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Bingnan Wang

Bingnan Wang
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  • Biography

    Bingnan's doctoral work focused on the study of wave propagation in novel electromagnetic materials, including photonic crystals and meta-materials. His research interests include electromagnetics and photonics, and their applications to communications, imaging, and energy systems.

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  • Internships with Bingnan

    • MD1714: Electric Motor Design

      MERL is seeing a motivated and qualified individual to conduct research on electric machine design, prototype, and experiment tests. The ideal candidate should have solid background and demonstrated research experience in electric machine theory, design analysis, motor drives, and control. Hands-on experiences on electric motor design and prototyping, test bench set up, and experiment measurements are required. Senior Ph.D. students in electrical engineering or mechanical engineering with related expertise are encouraged to apply. Start date for this internship is flexible.

    • MD1715: Electric Motor Fault Analysis

      MERL is seeing a motivated and qualified individual to conduct research on electric machine fault analysis and detection. The ideal candidate should have solid background in electric machine theory, modeling, numerical analysis, operation, and fault detection techniques, including machine learning. Research experiences on modeling and analysis of electric machines and fault detection are required. Hands-on experience with permanent magnet motor design and analysis, and knowledge on machine learning are desirable. Senior Ph.D. students in related expertise are encouraged to apply. Start date for this internship is flexible.

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  • MERL Publications

    •  Wang, B., Zhou, L., Miyoshi, M., Inoue, H., Kanemaru, M., "Quantification of Induction Motor Bearing Fault Severity based on Modified Winding Function Theory", International Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems (ICEMS), DOI: 10.23919/​ICEMS52562.2021.9634328, November 2021, pp. 944-948.
      BibTeX TR2021-139 PDF
      • @inproceedings{Wang2021nov3,
      • author = {Wang, Bingnan and Zhou, Lei and Miyoshi, Masahito and Inoue, hiroshi and Kanemaru, Makoto},
      • title = {Quantification of Induction Motor Bearing Fault Severity based on Modified Winding Function Theory},
      • booktitle = {2021 24th International Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems (ICEMS)},
      • year = 2021,
      • pages = {944--948},
      • month = nov,
      • publisher = {IEEE},
      • doi = {10.23919/ICEMS52562.2021.9634328},
      • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2021-139}
      • }
    •  Wang, B., Zhou, L., Wang, H., Lin, C., "Analytical Modeling and Design Optimization of a Vernier Permanent Magnet Motor", IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), DOI: 10.1109/​ECCE47101.2021.9595230, October 2021, pp. 4480-4485.
      BibTeX TR2021-124 PDF
      • @inproceedings{Wang2021oct3,
      • author = {Wang, Bingnan and Zhou, Lei and Wang, Hongyu and Lin, Chungwei},
      • title = {Analytical Modeling and Design Optimization of a Vernier Permanent Magnet Motor},
      • booktitle = {2021 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE)},
      • year = 2021,
      • pages = {4480--4485},
      • month = oct,
      • publisher = {IEEE},
      • doi = {10.1109/ECCE47101.2021.9595230},
      • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2021-124}
      • }
    •  Wang, B., Shin, K.-H., Hidaka, Y., Kondo, S., Arita, H., Ito, K., "Analytical Magnetic Model for Variable-Flux Interior Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motors", IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), DOI: 10.1109/​ECCE47101.2021.9595341, October 2021, pp. 4142-4148.
      BibTeX TR2021-123 PDF
      • @inproceedings{Wang2021oct2,
      • author = {Wang, Bingnan and Shin, Kyung-Hun and Hidaka, Yuki and Kondo, Shota and Arita, Hideaki and Ito, Kazumasa},
      • title = {Analytical Magnetic Model for Variable-Flux Interior Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motors},
      • booktitle = {2021 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE)},
      • year = 2021,
      • pages = {4142--4148},
      • month = oct,
      • publisher = {IEEE},
      • doi = {10.1109/ECCE47101.2021.9595341},
      • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2021-123}
      • }
    •  Zhang, S., Ye, F., Wang, B., Habetler, T.G., "Few-Shot Bearing Fault Diagnosis Based on Model-Agnostic Meta-Learning", IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, DOI: 10.1109/​TIA.2021.3091958, June 2021.
      BibTeX TR2021-081 PDF
      • @article{Zhang2021jun,
      • author = {Zhang, Shen and Ye, Fei and Wang, Bingnan and Habetler, Thomas G},
      • title = {Few-Shot Bearing Fault Diagnosis Based on Model-Agnostic Meta-Learning},
      • journal = {IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications},
      • year = 2021,
      • month = jun,
      • doi = {10.1109/TIA.2021.3091958},
      • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2021-081}
      • }
    •  Zhou, L., Wang, B., Lin, C., Miyoshi, M., Inoue, H., "Static Eccentricity Fault Detection for PSH-type Induction Motors Considering High-order Air Gap Permeance Harmonics", IEEE International Electric Machines and Drives Conference (IEMDC), DOI: 10.1109/​IEMDC47953.2021.9449496, May 2021, pp. 1-7.
      BibTeX TR2021-051 PDF
      • @inproceedings{Zhou2021may2,
      • author = {Zhou, Lei and Wang, Bingnan and Lin, Chungwei and Miyoshi, Masahito and Inoue, hiroshi},
      • title = {Static Eccentricity Fault Detection for PSH-type Induction Motors Considering High-order Air Gap Permeance Harmonics},
      • booktitle = {IEEE International Electric Machines and Drives Conference (IEMDC)},
      • year = 2021,
      • pages = {1--7},
      • month = may,
      • publisher = {IEEE},
      • doi = {10.1109/IEMDC47953.2021.9449496},
      • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2021-051}
      • }
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  • MERL Issued Patents

    • Title: "Modeling Interior Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machines Considering Permeability of Rotor"
      Inventors: Wang, Bingnan; Shin, Kyung-Hun
      Patent No.: 11,366,944
      Issue Date: Jun 21, 2022
    • Title: "System and Method for Estimating Temperature and Heat Loss in Electric Motors"
      Inventors: Wang, Bingnan; Wang, Yebin; Ma, Tong; Lin, Chungwei; Komatsu, Taiga
      Patent No.: 11,293,986
      Issue Date: Apr 5, 2022
    • Title: "Method for Estimating Bearing Fault Severity for Induction Motors"
      Inventors: Wang, Bingnan; Zhang, Shen; Kanemaru, Makoto; Lin, Chungwei; Liu, Dehong; Teo, Koon Hoo
      Patent No.: 11,099,101
      Issue Date: Aug 24, 2021
    • Title: "RAIL STATE MONITORING APPARATUS"
      Inventors: Tsujita, Wataru; MAKINO, Kenzo; Wang, Bingnan; TAKAMI, Atsushi
      Patent No.: 11001282
      Issue Date: May 11, 2021
    • Title: "Optical Waveguide Interferometer"
      Inventors: Kojima, Keisuke; Wang, Bingnan; Koike-Akino, Toshiaki; Akiyama, Koichi; Yagyu, Eiji; Nishikawa, Satoshi; Shinohara, Kosuke
      Patent No.: 10,996,400
      Issue Date: May 4, 2021
    • Title: "Systems and Methods for On-Orbit Fabrication of Structures by 3D Printing"
      Inventors: Yerazunis, William S.; Weiss, Avishai; Wang, Bingnan
      Patent No.: 10,906,290
      Issue Date: Feb 2, 2021
    • Title: "Compact Photonic Devices"
      Inventors: Kojima, Keisuke; Tahersima, Mohammad; Koike-Akino, Toshiaki; Jha, Devesh; Wang, Bingnan; Lin, Chungwei; Parsons, Kieran
      Patent No.: 10,859,769
      Issue Date: Dec 8, 2020
    • Title: "Negative Electroluminescent Cooling Device"
      Inventors: Lin, Chungwei; Wang, Bingnan; Teo, Koon Hoo
      Patent No.: 10,840,163
      Issue Date: Nov 17, 2020
    • Title: "Thermal Emitter for Energy Conversion Technical Field"
      Inventors: Wang, Bingnan; Lin, Chungwei; Wang, Jianjian; Teo, Koon Hoo
      Patent No.: 10,797,633
      Issue Date: Oct 6, 2020
    • Title: "Methods and Systems for Terahertz-Based Positioning"
      Inventors: Wang, Pu; Fu, Haoyu; Orlik, Philip V.; Koike-Akino, Toshiaki; Ma, Rui; Wang, Bingnan
      Patent No.: 10,795,151
      Issue Date: Oct 6, 2020
    • Title: "Near-Field Based Thermoradiative Device"
      Inventors: Wang, Bingnan; Lin, Chungwei; Teo, Koon Hoo
      Patent No.: 10,658,968
      Issue Date: May 19, 2020
    • Title: "Thermophotovoltaic Energy Converter"
      Inventors: Lin, Chungwei; Wang, Bingnan; Teo, Koon Hoo
      Patent No.: 10,497,821
      Issue Date: Dec 3, 2019
    • Title: "Polarization-Dependent Position Encoder"
      Inventors: Wang, Bingnan; Tsujita, Wataru; Sadamoto, Kota; Sawa, Yoshitsugu
      Patent No.: 10,451,447
      Issue Date: Oct 22, 2019
    • Title: "Contactless Sensor"
      Inventors: Wang, Bingnan; Teo, Koon Hoo; Orlik, Philip V.
      Patent No.: 10,288,759
      Issue Date: May 14, 2019
    • Title: "Digital Beamforming Transmitter Array System with Hardware Sharing and Reduction"
      Inventors: Wang, Bingnan; Peng, Zhengyu; Kim, Kyeong-Jin; Wang, Pu; Ma, Rui; Teo, Koon Hoo
      Patent No.: 10,270,510
      Issue Date: Apr 23, 2019
    • Title: "Compact Photonic Devices"
      Inventors: Kojima, Keisuke; Teng, Min; Koike-Akino, Toshiaki; Wang, Bingnan
      Patent No.: 10,234,627
      Issue Date: Mar 19, 2019
    • Title: "Beamforming Transmission with Analog Hardware Resource Sharing"
      Inventors: Kim, Kyeong-Jin; Peng, Zhengyu; Wang, Bingnan; Teo, Koon Hoo
      Patent No.: 10,218,550
      Issue Date: Feb 26, 2019
    • Title: "Photonic Integrated Circuit"
      Inventors: Kojima, Keisuke; Nishikawa, Satoshi; Toshiaki, Koike-Akino; Wang, Bingnan; Yagyu, Eiji
      Patent No.: 10,120,132
      Issue Date: Nov 6, 2018
    • Title: "Artificial Magnetic Structures for Wireless Power Transfer"
      Inventors: Wang, Bingnan; Yerazunis, William S.; Teo, Koon Hoo
      Patent No.: 9,842,685
      Issue Date: Dec 12, 2017
    • Title: "System and Method for Manipulating Polarizations of Optical Signal"
      Inventors: Kojima, Keisuke; Felicetti, Manuela; Koike-Akino, Toshiaki; Wang, Bingnan; Nishikawa, Satoshi; Yagyu, Eiji
      Patent No.: 9,557,485
      Issue Date: Jan 31, 2017
    • Title: "Wireless Energy Transfer with Negative Index Material"
      Inventors: Teo, Koon Hoo; Huang, Da; Wang, Bingnan
      Patent No.: 9,461,505
      Issue Date: Oct 4, 2016
    • Title: "System and Method for Automatically Optimizing Wireless Power"
      Inventors: Yerazunis, William S.; Wang, Bingnan; Teo, Koon Hoo; Duan, Chunjie; Barnwell, III, John C.; Burns, Dan J
      Patent No.: 9,281,875
      Issue Date: Mar 8, 2016
    • Title: "Proximity Sensor Detecting Metallic and Non-Metallic Objects"
      Inventors: Wang, Bingnan; Long, Jiang; Teo, Koon Hoo
      Patent No.: 9,274,075
      Issue Date: Mar 1, 2016
    • Title: "Mode-Evolution Compound Converter"
      Inventors: Kojima, Keisuke; Wang, Bingnan; Yuan, Wangqing; Yagyu, Eiji
      Patent No.: 9,128,242
      Issue Date: Sep 8, 2015
    • Title: "Multi-Mode Interference Device"
      Inventors: Kojima, Keisuke; Ozbayat, Selman; Koike-Akino, Toshiaki; Wang, Bingnan; Nishikawa, Satoshi; Yagyu, Eiji
      Patent No.: 9,116,298
      Issue Date: Aug 25, 2015
    • Title: "Multi-Mode Interference Device"
      Inventors: Koike-Akino, Toshiaki; Kojima, Keisuke; Wang, Bingnan; Nishikawa, Satoshi; Yagyu, Eiji
      Patent No.: 9,097,852
      Issue Date: Aug 4, 2015
    • Title: "Compound Optical Combiner"
      Inventors: Kojima, Keisuke; Wang, Bingnan; Koike-Akino, Toshiaki; Yagyu, Eiji; Nishikawa, Satoshi
      Patent No.: 9,052,461
      Issue Date: Jun 9, 2015
    • Title: "Multi-Mode Interference Manipulator"
      Inventors: Kojima, Keisuke; Wang, Bingnan; Koike-Akino, Toshiaki; Yuan, Wangqing; Nishikawa, Satoshi
      Patent No.: 8,942,517
      Issue Date: Jan 27, 2015
    • Title: "Wireless Energy Transfer Using Array of Resonant Objects"
      Inventors: Wang, Bingnan; Teo, Koon Hoo
      Patent No.: 8,890,366
      Issue Date: Nov 18, 2014
    • Title: "System and Method for Analyzing Spiral Resonators"
      Inventors: Wang, Bingnan; Teo, Koon Hoo; Ellstein, David
      Patent No.: 8,831,917
      Issue Date: Sep 9, 2014
    • Title: "Wireless Energy Transfer with Anisotropic Metamaterials"
      Inventors: Wang, Bingnan; Huang, Da; Teo, Koon Hoo
      Patent No.: 8,786,135
      Issue Date: Jul 22, 2014
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