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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
57
Citations
10625
World Ranking
815
National Ranking
16

Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
57
Citations
10690
World Ranking
2000
National Ranking
37

I-Ming Chen 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 I-Ming Chen sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 659+

This scientist: 391 publications — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

I-Ming Chen 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 I-Ming Chen 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: 57 D-Index — 77th percentile

77% 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

  • 2011 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Overview

I-Ming Chen is affiliated with Nanyang Technological University in Singapore and has an extensive publication record primarily focused on engineering disciplines. Their work spans areas such as control and systems engineering, biomedical engineering, mechanical engineering, computer vision and pattern recognition, and electrical and electronic engineering.

The main fields of study covered by their research include:

  • Engineering

Their subfields of study comprise:

  • Control and Systems Engineering
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Main topics of their research cover:

  • Robot Manipulation and Learning
  • Soft Robotics and Applications
  • Mechatronics Education and Applications
  • Robotic Mechanisms and Dynamics
  • Robotic Path Planning Algorithms
  • Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
  • Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization

Selected recent papers by I-Ming Chen include:

  • "A Concentrated-Flux-Type PM Machine With Irregular Magnets and Iron Poles," 2023, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics
  • "Sensorized Reconfigurable Soft Robotic Gripper System for Automated Food Handling," 2021, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics
  • "Real-Time Avoidance Strategy of Dynamic Obstacles via Half Model-Free Detection and Tracking With 2D Lidar for Mobile Robots," 2020, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics
  • "Improved Deep Deterministic Policy Gradient for Dynamic Obstacle Avoidance of Mobile Robot," 2023, IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics Systems
  • "IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics," 2022, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics

Frequent coauthors with whom I-Ming Chen has collaborated include:

  • Dawn Melley
  • Liang Yan
  • Guilin Yang
  • Huixu Dong
  • George T.-C. Chiu

Most of I-Ming Chen's publications have appeared in the following venues:

  • IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement
  • Mechanism and Machine Theory
  • IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

I-Ming Chen has contributed to book publications, including a title published by Springer Nature:

  • "Modular Robots: Theory and Practice," 2021

Among the recognitions received is the designation as Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers awarded in 2011.

Best Publications

  • A Review on the Use of Robots in Education and Young Children.

    Lai Poh Emily Toh;Albert J. Causo;Pei Wen Tzuo;I-Ming Chen

  • Force-closure workspace analysis of cable-driven parallel mechanisms

    Cong Bang Pham;Song Huat Yeo;Guilin Yang;Mustafa Shabbir Kurbanhusen

  • Local POE model for robot kinematic calibration

    I-Ming Chen;Guilin Yang;Chee Tat Tan;Song Huat Yeo

  • Finding antipodal point grasps on irregularly shaped objects

    I-Ming Chen;J.W. Burdick

  • Stiffness modeling of flexure parallel mechanism

    Huy-Hoang Pham;I-Ming Chen

  • Design and Analysis of a Permanent Magnet Spherical Actuator

    Liang Yan;I-Ming Chen;Chee Kian Lim;Guilin Yang

  • Analytical and experimental investigation on the magnetic field and torque of a permanent magnet spherical actuator

    Liang Yan;I-Ming Chen;Guilin Yang;Kok-Meng Lee

  • Determining task optimal modular robot assembly configurations

    I-Ming Chen;J.W. Burdick

  • On Algorithms for Planning S-Curve Motion Profiles:

    Kim Doang Nguyen;Teck-Chew Ng;I-Ming Chen

  • Workspace generation and planning singularity-free path for parallel manipulators

    Anjan Kumar Dash;I-Ming Chen;Song Huat Yeo;Guilin Yang

  • Enumerating the non-isomorphic assembly configurations of modular robotic systems

    I.-Ming Chen;Joel W. Burdick

  • A Wearable Sensing System for Tracking and Monitoring of Functional Arm Movement

    Kim Doang Nguyen;I-Ming Chen;Zhiqiang Luo;Song Huat Yeo

  • Autonomous navigation of UAV by using real-time model-based reinforcement learning

    Nursultan Imanberdiyev;Changhong Fu;Erdal Kayacan;I-Ming Chen

  • Using a genetic algorithm to schedule the space-constrained AGV-based prefabricated bathroom units manufacturing system

    Chen Chen;Lee Kong Tiong;I-Ming Chen

  • Rapid response manufacturing through a rapidly reconfigurable robotic workcell

    I-Ming Chen

  • Workspace analysis of fully restrained cable-driven manipulators

    Cong Bang Pham;Song Huat Yeo;Guilin Yang;I-Ming Chen

  • Task-based optimization of modular robot configurations: minimized degree-of-freedom approach

    Guilin Yang;I-Ming Chen

  • Kinematic design of a six-DOF parallel-kinematics Machine with decoupled-motion architecture

    Guilin Yang;I-Ming Chen;W. Chen;Wei Lin

  • Modular Robots

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  • Pictobot: A Cooperative Painting Robot for Interior Finishing of Industrial Developments

    Ehsan Asadi;Bingbing Li;I-Ming Chen

  • Self-Calibration of a Biologically Inspired 7 DOF Cable-Driven Robotic Arm

    Shabbir Kurbanhusen Mustafa;Guilin Yang;Song Huat Yeo;Wei Lin

  • A General Approach to the Dynamics of Nonholonomic Mobile Manipulator Systems

    Qing Yu;I-Ming Chen

Frequent Co-Authors

Guilin Yang
Guilin Yang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Song Huat Yeo
Song Huat Yeo Nanyang Technological University
Zongxia Jiao
Zongxia Jiao Beihang University
Kok-Meng Lee
Kok-Meng Lee Georgia Institute of Technology
Erdal Kayacan
Erdal Kayacan Aarhus University
Jorge Angeles
Jorge Angeles McGill University
Xing-Gang Yan
Xing-Gang Yan University of Kent
Yan Chen
Yan Chen Tianjin University
Weihai Chen
Weihai Chen Beihang University
Keck Voon Ling
Keck Voon Ling Nanyang Technological University

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