selected publications academic article Yu, S., Zhao, G., Song, X., & Sun, Z. (2023). Control oriented model order reduction for the hydraulic system of an autonomous wheel loader. Control Engineering Practice. 139, 105628-105628. Zhang, Z., & Song, X. (2023). Designing Hybrid Neural Network Using Physical NeuronsA Case Study of Drill Bit-Rock Interaction Modeling. Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control, Transactions of the ASME. 145(9), Yu, S., Song, X., & Sun, Z. (2023). On-Line Prediction of Resistant Force During SoilTool Interaction. Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control, Transactions of the ASME. 145(8), Tian, D., & Song, X. (2023). Addressing complex state constraints in the integral barrier Lyapunov function-based adaptive tracking control. International Journal of Control. 96(5), 1202-1209. Sardarmehni, T., & Song, X. (2023). Path Planning and Energy Optimization in Optimal Control of Autonomous Wheel Loaders using Reinforcement Learning. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. PP(99), 1-14. Yao, J., Edson, C. P., Yu, S., Zhao, G., Sun, Z., Song, X., & Stelson, K. A. (2023). Bucket Loading Trajectory Optimization for the Automated Wheel Loader. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. PP(99), 1-11. Kargar, M., Zhang, C., & Song, X. (2023). Integrated Optimization of Powertrain Energy Management and Vehicle Motion Control for Autonomous Hybrid Electric Vehicles. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. PP(99), 1-11. Yu, S., Song, X., & Sun, Z. (2023). On-line Prediction of Resistant Force During Soil-tool Interaction. IFAC-PapersOnLine. 56(3), 133-138. Tian, D., & Song, X. (2022). Control of a downhole drilling system using an integral Barrier Lyapunov Function based method. 95(12), 3182-3195. Kargar, M., Sardarmehni, T., & Song, X. (2022). Optimal Powertrain Energy Management for Autonomous Hybrid Electric Vehicles With Flexible Driveline Power Demand Using Approximate Dynamic Programming. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. 71(12), 12564-12575. Ke, C., & Song, X. (2022). Control Design for Directional Down-Hole Drilling Using Dual-Heuristic Programming With a High-Order Dynamic Model. 30(3), 1009-1020. Sardarmehni, T., & Song, X. (2022). Region-based approximation in approximate dynamic programming. International Journal of Control. 1-10. Sardarmehni, T., & Song, X. (2021). Optimal Tracking in Switched Systems With Free Final Time and Fixed Mode Sequence Using Approximate Dynamic Programming. PP(99), 1-13. Ke, C., & Song, X. (2021). An LMI based approach to stabilize a type of nonlinear uncertain neutral-type delay systems. International Journal of Dynamics and Control. 9(3), 1188-1196. Tian, D., & Song, X. (2021). Design and control of an automatic high-viscosity sealant filling system. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part I: Journal of Systems and Control Engineering. 235(7), 1237-1244. Ke, C., & Song, X. (2021). Down-Hole Directional Drilling Dynamics Modeling Based on a Hybrid Modeling Method With Model Order Reduction. 143(10), Sardarmehni, T., & Song, X. (2021). Sub-optimal tracking in switched systems with fixed final time and fixed mode sequence using reinforcement learning. Neurocomputing. 420, 197-209. Tian, D., & Song, X. (2020). Iterative Learning Control for a Type of Modified Smith Predictor. Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control, Transactions of the ASME. 142(4), Ghasemi, M., & Song, X. (2019). Powertrain Energy Management for Autonomous Hybrid Electric Vehicles With Flexible Driveline Power Demand. IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology. 27(5), 2229-2236. Ghasemi, M., & Song, X. (2019). Control and Powertrain Management for Multi-Autonomous Hybrid Vehicles. Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control, Transactions of the ASME. 141(7), Bajpai, A., Ghasemi, M., & Song, X. (2019). Design and simulation of a lab-scale down-hole drilling system. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science. 233(8), 2591-2598. Ke, C., & Song, X. (2019). Drilling Control System Using an Equivalent Input Disturbance-Based Control With a Neutral-Type Axial-Torsional Coupled Dynamics Model. Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control, Transactions of the ASME. 141(12), Ma, G., Ghasemi, M., & Song, X. (2019). Event-Triggered Modified Repetitive Control for Periodic Signal Tracking. IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems - II - Express Briefs. 66(1), 86-90. Ghasemi, M., & Song, X. (2018). Trajectory Tracking and Rate of Penetration Control of Downhole Vertical Drilling System. Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control, Transactions of the ASME. 140(9), Tian, D., & Song, X. (2018). Observer Design for a Well-bore Drilling System with Down-hole Measurement Feedback. Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control, Transactions of the ASME. 140(7), Ma, G., Ghasemi, M., & Song, X. (2018). Integrated Powertrain Energy Management and Vehicle Coordination for Multiple Connected Hybrid Electric Vehicles. 67(4), 2893-2899. Ke, C., & Song, X. (2018). Control of Down-Hole Drilling Process Using a Computationally Efficient Dynamic Programming Method. Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control, Transactions of the ASME. 140(10), 101010. Song, X., Zhao, Y., & Dykstra, J. (2017). Active Damping of Acoustic Ringing Effect for Oil Well Sonic Logging System. IEEE transactions on industrial electronics (1982. Print). 64(4), 3423-3432. Ke, C., & Song, X. (2017). Computationally Efficient Down-Hole Drilling System Dynamics Modeling Integrating Finite Element and Transfer Matrix. Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control, Transactions of the ASME. 139(12), 121003. Yang, M., Song, X., & Sun, Z. (2016). Design and Experimental Investigation of Rotational Angle-Based Tracking Control. Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control, Transactions of the ASME. 138(7), 071005. Ke, C., & Song, X. (2016). Computationally Efficient Dynamics Modeling for Downhole Drilling System Integrating Finite Element and Transfer Matrix. v002t21a011-v002t21a011. Song, X., Gillella, P. K., & Sun, Z. (2015). Low-Order Stabilizer Design for Discrete Linear Time-Varying Internal Model-Based System. 20(6), 2666-2677. Gillella, P. K., Song, X., & Sun, Z. (2014). Time-Varying Internal Model-Based Control of a Camless Engine Valve Actuation System. 22(4), 1498-1510. Song, X., Wang, Y. u., & Sun, Z. (2014). Robust stabilizer design for linear time-varying internal model based output regulation and its application to an electrohydraulic system. Automatica. 50(4), 1128-1134. Song, X., Wu, C., & Sun, Z. (2012). Design, Modeling, and Control of a Novel Automotive Transmission Clutch Actuation System. 17(3), 582-587. Song, X., & Sun, Z. (2012). Pressure-Based Clutch Control for Automotive Transmissions using a Sliding-Mode Controller. 17(3), 534-546. Song, X., Zulkefli, M., Sun, Z., & Miao, H. (2011). Automotive Transmission Clutch Fill Control Using a Customized Dynamic Programming Method. 133(5), 054503. Song, X., Zulkefli, M., Sun, Z., & Miao, H. (2010). Modeling, Analysis, and Optimal Design of the Automotive Transmission Ball Capsule System. 132(2), 021003-12. Song, X., Sun, Z., Yang, X., & Zhu, G. (2010). Modelling, control, and hardware-in-the-loop simulation of an automated manual transmission. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering. 224(2), 143-160. Tian, D., & Song, X. Control of a Directional Downhole Drilling System Using a State Barrier Avoidance Based Method. Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control, Transactions of the ASME. 1-12. Yu, S., Song, X., & Sun, Z. Real-Time Gear-Shift Optimization for an Autonomous Wheel Loader. IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology. PP(99), 1-8. conference paper Kargar, M., & Song, X. (2022). Power Control Optimization for Autonomous Hybrid Electric Vehicles with Flexible Driveline Torque Demand. 2012-2017. Kargar, M., Zhang, C., & Song, X. (2022). Integrated Optimization of Powertrain Energy Management and Vehicle Motion Control for Autonomous Hybrid Electric Vehicles. 404-409. Tian, D., & Song, X. (2021). Addressing Complex State Constraints in the Diffeomorphic Transformation Based Barrier Avoidance Control. 2304-2308. Sardarmehni, T., & Song, X. (2021). Introducing a User-friendly Approximate Dynamic Programming through Region-based Approximation. 3914-3919. Ke, C., Tian, D., & Song, X. (2020). Down-hole Directional Drilling Dynamics Modeling Based on a Hybrid Modeling Method with Model Order Reduction. 3109-3113. Tian, D., Ke, C., & Song, X. (2020). State Barrier Avoidance Control Design Using a Diffeomorphic Transformation Based Method. 854-857. Tian, D., & Song, X. (2019). Control of a Downhole Drilling System Using Integral Barrier Lyapunov Functionals. Proceedings of the ... American Control Conference. American Control Conference. 1349-1354. Sardarmehni, T., & Song, X. (2019). Sub-Optimal Control of Autonomous Wheel Loader With Approximate Dynamic Programming Sardarmehni, T., & Song, X. (2019). Sub-Optimal Tracking in Switched Systems With Controlled Subsystems and Fixed-Mode Sequence Using Approximate Dynamic Programming Ghasemi, M., & Song, X. (2017). A COMPUTATIONALLY EFFICIENT OPTIMAL POWER MANAGEMENT FOR POWER SPLIT HYBRID VEHICLE BASED ON PONTRYAGIN'S MINIMUM PRINCIPLE. v002t17a008-v002t17a008. Ghasemi, M., & Song, X. (2017). Control of a Vertical Drilling System Using a Cascade Sliding Mode Controller. Proceedings of the ... American Control Conference. American Control Conference. 5830-5835. Song, X., Zhao, Y., & Dykstra, J. (2016). Acoustic Ringing Effect Mitigation for Oil Well Sonic Logging. Proceedings of the ... American Control Conference. American Control Conference. 436-441. Song, X., Vadali, M., Xue, Y., & Dykstra, J. D. (2016). Tracking Control of Rotary Steerable Toolface in Directional Drilling. 1210-1215. Vadali, M., Xue, Y., Song, X., & Dykstra, J. (2015). Control of Rotary Steerable Toolface in Directional Drilling. v002t20a003-v002t20a003. Song, X., Gillella, P., & Sun, Z. (2013). A new stabilizer for ltv internal model based system and its application to camless engine valve actuation. Proceedings of the ... American Control Conference. American Control Conference. 5276-5281. Gillella, P., Song, X., & Sun, Z. (2012). Investigation of Time-Varying Internal Model Based Control for Camless Engine Valve Actuation. IEEE Conference on Decision and Control. 3741-3746. Song, X., Gillella, P., & Sun, Z. (2012). Robust Stabilization of Discrete Linear Time Varying Internal Model Based System. 153-161. Song, X., Wang, Y. u., & Sun, Z. (2012). Robust stabilizer design for Linear time varying internal model based control. Proceedings of the ... American Control Conference. American Control Conference. 6727-6732. Wang, Y. u., Song, X., & Sun, Z. (2011). Hybrid powertrain control with a rapid prototyping research platform. Proceedings of the ... American Control Conference. American Control Conference. 997-1002. Song, X., Zulkefli, M., & Sun, Z. (2010). Automotive transmission clutch fill optimal control: An experimental investigation. Proceedings of the ... American Control Conference. American Control Conference. 2748-2753. Song, X., Gillella, P., & Sun, Z. (2010). Tracking Control of Periodic Signals With Varying Magnitude and Its Application to Hybrid Powertrain. 77-84. Song, X., Mohd Zulkefli, M. A., Sun, Z., & Miao, H. C. (2009). Transmission clutch fill control using a customized dynamic programming method. 1199-1206. Zulkefli, M., Song, X., Sun, Z., & Miao, H. (2009). A Novel Automotive Transmission Clutch Control Mechanism. 619-626. Song, X., Zulkefli, M., Sun, Z., & Miao, H. (2009). Modeling, analysis, and optimal design of the automotive transmission ball capsule system. Proceedings of the ... American Control Conference. American Control Conference. 1379-1384. Song, X., Zulkefli, M., Sun, Z., & Miao, H. (2008). Transmission Clutch Fill Control Using a Customized Dynamic Programming Method. 463-470. institutional repository document Sardarmehni, T., & Song, X. (2019). Sub-optimal Control of Autonomous Wheel loader with Approximate Dynamic Programming Sardarmehni, T., & Song, X. (2019). Sub-optimal Tracking in Switched Systems with Controlled Subsystems and Fixed-mode Sequence using Approximate Dynamic Programming
principal investigator on Control of Energy Efficient Powertrain for Autonomous and Connected Vehicles in a Mixed Autonomous and Human Driving Environment awarded by National Science Foundation - (Arlington, Virginia, United States) 2019 - 2021
teaching activities ECEN691 Research Instructor ENTC485 Directed Studies Instructor ENTC662 Adv Control Systems Instructor ENTC685 Directed Studies Instructor ENTC689 Sptp: Applied Modeling Instructor ENTC691 Research Instructor ENTC692 Professional Study Instructor ESET462 Control Systems Instructor ESET491 Hnr-research Instructor MEEN491 Hnr-research Instructor MEEN684 Professional Internship Instructor MEEN684 Professional Internship Instructor MEEN685 Directed Studies Instructor MEEN691 Research Instructor MMET375 Applied Dynamic Systems Instructor MXET300 Mechatronics I Instructor MXET375 Applied Dynamic Systems Instructor MXET485 Directed Studies Instructor MXET491 Research Instructor MXET685 Directed Studies Instructor MXET691 Research Instructor
education and training B.S. in Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology - (Harbin, China) M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology - (Daejeon, South Korea) Ph.D. in Mehcanical Engineering, University of Minnesota - (Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States) 2011
awards and honors Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program, conferred by National Science Foundation - (Arlington, Virginia, United States), 2021 MVP Award, conferred by Halliburton - (Houston, Texas, United States), 2014 Halliburton Innovation of the Year Award, conferred by Halliburton - (Houston, Texas, United States), 2014
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