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2022

Distinguishing Medication ON and OFF for Parkinson’s Disease through Repetitive Foot Motion Recognition and Analysis

*Hua R, Wang Y.

IEEE Sensors Journal, 2022, accepted. IF:3.301.

A Hybrid Piezoelectric-Electromagnetic Transduction Mechanism to Promote Low Profile Wind Energy Harvesting

*Chen W, *Wang K, Leung Ch, Wang Y.

 Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, 2022, accepted. IF: 2.172.

Insole-based Falling Risk Evaluation for Patients with Parkinson’s Disease through Walking while Holding a Cup of Water, 

*Hua R, *Nguyen N, *Jaward A, Kazmierski K, White B, Wang Y.

IEEE Sensors Letter, 2022, accepted. IF: 2.36.

 

Smart Insole Devices Review, from Year 2008 to 2021

*Hua R, *Almuteb I, Wang Y.

Smart Health, 2022, accepted. IF: 4.7. 

 

Blood-brain Barrier Crossing using Magnetic Stimulated Nanoparticles,, 

*Chen J, *Yuan M, *Madison C, Eitan Sh, Wang Y.

Journal of Controlled Release, 2022, In pressDOI:10.1016/j.jconrel.2022.03.007 IF: 7.877.   

Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide Enclosed Hollow Gold Nanostructure with Tunable Surface Plasmonic Resonances to Promote Near-infrared Photothermal Conversion

*Yuan M, *Feng X, *Yan T, *Chen J, Ma X, Lan Sh, Li Y, Zhou H, Wang Y.

Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials, 2022, In press. DOI:10.1007/s42114-022-00444-zIF: 5.795. 

Magnetic Fields and Magnetically Stimulated Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide Coated Gold Nanoparticles Differentially Modulate L-type Voltage-Gated Calcium Channel in Midbrain Neurons, 

*Yuan M, *Bancroft E, *Chen J, Srinivasan R, Wang Y.

ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2022, 1(1). IF: 5.097. 

2021

A Coarse Fingerprint-Assisted Multiple Target Indoor Device-Free Localization with Visible Light Sensing

*Shuai Zhang, Kaihua Liu, Yunlei Zhang, Wang Y​.

IEEE Sensors Journal, 2021, 22(2), pp. 1461-1473, IF:3.301.

Occupancy Detection Using a Temperature-sensitive Adaptive Algorithm

*Wu L, *Chen Zh, Wang Y.

IEEE Sensors Letters, 2021, 5 (12), pp.1-4, IF: 2.36. 

Performance Optimization of the SLEEPIR Sensor Towards Indoor Stationary Occupancy Detection

*Wu L, Wang Y.

IEEE Sensors Journal, 2021, 21 (21), pp. 23776-23786, IF:3.301.

Age-dependent Mobility Decline Analysis through Sequential Foot Motion Reproduction

*Hua R, Wang Y.

IEEE Sensors Letters, 2021, 5 (11), pp.1-4, IF: 2.36. 

Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide–Gold Nanoparticles Conjugated with Porous Coordination Cages: Towards Controlled Drug Release for Non-invasive Neuroregeneration

*Yuan M, *Yan T, *Li J, *Xiao Zh, Fang Y, Wang Y, Zhou H, Pellois J.

Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology, and Medicine, 2021, 35. pp. 102392. IF: 5.182. 

Intracellular targeted nanocarriers: towards controlled drug delivery for non-invasive neuroregeneration

*Yuan M., *Yan T., *Li J., *Xiao Zh., Fang Y., Wang Y., Zhou H., Pellois J. 

Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology, and Medicine 2021, In press.

Foot Motion Recognition from Continuous Movements Using Robust Stride Detection and Weak Supervision-based Fast Labeling

*Hua R., and Wang Y.

IEEE Sensors Journal, 2021, In press

Stationary and Moving Occupancy Detection Using the SLEEPIR Sensor Module and Machine Learning

*Wu L., and Wang Y.

IEEE Sensors Journal, 2021, In pressDOI:10.1109/JSEN.2021.3071402

Remote Recognition of In-bed Postures Using a Thermopile Array Sensor with Machine Learning

*Chen Zh., and Wang Y.

IEEE Sensors Journal, 2021, 21 (9), pp.10428-10436. DOI:10.1109/JSEN.2021.3059681

Falling film thermosyphons: application to water harvesting from humid gas streams

*Zhong W., *He T., Butcher T., *Trojanowski R., Mamalis S., Wagner T., Chudnovsky Y., Worek W., Wang Y. & Longtin P.,

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2021, 164, pp.120486. DOI:10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2020.120486

 

2020

Personalized dynamic transport of magnetic nanorobots inside the brain vasculature

*Chen J., and Wang Y..

Nanotechnology 2020, 31(49), pp.5706. DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/abb392 

A customized convolutional neural network model embodied into acceleration-based smart insole towards personalized foot gesture recognition

*Rui H., and Wang Y.

IEEE Sensors Letters, 2020, 4(4), pp.1-4. DOI: 10.1109/LSENS.2020.2984152

SLEEPIR: Synchronized low-energy electronically chopped PIR sensor for true presence detection

*Wu L., *Gou G., Wu Sh. and Wang Y.

IEEE Sensors Letters, 2020, 4(3), pp.1-4. DOI: 10.1109/LSENS.2020.2976801

All-passive nonlinear electromagnetic megastructure for simultaneous energy harvesting and earthquake mitigation

*Chen J., and Wang Y..

European Physics Letters 2020,129, pp.58004. DOI: 10.1209/0295-5075/129/58004

2019

Engineered nanomedicine for neuroregeneration: Light emitting diode-mediated superparamagnetic iron oxide-gold core-shell nanoparticles functionalized by nerve growth factor

*Yuan M., Wang Y., and Qin Y.

Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology, and Medicine 2019,21, pp.102052. DOI: 10.1016/j.nano.2019.102052.

Thermocouple-tip-exposing temperature assessment technique for evaluating photothermal conversion efficiency of plasmonic nanoparticles at low laser power density

*Yuan M., Wang Y., Hwang D., and Longtin J.

Review of Scientific Instruments, 2019,90, pp.094902. DOI:10.1063/1.5109117

Compressive Sensing Based Indoor Occupancy Positioning Using a Single Thermopile Point Detector with a Coded Binary Mask

*Wu L., and Wang Y.

IEEE Sensors Letters, 2019. DOI:10.1109/LSENS.2019.2955125 

Monitoring Insole (MONI): A Low Power Solution Towards Daily Gait Monitoring and Analysis

*Hua R., and Wang Y.

IEEE Sensors Journal, 2019, 19 (15), pp.6410-6420DOI:10.1109/JSEN.2019.2910105

A dual electromagnetic array with intrinsic frequency up-conversion for broadband vibrational energy harvesting

*Chen J., and Wang Y.

Applied Physics Letters, 2019,114, pp.053902DOI:10.1063/1.5083910

Boosting the efficiency of a footstep piezoelectric-stack energy harvester by using the synchronized switch technology

*Liu H., *Hua R., *Lu Y., Wang Y, Liang J, and Salman E.

Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, 201930 (6), pp.1-10. DOI:10.1177/1045389X19828512

2018

Promotion of Neuro-regeneration Using Nerve Growth Factor Functionalized Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide-Gold Nanomedicine Driven by Dynamic Magnetic Fields

M Yuan, Y Wang, Y Qin

Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology, and Medicine,2018. DOI:10.1016/j.nano.2018.03.004.

A low power electro-mechanical driving approach for true occupancy detection using a shuttered passive infrared sensor

*Wu L., and Wang Y.

IEEE Sensors Journal, 2018, 19 (1), pp.47-57DOI:10.1109/JSEN.2018.2875659

Occupancy Detection and Localization by Monitoring Nonlinear Energy Flow of a Shuttered Passive Infrared Sensor

*Wu L., Wang Y., and *Liu H.

IEEE Sensors Journal, 2018, 18 (21), pp.8656-8666. DOI:10.1109/JSEN.2018.2869555

Unobstrusive sensor based occupancy facing direction detection and tracking using advanced machine learning algorithms

*Chen Zh., Wang Y., *Liu H.

IEEE Sensors Journal,2018. DOI:10.1109/JSEN.2018.2844252.

A Nonlinear Interface Integrated Lever Mechanism for Piezoelectric Footstep Energy Harvesting

*Hua R., Liu H., *Yang H., Wang Y., and *Ferrante J.

Applied Physics Letters 2018,113(5), pp.3902. DOI: 10.1063/1.5041259.

Systematic Study of Dual Resonant Rectilinear-to-Rotary Motion Converter for Low Frequency Vibrational Energy Harvesting

*Chen J., Wang Y. and Grisso B.

Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 2018284, pp.66-75. DOI:10.1016/j.sna.2018.10.014

Hierarchical PbZrxTi1-xO3 nanowires for vibrational energy harvesting

*Zhang X, Chen J., and Wang Y.

ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2018. DOI: 10.1021/acsanm.7b00317.

Infrared-ultrasonic Sensor Fusion for Support Vector Machine-based Fall Detection

*Chen Zh. and Wang Y.

Journal of Intelligent Materia Systems and Structures, 2018. DOI: 10.1177/1045389X18758183.

Parametric Study of Low Frequency Broadband Rectilinear-to-rotary Vibrational Energy Harvesting

*Chen J. *Deng W., Wang Y. and Inman D.

Transactions of Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 35 (1), 2018. DOI: 10.16356/j.1005-1120.2018.01

 

Extending the Bandwidth and Magnetoelectric Coefficient of MFC/Brass/NdFeB Energy Harvesting from Alternating Magnetic Field by Coupling a Pair of Movable Magnets

Leung Ch., and Wang Y.

Europhysics Letters, 120 (2). pp. 28001, 2018. DOI: 10.1209/0295-5075/120/28001.

2017

 

Turning A Pyroelectric Infrared Motion Sensor into A High-accuracy Presence Detector by Using a narrow Semi-transparent Chopper

*Liu H., Wang Y., *Wang K. and *Lin H.

Applied Physics Letter, 111 (24), pp.3901,2017. DOI: 10.1063/1.4998430.

 

SPIO-Au core-shell Nanoparticles for Promoting Osteogenic Differentiation of MC3T3-E1 cells: Concentration-Dependence Study

*Yuan M, Wang Y., and Qin Y.

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research, Part A, 12 (105), pp.3350-3359, 2017. DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.36200. Featured Article. 

 

A Dual Resonant Rectilinear-to-Rotary Oscillation Converter for Low-frequency Broadband Electromagnetic Energy Harvesting

*Deng W., and Wang Y.

Smart Materials and Structures, 26 (9) pp. 095059, 2017. DOI: 10.1088/1361-665X/aa721f

Input-dependent Performance Study of a Nonlinear Energy Harvester with Magnetic Interaction

*Deng D. and Wang Y.

Journal of Intelligent Material Structures and Systems, 2017. doi:10.1177/1045389X16651156.

2016

Book: Novel Concepts in Unmanned Aircraft Aerodynamics and Flight Stability 

Wang Y., and Inman D.

Chapter 'Gust Alleviation in UAVs', Editors: P Marques and S Tsach, 1st Edition, 2016. Willey Publishers. 

Non-contact Magnetically Coupled Rectilinear-Rotary Oscillations to Exploit Low Frequency Broadband Energy Harvesting with Frequency Up-conversion

*Deng W. and Wang Y.

Applied Physics Letter, 109 (14), pp. 133903, 2016. DOI: 10.1063/1.4963786.

Systematic Parameter Study of a Nonlinear Electromagnetic Energy Harvester with Matched Magnetic Orientation: Numerical Simulation and Experimental Investigation

*Deng W., and Wang Y.

Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, vol. 85, no. 15, pp. 591-600, 2016. doi:10.1016/j.ymssp.2016.09.002.

Enhanced Vibration Cancellation and Improved Magnetoelectric Coupling of a Novel Bidirectional Magnetostrictive-Piezoelectric Laminate​

Leung C., Wang F., and Wang Y.

Review of Scientific Instrument, vol. 87, no. 6, 063904, 2016. doi:10.1063/1.4953324

 

Deformable Force Amplification Frame Promoting Piezoelectric Stack Energy Harvesting: Model Correction, Experiments and Energy Analysis

*Chen W., Wang Y. and Deng W.

Journal of Intelligent Material Structures and Systems, 2016. doi:10.1177/1045389X16657426.

 

Repulsive Magnetic Levitation-based Ocean Wave Energy Harvester with Variable Resonance: Modeling, Simulation and Experiment

*Masoumi M., and Wang Y.

Journal of Sound and Vibration, vol. 381, pp. 192-205. 2016. doi:10.1016/j.jsv.2016.06.024

Airfoil-based Electromagnetic Energy Harvester Containing Parallel Array Motion Between Moving Coil and Multi-pole Magnets Towards Enhanced Power Density’

Leung C., *Chen W. and Wang Y.

Review of Scientific Instrument, vol. 87, no. 11, 114705, 2016. doi:10.1063/1.4967492

 

Piezoelectric Stack Energy Harvester with A Force Amplification Frame: Modeling and Experiment

Wang Y., *Chen W., and *Guzman P.

Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, 2016. doi:10.1177/1045389X16629568.

2015

 

Damping Analysis of a Flexible Cantilever Beam Containing an Internal Fluid Channel: Experiment, Modeling Analysis

Wang Y., *Masoumi, M. and *Gaucher M.

Journal of Sound and Vibration, vol. 340, pp. 331-342. 2015. doi:10.1016/j.jsv.2014.12.014

Multifunctional Magneto-Au/mSiO2 Core-shell Nanoparticles for Advanced Theranostics: Synthesis and Modeling

Wang Y., *Smith P. and Yuan M.

DPI Proceedings, Structural Health Monitoring 2015. doi:10.12783/SHM2015/126

Multifunctional magneto-plasmonic nanotransducers for advanced theranostics: Synthesis, modeling and experiment

*Masoumi, Wang Y., Liu M. Tewolde M. and Longtin J. 

Proceedings of SPIE, vol. 9431, Active and Passive Smart Structures and Integrated Systems, 2015. doi:10.1117/12.2187102

2014

Energy Harvesting of Piezoelectric Stack Actuator from a Shock Event

*Lee A, Wang Y. and Inman D.

Journal of Vibration and Acoustics, vol. 136, no. 1, pp. 011016-1 - 011016-7. 2014. doi:10.1115/1.4025878

Experimental and Finite Element Analysis for a Multifunctional Beam with Frequency-dependent Viscoelastic Behavior
Wang Y. and Inman D.

54th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference, Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials and Co-located Conferences. 2013. doi:10.2514/6.2013-1640 

2013

Finite Element Analysis and Experimental Study on Dynamic Properties of a Composite Beam with Viscoelastic Damping

Wang Y. and Inman D.

Journal of Sound and Vibration, vol. 332, no. 23, pp. 6177-6191. 2013. doi:10.1016/j.jsv.2013.06.016

 

Experimental Validation for a Multifunctional Wing Spar Design with Sensing, Harvesting and Gust Alleviation Capabilities

Wang Y. and Inman D.

IEEE/ASME Transaction on Mechatronics, vol. 18, no. 4, pp. 1289-1299. 2013. doi:10.1109/TMECH.2013.2255063

Simultaneous Energy Harvesting and Gust Alleviation for a Multifunctional Wing Spar Using Reduced Energy Control via Piezoceramics

Wang Y. and Inman D.

Journal of Composite Materials, vol. 47, no. 1, pp. 125-146. 2013. doi:10.1177/0021998312448677

A finite element modeling of a multifunctional hybrid composite beam with viscoelastic materials
Wang Y. and Inman D.
SPIE Smart Structures and Materials + Nondestructive Evaluation and Health ...2013. 
doi:10.1117/12.2009824

2012

A Survey of Control Strategies for Simultaneous Vibration Suppression and Energy Harvesting

Wang Y. and Inman D.

Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, vol. 23, no. 18, pp. 2021-2037. 2012. doi:10.1177/1045389X12444485

Experimental Characterization of Simultaneous Gust Alleviation and Energy Harvesting for Multifunctional Wing Spars

Wang Y. and Inman D.

SPIE Smart Structures and Materials + Nondestructive Evaluation and Health ...2012. doi:10.1117/12.926800

2011

Comparison of Control Laws for Vibration Suppression Based on Energy Consumption

Wang Y. and Inman D.

Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, vol. 22, no. 8, pp. 795-809. 2011. doi:10.1177/1045389X11411213

Electromechanical Comparison of Cantilevered Beams With Multifunctional Piezoceramic Devices

Bilgen O., Wang Y. and Inman D.

Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, vol. 27, pp. 763-777. 2011. doi:10.1016/j.ymssp.2011.09.002

2010

Finding the Shortest Path for a Mobile Robot With Two Actuated Spoke Wheels Based on Variable Kinematic Configurations

Wang Y. and Hong D.

ASME 2010 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference. Volume 2: 34th Annual Mechanisms and Robotics Conference, Parts A and B. pp. 1417-1426. 2010. doi:10.1115/DETC2010-28987

 

2008

A Passive Wireless Temperature Sensor for Harsh Environment Applications

Wang Y., Jia Y., Chen Q. and Wang Y. 

Sensors, vol. 12, no. 8, pp. 7982-7995. 2008. doi:10.3390/s8127982


Three-dimensional Kinematic Analysis of a Two Actuated Spoke Wheel Robot Based on its Equivalency to a Serial Manipulator
Ren P.  Wang Y. and Hong D.

ASME 2008 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference. Volume 2: 32nd Mechanisms and Robotics Conference, Parts A and B. pp. 1187-1194. 2008. doi:10.1115/DETC2008-49551

Mobility and Geometrical Analysis of a Two Actuated Spoke Wheel Robot Modeled as a Mechanism with Variable Topology

Wang Y., Ren P. and Hong D.

ASME 2008 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference. Volume 2: 32nd Mechanisms and Robotics Conference, Parts A and B. pp 1177-1186. 2008. doi:10.1115/DETC2008-49550

2006

Design of the Duct Cleaning Robot System for Central Air-conditioning System

Wang Y., Ren Sh., Xu M. and Zhang J.

Journal of Machine Design and Research (in Chinese), vol. 21, no. 6, pp. 47-49. 2005. doi:10.1109/ROBIO.2010.5723556

Autonomous Air Duct Cleaning Robot System

Wang Y. and Zhang J.

49th IEEE International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems. vol. 1. pp. 510-513. 2006. doi:10.1109/MWSCAS.2006.382110

Note: *Student

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Ya Wang Ph.D

Associate Professor

Leland T. Jordan Career Development Professorship

Mechanical Engineering

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Biomedical Engineering

Texas A&M University

MEOB 227

College Station, TX 77843-3123

 

Phone: 979-458-8123

Email: ya.wang@tamu.edu

Nanorobotics,  Energy Harvesting and Sensing (NES) Lab​

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