-Index: 19 scientists 70 D-Index: 34 scientists 71 D-Index: 26 scientists 72 D-Index: 19 scientists 73 D-Index: 18 scientists 74 D-Index: 19 scientists 75 D-Index: 14 scientists 76 D-Index: 19 scientists 77 D-Index: 8 scientists 78 D-Index: 18 scientists 79 D-Index: 16 scientists 80 D-Index: 12 scientists 81 D-Index: 17 scientists 82 D-Index: 11 scientists 83 D-Index: 16 scientists 84 D-Index: 7 scientists 85 D-Index: 9 scientists 86 D-Index: 8 scientists 87 D-Index: 6 scientists 88 D-Index: 6 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 10 scientists 91 D-Index: 4 scientists 92 D-Index: 4 scientists 93+ D-Index: 100 scientists
30 D-Index 93+

This scientist: 71 D-Index — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 93 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2013 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Overview

Bin Yao is affiliated with Purdue University West Lafayette in the United States. The primary area of scholarly activity centers on engineering, with a significant focus on control and systems engineering, mechanical engineering, computer vision and pattern recognition, ocean engineering, and biomedical engineering.

Research topics in Bin Yao's work prominently include:

  • Hydraulic and Pneumatic Systems
  • Control Systems in Engineering
  • Oil and Gas Production Techniques
  • Iterative Learning Control Systems
  • Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems
  • Teleoperation and Haptic Systems
  • Advanced Control Systems Optimization

Publication venues that frequently feature Bin Yao's research include:

  • IFAC-PapersOnLine
  • IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics
  • IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics
  • IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics
  • IEEE/CAA Journal of Automatica Sinica

Co-authorship is a significant aspect of the scientific contributions by Bin Yao, with frequent collaborators being:

  • Zheng Chen
  • Bobo Helian
  • Litong Lyu
  • Han Lai
  • Chen Li

Notable recent papers by Bin Yao include:

  • "Advanced Valves and Pump Coordinated Hydraulic Control Design to Simultaneously Achieve High Accuracy and High Efficiency," 2020, IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology
  • "Precision Motion Control of a 6-DoFs Industrial Robot With Accurate Payload Estimation," 2020, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics
  • "Accurate Motion Control of a Direct-Drive Hydraulic System With an Adaptive Nonlinear Pump Flow Compensation," 2020, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics
  • "Unified Motion/Force/Impedance Control for Manipulators in Unknown Contact Environments Based on Robust Model-Reaching Approach," 2021, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics
  • "Carbohydrate-binding modules facilitate the enzymatic hydrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass: Releasing reducing sugars and dissociative lignin available for producing biofuels and chemicals," 2023, Biotechnology Advances

Bin Yao received the recognition of Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 2013.

Best Publications

  • Adaptive robust motion control of single-rod hydraulic actuators: theory and experiments

    Bin Yao;Fanping Bu;J. Reedy;G.T.-C. Chiu

  • Adaptive robust control of SISO nonlinear systems in a semi-strict feedback form

    Bin Yao;Masayoshi Tomizuka

  • Smooth Robust Adaptive Sliding Mode Control of Manipulators With Guaranteed Transient Performance

    Bin Yao;Masayoshi Tomizuka

  • Adaptive robust precision motion control of linear motors with negligible electrical dynamics: theory and experiments

    Li Xu;Bin Yao

  • Adaptive robust control of MIMO nonlinear systems in semi-strict feedback forms

    Bin Yao;Masayoshi Tomizuka

  • High performance robust motion control of machine tools: an adaptive robust control approach and comparative experiments

    Bin Yao;M. Al-Majed;M. Tomizuka

  • High performance adaptive robust control of nonlinear systems: a general framework and new schemes

    Bin Yao

  • $\mu$ -Synthesis-Based Adaptive Robust Control of Linear Motor Driven Stages With High-Frequency Dynamics: A Case Study

    Zheng Chen;Bin Yao;Qingfeng Wang

  • Adaptive Robust Vibration Control of Full-Car Active Suspensions With Electrohydraulic Actuators

    Weichao Sun;Huijun Gao;Bin Yao

  • Indirect Adaptive Robust Control of Hydraulic Manipulators With Accurate Parameter Estimates

    A Mohanty;Bin Yao

  • Accurate Motion Control of Linear Motors With Adaptive Robust Compensation of Nonlinear Electromagnetic Field Effect

    Zheng Chen;Bin Yao;Qingfeng Wang

  • Brief paper: Adaptive robust control of linear motors with dynamic friction compensation using modified LuGre model

    Lu Lu;Bin Yao;Qingfeng Wang;Zheng Chen

  • Adaptive robust motion control of linear motors for precision manufacturing

    Bin Yao;Li Xu

  • RBF-Neural-Network-Based Adaptive Robust Control for Nonlinear Bilateral Teleoperation Manipulators With Uncertainty and Time Delay

    Zheng Chen;Fanghao Huang;Weichao Sun;Jason Gu

  • Adaptive Fuzzy Backstepping Control for Stable Nonlinear Bilateral Teleoperation Manipulators With Enhanced Transparency Performance

    Zheng Chen;Fanghao Huang;Chunning Yang;Bin Yao

  • Neural network adaptive robust control of nonlinear systems in semi-strict feedback form

    J. Q. Gong;Bin Yao

  • Integrated Direct/Indirect Adaptive Robust Control of Hydraulic Manipulators With Valve Deadband

    A Mohanty;Bin Yao

  • Modeling of Transmission Characteristics Across a Cable-Conduit System

    Varun Agrawal;William J Peine;Bin Yao

  • Adaptive robust posture control of a parallel manipulator driven by pneumatic muscles

    Xiaocong Zhu;Guoliang Tao;Bin Yao;Jian Cao

  • Non-linear adaptive robust control of electro-hydraulic systems driven by double-rod actuators

    Bin Yao;Fanping Bu;George T. C. Chiu

  • Adaptive robust control of linear motor systems with dynamic friction compensation using modified LuGre Model

    Lu Lu;Bin Yao;Qingfeng Wang;Zheng Chen

Frequent Co-Authors

Zheng Chen
Zheng Chen Peking University
Chuxiong Hu
Chuxiong Hu Tsinghua University
Masayoshi Tomizuka
Masayoshi Tomizuka University of California, Berkeley
George T.-C. Chiu
George T.-C. Chiu Purdue University West Lafayette
Yung C. Shin
Yung C. Shin Purdue University West Lafayette
Danwei Wang
Danwei Wang Nanyang Technological University
Joseph F. Pekny
Joseph F. Pekny Purdue University West Lafayette
Weichao Sun
Weichao Sun Harbin Institute of Technology
Sunil Prabhakar
Sunil Prabhakar Purdue University West Lafayette
Jian Chu
Jian Chu Nanyang Technological University

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