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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
34
Citations
5105
World Ranking
2826
National Ranking
982

Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
34
Citations
5044
World Ranking
5789
National Ranking
1967

Yaoyu Li 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 Yaoyu Li sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 659+

This scientist: 183 publications — 38th percentile

38% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Yaoyu Li 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 Yaoyu Li 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: 34 D-Index — 20th percentile

20% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Yaoyu Li is affiliated with The University of Texas at Dallas in the United States, contributing to the field of Engineering with a focus on Control and Systems Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Computational Mechanics among other subfields.

Their research primarily revolves around topics such as Extremum Seeking Control Systems, Advanced Control Systems Optimization, Mineral Processing and Grinding, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technologies, Granular Flow and Fluidized Beds, Building Energy and Comfort Optimization, and Smart Grid Energy Management.

Recent publications by Yaoyu Li include:

  • Integrated energy management of a smart community with electric vehicle charging using scenario based stochastic model predictive control (2022) in Energy and Buildings
  • A combined data-driven and discrete modelling approach to predict particle flow in rotating drums (2020) in Chemical Engineering Science
  • The intermediate temperature optimization for cascade refrigeration system and air source heat pump via extreme seeking control (2020) in International Journal of Refrigeration
  • Platform Stabilization of Floating Offshore Wind Turbines by Artificial Muscle Based Active Mooring Line Force Control (2020) in IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics
  • Real-time efficiency optimization of a cascade heat pump system via multivariable extremum seeking (2020) in Applied Thermal Engineering

Yaoyu Li frequently collaborates with a group of coauthors, including:

  • Runyu Yang
  • John M. House
  • Timothy I. Salsbury
  • Zhongyou Wu
  • Liujia Dong

Key venues where Yaoyu Li publishes include:

  • Journal of Dynamic Systems Measurement and Control
  • Science and Technology for the Built Environment
  • Energy and Buildings
  • Chemical Engineering Science
  • Powder Technology

Best Publications

  • A review of recent advances in wind turbine condition monitoring and fault diagnosis

    Bin Lu;Yaoyu Li;Xin Wu;Zhongzhou Yang

  • Trip-Based Optimal Power Management of Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles

    Qiuming Gong;Yaoyu Li;Zhong-Ren Peng

  • Sequential ESC-Based Global MPPT Control for Photovoltaic Array With Variable Shading

    Peng Lei;Yaoyu Li;J E Seem

  • Optimal Management for Parking-Lot Electric Vehicle Charging by Two-Stage Approximate Dynamic Programming

    Lei Zhang;Yaoyu Li

  • Fault detection systems and methods for self-optimizing heating, ventilation, and air conditioning controls

    John E. Seem;Yaoyu Li;Timothy Salsbury

  • Electrified Vehicles and the Smart Grid: The ITS Perspective

    Xiang Cheng;Xiang Cheng;Xiaoya Hu;Liuqing Yang;Iqbal Husain

  • Maximizing Wind Turbine Energy Capture using Multivariable Extremum Seeking Control

    Justin Creaby;Yaoyu Li;John E. Seem

  • Extremum seeking control of COP optimization for air-source transcritical CO2 heat pump water heater system

    Bin Hu;Yaoyu Li;Feng Cao;Ziwen Xing

  • A Game-Theoretic Approach to Optimal Scheduling of Parking-Lot Electric Vehicle Charging

    Lei Zhang;Yaoyu Li

  • Wind farm multi-objective wake redirection for optimizing power production and loads

    Mike T. van Dijk;Jan Willem van Wingerden;Turaj Ashuri;Yaoyu Li

  • Power management systems and methods in a hybrid vehicle

    Yaoyu Li;Yosuke Ishikawa

  • Optimal Energy Management of Wind-Battery Hybrid Power System With Two-Scale Dynamic Programming

    Lei Zhang;Yaoyu Li

  • Extremum seeking control of a tunable thermoacoustic cooler

    Yaoyu Li;M.A. Rotea;G.T.-C. Chiu;L.G. Mongeau

  • Optimal power management of plug-in HEV with intelligent transportation system

    Qiuming Gong;Yaoyu Li;Zhong-Ren Peng

  • Power management of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles using neural network based trip modeling

    Qiuming Gong;Yaoyu Li;Zhongren Peng

  • Extremum seeking control with reset control

    Yaoyu Li;John E. Seem

  • Maximum Power Point Tracking for Photovoltaic System Using Adaptive Extremum Seeking Control

    Xiao Li;Yaoyu Li;John E. Seem

  • Trip Based Power Management of Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle with Two-Scale Dynamic Programming

    Qiuming Gong;Yaoyu Li;Zhong-Ren Peng

  • Multi-information integrated trip specific optimal power management for plug-in hybrid electric vehicles

    Yang Bin;Yaoyu Li;Qiuming Gong;Zhong-Ren Peng

  • Efficient Operation of Air-Side Economizer Using Extremum Seeking Control

    Pengfei Li;Yaoyu Li;John E. Seem

  • Dynamic modeling and self-optimizing operation of chilled water systems using extremum seeking control

    Xiao Li;Yaoyu Li;John E. Seem;Pengfei Li

  • Intermediate pressure optimization for two-stage air-source heat pump with flash tank cycle vapor injection via extremum seeking

    Wenyi Wang;Yaoyu Li

  • Real-time optimization of a chilled water plant with parallel chillers based on extremum seeking control

    Baojie Mu;Yaoyu Li;John M. House;Timothy I. Salsbury

  • Trip based optimal power management of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles using gas-kinetic traffic flow model

    Qiuming Gong;Yaoyu Li;Zhong-Ren Peng

Frequent Co-Authors

John E. Seem
John E. Seem Johnson Controls (United States)
Perry Y. Li
Perry Y. Li University of Minnesota
Zhong-Ren Peng
Zhong-Ren Peng University of Florida
Mario A. Rotea
Mario A. Rotea The University of Texas at Dallas
George T.-C. Chiu
George T.-C. Chiu Purdue University West Lafayette
Luc Mongeau
Luc Mongeau McGill University
Xiang Cheng
Xiang Cheng Peking University
Iqbal Husain
Iqbal Husain North Carolina State University
Liuqing Yang
Liuqing Yang Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Babak Fahimi
Babak Fahimi The University of Texas at Dallas

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