2026 Tsu-Chin Tsao: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	42	1816	1679	692	602	267	7575
Electronics and Electrical Engineering	42	4091	3927	1462	1367	267	7619

Research.com Recognitions

2011 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Overview

Tsu-Chin Tsao is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields primarily in engineering and medicine with a focus on systems engineering and biomedical applications.

The main fields of their work include:

Engineering
Medicine

The subfields they contribute to are:

Control and Systems Engineering
Biomedical Engineering
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
Mechanical Engineering
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition

Their research topics cover:

Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems
Robotic Path Planning Algorithms
Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications
Iterative Learning Control Systems
Advanced machining processes and optimization
Advanced Measurement and Metrology Techniques
Control and Dynamics of Mobile Robots

Tsu-Chin Tsao has published extensively in academic venues, notably including:

IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
Mechatronics
IFAC-PapersOnLine
Proceedings on CD-ROM - International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. Scientific Meeting and Exhibition/Proceedings of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Scientific Meeting and Exhibition

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Tsu-Chin Tsao are:

Matthew J. Gerber
Lecheng Ruan
Yu-Hsiu Lee
Holden H. Wu
Pengkang Yu

Some significant recent papers include:

Somatosensory actuator based on stretchable conductive photothermally responsive hydrogel, 2021, published in Science Robotics
Nullspace-Based Control Allocation of Overactuated UAV Platforms, 2021, published in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
An Over-Actuated Multi-Rotor Aerial Vehicle With Unconstrained Attitude Angles and High Thrust Efficiencies, 2021, published in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
Fault-Tolerant Control of an Overactuated UAV Platform Built on Quadcopters and Passive Hinges, 2023, published in IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics
A Fast and Efficient Attitude Control Algorithm of a Tilt-Rotor Aerial Platform Using Inputs Redundancies, 2021, published in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters

Tsu-Chin Tsao received recognition as a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 2011.

Best Publications

Analysis and Synthesis of Discrete-Time Repetitive Controllers

Masayoshi Tomizuka;Tsu-Chin Tsao;Kok-Kia Chew

810
Citations
Robust adaptive and repetitive digital tracking control and application to a hydraulic servo for noncircular machining

Tsu-Chin Tsao;Masayoshi Tomizuka

345
Citations
Discrete-Time Domain Analysis and Synthesis of Repetitive Controllers

Masayoshi Tomizuka;Tsu-Chin Tsao;Kok-Kia Chew

288
Citations
Somatosensory actuator based on stretchable conductive photothermally responsive hydrogel.

Yusen Zhao;Chiao-Yueh Lo;Lecheng Ruan;Chen-Huan Pi

283
Citations
Adaptive Zero Phase Error Tracking Algorithm for Digital Control

Tsu-Chin Tsao;Masayoshi Tomizuka

241
Citations
Rejection of unknown periodic load disturbances in continuous steel casting process using learning repetitive control approach

T.J. Manayathara;Tsu-Chin Tsao;J. Bentsman

208
Citations
Control of Linear Motors for Machine Tool Feed Drives: Design and Implementation of H∞ Optimal Feedback Control

D. M. Alter;Tsu-Chin Tsao

191
Citations
A description of the dynamic behavior of fuzzy systems

Y.Y. Chen;T.C. Tsao

171
Citations
Adaptive And Repetitive Digital Control Algorithms for Noncircular Machining

Tsu-Chin Tsao;Masayoshi Tomizuka

158
Citations
Robot-assisted intraocular surgery: development of the IRISS and feasibility studies in an animal model.

Rahimy E;Wilson J;Tsao Tc;Schwartz S

150
Citations
A new approach to stability analysis of variable speed machining systems

Tsu Chin Tsao;Mark W. McCarthy;Shiv G. Kapoor

122
Citations
Intraocular robotic interventional surgical system (IRISS): Mechanical design, evaluation, and master-slave manipulation.

Jason T. Wilson;Matthew J. Gerber;Stephen W. Prince;Cheng-Wei Chen

117
Citations
A linearized electrohydraulic servovalve model for valve dynamics sensitivity analysis and control system design

Dean H. Kim;Tsu-Chin Tsao

117
Citations
Repetitive Control for Asymptotic Tracking of Periodic Signals With an Unknown Period

Tsu-Chin Tsao;Yao-Xin Qian;Mahadevamurty Nemani

115
Citations
Saturation-Induced Instability and Its Avoidance in Adaptive Control of Hard Disk Drives

N.O. Perez-Arancibia;Tsu-Chin Tsao;J.S. Gibson

112
Citations
Modeling and controller design of an electromagnetic engine valve

Chun Tai;A. Stubbs;Tsu-Chin Tsao

109
Citations
Two-parameter robust repetitive control with application to a novel dual-stage actuator for noncircular Machining

Byung-Sub Kim;Jianwu Li;Tsu-Chin Tsao

108
Citations
Robust Performance Repetitive Control Systems

Jianwu Li;Tsu-Chin Tsao

108
Citations
Optimal Feed-Forward Digital Tracking Controller Design

Tsu-Chin Tsao

107
Citations
Using Camless Valvetrain for Air Hybrid Optimization

Chun Tai;Tsu-Chin Tsao;Michael B. Levin;Guido Barta

101
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Lawrence A. Bergman University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Masayoshi Tomizuka University of California, Berkeley

Shiv Gopal Kapoor University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Jason L. Speyer University of California, Los Angeles

Seth Hutchinson University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Michel Verhaegen Delft University of Technology

Mark W. Spong The University of Texas at Dallas

Andrew G. Alleyne University of Minnesota

Xiang Zhang University of Hong Kong

Bassam Bamieh University of California, Santa Barbara

External Links

Personal website of Tsu-Chin Tsao Google Scholar page

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