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Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering - Engineering Mechanics
Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Michigan Technological University
815 R.L. Smith Building
1400 Townsend Drive
Houghton, MI 49931
Phone: (906)487-3537
Fax: (906)487-2822
E-mail: bochen@mtu.edu

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Publications


    News Articles

  1. Bo Chen, "Artificial-immune-system approach enables monitoring sructural health," invited article for SPIE Newsroom, 10 September 2009, DOI: 10.1117/2.1200909.1719.


    Book Chapters

  2. Bo Chen, "Mobile Agents in E-Commerce," in In Lee (Ed.), Encyclopedia of E-Business Development and Management in the Digital Economy, IGI Global, February, 2010, invited.

  3. Bo Chen and Chuanzhi Zang, "Unsupervised Structure Damage Classification Based on the Data Clustering and Artificial Immune Pattern Recognition," in Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS 5666), Artificial Immune Systems, P. S. Andrews et al. Ed.: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2009, pp. 206-219.

  4. Harry H. Cheng, Bo Chen, and David Ko, "Control System Design and Analysis Education via the Web," in Spyros Tzafestas (Ed.), Web-Based Control and Robotics Education, Spinger Verlag, 2009, pp. 39-60, invited.


    Journal Papers

  5. Bo Chen "Agent-Based Artificial Immune System Approach for Adaptive Damage Detection in Monitoring Networks," Special issue of Journal of Network and Computer Applications on "Advances on Agent-based Network Management," in press.

  6. Bo Chen and Wenjia Liu, "Mobile Agent Computing Paradigm for Building a Flexible Structural Health Monitoring Sensor Network," Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, in press.

  7. Stephen Nestinger, Bo Chen and Harry H. Cheng, "A mobile agent-based framework for flexible automation systems," IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, in press.

  8. Bo Chen and Chuanzhi Zang, "Artificial Immune Pattern Recognition for Structure Damage Classification," Computers & Structues, vol. 87, no. 21-22, pp. 1394-1407, November 2009.

  9. Bo Chen, "Enhancing Control Systems Learning Experience with an Interactive Software Environment," Computer Education Journal, no. 7, pp.47-51, April 2009, in Chinese.

  10. Bo Chen, Harry H. Cheng, and Joe Palen, "Integrating Mobile Agent Technology with Multi-Agent Systems for Distributed Traffic Detection and Management Systems," Transportation Researc Part C: Emerging Technologies, vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 1-10, February 2009.

  11. Bo Chen, David D. Linz, and Harry H. Cheng, "XML-Based Agent Communication, Migration and Computation in Mobile Agent Systems," The Journal of Systems and Software, vol. 81, no. 8, p. 1364-1376, August 2008.

  12. Bo Chen, Harry H. Cheng, and Joe Palen, "Mobile-C: a mobile agent platform for mobile C/C++ agents," Software-Practice & Experience, vol. 36, no. 15, pp. 1711-1733, December 2006.

  13. Zhaoqing Wang, Bo Chen, Harry H. Cheng, Ben Shaw, Joe Palen, and Ping Feng, "Noise rejection using variable-height timing window technique for pulse signals with variable S/N ratio," IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, vol. 55, no. 2, pp. 666-674, April 2006.

  14. Bo Chen and Harry H. Cheng,"Interpretive OpenGL for computer Graphics," Computers & Graphics, vol. 29, no. 3, pp. 331-339, June 2005.

  15. Harry H. Cheng, Benjamin D. Shaw, Joe Palen, Bin Lin, Bo Chen, and Zhaoqing Wang, "Development and field test of a laser-based nonintrusive detection system for identification of vehicles on the highway," IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 147- 155, June 2005.

  16. Bo Chen and Harry H. Cheng, "Ch: C/C++ interpreter," Software 2.0 Extra!, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 60-63, 2005, in Spanish, French, and German.

  17. Qingcang Yu, Bo Chen, Harry H. Cheng, "Web-based control system design and analysis," IEEE Control Systems Magazine, vol. 24, no 3, pp. 45-57, 2004.

  18. Yong Zhu, Bo Chen, and Harry H. Cheng, "An object-based software package for interactive control system design and analysis," ASME Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering, vol. 3, no. 4, pp. 366-371, 2003.

  19. Zhaoqing Wang, Bo Chen, Harry H. Cheng, Ben Shaw, and Joe Palen, "Performance analysis for design of a high-precision electronic opto-mechanical system for vehicle delineation detection on highway," ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, vol. 125, no. 4, pp. 802-808, 2003.

  20. Harry H. Cheng, Benjamin D. Shaw, Joe Palen, Bin Lin, Xudong, Hu, Jason Park, Bo Chen, "Photodiode array-based detection of vehicles on the highway," Intellimotion, vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 4-7 and 12-13, 2000.

    Journal Papers Published Before 2000

  21. Bo Chen, "A computer-controlled refrigerator inspection system," Computers and Applications, vol. 16, no. 7, pp. 28-30, July 1997, in Chinese.

  22. Lixin Yu, Bo Chen, and Ligong Yu, "Development of a fuzzy logic controller for digital refrigerators," Technology of Household Appliance, no, 4, pp. 20-22, 1997, in Chinese.

  23. Ligong Yu and Bo Chen, "Huari refrigerators -- fuzzy logic controlled reliable refrigerators," China Quality, pp. 18-19, August 1996, in Chinese.

  24. Huaqiao Sun, Zhongdong Li, and Bo Chen, "An emulation algorithm for multiple computer systems," Journal of Zhejiang University of Technology, vol. 24, no. 1, pp. 82-86, March 1996, in Chinese.

  25. Bo Chen, "Development of single-chip microprocessor controller for blood bank," Journal of Zhejiang Institute of Silk Textiles, vol. 12, no. 4, pp.15-20, December 1995, in Chinese.

  26. Huaqiao Sun and Bo Chen, "Study of multi-computer emulation systems," Computer Era, no. 6, pp. 14-15, 1995, in Chinese.

  27. Bo Chen, "Development of stepping motor driver with IGBT device," Journal of Zhejiang Institute of Silk Textiles, vol. 11, no. 3, pp.44-48, September 1994, in Chinese.


    Conference Proceedings

  28. Bo Chen, Wenjia Liu, Jinjiang Wang, and Justin Slepak, "Web-based data inquiry and real-time control of structural health monitoring sensor networks," 2009 ASME/IEEE International Conference on Mechatronic and Embedded Systems and Applications (MESA09), San Diego, California, August 30 - September 2, 2009.

  29. Jinjiang Wang, Bo Chen, and Chuanzhi Zang, "The development and performance study of a two-level wireless sensor network for structual health monitoring," 2009 ASME/IEEE International Conference on Mechatronic and Embedded Systems and Applications (MESA09), San Diego, California, August 30 - September 2, 2009.

  30. Stephen S. Nestinger, Harry H. Cheng, and Bo Chen, "Flexible dynamic task allocation in cooperative mission-based robotic systems," 2009 ASME/IEEE International Conference on Mechatronic and Embedded Systems and Applications (MESA09), San Diego, California, August 30 - September 2, 2009.

  31. Bo Chen, "A Biologically Inspired Sensor Network Framework for Autonomous Structural Health Monitoring," SPIE Symposium on the 16th International Symposium on: Smart Structures and Materials & Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring, San Diego, California, March 8-12, 2009.

  32. Bo Chen and Chuanzhi Zang "Artificial immune pattern recognition for damage detection in structural health monitoring sensor networks," SPIE Symposium on the 16th International Symposium on: Smart Structures and Materials & Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring, San Diego, California, March 8-12, 2009.

  33. Bo Chen and Masayoshi Tomizuka "OpenSHM: Open Software Architecture Design of Structural Health Monitoring Algorithms in Wireless Sensor Nodes," 2008 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Mechatronic and Embedded Systems and Applications, Beijing, China, October 12-15, 2008, best paper in computational methods and software.

  34. Bo Chen and Jinjiang Wang "Design of a Multi-Modal and High Computation Power Wireless Sensor Node for Structural Health Monitoring," 2008 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Mechatronic and Embedded Systems and Applications, Beijing, China, October 12-15, 2008.

  35. Bo Chen, "Mobile Agent Technology for Distributed Sensing and Actuation Systems," ASME 2008 Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, paper # DSCC2008-2233, Ann Arbor, Michigan, October 20-22, 2008.

  36. Bo Chen, Yu-Cheng Chou, and Harry H. Cheng, "Teaching Automatic Control of Engineering Systems Using Open Source Ch Control System Toolkit and Web-Based Design and Analysis System," ASME 2008 Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, paper # DSCC2008-2214, Ann Arbor, Michigan, October 20-22, 2008.

  37. Bo Chen, Harry H. Cheng, and Joe Palen, "Agent-Based Approach in Roadway Traffic and Transportation Systems: State of the Art," ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, paper # IMECE2007-43010, Seattle, Washington, November 11-15, 2007.

  38. Yu-Cheng Chou, Bo Chen, David Ko, Harry H. Cheng, Roger L. Davis, "Mobile agent-based computational steering for distributed simulation," ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, paper # IMECE2007-43672, Seattle, Washington, November 11-15, 2007.

  39. Stephen Nestinger, Bo Chen, and Harry H. Cheng, "A mobile agent-based framework for flexible control of multi-robotic systems," in Proc. of the ASME 31th Mechanisms and Robotics Conference, paper # DETC2007-35750, Las Vegas, Nevada, September 4-7, 2007.

  40. Bo Chen, David D. Linz, and Harry H. Cheng, "ACL Message-Oriented Agent Communication and Migration," in Proc. of the ASME 26th Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, paper # DETC2006-99214, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 10-13, 2006.

  41. Bo Chen and Harry H. Cheng, "A Runtime Support Environment for Mobile Agents," in Proc. of ASME/IEEE International Conference on Mechatronic and Embedded Systems and Applications, paper # DETC2005-85389, Long Beach, California, September 24-28, 2005.

  42. Bo Chen, Harry H. Cheng, and Joe Palen, "Agent-based real-time computing and its applications in traffic detection and management systems," in Proc. of the ASME 24th Computers in Engineering Conference, paper # DETC2004-57707, Salt Lake City, Utah, September 28 - October 2, 2004.

  43. Qingcang Yu, Yun Zhao, Bo Chen, and Harry H. Cheng, "Interactive design and analysis of control systems through the Web," in Proc. of 6th International Conference on Frontiers of Design and Manufacturing, Xi An, China, June 21-23, 2004.

  44. Yong Zhu, Bo Chen, and Harry H. Cheng, "Object-based interactive control system design and analysis," in Proc. of the ASME 23nd Computers in Engineering Conference, paper # DETC2003/CIE-48262, Chicago, Illinois, September 2-6, 2003.

  45. Zhaoqing Wang, Bo Chen, Harry H. Cheng, Ben Shaw, and Joe Palen, "Performance analysis for design of a high-precision electronic opto-mechanical system for vehicle delineation detection on highway," in Proc. of the ASME 22nd Computers in Engineering Conference, paper # DETC2002/CIE-34504, Montreal, Canada, September 27 - October 2, 2002.

  46. Bin Lin, Harry H. Cheng, Benjamin D. Shaw, Bo Chen, and Joe Palen, "Optical and Mechanical Design of a Laser-Based Non-Intrusive Vehicle Delineation Detection System," in Proc. of the ASME 21st Computers in Engineering Conference, paper # DETC2000/CIE-21668, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, September 9-12, 2001.


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Teaching

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People

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Dr. Chuanzhi Zang
Visiting Scholar
Department of Mechanical Engineering - Engineering Mechanics
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Wenjia Liu
PhD Graduate Research Assistant
Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
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Wei Chen
PhD Graduate Research Assistant
Department of Mechanical Engineering - Engineering Mechanics
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Justin Slepak
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Department of Computer Science