Dr. Min Li, Associate Professor

Dr. Min Li joined the Department of Mechanical and Civil Engineering at Minnesota State University in August 2018. He received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in mechanical engineering from the Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China, in 2008 and 2011, respectively, and the PhD. degree in mechanical engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA in 2017.

Dr. Li’s research interests include system dynamics/control, robotics, automation, and mechatronics. His teaching interests include Statics and Dynamics, Linear systems, Automatic control, Mechatronics, Machine Vision.

Degrees

Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology (2017)

B.S. and M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (2008 and 2011)

Professional Affiliations

Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Research Areas

System dynamics/Control, Robotics, Automation, and Mechatronics.

Awards

Recent Publications

Journal papers

• Li and K. M. Lee, "Machine Perception based on Eddy Current for Physical Field Reconstruction of Conductivity and Hidden Geometrical Features," IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, vol. 15, no. 10, pp. 5392-5403, Oct. 2019.
• M. Lee, B. J. Hao, M. Li and, K. Bai, " Multi-target Eddy-current Sensor Design for Conductivity Estimation and Simultaneous Distance and Thickness Measurements," IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, vol. 15, no. 3, pp. 1647-1657, 2018.
• M. Lee, M. Li and C. Y. Lin, "Magnetic Tensor Sensor and Way-Finding Method Based on Geomagnetic Field Effects with Applications for Visually Impaired Users,"IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, vol. 21, no. 6, pp. 2694-2704, Dec. 2016.
• M. Lee, C. Y. Lin, B. Hao and M. Li, "Coupled Parametric Effects on Magnetic Fields of Eddy-Current Induced in Non-Ferrous Metal Plate for Simultaneous Estimation of Geometrical Parameters and Electrical Conductivity," IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, vol. 53, no. 10, pp. 1-9, Oct. 2017.
• M. Lee and M. Li, "Magnetic Tensor Sensor for Gradient-Based Localization of Ferrous Object in Geomagnetic Field," IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, vol. 52, no. 8, pp. 1-10, Aug. 2016.

Conference papers

• Li and K. M. Lee, "Machine Perception Based on Field Reconstruction for Conductivity and Hidden Geometrical Feature Characterization," IEEE/ASME Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM) 2018. Auckland, Jul. 9-12, 2018, Auckland, New Zealand, pp. 510-515.
• Li and K. M. Lee, "A Distributed-parameter Control System Using Electromagnetic Images Stimulation for Human-machine Perception Interface," ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conf. , Sep. 30-Oct. 3, 2018, Atlanta, GA, USA.
• M. Lee, C.-Y. Lin, M. Li, and B. J. Hao, “Harmonic Response of an Eddy-Current Sensor for Real-time Measurement of Thin-wall Titanium Alloy Workpiece,” IEEE/ASME Int. Conf. on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM), Jul. 12-15, 2016, Banff, Canada, pp. 1271-1276.
• M. Lee, M. Li and C. Y. Lin, "A novel way-finding method based on geomagnetic field effects and magnetic tensor measurements for visually impaired users,"IEEE Int. Conf. on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM), Jul. 7-11, 2015, Busan, Korea, pp. 232-237. (Best mechatronics paper award)
• M. Lee, C.-Y. Lin, and M. Li, “A Continuous-Field Actuation Method for Transducing Optical Color Images to Magnetic/Eddy-Current Patterns,”ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conf. , Oct. 28-30, 2015, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
• M. Lee, M. Li and Kun Bai, “An investigation of Eddy-current Effects on Parameter monitoring for Duplex Lathe Machining of Thin-wall components,” ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conf. , Oct. 22-24, 2014, San Antonio, TX, USA.
• M. Lee and M. Li, “Magnetic Field Localization Method for Guiding Visually Impaired Applications,” IEEE/ASME Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM) 2013. Wollongong, NSW, Jul. 9-12, 2013, pp. 542-547.

1. Li, B. Xiong and B. Tao, “Analysis and Compensation of Error Introduced by Grid Calibration for RFID Packaging Equipments”. IEEE Int. Conf. on Electric Information and Control