Joseph Yan

Curriculum Vitae for Joseph Yan

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Joseph Yan
Curriculum Vitae
joeyan@eecs.berkeley.edu
http://robotics.eecs.berkeley.edu/~joeyan

Present Address

2100 Channing Way, Apt 410

Berkeley, CA

USA 94704-2021

510-664-0788 (home)

510-643-2383 (office)

510-642-6871 (lab)

Permanent Address

6388 Manitoba St

Vancouver, BC

Canada V5Y 3X6

604-321-7889 (home)

Education

08/96-Present	University of California at Berkeley, PhD candidate in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences Department. Dissertation on “Design and wing control for a micromechanical flying insect” anticipated 2002.
09/91-03/94	University of British Columbia, Honors MASc in Electrical Engineering. Dissertation on “Design and control of a bilateral motion-scaling system using magnetic levitation.”
09/86-04/91	University of British Columbia, Honors BASc in Engineering Physics.

Work Experience

07/94-07/96	R&D engineer for QLT PhotoTherapeutics Inc., Vancouver, Canada, exploring use of various light devices (lasers, fluorescent tubes, LED panels, fiber optics, etc.) in photodynamic therapy (PDT).
04/94-06/94	R&D engineer for UBC Electrical Engineering Department, continuing work on bilateral motion-scaling teleoperation sytem for microsurgical experiments.
05/92-08/92	Research assistant for Defence and Civil Institute of Environmental Medicine, Toronto, Canada, investigating teleoperated force-feedback and instrumentation for three-dimensional position/orientation sensing.
05/90-08/90	Junior engineer for Ballard Power Systems, Vancouver Canada, developing manufacturing methods for fuel cell technology.

Academic Honors

2002	Best video award for IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Washington, DC
1998	Eta Kappa Nu Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award (two awarded out of 240 in department)
1994	Best student poster award for IRIS-Precarn Conference, Ottawa, Canada
1991-93	NSERC Graduate Research Scholarship
1991	Engineering award for Academic Excellence (only two awarded in graduating class)
1987-90	UBC Chancellor’s Scholarship
1990	Gordon Merritt Shrum Scholarship Ranked 8^th in Canadian Association of Physicists University Prize Exam
1989	NSERC Undergraduate Scholarship Ranked 5^th in Canadian Association of Physicists University Prize Exam
1986	BC Provincial Scholarship (ranked among top 20) UBC Chancellor’s Entrance Scholarship

Publications List

Journal Articles:

J. Yan, S.A. Avadhanula, J. Birch, M.H. Dickinson, M. Sitti, T. Su, and R.S. Fearing. Wing Transmission for a micromechanical flying insect. Journal of Micromechatronics, Vol 1, No 3, pp 221-37, 2002 (pdf or ps.gz).
J. Yan and S.E. Salcudean. Teleoperated Controller Design Using H-infinity Optimization. IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, pp 244-58, May 1996 (pdf or ps.zip).

Refereed Articles in Conference Proceedings:

J. Yan, R.J. Wood, S. Avadhanula, M. Sitti, and R.S. Fearing. Towards flapping wing control for a micromechanical flying insect. Proc of IEEE Intl Conf on Robotics and Automation, pp.3901-8, Seoul, Korea, May 21-26, 2001 (pdf or ps.gz).
M. Sitti, D. Campolo, J. Yan, R.S. Fearing, T. Su, D. Taylor and T.D. Sands. Development of PZT and PZN-PT based unimorph actuators for micromechanical flying mechanisms. Proc of IEEE Intl Conf on Robotics and Automation, pp.3839-46, Seoul, Korea, May 21-26, 2001 (pdf).
E. Shimada, J.A. Thompson, J. Yan, R.J. Wood, and R.S. Fearing.Prototyping millirobots using dextrous microassembly and folding. Symp on Microrobotics ASME Intl Mech Eng Cong and Expo, Orlando, FL, Nov 5-10, 2000 (pdf).
R.S. Fearing, K.H. Chiang, M.H. Dickinson, D.L. Pick, M. Sitti, and J. Yan. Wing transmission for a micromechanical flying insect. Proc of IEEE Intl Conf on Robotics and Automation, pp. 1509-1516, San Francisco, CA, April 24-28, 2000 (ps).
J. Yan, P.K. Scott and R.S. Fearing. Inclusion Probing: Signal Detection and Haptic Playback of 2D FEM and Experimental Data. Proc of ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Div, pp. 203-210, Vol. 67, Nov 1999 (pdf or ps.gz).
M.C. Cavusoglu, J. Yan, and S.S. Sastry. A Hybrid System Approach to Contact Stability and Force Control in Robotic Manipulators. 12th IEEE Intl Symp on Intelligent Control, pp. 143-148, Istanbul, Turkey, July 16-18, 1997 (pdf).
R.S.H. Istepanian, J. Wu, J.F. Whidborne, J. Yan, and S.E. Salcudean. Finite word length stability issues of a teleoperation motion-scaling control system. Proc of UKACC Intl Conf on Control, pp 1676-81, Swansea, UK, Sept 1-4, 1998.
S.E. Salcudean, J. Yan, J. Hu, and P.D. Loewen. Performance Tradeoffs in Optimization-Based Teleoperation Controller Design with Applications to Microsurgery Experiments. Proc of ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Div, pp. 631-640, Vol. 57-2, Nov 12-17, 1995.
J. Yan and S.E. Salcudean. Design and Control of a Motion-Scaling System for Microsurgery Experiments. Proc of First Intl Symp on Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery, pp. 211-216, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Sept 22-24, 1994.
S.E. Salcudean and J. Yan. Towards a Force-Reflecting Motion-Scaling System for Microsurgery. Proc of IEEE Intl Conf on Robotics and Automation, pp. 2296-2301, San Diego, CA, May 1994 (pdf or ps.zip).

Invited Conference Paper:

J. Yan, S. Avadhanula, M. Sitti, R.J. Wood and R.S. Fearing. Thorax design and wing control for a micromechanical flying insect. Proc of 39^th Annual Allerton Conf on Communication, Control and Computing, Monticello, IL, Oct 3-5, 2001 (pdf or ps.gz).

Patents:

R.D. Bower, M.D.L. Stonefield and J. Yan. Balloon catheter for photodynamic therapy. US Patent #6,086,558 issued Jul 11, 2000 (continuation of US Patent #6,013,053 issued Jan 11, 2000).
S.E. Salcudean and J. Yan. Motion-scaling tele-operating system with force feedback suitable for microsurgery. US Patent #5,382,885 issued Jan 17, 1995.

Others:

J. Yan, S.Avadhanula, J. Birch, M.H. Dickinson, M. Menon, E. Park, T.D. Sands, S.Sane, M. Sitti, T. Su, R.J. Wood, and R.S. Fearing. The Micromechanical Flying Insect. Video Proc of IEEE Intl Conf on Robotics and Automation, Washington, D.C., May 11-15, 2002 (winner of Best Video Award).
J. Yan. Design and Control of a Bilateral Motion-Scaling System using Magnetic Levitation. University of British Columbia MASc thesis, March 18, 1994.

References (available upon request)

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