Yongchao Yang

Title

Assistant Professor

Department

Mechanical Engineering - Engineering Mechanics

Institution

Michigan Technological University

yyang14@mtu.edu

Education

Ph.D. Rice University

Research Interests

Computer Vision Compressive Sensing Unsupervised Machine Learning

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Biography

Dr. Yang’s expertise is in structural dynamics, experimental mechanics, and system identification. His recent research aims to develop "physics-guided" machine learning methodology for high-fidelity modeling, identification, and characterization of complex structural and system behaviors. In particular, his latest projects focus on developing full-field, high-resolution sensing/imaging methods for detecting subtle structural and material defects through optical and acoustic (ultrasonic) tools, combining approaches from computer vision and machine (deep) learning. These commonly involve processing very large-scale images/videos and sensor array "big" data, e.g., millions of pixels from a digital camera where every pixel is considered as a "virtual" sensor. His work strives to advance applications for structural health monitoring, non-destructive evaluations, dynamical system identification and control in the broad areas of cyber-physical systems. Before joining Michigan Tech, Dr. Yang was a staff scientist at Argonne National Laboratory (2018-2019), after a Director's Funded Postdoctoral Fellowship at Los Alamos National Laboratory (2015-2017). He obtained his PhD from Rice University in 2014 and bachelor's from Harbin Institute of Technology in 2010, both in structural engineering.

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1400 Townsend Dr. Houghton, MI 49931

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Computer Vision Compressive Sensing Unsupervised Machine Learning Deep Learning Structural Dynamics Structural Health Monitoring Experimental Mechanics Non Destructive Evaluations System Identification Ultrasonics Nonlinear Dynamical Systems Damage Detection Dynamic Parameters High Spatial Resolution Operating Structures Surrogate Model, Surrogate Modeling, Surrogate Models Full Field Mode Time Frequency Efficient Data Full Field Measurement Koopman Operators Super Resolution Uncertainty Quantification Hydrodynamic Modeling Wireless Sensors High Resolution Cancer Metastasis Reduced Order Models Structural Damage Wearable Eeg Automated Extraction Light Field Imaging Additive Manufacturing Concept Study Principle Study Simultaneous Identification Data Compression Independent Component Analysis Damage Identification Dynamic Response, Dynamic Responses High Fidelity Simulation Nuclear Facilities Realistic Visualization Construction Industry Random Sampling Rapid Urbanization Dynamic Imaging Real Time Detection Resilient Infrastructure Networks Robotics Research, Robotic Research Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes Time Domain Civil Structures Data Structure Limited Sensors Digital Video Cameras Dynamic Loads New Paradigm Robust Data

List of Publications (88)

In 2024

Data-driven modeling of bifurcation systems by learning the bifurcation parameter generalization. S Li, Y Yang Nonlinear Dynamics, 1-12, 2024.
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In 2023

Efficient regional seismic risk assessment via deep generative learning of surrogate models. S Li, C Farrar, Y Yang Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics 52 (11), 3435-3454, 2023.
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Efficient Data-Driven Modeling of Nonlinear Dynamical Systems via Metalearning. S Li, Y Yang Journal of Engineering Mechanics 149 (3), 04023008, 2023.
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Super-sensitivity full-field measurement of structural vibration with an adaptive incoherent optical method. S Li, FA Azad, Y Yang Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing 202, 110666, 2023.
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Data-Driven Modeling of Parameterized Nonlinear Dynamical Systems with a Dynamics-Embedded Conditional Generative Adversarial Network. A Rostamijavanani, S Li, Y Yang Journal of Engineering Mechanics 149 (11), 04023094, 2023.
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A study on data-driven identification and representation of nonlinear dynamical systems with a physics-integrated deep learning approach: Koopman operators and nonlinear normal .... A Rostamijavanani, S Li, Y Yang Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation 123, 107278, 2023.
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On the fundamental sensitivity limit of incoherent optical methods for full-field displacement measurements. S Li, FA Azad, Y Yang IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, 2023.
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Automated modal identification by quantification of high-spatial-resolution response measurements. C Dorn, Y Yang Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing 186, 109816, 2023.
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Uncertainty quantification in super-resolution guided wave array imaging using a variational Bayesian deep learning approach. H Song, Y Yang NDT & E International 133, 102753, 2023.
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A deep generative framework for data-driven surrogate modeling and visualization of parameterized nonlinear dynamical systems. S Li, Y Yang Nonlinear Dynamics 111 (11), 10287-10307, 2023.
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In 2022

Output-only modal identification and structural damage detection using time-frequency and wavelet techniques for assessing and monitoring civil infrastructures. S Nagarajaiah, B Basu, Y Yang Sensor Technologies for Civil Infrastructures, 481-529, 2022.
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Computer vision based real time cable tension estimation algorithm using complexity pursuit from video and its application in Fred Hartman cable stayed bridge. D Jana, S Nagarajaiah, Y Yang Structural Control and Health Monitoring 29 (9), e2985, 2022.
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Data-Driven Nonlinear Modal Analysis: A Deep Learning Approach. S Li, Y Yang Nonlinear Structures & Systems, Volume 1: Proceedings of the 40th IMAC, A ..., 2022.
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Accelerated noncontact guided wave array imaging via sparse array data reconstruction. H Song, Y Yang Ultrasonics 121, 106672, 2022.
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Full-Field 3D Experimental Modal Analysis from Dynamic Point Clouds Measured Using a Time-of-Flight Imager. M Silva, A Green, J Morales, P Meyerhofer, Y Yang, E Figueiredo, ... Rotating Machinery, Optical Methods & Scanning LDV Methods, Volume 6 ..., 2022.
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Physics-constrained deep learning of nonlinear normal modes of spatiotemporal fluid flow dynamics. A Rostamijavanani, S Li, Y Yang Physics of Fluids 34 (12), 2022.
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Generation of selective single-mode guided waves by d36 type piezoelectric wafer. W Wang, Y Yang Applied Physics Letters 120 (21), 2022.
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3D structural vibration identification from dynamic point clouds. MF Silva, A Green, J Morales, P Meyerhofer, Y Yang, E Figueiredo, ... Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing 166, 108352, 2022.
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Super-sensitivity incoherent optical methods for full-field displacement measurements. S Li, Y Yang Optics Letters 47 (21), 5453-5456, 2022.
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Integrating Deep Learning and Hydrodynamic Modeling to Improve the Great Lakes Forecast. P Xue, A Wagh, G Ma, Y Wang, Y Yang, T Liu, C Huang Remote Sensing 14 (11), 2640, 2022.
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Real-time cable tension estimation from acceleration measurements using wireless sensors with packet data losses: Analytics with compressive sensing and sparse component analysis. D Jana, S Nagarajaiah, Y Yang, S Li Journal of Civil Structural Health Monitoring, 1-19, 2022.
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In 2021

Full-field imaging learning machine (FILM). Y Yang US Patent 11,127,127, 2021.
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Blind identification of output-only systems and structural damage via sparse representations. S Nagarajaiah, Y Yang Encyclopedia of Earthquake Engineering, 1-20, 2021.
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Augmented reality for next generation infrastructure inspections. DDL Mascarenas, JAP Ballor, OL McClain, MA Mellor, CY Shen, B Bleck, ... Structural Health Monitoring 20 (4), 1957-1979, 2021.
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ASRE: Adaptive Spatial Resolution Wearable EEG. Y Yang, Y Sun 2021 IEEE Sensors, 1-4, 2021.
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Noncontact super-resolution guided wave array imaging of subwavelength defects using a multiscale deep learning approach. H Song, Y Yang Structural Health Monitoring 20 (4), 1904-1923, 2021.
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A recurrent neural network framework with an adaptive training strategy for long-time predictive modeling of nonlinear dynamical systems. S Li, Y Yang Journal of Sound and Vibration 506, 116167, 2021.
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Extracting full-field subpixel structural displacements from videos via deep learning. L Luan, J Zheng, ML Wang, Y Yang, P Rizzo, H Sun Journal of Sound and Vibration 505, 116142, 2021.
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A holistic cyber-physical security protocol for authenticating the provenance and integrity of structural health monitoring imagery data. HK Jung, A Green, J Morales, M Silva, B Martinez, A Cattaneo, Y Yang, ... Structural Health Monitoring 20 (4), 1657-1674, 2021.
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Hierarchical deep learning for data-driven identification of reduced-order models of nonlinear dynamical systems. S Li, Y Yang Nonlinear Dynamics 105 (4), 3409-3422, 2021.
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Data-driven identification of nonlinear normal modes via physics-integrated deep learning. S Li, Y Yang Nonlinear Dynamics 106 (4), 3231-3246, 2021.
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In 2020

Nonnegative matrix factorization-based blind source separation for full-field and high-resolution modal identification from video. M Silva, B Martinez, E Figueiredo, JCWA Costa, Y Yang, D Mascaren as Journal of Sound and Vibration 487, 115586, 2020.
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Imager-Based Techniques for Analyzing Metallic Melt Pools for Additive Manufacturing. C Hayes, C Schelle, G Taylor, B Martinez, G Kenyon, T Lienert, Y Yang, ... Special Topics in Structural Dynamics & Experimental Techniques, Volume 5 ..., 2020.
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Full-Field Mode Shape Analysis, Alignment and Averaging Across Measurements. W Scott, M Adams, Y Yang, D Mascaren as Special Topics in Structural Dynamics & Experimental Techniques, Volume 5 ..., 2020.
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Imager-Based Characterization of Viscoelastic Material Properties. H Brand, T Kauppila, K Wielgus, B Martinez, N Miller, T Tippetts, Y Yang, ... Topics in Modal Analysis & Testing, Volume 8: Proceedings of the 37th IMAC ..., 2020.
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Sparse and random sampling techniques for high-resolution, full-field, BSS-based structural dynamics identification from video. B Martinez, A Green, MF Silva, Y Yang, D Mascaren as Sensors 20 (12), 3526, 2020.
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CNN-LSTM deep learning architecture for computer vision-based modal frequency detection. R Yang, SK Singh, M Tavakkoli, N Amiri, Y Yang, MA Karami, R Rai Mechanical Systems and signal processing 144, 106885, 2020.
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Super-resolution visualization of subwavelength defects via deep learning-enhanced ultrasonic beamforming: A proof-of-principle study. H Song, Y Yang NDT & E International 116, 102344, 2020.
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System and method for automated extraction of high resolution structural dynamics from video. Y Yang, G Kenyon, C Farrar, D Mascarenas US Patent 10,567,655, 2020.
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Affinity propagation clustering of full-field, high-spatial-dimensional measurements for robust output-only modal identification: A proof-of-concept study. Y Yang, C Dorn Journal of Sound and Vibration 483, 115473, 2020.
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Blind, simultaneous identification of full-field vibration modes and large rigid-body motion of output-only structures from digital video measurements. Y Yang, C Dorn, C Farrar, D Mascaren as Engineering Structures 207, 110183, 2020.
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In 2019

YAP/TAZ related biomechano signal transduction and cancer metastasis. B Martinez, Y Yang, DMR Harker, C Farrar, H Mukundan, P Nath, ... Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology 7, 199, 2019.
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Full-Field Mode Shape Identification of Vibrating Structures from Compressively Sampled Video. B Martinez, Y Yang, A Liao, C Farrar, H Mukundan, P Nath, D Mascaren as Rotating Machinery, Optical Methods & Scanning LDV Methods, Volume 6 ..., 2019.
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Experimental Modal Analysis of Tumorigenesis and Cancer Metastasis. B Martinez, Y Yang, C Farrar, H Mukundan, P Nath, D Mascaren as Rotating Machinery, Optical Methods & Scanning LDV Methods, Volume 6 ..., 2019.
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Light field imaging of three-dimensional structural dynamics. B Chesebrough, S Dasari, A Green, Y Yang, CR Farrar, D Mascaren as Structural Health Monitoring, Photogrammetry & DIC, Volume 6: Proceedings of ..., 2019.
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Estimation of full field, full order experimental modal model of cable vibration from digital video measurements with physics guided unsupervised machine learning and computer .... Y Yang, L Sanchez, H Zhang, A Roeder, J Bowlan, J Crochet, C Farrar, ... Structural Control and Health Monitoring 26 (6), e2358, 2019.
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Estimation of full field dynamic strains from digital video measurements of output only beam structures by video motion processing and modal superposition. Y Yang, HK Jung, C Dorn, G Park, C Farrar, D Mascaren as Structural Control and Health Monitoring 26 (10), e2408, 2019.
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In 2018

Efficient full-field vibration measurements and operational modal analysis using neuromorphic event-based imaging. C Dorn, S Dasari, Y Yang, C Farrar, G Kenyon, P Welch, D Mascaren as Journal of Engineering Mechanics 144 (7), 04018054, 2018.
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Reference-free detection of minute, non-visible, damage using full-field, high-resolution mode shapes output-only identified from digital videos of structures. Y Yang, C Dorn, T Mancini, Z Talken, J Theiler, G Kenyon, C Farrar, ... Structural Health Monitoring 17 (3), 514-531, 2018.
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Fractal dimension based damage identification incorporating multi-task sparse Bayesian learning. Y Huang, H Li, S Wu, Y Yang Smart Materials and Structures 27 (7), 075020, 2018.
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A framework for the identification of full-field structural dynamics using sequences of images in the presence of non-ideal operating conditions. S Dasari, C Dorn, Y Yang, A Larson, D Mascarenas Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures 29 (17), 3456-3481, 2018.
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Augmented Reality Tools for Nuclear Facilities-18318. D Mascarenas, B Katko, B Bleck, A Green, S Dasari, H Gertsen, J Morales, ... WM Symposia, Inc., PO Box 27646, 85285-7646 Tempe, AZ (United States), 2018.
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Spatiotemporal video domain high fidelity simulation and realistic visualization of full field dynamic responses of structures by a combination of high spatial resolution modal .... Y Yang, C Dorn, T Mancini, Z Talken, G Kenyon, C Farrar, D Mascaren as Structural Control and Health Monitoring 25 (8), e2193, 2018.
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In 2017

Extraction of full-field structural dynamics from digital video measurements in presence of large rigid body motion. S Dasari, C Dorn, Y Yang, C Farrar, A Larson, D Mascaren as Shock & Vibration, Aircraft/Aerospace, Energy Harvesting, Acoustics & Optics ..., 2017.
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Efficient full-field operational modal analysis using neuromorphic event-based imaging. C Dorn, S Dasari, Y Yang, G Kenyon, P Welch, D Mascaren as Shock & Vibration, Aircraft/Aerospace, Energy Harvesting, Acoustics & Optics ..., 2017.
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Blind identification of high-resolution vibration modes of structures from video measurements only with phase based video motion magnification. Y Yang, C Dorn, T Mancini, Z Talken, G Kenyon, C Farrar, D Mascaren as Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing 85 (LA-UR-15-28509), 2017.
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Full-field structural dynamics by video motion manipulations. Y Yang, C Farrar, D Mascarenas International Digital Imaging Correlation Society: Proceedings of the First ..., 2017.
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Establishment of full-field, full-order dynamic model of cable vibration by video motion manipulations. L Sanchez, H Zhang, A Roeder, J Bowlan, J Crochet, Y Yang, C Farrar, ... Special Topics in Structural Dynamics, Volume 6: Proceedings of the 35th ..., 2017.
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Blind identification of full-field vibration modes of output-only structures from uniformly-sampled, possibly temporally-aliased (sub-Nyquist), video measurements. Y Yang, C Dorn, T Mancini, Z Talken, S Nagarajaiah, G Kenyon, C Farrar, ... Journal of Sound and Vibration 390, 232-256, 2017.
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Robust data transmission and recovery of images by compressed sensing for structural health diagnosis. Y Yang, S Nagarajaiah Structural Control and Health Monitoring 24 (1), e1856, 2017.
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Full-field, high-spatial-resolution detection of local structural damage from low-resolution random strain field measurements. Y Yang, P Sun, S Nagarajaiah, SM Bachilo, RB Weisman Journal of Sound and Vibration 399, 75-85, 2017.
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Blind identification of full-field vibration modes from video measurements with phase-based video motion magnification. Y Yang, C Dorn, T Mancini, Z Talken, G Kenyon, C Farrar, D Mascaren as Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing 85, 567-590, 2017.
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Modeling and harnessing sparse and low rank data structure: a new paradigm for structural dynamics, identification, damage detection, and health monitoring. S Nagarajaiah, Y Yang Structural Control and Health Monitoring 24 (1), e1851, 2017.
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Full-field imaging and modeling of structural dynamics with digital video cameras. Y Yang, C Dorn, CR Farrar, DDL Mascarenas 11th International Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring 2017: Real-Time ..., 2017.
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Identification of full-field dynamic loads on structures using computer vision and unsupervised machine learning. A Roeder, H Zhang, L Sanchez, Y Yang, C Farrar, D Mascaren as Shock & Vibration, Aircraft/Aerospace, Energy Harvesting, Acoustics & Optics ..., 2017.
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In 2016

Strain-sensing smart skin: A noncontact optical strain sensor using single-walled carbon nanotubes. S Nagarajaiah, RB Weisman, P Sun, SM Bachilo, Y Yang Innovative Developments of Advanced Multifunctional Nanocomposites in Civil ..., 2016.
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Automated extraction of mode shapes using motion magnified video and blind source separation. CJ Dorn, TD Mancini, ZR Talken, Y Yang, G Kenyon, C Farrar, ... Topics in Modal Analysis & Testing, Volume 10: Proceedings of the 34th IMAC ..., 2016.
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Real-time output-only identification of time-varying cable tension from accelerations via complexity pursuit. Y Yang, S Li, S Nagarajaiah, H Li, P Zhou Journal of Structural Engineering 142 (1), 04015083, 2016.
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Dynamic imaging: real-time detection of local structural damage with blind separation of low-rank background and sparse innovation. Y Yang, S Nagarajaiah Journal of Structural Engineering 142 (2), 04015144, 2016.
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Harnessing data structure for recovery of randomly missing structural vibration responses time history: Sparse representation versus low-rank structure. Y Yang, S Nagarajaiah Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing 74, 165-182, 2016.
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Human in the Loop Design and Optimization for Resilient Infrastructure Networks. A Ulusan, O Ergun, C Harteveld, Y Kim, E Bondank, M Chester, C Dorn, ... .
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Robotic Research at the LANL Engineering Institute. DD Mascarenas, Y Yang, AW Green, EB Flynn, CR Farrar Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States), 2016.
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In 2015

Potential structural health monitoring tools to mitigate corruption in the construction industry associated with rapid urbanization. Y Yang, A Cattaneo, D Mascaren as Proc., Int. Conf. on Sustainable Development. New York: Columbia Univ, 2015.
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Output-only modal identification by compressed sensing: Non-uniform low-rate random sampling. Y Yang, S Nagarajaiah Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing 56, 15-34, 2015.
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Blind modal identification of output-only non-proportionally-damped structures by time-frequency complex independent component analysis. S Nagarajaiah, Y Yang Smart Structures and Systems 15 (1), 81-97, 2015.
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Data compression of very large scale structural seismic and typhoon responses by low rank representation with matrix reshape. Y Yang, S Nagarajaiah, YQ Ni Structural Control and Health Monitoring 22 (8), 1119-1131, 2015.
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In 2014

Blind identification of damage in time-varying systems using independent component analysis with wavelet transform. Y Yang, S Nagarajaiah mechanical systems and signal processing 47 (1-2), 3-20, 2014.
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Structural damage identification via a combination of blind feature extraction and sparse representation classification. Y Yang, S Nagarajaiah Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing 45 (1), 1-23, 2014.
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Blind denoising of structural vibration responses with outliers via principal component pursuit. Y Yang, S Nagarajaiah Structural Control and Health Monitoring 21 (6), 962-978, 2014.
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Data compression of structural seismic responses via principled independent component analysis. Y Yang, S Nagarajaiah Journal of Structural Engineering 140 (7), 04014032, 2014.
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Harnessing data structure for health monitoring and assessment of civil structures: sparse representation and low-rank structure. Y Yang Rice University, 2014.
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In 2013

Time-frequency blind source separation using independent component analysis for output-only modal identification of highly damped structures. Y Yang, S Nagarajaiah Journal of Structural Engineering 139 (10), 1780-1793, 2013.
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Output-only modal identification with limited sensors using sparse component analysis. Y Yang, S Nagarajaiah Journal of Sound and Vibration 332 (19), 4741-4765, 2013.
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Blind identification of modal parameters in time domain based on complexity pursuit. Y Yang, S Nagarajaiah Earthquake Eng. Struct. Dyn 42 (13), 1885-1905, 2013.
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Blind modal identification of output only structures in time domain based on complexity pursuit. Y Yang, S Nagarajaiah Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics 42 (13), 1885-1905, 2013.
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AUTOMATED, OUTPUT-ONLY EXTRACTION OF FULL-FIELD, VERY HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION DYNAMIC PARAMETERS FROM VIDEOS OF OPERATING STRUCTURES. Y Yang, C Dorn, T Mancini, Z Talken, G Kenyon, C Farrar, D Mascaren as .
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OUTPUT-ONLY MODAL IDENTIFICATION AND DAMAGE DETECTION VIA BLIND SOURCE SEPARATION. S Nagarajaiah, YC Yang .
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