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Journal Publications

X. Zhang, L. Tang, and J. Decastro, "A nonlinear adaptive estimation based approach to robust fault diagnosis of aircraft engines," IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology (accepted for publication, to appear).  

X. Zhang, "Sensor bias fault detection and isolation in a class of nonlinear uncertain systems using adaptive estimation," IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control , vol. 56, no. 5, pp. 1220-1226, May 2011.  

X. Zhang, R. Grube, K. Shin, M. Salman, and R. S. Conell, "Parity-relation-based state-of-health monitoring of lead acid batteries for automotive applications," IFAC Control Engineering Practice , vol. 19, no. 6, pp. 555-563, June 2011.  

X. Zhang, Qi Zhang, and N. Sonti, "Diagnosis of process faults and sensor faults in a class of nonlinear uncertain systems," Journal of Systems Engineering and Electronics , vol. 22, no. 1, 2011.  

X. Zhang, M. M. Polycarpou, and T. Parisini, "Adaptive fault diagnosis and fault-tolerant control of MIMO nonlinear uncertain systems," International Journal of Control , vol. 83, No.5, pp. 1054-1080, April 2010.  

X. Zhang, M. M. Polycarpou, and T. Parisini, "Fault diagnosis of a class of nonlinear uncertain systems with Lipschitz nonlinearities using adaptive estimation," Automatica , vol. 46, no. 2, pp. 290-299, February 2010.  

X. Zhang, M. M. Polycarpou, and T. Parisini, "Design and analysis of a fault isolation scheme for a class of uncertain nonlinear systems," IFAC Annual Reviews in Control, vol. 32, pp. 107-121, May 2008.  

X. Zhang, T. Parisini, and M. M. Polycarpou, "A sensor bias fault isolation scheme for a class of nonlinear systems," IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control , vol. 50, no. 3, pp. 370-376, March 2005.  

W. Wongsaichua, W.-J. Lee, S. Oraintara, C. Kwan, and X. Zhang, "Integrated high speed intelligent utility tie unit for distributed/renewable generation facilities," IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications , vol. 41, no. 2, pp. 507-513, March/April 2005.  

X. Zhang, T. Parisini, and M. M. Polycarpou, "Adaptive fault-tolerant control of nonlinear systems: a diagnostic information-based approach, " IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control , vol. 49, no.8, pp. 1259-1274, August 2004.  

X. Zhang, R. Xu, C. Kwan, and Y. Yang, "Fault-tolerant control of UAV formation flight," International Journal of Vehicle Autonomous Systems , vol. 2, no.3/4, pp. 217-235, 2004.  

X. Zhang, M. M. Polycarpou, and T. Parisini, "A robust detection and isolation scheme for abrupt and incipient faults in nonlinear systems," IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control , vol. 47, no. 4, pp. 576-593, April 2002.  

X. Zhang, M. M. Polycarpou, and T. Parisini, "Robust fault isolation of a class of nonlinear input-output systems," International Journal of Control , vol. 74, no.13, pp. 1295-1310, September 2001.

Patents

X. Zhang, X. Tang, J. Lin, Y. Zhang, M. Slaman, Y-K. Chin, "Method for battery capacity estimation," U.S. Patent 8,084,996 B2, 2011.  

X. Zhang, "A battery state-of-health monitoring system and method," U.S. Patent 7,983,862 B2, 2011.  

X. Tang, X. Zhang, Y. Chin, B. J. Koch, D. R. Frisch, "Model-based estimation of battery hysteresis," US Patent 7,957,921 B2, 2011.  

X. Zhang, N. Kapsokavathis, M. Salman, D. Walters, X. Tang, "Method and apparatus for managing power flow of an electric power storage device," U.S. Patent 7,741,805 B2, 2010.  

M. Salman, N. Kapsokavathis, X. Zhang, D. Walters, X. Tang, "Method and article of manufacture for monitoring an electrical energy storage device," U.S. Patent 7,545,109 B2, 2009.  

X. Zhang, N. Kapsokavathis, Y. Zhang, D. Walters, X. Tang, M. Salman, "Method for battery state-of-health monitoring using battery voltage during vehicle starting," U.S. Patent (pending, filed 2008).  

X. Zhang, Y. Zhang, Y-K. Chin, "Pattern recognition approach for battery diagnosis and prognosis," U.S. Patent (pending, filed 2008)  

X. Zhang, "A battery state-of-health monitoring system and method using voltage loss," U.S. Patent (pending, filed 2007).  

International Conference Papers

X. Zhang and Qi. Zhang, "Distributed fault detection and isolation in a class of large-scale nonlinear uncertain systems," the 2011 IFAC World Congress , Milan, Italy.  

X. Zhang, Q. Zhang, S. Zhao, R. M.G. Ferrari, M. M. Polycarpou, T. Parisini, "Fault Detection and Isolation of the Wind Turbine Benchmark: an Estimation-based Approach", the 2011 IFAC World Congress , Milan, Italy.  

X. Zhang, H. Uliyar, L. Farfan-Ramos, Y. Zhang, and M. Salman, "Fault Diagnosis of Automotive Electric Power generation and Storage Systems," the 2010 IEEE Multi-conference on Systems and Control , Yokohama, Japan.  

X. Zhang, "Decentralized Fault Detection and Isolation for a Class of Large-Scale Nonlinear Uncertain Systems," the 2010 American Control Conference , Baltimore, MD.  

X. Zhang, "Sensor Bias Fault Diagnosis in a Class of Nonlinear Uncertain Systems with Lipschitz Nonlinearities," the 2010 American Control Conference , Baltimore, MD.  

L. Tang, X. Zhang, J. Decastro, L. Farfan-Ramos, D. Simon, "A unified nonlinear adaptive approach for detection and isolation of engine faults," the ASME Turbo Expo 2010 , Glasgow, UK.  

X. Zhang, M. M. Polycarpou, and T. Parisini, "Decentralized fault detection in large-scale nonlinear uncertain systems," the 2009 IEEE Conference on Decision and Control , Shanghai, China.  

X. Zhang, M. M. Polycarpou, and T. Parisini, "Fault diagnosis of a class of uncertain nonlinear systems with Lipschitz nonlinearities," the 2009 IFAC Symposium on Fault Detection, Supervision and Safety of Technical Processes , Barcelona, Spain (finalist for the Paul Frank Best Theoretical paper ).  

X. Zhang, R. Gruber, M. Salman, and K. Shin, "Automotive battery state-of-health monitoring: a parity relation based approach," the 2009 IFAC Symposium on Fault Detection, Supervision and Safety of Technical Processes , Barcelona, Spain ( finalist for the Best Application paper ).  

X. Zhang, L. Farfan-Ramos, K. Rattan, and M. M. Polycarpou, " Adaptive Fault-Tolerant Fuzzy Control of Robotic Systems," the 2009 North American Fuzzy Information Processing Society Annual Conference , Cincinnati, OH.  

X. Zhang, M. M. Polycarpou, and T. Parisini, "Adaptive Fault-Tolerant Control of a Class of Nonlinear MIMO Systems," the 2008 IEEE Conference on Decision and Control , Cancun, Mexico.  

X. Tang, X. Zhang, B. Koch, and D. Frisch, "Modeling and estimation of Nickel Metal Hydride Battery Hysteresis for SOC Estimation," the 2008 International Conference on Prognostics and Health Management , Denver, CO.  

X. Zhang, R. Gruber, M. Salman, K. Shin, "Automotive Battery State-of-Health Monitoring: a Battery Cranking Voltage based Approach," Proc. of the 2008 Integrated System Health Management Conference , Covington, KY.  

X. Zhang, M. M. Polycarpou, and T. Parisini, "Isolation of Process and Sensor Faults for a Class of Nonlinear Uncertain Systems," the 2008 American Control Conference , Seattle, Washington.  

X. Zhang, Y. Liu, R. Rysdyk, C. Kwan, R. Xu, "An intelligent hierarchical approach to actuator fault diagnosis and accommodation," Proceedings of the 2006 IEEE Aerospace Conference .  

X. Zhang, D. Miller, R. Xu, C. Kwan, and H. Chen, "A maximum entropy based approach to fault diagnosis using discrete and continuous features," Proceedings of the 2006 IFAC Symposium on Fault Detection, Supervision and Safety for Technical Processes.  

P. Popp, M. Salman, Y. Zhang; X. Zhang; Y.-K. Chin, "Vehicle diagnosis and prognosis: concepts, trends, and applications to batteries," Proceedings of Convergence 2006 .  

R. Xu, G. Zhang, X. Zhang, C. Kwan, and K. Semega, "Sensor validation using nonlinear minor component analysis," Proceedings of the 2006 International Symposium on Neural Networks (ISNN 2006).  

H. Deng, R. Xu, X. Zhang, C. Kwan, and L. Haynes, "Agent-based distributed intrusion detection methodology for wireless Ad hoc networks," Proceedings of the 2006 World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Applied Computing.  

X. Zhang, R.Xu, C. Kwan, S. Y. Liang, "An integrated approach to bearing fault diagnostics and prognostics," Proceedings of the 2005 American Control Conference , pp. 2750 - 2755, Portland, OR, June 2005.  

X. Zhang, M. M. Polycarpou, R. Xu, and C. Kwan, "Actuator fault diagnosis and accommodation for flight safety," Proceedings of the 2005 Joint IEEE ISIC-MED Conference , Limassol, Cyprus, June 2005.  

M. M. Polycarpou, X. Zhang, R. Xu, Y. Yang, and C. Kwan, "A neural network based approach to adaptive fault tolerant flight control," Proceedings of the 2004 Joint IEEE CCA, ISIC and CACSD conference (invited paper), Taipei.  

X. Zhang, M. M. Polycarpou, and T. Parisini, "Sensor bias fault isolation in a class of nonlinear systems," Proceedings of the 2003 IFAC Symposium on Fault Detection, Supervision and Safety for Technical Processes , Washington DC  

C. Kwan, R. Xu and X. Zhang, "A novel fault detection and isolation approach for aircraft hydraulic pumps," Proceedings of the 2003 IFAC Symposium on Fault Detection, Supervision and Safety for Technical Processes , Washington DC.  

C. Kwan, X. Zhang and R. Xu, "Early fire detection using acoustic emissions," Proceedings of the 2003 IFAC Symposium on Fault Detection, Supervision and Safety for Technical Processes , Washington DC.  

C. Kwan, X. Zhang, R. Xu, and L. Haynes, "A novel approach to fault diagnostics and prognostics," Proceedings of the 2003 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation , Taipei.  

X. Zhang, M. M. Polycarpou, and T. Parisini, "Fault-tolerant control of a class of nonlinear systems," Proceedings of the 2002 IFAC World Congress on Automatic Control , Paper No. 1291, Barcelona, Spain, July 2002.  

X. Zhang, M. M. Polycarpou, and T. Parisini, "Fault isolation in a class of nonlinear uncertain input-output systems," Proceedings of the 2001 American Control Conference , pp. 1741-1746, Arlington, VA.  

X. Zhang, M. M. Polycarpou, and T. Parisini, "Integrated design of fault diagnosis and accommodation schemes for a class of nonlinear systems," Proceedings of the 2001 IEEE Conference on Decision and Control , pp. 1448-1453, Orlando, FL.  

X. Zhang, M. M. Polycarpou, and T. Parisini, "Abrupt and incipient fault isolation of nonlinear uncertain systems," Proceedings of the 2000 American Control Conference , pp. 3713-3717, Chicago, IL.  

M. M. Polycarpou, T. Parisini, and X. Zhang, "Fault isolation of nonlinear uncertain systems," Proceedings of the 2000 IFAC Symposium on Fault Detection, Supervision and Safety for Technical Processes , pp. 739-744, Budapest, Hungary.  

X. Zhang, T. Parisini, and M. M. Polycarpou, "Robust parametric fault detection and isolation for nonlinear systems," Proceedings of the 1999 IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 3102-3107, Phoenix, AZ.