Dr. Wenjie Dong The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Department of Electrical Engineering (956) 665-2200 Email: wenjie.dong@utrgv.edu EDUCATION PhD, University of California, Riverside, 2009 Major: Electrical Engineering ME, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1996 Major: Aeronautics and Astronautics BE, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1991 Major: Aeronautics and Astronautics EMPLOYMENT Associate Professor, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (September 2015) Assistant Professor, The University of Texas - Pan American (September 1, 2009 - August 31, 2015) PUBLICATIONS Conference Proceedings Vladimir Djapic, Wenjie Dong, Anthony Jones, Gianni Cario, Alessandro Casavola, Marco Lupia, Claudio Rosace, Petrika Gjanci, Roberto Petroccia, Chiara Petrioli, Advanced underwater acoustic networking and cooperation of multiple marine robots. OCEANS 2015-Genova. (2015): 1 9. Vladimir Djapic, Wenjie Dong, Adi Bulsara, and Greg Anderson. Challenges in underwater navigation: Exploring magnetic sensors anomaly sensing and navigation. Sensors Applications Symposium (SAS), 2015 IEEE. (2015): 1 6. C. Chen, Wenjie Dong, and F. De La Torre. Distributed Exponentially Tracking Control of Multiple Wheeled Mobile Robots. American Control Conference. (2014): 4014-4019. Wenjie Dong, and Y. Xing. Distributed Output Tracking Control of Heterogeneous linear Agents. American Control Conference. (2014): 4677-4682. Z. Sheng, Wenjie Dong, and Jay Farrell. Quaternion-Based Trajectory Tracking Control of VTOL-UAVs Using Command Filtered Backstepping. Proc. of American control Conference. (2013): 1020-1025. Wenjie Dong, M. Ghalia, Y. Xing, and C. Chen. Teleoperation of a Cluster of Mobile Robots Subject to Model Uncertainty. Proc. of American control Conference. (2013): 6451-6456. Generated on Aug 27, 2018 Page 1 of 5
Y. Chen, Wenjie Dong, and J. Farrell. Locally Linearized Optimal Tracking Control for Unknown Nonlinear Systems. Proc. of IEEE Conference on Decision and Control. (2011): 5401-5406. Wenjie Dong, M. Ghalia, and J. Farrell. Tracking Control of Multiple Nonlinear Systems via Information Interchange. Proc. of IEEE Conference on Decision and Control. (2011): 5076-5081. Wenjie Dong, J. Farrell, M. Polycarpou, and M. Sharma. Command Filtered Adaptive Backstepping. Proc. of American Control Conference. (2010): 105-110. Wenjie Dong and J. A. Farrell. Adaptive approximately optimal control of unknown nonlinear systems based on locally weighted learning. American Control Conference. (2009) V. Djapic, J. Farrell, and Wenjie Dong. Unifying Behavior-Based Control Design and Hybrid Stability Theory. Proc. of American Control Conference. (2009): 3650-3655. Wenjie Dong and J. A. Farrell. Optimal tracking control for unknown nonlinear systems based on locally weighted learning. IEEE Conf. on Decision and Control. (2008) Journal Articles Jinpeng Yu, Peng Shi, Wenjie Dong, and Chong Lin. Adaptive Fuzzy Control of Nonlinear Systems With Unknown Dead Zones Based on Command Filtering. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON FUZZY SYSTEMS. 26, no. 1 (2018): 46-55. Chunyu Chen, Wenjie Dong, and Vladimir Djapic. Distributed H-2/H filtering over infinite horizon. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ADAPTIVE CONTROL AND SIGNAL PROCESSING. 32, no. 2 (2018): 330-343. Jinpeng Yu, Lin Zhao, Haisheng Yu, Chong Lin, and Wenjie Dong. Fuzzy Finite-Time Command Filtered Control o Nonlinear Systems With Input Saturation. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON CYBERNETICS. 48, no. 8 (2018): 2378-2387. Jinpeng Yu, Peng Shi, Wenjie Dong, and Chong Lin. Command Filtering-Based Fuzzy Control for Nonlinear Systems With Saturation Input. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON CYBERNETICS. 47, no. 9 (2017): 2472-2479. Chunyu Chen and Wenjie Dong. Distributed tracking control of uncertain mechanical systems with velocity constraints. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ROBUST AND NONLINEAR CONTROL. 27, no. 17 (2017): 3990-4012. Jinpeng Yu, Peng Shi, Wenjie Dong, and Chong Lin. Command filtering-based fuzzy control for nonlinear systems with saturation input. IEEE transactions on cybernetics. (2016) Vladimir Djapic, Wenjie Dong, Daniele Spaccini, Gianni Cario, Alessandro Casavola, Petrika Gjanci, Marco Lupia, and Chiara Petrioli. Cooperation of coordinated teams of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles. IFAC-PapersOnLine. 49, no. 15 (2016): 88 93. Gang Wang, Chaoli Wang, Qinghui Du, Lin Li, and Wenjie Dong. Distributed Cooperative Control of Multiple Nonholonomic Mobile Robots.. Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems. 83, no. 3-4 (2016): 525 541. Wenjie Dong and Vladimir Djapic. Leader-following control of multiple nonholonomic systems over directed communication graphs. International Journal of Systems Science. 47, no. 8 (2016): 1877 1890. Jinpeng Yu, Peng Shi, Wenjie Dong, Bing Chen, and Chong Lin. Neural network-based adaptive dynamic surface control for permanent magnet synchronous motors. IEEE transactions on neural Generated on Aug 27, 2018 Page 2 of 5
networks and learning systems. 26, no. 3 (2015): 640 645. Jinpeng Yu, Peng Shi, Wenjie Dong, and Haisheng Yu. Observer and command-filter-based adaptive fuzzy output feedback control of uncertain nonlinear systems. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics. 62, no. 9 (2015): 5962 5970. Wenjie Dong. Leader-following control of multiple nonholonomic systems with over directed communication graphs. Int. J. of Systems Science, accepted for publication. (2014) J. Yu, P. Shi, Wenjie Dong, B. Chen, and C. Lin. Neural Network-Based Adaptive Dynamic Surface Control for Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motors. IEEE Trans. on Neural Network and Learning Systems, accepted for publication. (2014) Wenjie Dong, C. Chen, and Y. Xing. Distributed estimation-based tracking control of multiple uncertain non-linear systems. Int. J of Systems Science. 41, (2013) Wenjie Dong. Distributed Tracking Control of Networked Chained Systems. Int. J of Control. 86, no. 12 (2013): 2159-2174. Wenjie Dong. Adaptive Consensus Seeking of Multiple Nonlinear Systems. Int. J of Adaptive Control and Signal Processing. 26, no. 5 (2012): 419-434. Wenjie Dong and Y. Zheng. An objective evaluation metric for color image fusion. Proceedings of the SPIE Defense. (2012) Wenjie Dong, J. Farrell, M. Polycarpou, V. Djapic, and M. Sharma. Command Filtered Adaptive Backstepping. IEEE Trans. on Control Systems Technology. 20, no. 3 (2012): 566-580. Y. Zheng, Wenjie Dong, and E. Blasch. Qualitative and quantitative comparisons of multispectral night vision colorization techniques. Optical Engineering, 087004. 51, no. 8 (2012) Wenjie Dong, Y. Zhao, Y. Chen, and J. Farrell. Tracking Control for Nonaffine Systems: A Self-organizing Approximation Approach. IEEE Trans. Neural network and learning systems. 23, no. 2 (2012): 223-235. Wenjie Dong. On Consensus Algorithms of Multiple Uncertain Mechanical Systems with A Reference Trajectory. Automatica. 47, no. 9 (2011): 2023-2028. Wenjie Dong. Distributed optimal control of multiple systems. Int. J of Control. 83, no. 10 (2010): 2067-2079. J. Farrell, M. Polycarpou, M. Sharma, and Wenjie Dong. Command filtered backstepping. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. 54, no. 6 (2009): 1391-1395. Wenjie Dong and J. Farrell. Decentralized cooperative control of multiple nonholonomic dynamic systems with uncertainty. Automatica. 45, no. 3 (2009): 706-710. Wenjie Dong, M. M. Polycarpou, J. A. Farrell, and M. Sharma. Decentralized cooperative control of multiple nonholonomic dynamic systems with uncertainty. Automatica. (2009) Wenjie Dong and J. Farrell. Cooperative control of multiple nonholonomic mobile agents. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. 53, no. 6 (2008): 1434-1448. Wenjie Dong Global time-varying stabilization of underactuated surface vessel. IEEE Trans. on Automatic Control. (2005) Wenjie Dong. Robust adaptive control of nonholonomic mobile robot with parameter and nonparameter uncertainties. IEEE Trans. on Robotics and Automation. (2005) Generated on Aug 27, 2018 Page 3 of 5
Other Wenjie Dong and J. A Farrell. Formation control of multiple underactuated surface vessels. IET Control Theory and Applications. (2008) AWARDS AND HONORS Outstanding Faculty Award, College of Engineering and Computer Science (February 15, 2015) Summer faculty fellow, Office of Naval Research (June 10, 2014) Dissertation Grant Award, University of California Transportation Center (March 1, 2008) TEACHING Courses Taught Automatic Control Automatic Controls Control Systems Digital Systems Engr I Lab Digital Systems I Lab Electric Circuits I Electric Circuits I Lab Electrical & Electronic Sys Electrical Circuits II Electrical Circuits Lab Electrical Engineering I Lab Linear Circuits Lab Linear Dynamic Systems Linear Signals and Systems Master's Thesis I Master's Thesis II Microprocessor Systems Nonlinear Systems Senior Design I Senior Design II Signals & Systems Signals and Systems Sr Design Hardware Trk I Generated on Aug 27, 2018 Page 4 of 5
Sr Design Hrdware Trk II Top: Robot Modeling and Contro Topic- Robot Modeling &Control Topics-Electrical Engr Topics-Robot Modeling &Control Directed Student Learning Master's Thesis Committee Member. Mukhesh kumar Koripalli, "HIGH DENSITY MICRO- ELECTROCORTICOGRAPHY DEVICE FOR A", Department of Electrical Engineering. (May 7, 2017) Master's Thesis Committee Member. Carlos Vasquez, "DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A PID CONTROLLER FOR THE LOW-SPEED WIND TUNNEL", Department of Mechanical Engineering. (May 1, 2017) SERVICE Department Service Committee Member, Annual Evaluation committee. (September 1, 2017 - August 31, 2018) Committee Member, Graduate Committee. (September 1, 2017 - August 31, 2018) Committee Member, Tenure and Promotion committee. (September 1, 2017 - August 31, 2018) Committee Member, ABET Learnning Outcome committee. (September 1, 2016 - August 31, 2017) Committee Member, Faculty annual evaluation committee. (September 1, 2016 - August 31, 2017) Committee Member, Graduate committee. (September 1, 2016 - August 31, 2017) Committee Member, Tenure promotion committee. (September 1, 2016 - August 31, 2017) College Service Committee Member, College Faculty council committee. (September 1, 2016 - August 31, 2017) Professional Service Reviewer, Conference Paper. (September 1, 2016 - August 31, 2017) Reviewer, Journal Article. (September 1, 2016 - August 31, 2017) Committee Member, Technical program committee (January 21, 2016 - May 31, 2016) Professional Memberships Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Generated on Aug 27, 2018 Page 5 of 5