Publications

[ Journal Publications | Conference Publications | Book Chapters | Edited Books ]

Fundamental Science Journals and Magazines

  1. Mingjun Zhang, Maozi Liu, Harry Prest and Steve Fischer. Nanoparticles Secreted from Ivy Rootlets for Surface Climbing, Nano Letters, 10.1021/nl0725704, 2008.

Applied Science and Engineering Journals

  1. Ou Ma and Mingjun Zhang, Modelling and Control of Electroporation-mediated Gene Delivery for Gene Therapy, IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, accepted to appear 2008.
  2. Adriano Cavalcanti, Bijan Shirinzadeh, Mingjun Zhang, Luiz C. Kretly, Nanorobot Hardware Architecture for Medical Defense, Sensors, vol. 8, pp. 2932-2958, 2008.
  3. H. Li, Jindong Tan and Mingjun Zhang, Dynamics Modeling and Analysis of a Swimming Microrobot for Controlled Drug Delivery, IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, accepted to appear 2008.
  4. Mingjun Zhang, Weimin Tao and Piero A. Pianetta. Dynamics modeling of biolistic gene guns, Physics in Medicine and Biology, 52(5), pp. 1485-93, March 2007.
  5. William Fisher and Mingjun Zhang. DNA Bio-chip Microarray Fabrication System using Inkjet Technology, IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, 4(4), pp. 488-500, October 2007.
  6. I. Barbulovic-Nad, M. Lucente, Yu Sun, Mingjun Zhang, A. R. Wheeler, M. Bussmann. A Review of Bio-chip Fabrication Techniques, Critical Review of Biotechnology, vol. 26, pp. 237-259, 2006.
  7. W. Tao, Mingjun Zhang, Ou Ma and X. P. Yun. Industrial robot track modeling and vibration suppression, Industrial Robots, 34(4), pp. 317-325, 2007.
  8. Mingjun Zhang, Ou Ma and Xiumin Xiao. Dynamics Modeling and Analysis of Inkjet Technology Based Oligo DNA Microarray Spotting, IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 159-168, 2006.
  9. Mingjun Zhang, Kaixuan Mao, Weimin Tao and T. J. Tarn. A Computational Method to Geometric Measure of Biological Particles and Application to DNA Microarray Spot Size Estimation, Journal of Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing, vol. 44, no. 4, pp. 275-279, 2006.
  10. Mingjun Zhang, Maggie X. Cheng, and T. J. Tarn. A Mathematical Formulation of DNA Computation, IEEE Transactions On NanoBioscience, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 32-40, 2006.
  11. Mingjun Zhang, Weimin Tao, William Fisher and T. J. Tarn. An Industrial Solution to Automatic Robot Calibration and Workpiece Pose Estimation for Semiconductor and Gene-chip Microarray Fabrication, Industrial Robot, vol. 33, no. 2, pp. 88-96, 2006.
  12. I. N. Katz, H. Mukai, H. Sch?ttler, Mingjun Zhang and M. Xu. Solution of a Differential Game Formulation of Military Air Operations by the Method of Characteristics, Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, Vol. 125, No 1, pp. 113-135, 2005.
  13. Mingjun Zhang, W. Fisher, H. Sitte and T. J. Tarn. A Function Model Based Approach to Develop Micro-titer Tray Manufacturing Automation System for DNA Microarray Fabrication, Journal of Advanced Manufacturing, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 83-101, 2005.
  14. Weimin Tao and Mingjun Zhang. A Genetic Algorithm Based Area Coverage Approach for Controlled Drug Delivery Using Micro-robots, Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 91-100, 2005.
  15. Mingjun Zhang, C. Sabharwal, W. M. Tao, T. J. Tarn, N. Xi and G. Y. Li. Interactive DNA sequence and structure design for DNA nano-applications, IEEE Transactions On NanoBioscience, vol. 3, no. 4, pp. 286-292, December 2004.
  16. T. J. Tarn, P. Sanposh, D. Cheng, and Mingjun Zhang. Output Regulation for Nonlinear Systems: Some Recent Theoretical and Experimental Results, IEEE Transactions On Control Systems Technology, vol. 13, no. 4, pp. 605-610, July 2005.
  17. Mingjun Zhang and T. J. Tarn. A Hybrid Switching Control Strategy for Nonlinear and Under-actuated Mechanical Systems, IEEE Transactions On Automatic Control, vol. 48, no. 10, pp. 1777-1782, October 2003.
  18. T. J. Tarn, Mingjun Zhang and A. Serrani. New Integrability Conditions for Differential Contraints, Systems and Control Letters, vol. 49, no. 5, pp. 335-345, August 2003.
  19. Mingjun Zhang and T. J. Tarn. Hybrid Control of the Pendubot, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 79-87, January 2002.
  20. Peien Feng, G. Y. Xu and Mingjun Zhang. Feature Modelling Based on Design Catalogues for Principle Conceptual Design, Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing,Cambridge University Press, vol. 10, no.4, pp. 347-354, 1996.
  21. Mingjun Zhang, C. W. Cheng and Y. X. Sun. Observer-Based Robust Stabilization For Uncertain Time-delayed Systems, ACTA AUTOMATICA SINICA, Transactions On Automatic Control, vol.24, pp. 508-512, 1998.
  22. Mingjun Zhang, Y. X. Sun, H. Y. Su. An Observer-based Riccati Equation Approach for Robust Stabilization of time varying delayed uncertain systems, Control Theory and Applications, vol. 15, pp. 263-266,1998.
  23. Mingjun Zhang, C. W. Cheng, Y. X. Sun. Observer-based Memoryless Stabilization of Uncertain Systems with State Delay, Control Theory and Applications, vol. 15, pp. 589-591, 1998.
  24. Mingjun Zhang, Y. X. Sun, D. Y. Pi. Research on General Procedural Model for Control System Design, Machine Building Industry Automation, vol. 20, pp. 41-44, 1998.
  25. Mingjun Zhang, Y. X. Sun, D. Y. Pi and X. J. Wang. A Soft-sensing Technique for Low Basis-weight Paper Moisture, Chinese Journal of Scientific Instrument, vol. 18, pp. 643-645, 1997.
  26. Mingjun Zhang, Y. X. Sun, D. Y. Pi. An Inferential Control Approach for Paper Making Machines Through Output Feedback, Journal of Shanghai Jiaotong University (natural science edition), vol. 30 (sup. 2), pp. 183-187, 1996.
  27. Mingjun Zhang and Y. X. Sun. Development of Soft-sensing Technique for Engineering Application, Control and Instrument in Chemical Industry, vol. 23, pp. 34-36, 1996.
  28. Mingjun Zhang, Y. X. Sun, D. Y. Pi. Research on Control System Design Catalogues, Journal of Zhejiang University (natural science edition), vol. 30 (supplement), pp. 393-397, May 1996.
  29. Mingjun Zhang, Y. X. Sun. Soft-sensing Techniques and Its Industrial Applications, J. of Test and Measurement Technique, vol. 10, no. 3, pp. 68-72, July 1996.
  30. Jinshui Chen, Mingjun Zhang, Modern Design Methodology of Control System and Intelligent Design, Journal of Zhejiang University (natural science edition), vol. 29, pp. 102-106, Nov. 1995.
  31. Mingjun Zhang. Design of Shrimps and Small Fish Classification System, Machine Design Research, no.3, pp.21-23, 1992.

Conference Publications

  1. Mingjun Zhang and Maozi Liu. Atomic Force Microscopy Study of Ivy Climbing Mechanism, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Nanotechnology, August 18-21, 2008, Arlington, TX, USA.
  2. Ou Ma and Mingjun Zhang. Modeling and Control of Electroporation-mediated Gene Delivery, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Nanotechnology, August 18-21, 2008, Arlington, TX, USA.
  3. Ruoting Yang, Tzyh-Jong Tarn, Mingjun Zhang. Event-based Feedforward Control of a Drug Delivery System for Diabetes Care, Proceedings of the World Congress of the International Federation on Automatic Control (IFAC), July 6-11, 2008, Seoul, Korea.
  4. Tad Hogg and Mingjun Zhang. Modeling and Analysis of DNA Hybridization Dynamics at Microarray Surface in Moving Fluid, Proceedings of the 2008 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, May 19-23, 2008, Pasadena, California, USA
  5. Ruoting Yang, Tzyh-Jong Tarn, Mingjun Zhang. Event-based Two Degree-of-freedom Control for Micro-/Nanoscale Systems based on Differential Flatness, Proceedings of the 2008 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, May 19-23, 2008, Pasadena, California, USA
  6. Ou Ma, Xiumin Xiao and Mingjun Zhang. Simulation of nanomanipulation using compliance-based contact dynamics modelling technique, Proceedings of the 2007 ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, Sept.4-7, 2007, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
  7. Ruoting Yang, Mingjun Zhang, and T. J. Tarn. Dynamic Modeling and Control of a Micro-needle Integrated Piezoelectric Micro-pump for Diabetes Care, Proceedings of the 2006 IEEE Conference on Nanotechnology, July 16-20, 2006, Cincinnati, USA.
  8. Mingjun Zhang, Weimin Tao and Piero A. Pianetta. Dynamics Modeling and Analysis of Gene Guns for Gene Therapy, Proceedings of the 2006 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, May 15-19, 2006, Orlando, Florida, USA.
  9. William Fisher and Mingjun Zhang. An Automated Biological Fluid Dispensing System Using Inkject Technology, Proceedings of the 2006 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, May 15-19, 2006, Orlando, Florida, USA.
  10. Mingjun Zhang, Maggie Cheng and T. J. Tarn. Genetic Code Based Coding and Mathematical Formulation for DNA Computation, Proceedings of the 2006 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, May 15-19, 2006, Orlando, Florida, USA.
  11. Huaming Li, Jindong Tan and Mingjun Zhang. Dynamics Modeling and Analysis of a Swimming Microrobot for Controlled Drug Delivery, Proceedings of the 2006 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, May 15-19, 2006, Orlando, Florida, USA.
  12. Weimin Tao and Mingjun Zhang. Modelling and vibration suppression for industrial track robots, Proceedings of the 2006 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, May 15-19, 2006, Orlando, Florida, USA.
  13. Mingjun Zhang, Piero A. Pianetta and T. J. Tarn. Integrating Molecular Dynamics for DNA Bio-chip Fabrication and Hybridization Automation, Proceedings of the 2005 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, July 24-28, 2005, Monterey, California, USA.
  14. Mingjun Zhang and Ou Ma. Dynamics Modeling and Analysis of DNA Microarray Spotting Process, Proceedings of the 2005 American Control Conference, June 8- 10, 2005, Portland, Oregon.
  15. Mingjun Zhang, Chaman Sabharwal, Weimin Tao, T. J. Tarn, Ning Xi and G. Y. Li. Interactive DNA sequence and structure design for DNA nanotechnology and DNA computation, Proceedings of the 4th IEEE Conference on Nanotechnology, August 17-19, 2004, Munich, Germany.
  16. With G. Y. Li, et al. Experimental Study of DNA Electrical Properties Using AFM Based Nano-Manipulator, Proceedings of the 4th IEEE Conference on Nanotechnology, August 17-19, 2004, Munich, Germany.
  17. Mingjun Zhang, T. J. Tarn and N. Xi. Micro-/Nano-devices for controlled drug delivery, Proceedings of the 2004 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 2068-2073, April 2004, New Orleans, LA, USA.
  18. Mingjun Zhang, T. J. Tarn and N. Xi. A Nano-liter Bio-material Spotting System for Bio-chip Microarray Fabrication, Proceedings of the 2004 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. pp. 1456-1461, April 2004, New Orleans, LA, USA.
  19. Weimin Cao, Mingjun Zhang and T. J. Tarn. A Genetic Algorithm Based Area Coverage Approach for Drug Delivery Using Micro-robots, Proceedings of the 2004 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 2086-2091, April 2004, New Orleans, LA, USA.
  20. Mingjun Zhang and T. J. Tarn. DNA Electrical Properties and Potential Nano-applications, Proceedings of the 3rd IEEE Conference on Nanotechnology, pp. 512-515, August 2003, San Francisco, CA, USA.
  21. Mingjun Zhang, W. Fisher, P. Webb and T. J. Tarn. A functional model based object-oriented development framework for mechatronic systems, Proceedings of 2003 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 2153-2158, September 2003, Taipei, Taiwan.
  22. Mingjun Zhang, K. Griswold, W. Fisher and T. J. Tarn. DNA Microarray Manufacturing Factory Automation, Proceedings of 2003 IEEE International Conference o on Robotics and Automation, pp. 2895-2900, September 2003, Taipei, Taiwan.
  23. Mingjun Zhang and T. J. Tarn. A switching control strategy for nonlinear dynamic systems, Proceedings of 2003 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 1476-1481, September 2003, Taipei, Taiwan.
  24. Mingjun Zhang and T. J. Tarn. A Hybrid Propotional and Switching Control Framework for Underactuated Planer Mechanical Systems, Proceedings of the 2nd IFAC International Conference on Mechatronics, pp. 483-488, December 2002, Berkeley California, USA.
  25. Mingjun Zhang, and C. L. Sabharwal. An efficient implementation of parametric line and polygon clipping algorithm, Proceedings of the 17th ACM Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC), pp. 796-800, March 2002, Madrid Spain.
  26. Mingjun Zhang, W. Fisher and T. J. Tarn. A Planer Object Mapping and Handling System for DNA Micro-array Deposition Equipment, Proceedings of the 2002 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp.1451-1456, May 2002, Arlington VA, USA.
  27. Mingjun Zhang, and T. J. Tarn. Feedback Stabilization of a Pendubot, Proceedings of the 2001 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp.2102-2107, May 2001, Seoul, Korean.
  28. I. N. Katz, H. Mukai, H. Schattler and Mingjun Zhang. Solution of a Differential Game Formulation of Military Air Operations by the Method of Characteristics, Proceedings of the 2001 American Control Conference, pp. 168-175, June 2001, Arlington VA, USA.
  29. Mingjun Zhang and T. J. Tarn. Observer-based H-infinity control for uncertain time delay systems using LMI, Proceedings of the World Congress of the International Federation on Automatic Control (IFAC), pp. 203-208, July 1999, Beijing, P.R.China.
  30. Mingjun Zhang, Y. Y. Lin, Y. X. Sun. An LMI Approach for Robust Stabilization of Observer-based Time-delay Uncertain Dynamic Systems, Proceedings of the 1997 American Control Conference, pp. 3652-3656, June 1997, Albuquerque, USA.
  31. Mingjun Zhang, D. Y. Pi and Y. X. Sun. Information Base for Computer Aided Control System Design -- Design Catalogue, Proceedings of the 1996 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology, pp. 364-368, December 1996, Shanghai, P.R.China.
  32. Peien Feng and Mingjun Zhang. Knowledge-based Computer Aided Conceptual Design for Separate Functions, Proceedings of the 1995 International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED), August 1995, Praha.

Book chapters

  1. Sharon Bewick, Mingjun Zhang and William R. Hamel.Game Theoretical Formulation of the Immune System and Inspiration for Controlled Drug Delivery Application, Nanomedicine: A Systems Engineering Approach, Mingjun Zhang and Ning Xi (Eds.), Pan Stanford Publishing -- an affiliated company of the World Scientific Publishers, 2008.
  2. Sharon Bewick, Mingjun Zhang and William R. Hamel. Fundamental Mathematical Modeling Techniques for Nano Bio-systems, Nanomedicine: A Systems Engineering Approach, Mingjun Zhang and Ning Xi (Eds.), Pan Stanford Publishing -- an affiliated company of the World Scientific Publishers, 2008.
  3. Rui Gao, Juanyi Yu, Mingjun Zhang and Tzyh-Jong Tarn and Jr-Shin Li. A Mathematical Formulation of the Central Dogma of Molecular Biology, Nanomedicine: A Systems Engineering Approach, Mingjun Zhang and Ning Xi (Eds.), Pan Stanford Publishing -- an affiliated company of the World Scientific Publishers, 2008.
  4. Xiumin Xiao, Ou Ma and Mingjun Zhang. Contact Dynamic Simulation of Micro-/nano-scale Manipulation for Medical Applications, Systems Engineering Approach to Medical Automation, Robin A. Felder, Majd Alwan and Mingjun Zhang (Eds.), Artech publishing house, 2008.
  5. David Tao and Mingjun Zhang. Mathematical Modeling for Medical Automation, Systems Engineering Approach to Medical Automation, Robin A. Felder, Majd Alwan and Mingjun Zhang (Eds.), Artech publishing house, 2008.
  6. David Deng and Mingjun Zhang. Lipoprotein Subclass Separation Automation, Systems Engineering Approach to Medical Automation, Robin A. Felder, Majd Alwan and Mingjun Zhang (Eds.), Artech publishing house, 2008.
  7. Weimin Tao and Mingjun Zhang. Physical methods for gene therapy,Micro- and Nano-manipulations: Fundamentals with Biomedical Applications, T. C. Yih and Llie Talpasanu (Eds.), Artech publishing house, 2008.
  8. Ruoting Yang, Mingjun Zhang and T. J. Tarn. Control Mechanisms for Life Science Automation, Life Science Automation: Fundamentals and Applications, Mingjun Zhang, Bradley Nelson and Robin A. Felder (Eds.), Artech House Publishers, 2007.
  9. Huaming Li, Jindong Tan and Mingjun Zhang. Dynamics Modeling and Analysis of a Swimming Microrobot, Life Science Automation: Fundamentals and Applications, Mingjun Zhang, Bradley Nelson and Robin A. Felder (Eds.), Artech House Publishers, 2007.
  10. Timothy Chang and Mingjun Zhang. DNA and Protein Microarray Fabrication Automation, Life Science Automation: Fundamentals and Applications, Mingjun Zhang, Bradley Nelson and Robin A. Felder (Eds.), Artech House Publishers, 2007.
  11. Ou Ma and Mingjun Zhang. Electroporation-mediated Gene Delivery for Gene Therapy, Life Science Automation: Fundamentals and Applications, Mingjun Zhang, Bradley Nelson and Robin A. Felder (Eds.), Artech House Publishers, 2007.
  12. Mingjun Zhang, M. Cheng and T. J. Tarn. Genetic Code Based DNA Computation for NP-complete Problems in Networks, Combinatorial Optimization in Communication Networks, Maggie Cheng, Yingshu Li and Ding-Zhu Du (Eds.), Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2005.
  13. T. J. Tarn, Mingjun Zhang and A. Serrani. New Integrability Conditions for Classifying Holonomic and Nonholonomic Systems, pp. 317-331, Directions in Mathematical Systems Theory and Optimization, A. Rantzer, C. I. Byrnes (Eds.), Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2003.

Edited Books

  1. Mingjun Zhang and Ning Xi (Ed.). Nanomedicine: A Systems Engineering Approach, Pan Stanford Publishing -- an affiliated company of the World Scientific Publishers, available summer 2008.
  2. Robin A. Felder, Majd Alwan and Mingjun Zhang (Eds.). Systems Engineering Approach to Medical Automation, Artech House Publishers, available summer2008.
  3. Mingjun Zhang, Bradley Nelson and Robin A. Felder (Eds.). Life Science Automation: Fundamentals and Applications, Artech House Publishers, July 2007.

Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering • University of Tennessee • Knoxville • Tennessee 37996-2030