Research Areas

1. Electromechanical properties of conductive polymer composites

2. Compliant tactile sensors

3. Large-area sensing based on electrical impedance tomography

Publications

1. Y. Chen and H. Liu, “Location-dependent performance of large-area piezoresistive tactile sensors based on electrical impedance tomography”, IEEE Sensors Journal, 21(19): 21622-21630 (2021).

2. Y. Chen, M. Yu, H. A. Bruck, and E. Smela, “Compliant multi-layer tactile sensing for enhanced identification of human touch”, Smart Materials and Structures, 27 (12), 125009 (2018).

3. Y. Chen, M. Yu, H. A. Bruck, and E. Smela, “Characterization of a compliant multilayer system for tactile sensing with enhanced sensitivity and range”, Smart Materials and Structures, 27 (6), 065005 (2018).

4. Y. Chen, M. Yu, H. A. Bruck, and E. Smela, “Stretchable touch-sensing skin over padding for co-robots”, Smart Materials and Structures, 25 (5), 055006 (2016).

5. E. Sauerbrunn, Y. Chen, J. Didion, M. Yu, E. Smela, and H. A. Bruck, “Thermal imaging using polymer nanocomposite temperature sensors”, Physica Status Solidi (A), 212 (10), 2239-2245 (2015).

6. Y. Chen, H. Hao, Y. Hu, and L. Li, “Wireless wrist-wearable wake/sleep identification device for closed-loop deep brain stimulation”, Electronics Letters, Vol. 49, Issue 7 (2013).

Personal statement

Ying Chen received the B.S. degree from the Department of Precision Instrument, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, the M.S. degree from Tsinghua University, and the Ph.D. degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA. She is currently with the Faculty of Materials and Manufacturing, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing. Her research focuses on compliant tactile sensing, including piezoresistive mechanism of conductive polymer composites and large-area sensing mechanism.