- Kajiura, Y., Iwawaki, T., Yamagata, K., Wang, Y., Liu, D., "Physics-Informed Machine Learning For Motor Bearing Health Prognosis", IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON), October 2026.
BibTeX TR2026-154 PDF- @inproceedings{Kajiura2026oct,
- author = {Kajiura, Yuichi and Iwawaki, Tomoyuki and Yamagata, Kai and Wang, Yebin and Liu, Dehong},
- title = {{Physics-Informed Machine Learning For Motor Bearing Health Prognosis}},
- booktitle = {IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON)},
- year = 2026,
- month = oct,
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-154}
- }
- Ekanathan, S., Subramanian, A., Smith, O., Ma, Y., Rackauckas, C., Laughman, C.R., "Discontinuity-Aware Solvers for Vapor-Compression Cycles", American Modelica & FMI Conference, October 2026.
BibTeX TR2026-153 PDF- @inproceedings{Ekanathan2026oct,
- author = {Ekanathan, Shreyas and Subramanian, Avinash and Smith, Oscar and Ma, Yingbo and Rackauckas, Chris and Laughman, Christopher R.},
- title = {{Discontinuity-Aware Solvers for Vapor-Compression Cycles}},
- booktitle = {American Modelica \& FMI Conference},
- year = 2026,
- month = oct,
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-153}
- }
- Qiao, H., Laughman, C.R., Deshpande, V.M., Bortoff, S.A., "Closed-Form Local Stability of a Pressure-Phase-Coordinate Control-Volume Model", Asian Modelica Conference, September 2026.
BibTeX TR2026-134 PDF- @inproceedings{Qiao2026sep,
- author = {Qiao, Hongtao and Laughman, Christopher R. and Deshpande, Vedang M. and Bortoff, Scott A.},
- title = {{Closed-Form Local Stability of a Pressure-Phase-Coordinate Control-Volume Model}},
- booktitle = {Asian Modelica Conference},
- year = 2026,
- month = sep,
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-134}
- }
- Benninger, M., Wang, B., Inoue, H., "Model Parameter Identification for Induction Motor Fault Diagnosis", International Conference on Electrical Machines (ICEM), September 2026.
BibTeX TR2026-122 PDF- @inproceedings{Benninger2026sep,
- author = {Benninger, Moritz and Wang, Bingnan and Inoue, Hiroshi},
- title = {{Model Parameter Identification for Induction Motor Fault Diagnosis}},
- booktitle = {International Conference on Electrical Machines (ICEM)},
- year = 2026,
- month = sep,
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-122}
- }
- Zhai, H., Qiao, H., Mansour, H., Laughman, C.R., "Scalable DAE-Constrained PINODE Framework for Vapor-Compression HVAC Systems", International Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Conference at Purdue, July 2026.
BibTeX TR2026-111 PDF- @inproceedings{Zhai2026jul,
- author = {Zhai, Hanfeng and Qiao, Hongtao and Mansour, Hassan and Laughman, Christopher R.},
- title = {{Scalable DAE-Constrained PINODE Framework for Vapor-Compression HVAC Systems}},
- booktitle = {International Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Conference at Purdue},
- year = 2026,
- month = jul,
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-111}
- }
- Laughman, C.R., Qiao, H., Bortoff, S.A., Deshpande, V.M., "On State Selection for Vapor Compression Cycle Models with Zeotropic Refrigerant Mixtures", Purdue Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Conference, July 2026.
BibTeX TR2026-109 PDF- @inproceedings{Laughman2026jul,
- author = {{Laughman, Christopher R. and Qiao, Hongtao and Bortoff, Scott A. and Deshpande, Vedang M.}},
- title = {{On State Selection for Vapor Compression Cycle Models with Zeotropic Refrigerant Mixtures}},
- booktitle = {Purdue Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Conference},
- year = 2026,
- month = jul,
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-109}
- }
- Lin, J.-T., Lu, Z., Wang, Y., "Closed-Loop Co-Design of Motors, Motions, and Feedback Control for Robotic Manipulators", Journal of Artificial Intelligence for Automation, DOI: 10.53941/jaia.2026.100008, Vol. 1, No. 2, June 2026.
BibTeX TR2026-088 PDF- @article{Lin2026jun2,
- author = {Lin, Jue-Te and Lu, Zehui and Wang, Yebin},
- title = {{Closed-Loop Co-Design of Motors, Motions, and Feedback Control for Robotic Manipulators}},
- journal = {Journal of Artificial Intelligence for Automation},
- year = 2026,
- volume = 1,
- number = 2,
- month = jun,
- doi = {10.53941/jaia.2026.100008},
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-088}
- }
- Chen, J., Koike-Akino, T., Wang, Y., Yamamoto, T., Sakamoto, Y., Wang, B., "Model Compression of Vision Transformer for Electric Motor Cogging Torque Prediction", IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence, June 2026.
BibTeX TR2026-084 PDF- @inproceedings{Chen2026jun,
- author = {Chen, Jian and Koike-Akino, Toshiaki and Wang, Ye and Yamamoto, Tatsuya and Sakamoto, Yusuke and Wang, Bingnan},
- title = {{Model Compression of Vision Transformer for Electric Motor Cogging Torque Prediction}},
- booktitle = {IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence},
- year = 2026,
- month = jun,
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-084}
- }
- Das, G., Wang, B., Lin, C., "Nonlinear Magnetic and Structural Topology Optimization of SynRM Rotors", Biennial IEEE Conference on Electromagnetic Field Computation (CEFC), June 2026.
BibTeX TR2026-079 PDF- @inproceedings{Das2026jun,
- author = {Das, Ghanendra and Wang, Bingnan and Lin, Chungwei},
- title = {{Nonlinear Magnetic and Structural Topology Optimization of SynRM Rotors}},
- booktitle = {Biennial IEEE Conference on Electromagnetic Field Computation (CEFC)},
- year = 2026,
- month = jun,
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-079}
- }
- Bortoff, S.A., Quah, T., Rawlings, J.B., "A Comparison of MPC Architectures for a Heat Pump", American Control Conference (ACC), May 2026.
BibTeX TR2026-060 PDF- @inproceedings{Bortoff2026may,
- author = {Bortoff, Scott A. and Quah, Titus and Rawlings, James B.},
- title = {{A Comparison of MPC Architectures for a Heat Pump}},
- booktitle = {American Control Conference (ACC)},
- year = 2026,
- month = may,
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-060}
- }
- Zinage, S., Dixit, V., Chakrabarty, A., Qiao, H., Laughman, C.R., Bilionis, I., Deshpande, V.M., "Sequential Model Calibration of Vapor Compression Cycles using Approximate Bayesian Computation", American Control Conference (ACC), May 2026.
BibTeX TR2026-061 PDF- @inproceedings{Zinage2026may,
- author = {Zinage, Shrenik and Dixit, Vaibhav and Chakrabarty, Ankush and Qiao, Hongtao and Laughman, Christopher R. and Bilionis, Ilias and Deshpande, Vedang M.},
- title = {{Sequential Model Calibration of Vapor Compression Cycles using Approximate Bayesian Computation}},
- booktitle = {American Control Conference (ACC)},
- year = 2026,
- month = may,
- isbn = {979-8-3315-9381-0},
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-061}
- }
- Vaziri, A., Qiao, H., Laughman, C.R., Fang, H., "Modular Deep Learning Framework for Vapor-Compression HVAC Systems: Scalable, Efficient, and Physically Consistent Modeling", Applied Thermal Engineering, DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2026.131100, Vol. 299, pp. 131100, May 2026.
BibTeX TR2026-058 PDF- @article{Vaziri2026may,
- author = {Vaziri, Ali and Qiao, Hongtao and Laughman, Christopher R. and Fang, Huazhen},
- title = {{Modular Deep Learning Framework for Vapor-Compression HVAC Systems: Scalable, Efficient, and Physically Consistent Modeling}},
- journal = {Applied Thermal Engineering},
- year = 2026,
- volume = 299,
- pages = 131100,
- month = may,
- doi = {10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2026.131100},
- issn = {1359-4311},
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-058}
- }
- Cherian, A., Corcodel, R., Jain, S., Romeres, D., "LLMPhy: Parameter-Identifiable Physical Reasoning Combining Large Language Models and Physics Engines", International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Statistics (AISTATS), May 2026, vol. 300, pp. 2944-2952.
BibTeX TR2026-052 PDF Data Software- @inproceedings{Cherian2026may,
- author = {Cherian, Anoop and Corcodel, Radu and Jain, Siddarth and Romeres, Diego},
- title = {{LLMPhy: Parameter-Identifiable Physical Reasoning Combining Large Language Models and Physics Engines}},
- booktitle = {International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Statistics (AISTATS)},
- year = 2026,
- volume = 300,
- pages = {2944--2952},
- month = may,
- publisher = {PMLR},
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-052}
- }
- Hutchinson, S., Vinod, A.P., Germain, F.G., Di Cairano, S., Laughman, C.R., Chakrabarty, A., "Quantile-SMPC for Grid-Interactive Buildings with Multivariate Temporal Fusion Transformers", Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS) Workshop on UrbanAI, December 2025.
BibTeX TR2026-001 PDF- @inproceedings{Hutchinson2025dec,
- author = {{{Hutchinson, Spencer and Vinod, Abraham P. and Germain, François G and Di Cairano, Stefano and Laughman, Christopher R. and Chakrabarty, Ankush}}},
- title = {{{Quantile-SMPC for Grid-Interactive Buildings with Multivariate Temporal Fusion Transformers}}},
- booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS) Workshop on UrbanAI},
- year = 2025,
- month = dec,
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-001}
- }
- Das, G., Wang, B., Lin, C., "Electric Motor Topology Optimization via Rotated Filter Projection and Adjoint Sensitivities", IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, December 2025.
BibTeX TR2025-164 PDF- @article{Das2025dec,
- author = {Das, Ghanendra and Wang, Bingnan and Lin, Chungwei},
- title = {{Electric Motor Topology Optimization via Rotated Filter Projection and Adjoint Sensitivities}},
- journal = {IEEE Transactions on Magnetics},
- year = 2025,
- month = dec,
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-164}
- }
- Park, Y.-J., Germain, F.G., Liu, J., Wang, Y., Koike-Akino, T., Wichern, G., Azizan, N., Laughman, C.R., Chakrabarty, A., "Probabilistic Forecasting for Building Energy Systems using Time-Series Foundation Models", Energy and Buildings, DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2025.116446, Vol. 348, pp. 116446, December 2025.
BibTeX TR2026-030 PDF- @article{Park2026mar,
- author = {Park, Young-Jin and Germain, François G and Liu, Jing and Wang, Ye and Koike-Akino, Toshiaki and Wichern, Gordon and Azizan, Navid and Laughman, Christopher R. and Chakrabarty, Ankush},
- title = {{Probabilistic Forecasting for Building Energy Systems using Time-Series Foundation Models}},
- journal = {Energy and Buildings},
- year = 2026,
- volume = 348,
- pages = 116446,
- month = mar,
- doi = {10.1016/j.enbuild.2025.116446},
- issn = {0378-7788},
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-030}
- }
- Qiao, H., "Analytical reformulation of LMTD and effectiveness-NTU methods for two-phase heat transfer with pressure drop and temperature glide", International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2025.127896, Vol. 279, November 2025.
BibTeX TR2026-103 PDF- @article{Qiao2025nov,
- author = {Qiao, Hongtao},
- title = {{Analytical reformulation of LMTD and effectiveness-NTU methods for two-phase heat transfer with pressure drop and temperature glide}},
- journal = {International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer},
- year = 2025,
- volume = 279,
- month = nov,
- doi = {10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2025.127896},
- issn = {1359-4311},
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-103}
- }
- Chakrabarty, A., Wichern, G., Deshpande, V.M., Vinod, A.P., Berntorp, K., Laughman, C.R., "Meta-Learning for Physically-Constrained Neural System Identification", Neurocomputing, DOI: 10.1016/j.neucom.2025.130945, Vol. 651, pp. 130945, October 2025.
BibTeX TR2025-159 PDF- @article{Chakrabarty2025nov,
- author = {Chakrabarty, Ankush and Wichern, Gordon and Deshpande, Vedang M. and Vinod, Abraham P. and Berntorp, Karl and Laughman, Christopher R.},
- title = {{Meta-Learning for Physically-Constrained Neural System Identification}},
- journal = {Neurocomputing},
- year = 2025,
- volume = 651,
- pages = 130945,
- month = nov,
- doi = {10.1016/j.neucom.2025.130945},
- issn = {0925-2312},
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-159}
- }
- Fujihashi, T., Kuwabara, A., Koike-Akino, T., "QKAN-GS: Quantum-Empowered 3D Gaussian Splatting", ACM Multimedia Workshop, DOI: 10.1145/3728486.375921, October 2025, pp. 51-55.
BibTeX TR2025-156 PDF- @inproceedings{Fujihashi2025oct,
- author = {Fujihashi, Takuya and Kuwabara, Akihiro and Koike-Akino, Toshiaki},
- title = {{QKAN-GS: Quantum-Empowered 3D Gaussian Splatting}},
- booktitle = {ACM Multimedia Workshop},
- year = 2025,
- pages = {51--55},
- month = oct,
- publisher = {ACM},
- doi = {10.1145/3728486.375921},
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-156}
- }
- Ma, J., Dong, Y., Qiao, H., Laughman, C.R., "A physics-constrained deep learning framework for dynamic modeling of vapor compression systems", Applied Energy, DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2024.123734, Vol. 254, September 2025.
BibTeX TR2025-137 PDF- @article{Ma2025sep,
- author = {Ma, JiaCheng and Dong, Yiyun and Qiao, Hongtao and Laughman, Christopher R.},
- title = {{A physics-constrained deep learning framework for dynamic modeling of vapor compression systems}},
- journal = {Applied Energy},
- year = 2025,
- volume = 254,
- month = sep,
- doi = {10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2024.123734},
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-137}
- }
- Miyawaki, K., Qiao, H., Sciazko, A., Shikazono, N., "LSTM-Based Modeling and Cross-Correlation Sensitivity Analysis for Heat Pump Refrigerant Distribution", International Journal of Refrigeration, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2025.06.006, Vol. 177, pp. 351-363, September 2025.
BibTeX TR2025-141 PDF- @article{Miyawaki2025sep,
- author = {Miyawaki, Kosuke and Qiao, Hongtao and Sciazko, Anna and Shikazono, Naoki},
- title = {{LSTM-Based Modeling and Cross-Correlation Sensitivity Analysis for Heat Pump Refrigerant Distribution}},
- journal = {International Journal of Refrigeration},
- year = 2025,
- volume = 177,
- pages = {351--363},
- month = sep,
- doi = {10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2025.06.006},
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-141}
- }
- Bortoff, S.A., Deshpande, V.M., Laughman, C.R., Qiao, H., "A Dynamic Analysis of Refrigerant Mass in Vapor Compression Cycles", International Modelica and FMI Conference, DOI: 10.3384/ecp218345, September 2025, pp. 345-352.
BibTeX TR2025-135 PDF- @inproceedings{Bortoff2025sep,
- author = {{Bortoff, Scott A. and Deshpande, Vedang M. and Laughman, Christopher R. and Qiao, Hongtao}},
- title = {{A Dynamic Analysis of Refrigerant Mass in Vapor Compression Cycles}},
- booktitle = {International Modelica and FMI Conference},
- year = 2025,
- pages = {345--352},
- month = sep,
- publisher = {Linköping University Electronic Press},
- doi = {10.3384/ecp218345},
- issn = {1650-3740},
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-135}
- }
- Chakrabarty, A., Forgione, M., Piga, D., Bemporad, A., Laughman, C.R., "Zero-Shot Parameter Estimation of Modelica Models using Patch Transformer Networks", International Modelica and FMI Conference, September 2025.
BibTeX TR2025-133 PDF- @inproceedings{Chakrabarty2025sep,
- author = {Chakrabarty, Ankush and Forgione, Marco and Piga, Dario and Bemporad, Alberto and Laughman, Christopher R.},
- title = {{Zero-Shot Parameter Estimation of Modelica Models using Patch Transformer Networks}},
- booktitle = {International Modelica and FMI Conference},
- year = 2025,
- month = sep,
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-133}
- }
- Bortoff, S.A., Tsuji, K., "Robust Unfalsified Control of a Heat Pump", IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications (CCTA), August 2025.
BibTeX TR2025-128 PDF- @inproceedings{Bortoff2025aug,
- author = {Bortoff, Scott A. and Tsuji, Kosei},
- title = {{Robust Unfalsified Control of a Heat Pump}},
- booktitle = {IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications (CCTA)},
- year = 2025,
- month = aug,
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-128}
- }
- Lu, Z., Tu, H., Fang, H., Wang, Y., Mou, S., "A Real-time High C-rate Lithium-ion Battery Fast Charging Strategy", IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications (CCTA), DOI: 10.1109/CCTA53793.2025.11151417, August 2025.
BibTeX TR2025-127 PDF- @inproceedings{Lu2025aug,
- author = {Lu, Zehui and Tu, Hao and Fang, Huazhen and Wang, Yebin and Mou, Shaoshuai},
- title = {{A Real-time High C-rate Lithium-ion Battery Fast Charging Strategy}},
- booktitle = {IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications (CCTA)},
- year = 2025,
- month = aug,
- doi = {10.1109/CCTA53793.2025.11151417},
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-127}
- }