• New Position Accepted: I have accepted a job offer for an Assistant Professor position in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Iowa State University (ISU). The position will start in August 2015. Motivated prospective students are encouraged to apply for two fully funded PhD positions in Dr. Chao Hu’s research group at ISU (May 2015).

• Paper Accepted: Journal paper (joint work with Gaurav Jain, Craig Schmidt, Carrie Strief, and Melani Sullivan from Medtronic, Inc.) titled “Online Estimation of Lithium-Ion Battery Capacity Using Sparse Bayesian Learning” has been  accepted for publication by Journal of Power Sources [IF: 5.257] (Apr. 2015).

• Highly Cited Research Paper Award: Research paper (joint work with Byeng D. Youn from Seoul National University and Jaesik Chung from PCTEST Engineering Lab) titled “A Multiscale Framework with Extended Kalman Filter for Lithium-Ion Battery SOC and Capacity Estimation”  has been awarded the Highly Cited Research Paper 2012-2013 by Applied Energy [IF: 5.597] (Mar. 2015).

• Paper Accepted: Journal paper (joint work with Byeng D. Youn and Taejin Kim from Seoul National University and Pingfeng Wang from Wichita State University) titled “Semi-Supervised Learning with Co-Training for Data-Driven Prognostics” has been accepted for publication by Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing (Mar. 2015).

• Paper Submitted: Journal paper (joint work with Gaurav Jain, Craig Schmidt, Melani Sullivan, and Carrie Strief from Medtronic, Inc.) titled “Online Estimation of Lithium-Ion Battery Capacity Using Sparse Bayesian Learning” has been submitted to Journal of Power Sources (Feb. 2015).

• Paper Accepted: Journal paper (joint work with Byeng D. Youn, Kyung Min Park, Joung Taek Yoon and Hee Soo Kim from Seoul National University) titled “Statistical Health Reasoning of Water-Cooled Power Generator Stator Bars Against Moisture Absorption” has been accepted for publication by IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion (Jan. 2015).

• Paper Featured: Journal paper (joint work with Gaurav Jain, Prabhakar Tamirisa, and Tom Gorka from Medtronic, Inc.) titled “Method for Estimating Capacity and Predicting Remaining Useful Life of Lithium-Ion Battery” has been featured by Renewable Energy Global Innovations as a Key Scientific Article contributing to the excellence in Energy research (Nov. 2014).

• Paper Accepted: Journal paper (joint work with Guangxing Bai and Pingfeng Wang from Wichita State University) titled “A Self-Cognizant Dynamic System Approach for Prognostics and Health Management” has been accepted for publication by Journal of Power Sources [IF: 5.257] (Nov. 2014).

• Paper Submitted: Journal paper (joint work with Guangxing Bai and Pingfeng Wang from Wichita State University) titled “A Self-Cognizant Dynamic System Approach for Prognostics and Health Management” has been submitted to Journal of Power Sources (Sept. 2014).

• Paper Accepted: Journal paper (joint work with Guangxing Bai and Pingfeng Wang from Wichita State University) titled “A Generic Model-free Approach for Lithium-ion Battery Health Management” has been accepted for publication by Applied Energy [IF: 5.597] (Aug. 2014).

• Book Accepted: Book (co-authored by Byeng D. Youn from Seoul National University and Pingfeng Wang from Wichita State University) titled “Probabilistic Engineering Analysis and Design” has been accepted for publication in Springer Series in Reliability Engineering by Springer (Aug. 2014).

• Paper Accepted: Journal paper (joint work with Zhimin Xi and Rong Jing from University of Michigan and Pingfeng Wang from Wichita State University) titled “A Copula-Based Sampling Method for Data-Driven Prognostics” has been accepted for publication by Reliability Engineering and System Safety (Jul. 2014).

• Paper Accepted: Journal paper (joint work with Pingfeng Wang from Wichita State University and Byeng D. Youn from Seoul National University) titled “A Probabilistic Detectability-Based Sensor Network Design Method for System Health Monitoring and Prognostics” has been accepted for publication by Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures (May 2014).

• Paper Submitted: Journal paper (joint work with Byeng D. Youn, Kyung Min Park, Joung Taek Yoon and Hee Soo Kim from Seoul National University) titled “Statistical Health Reasoning of Power Generator Stator Windings against Moisture Absorption” has been submitted to IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion (May 2014).

• Paper Accepted: Journal paper (joint work with Gaurav Jain, Peter Zhang, Craig Schmidt, Partha Gomadam, and Tom Gorka from Medtronic, Inc.) titled “Data-Driven Method Based on Particle Swarm Optimization and K-Nearest Neighbor Regression for Estimating Capacity of Lithium-Ion Battery” has been accepted for publication by Applied Energy [IF: 5.597] (Apr. 2014).=

• Paper Accepted: Journal paper (joint work with Gaurav Jain, Prabhakar Tamirisa, and Tom Gorka from Medtronic, Inc.) titled “Method for Estimating Capacity and Predicting Remaining Useful Life of Lithium-Ion Battery” has been accepted for publication by Applied Energy [IF: 5.597] (Mar. 2014).

• Paper Submitted: Journal paper (joint work with Zhimin Xi and Rong Jing from University of Michigan, and Pingfeng Wang from Wichita State University) titled “A Copula-Based Sampling Method for Data-Driven Prognostics” has been submitted to Reliability Engineering and System Safety (Mar. 2014).

• Paper Accepted: Journal paper (joint work with Prasanna Tamilselvan and Pingfeng Wang from Wichita State University) titled “Health Diagnostics Using Multi-Attribute Classification Fusion” has been accepted for publication by Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence (Mar. 2014).

• Book Chapter Accepted: Book chapter (joint work with Pingfeng Wang from Wichita State University and Byeng D. Youn from Seoul National University) titled “Advances in System Reliability Analysis under Uncertainty” has been accepted for publication in a book titled “Numerical Methods for Reliability and Safety Assessment” by Springer (Jan 2013).

• Paper Submitted: Journal paper (joint work with Guangxing Bai and Pingfeng Wang from Wichita State University) titled “A Generic Model-Free Approach for Lithium-ion Battery Health Management” has been submitted to Applied Energy [IF: 5.597] (Dec 2013).

• Paper Submitted: Journal paper (joint work with Byeng D. Youn and Taejin Kim from Seoul National University and Pingfeng Wang from Wichita State University) titled “Semi-Supervised Learning with Co-Training for Data-Driven Prognostics” has been submitted to Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing (Dec. 2013).

• Best Paper Award: Research paper (joint work with Zhimin Xi and Rong Jing from University of Michigan and Pingfeng Wang from Wichita State University) titled “A Copula-Based Sampling Method for Data-Driven Prognostics and Health Management,”  has been awarded the Ford Motor Company – Best Paper Award by ASME Design Automation Committee at the 39th Design Automation Conference held in Portland, OR, on August 6, 2013 (Aug. 2013).