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Piezoelectric Actuators and Control

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Zekui Lyu
University of Macau
2
Zhenguo Nie
Tsinghua University
3
Xuefeng Ma
Harbin Institute of Technology
4
Kanghong Shi
Australian National University
5
Xiangyuan Wang
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
6
Pietro Bilancia
University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
7
Shanglei Guan
Jiangnan University
8
Chen Zhang
North University of China
9
Lusheng Yuan
Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
10
Prabhat Kumar
Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad

Rising Stars Papers

1
A Normal-Stressed Electromagnetic-Driven Stiffness-Tunable Nanopositioner
IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics|2024
21 cit.
2
A piezoelectric inertial actuator operating with elliptical drive and stick-slip drive modes
Sensors and Actuators A Physical|2024
20 cit.
3
Optimizing the Scanning Throughput of a Stick-Slip Piezoelectric Actuator by Exploring the Scannable Trajectory Set
IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics|2024
20 cit.
4
A 2-DOF piezoelectric platform for cross-scale semiconductor inspection
International Journal of Mechanical Sciences|2024
18 cit.
5
Design of a New <i>XY</i> Compliant Parallel Manipulator Based on Deployable Spatial Monolithic Structure
IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics|2024
15 cit.
6
Serial-Kinematic Hybrid Electromagnetic-Piezoelectric AFM Scanner for High-Throughput Raster Scanning
IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics|2024
14 cit.
7
Online motion accuracy compensation of industrial servomechanisms using machine learning approaches
Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing|2024
12 cit.
8
An N-Shaped Lightweight Network with a Feature Pyramid and Hybrid Attention for Brain Tumor Segmentation
Entropy|2024
9 cit.
9
Necessary and Sufficient Conditions for State Feedback Equivalence to Negative Imaginary Systems
IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control|2024
8 cit.
10
Event-Triggered Adaptive Trajectory Tracking Control for Hysteretic Nonlinear Systems With Fixed-Time Performance
IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics Systems|2024
8 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Limin Zhu
China Automotive Engineering Research Institute
2
Tinghai Cheng
Chinese Academy of Sciences
3
Joshua Pinskier
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
4
Leijie Lai
Shanghai University of Engineering Science
5
Jingshi Dong
Jilin University
6
Changxin Lu
Beihang University
7
Yiling Yang
Ningbo University
8
Da Min
Southwest Jiaotong University
9
Zhijie Liu
Johnson & Johnson (United States)
10
Hongpeng Yu
Shenyang Institute of Automation

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
Trajectory Tracking Control for a Three-Dimensional Flexible Wing
IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology|2022
127 cit.
2
Single parameter adaptive neural network control for multi-agent deployment with prescribed tracking performance
Automatica|2023
70 cit.
3
Design, modeling, and test of a normal-stressed electromagnetic actuated compliant nano-positioning stage
Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing|2022
64 cit.
4
A stick-slip piezoelectric actuator with high assembly interchangeability
International Journal of Mechanical Sciences|2022
54 cit.
5
Application of Group Decision Making in Shipping Industry 4.0: Bibliometric Analysis, Trends, and Future Directions
Systems|2023
51 cit.
6
Piezoelectric hybrid actuation mode to improve speeds in cross-scale micromanipulations
International Journal of Mechanical Sciences|2022
42 cit.
7
A collaborative excitation method for piezoelectric stick-slip actuator to eliminate rollback and generate precise smooth motion
Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing|2022
41 cit.
8
Hysteresis and magnetic flux leakage of long stroke micro/nanopositioning electromagnetic actuator based on Maxwell normal stress
Precision Engineering|2022
41 cit.
9
Edge-Assisted Epipolar Transformer for Industrial Scene Reconstruction
IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering|2024
41 cit.
10
Design and Development of a New Piezoelectric-Actuated Biaxial Compliant Microgripper With Long Strokes
IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering|2022
39 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
Qingsong Xu
University of Nottingham Ningbo China
2
S. O. Reza Moheimani
The University of Texas at Dallas
3
Clément Gosselin
Université Laval
4
Ole Sigmund
NeoPhotonics (United States)
5
Yangmin Li
Hong Kong Polytechnic University
6
Chun‐Yi Su
Concordia University
7
Larry L. Howell
Brigham Young University
8
Jorge Angeles
McGill University
9
Daniel A. Tortorelli
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
10
Yingxiang Liu
Harbin Institute of Technology

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
Material interpolation schemes in topology optimization
Archive of Applied Mechanics|1999
2.8k cit.
2
Topology optimization approaches
Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization|2013
2.8k cit.
3
A 99 line topology optimization code written in Matlab
Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization|2001
2.6k cit.
4
Numerical instabilities in topology optimization: A survey on procedures dealing with checkerboards, mesh-dependencies and local minima
Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization|1998
2.1k cit.
5
On projection methods, convergence and robust formulations in topology optimization
Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization|2010
1.8k cit.
6
Singularity analysis of closed-loop kinematic chains
IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation|1990
1.7k cit.
7
Morphology-based black and white filters for topology optimization
Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization|2007
1.7k cit.
8
Efficient topology optimization in MATLAB using 88 lines of code
Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization|2010
1.6k cit.
9
On the Design of Compliant Mechanisms Using Topology Optimization*
Mechanics of Structures and Machines|1997
1.4k cit.
10
Topology optimization of non-linear elastic structures and compliant mechanisms
Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering|2001
1.4k cit.

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