Selected Publications

(more on https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=8iO-e8MAAAAJ&hl=en)

  • Wankhede, Sahil Premprakash, Ali Bagheri, and Xian Du. “Three-Dimensional Printing of Braille-Integrated Drug-Loaded Materials: Advancing Accessibility for Visually Impaired Patients.” ACS Applied Polymer Materials (2025). https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acsapm.4c04021
  • Ma, Rui, Yu Chen, and Xian Du. “A visual tracking-based algorithm for real-time probe localization and 3D reconstruction in optical coherence tomography.” In Optics in Health Care and Biomedical Optics XIV, vol. 13242, pp. 45-51. SPIE, 2024.
  • Wankhede, Sahil P., D. U. Xian, Ali Al Shehri, Keith William Brashler, Mohammad Al-Ba’adani, and Doru Catalin Turcan. “Encapsulating electronics on flexible fluoroelastomer substrates.” U.S. Patent Application 18/489,422, filed April 25, 2024.
  • Ma, Rui, and Xian Du. “A Hardware-Aware Network for Real-World Single Image Super-Resolutions.” IEEE Transactions on Artificial Intelligence (2024).
  • Wankhede, S.P., Du, X., Brashler, K.W. et al. Encapsulating commercial accelerometers with epoxy and fluoroelastomer for harsh hydrocarbon fluid environment. Sci Rep 13, 19815 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-46781-x.
  • Ma, Rui; Du, Xian (2023). A Hardware-Aware Network for Real-World Single Image Super-Resolutions. TechRxiv. Preprint. https://doi.org/10.36227/techrxiv.24514087.v1.
  • Sahil P. Wankhede, Ali H. Alshehri, Keith Brashler, Xian Du.  “Encapsulating and Inkjet-Printing Electronics on Fluoroelastomer for Harsh Environment,” Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2023, DOI: 10.1039/D2TC04218E. (featured on cover)
  • Mousa Moradi, Yu Chen,  Xian Du, and Johanna Seddon. “Deep Ensemble Learning for Automated Non-advanced AMD Classification Using Optimized Retinal Layer Segmentation and SD-OCT Scans.” Computers in Biology and Medicine, 2023.
  • Sahil Wankhede,  Xian Du, Ali Alshehri, Keith Brashler, and Doru Turcan. “Encapsulating and Inkjet-Printing Electronics on Flexible Substrates for Harsh Environment.” In International Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference, vol. 86601, p. V001T03A001. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2022.
  • Xian Du, Sahil P. Wankhede, Shishir Prasad, Jeffery Morse. “Printing of Wearable Sensors and Devices for Personalized Health Monitoring.” Journal of Materials Chemistry C, DOI: 10.1039/D2TC02511F, 2022.
  • Narendra Lakal, Ali H. Shehri, Keith W. Brashler, Sahil P. Wankhede, Jeffrey Morse, Xian Du, “Sensing Technologies for Condition Monitoring of Oil Pump in Harsh Environment.” Sensors and Actuators: A. Physical, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sna.2022.113864
  • Rui Ma, Xian Du. “Closed-loop Feedback Registration for Consecutive Images of Moving Flexible Targets.” Applied Intelligence, doi: 10.1007/s10489-022-04068-0, 2022. available at https://rdcu.be/cT9HO.
  • Jingyang Yan, Peter DiMeo, Lu Sun, Xian Du, “LSTM-Based Model Predictive Control of Piezoelectric Motion Stages for High-speed Autofocus,” IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, doi: 10.1109/TIE.2022.3192667, 2022. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Zd80N138Nc
  • Jingyang Yan and Xian Du, “Neural-Network-Based Adaptive Model Predictive Control for a Flexure-Based Roll-to-Roll Contact Printing System,” in IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, doi: 10.1109/TMECH.2022.3172949, 2022.
  • Mousa Moradi, Xian Du, Tianxiao Huan, Yu Chen. “Feasibility of the soft attention-based models for automatic segmentation of OCT kidney images.” Biomedical Optics Express, vol. 13, no. 5, pp. 2728-2738, 2022.
  • Rui Ma, Xian Du. “Closed-loop Feedback Registration for Consecutive Images of Moving Flexible Targets.” arXiv preprint arXiv:2110.10772, 2021.
  • Rui Ma, Johnathan Czernik, Xian Du. “Toward Real-world Image Super-resolution via Hardware-based Adaptive Degradation Models.” arXiv preprint arXiv:2110.10755, 2021.
  • Xi Qin, Bohan Wang, David Boegner, Brandon Gaitan, Yingning Zheng, Xian Du and Yu Chen. “Indoor localization of hand-held OCT probe using visual odometry and real-time segmentation using deep learning.” IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, accepted, 2021.
  • Jingyang Yan, Rui Ma, and Xian Du, “Consistent optical surface inspection based on open environment droplet size-controlled condensation figures.” Measurement Science and Technology, 2021.  Data available on https://github.com/xiandu/Consistent-Droplet-Control.
  • Peter DiMeo, Lu Sun, and Xian Du. “Fast and Accurate Autofocus Control Using Gaussian Standard Deviation and Gradient-based Binning.” Optics Express, vol. 29 no. 13,  pp. 19862-19878, 2021.
  • Henry Yau, Xian Du. “Robust deep learning-based multi-image super-resolution using inpainting,” Journal of Electronic Imaging, vol. 30, no. 1, pp. 013005, 2021.
  • Peter DiMeo, Daniel Emerson, and Xian Du. “Predictive Autofocus Technology: Comparing A Predictive Algorithm to Conventional Motorized Autofocus Methods.” IMECE 2020-52073. In ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. American Society of Mechanical Engineers. November 16-19, 2020. (The First Place of Overall-NSF Research Awards in IMECE 2020 NSF Poster Competitions Winners)
  • Jingyang Yan, Rui Ma and Xian Du, “Multimode Sensing for Roll-to-Roll Flexible Electronics Print Process Control.” IMECE2020-52132. In ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. American Society of Mechanical Engineers. November 16-19, 2020.
  • Xian Du, Jingyang Yan, Rui Ma, “Fault Classification of Nonlinear Small Sample Data through Feature Sub-Space Neighbor Vote.” Electronics, vol 9, no 1952, 2020.
  • Jingyang Yan and Xian Du, “Real-time web tension prediction using web moving speed and natural vibration frequency.” Measurement Science and Technology, vol. 31, no 11, 2020.
  • Dechao Zeng and Xian Du, “LED-based Solar Ring Light Simulator on a Measurescope,” the 2020 OSA Imaging and Applied Optics Congress, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 22-26 June, 2020.
  • Constantin Volosencu, Xian Du, Ali Saghafinia, Sohom Chakrabarty, “Control Theory in Engineering,” IntechOpen, 2020.
  • Jingyang Yan and Xian Du (January 24th 2020). Web Tension and Speed Control in Roll-to-Roll Systems [Online First], IntechOpen, DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.88797. Available from: https://www.intechopen.com/online-first/web-tension-and-speed-control-in-roll-to-roll-systems
  • Jingyang Yan, Mehdi Riza, Rui Ma, Xian Du. “Multimode sensing for roll-to-roll flexible electronics print process control,” the 18th International Conference on Nanoimprint and Nanoprint Technologie (NNT), October 14-16, 2019, Boston, MA. (https://nnt2019.org/#abstracts).
  • Xian Du, “Fault detection using bispectral features and one-class classifiers.” Journal of Process Control, vol. 83, pp. 1-10, 2019.
  • Xian Du and Jingyang Yan. “Tension prediction using web moving speed and natural vibration frequency.” TechConnect Briefs 2019, pp. 466 – 469, ISBN: 978-0-9988782-8-7.
  • Xian Du, David Hardt and Brian Anthony. “Real-Time Imaging of Invisible Micron-Scale Monolayer Patterns on a Moving Web Using Condensation Figures,” IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 67, no. 5, pp. 4077-4087, May 2020, doi: 10.1109/TIE.2019.2914632.
  • Kundu, Ina, Xian Du, and Brian Anthony. “Imaging platforms for registering and analyzing the skin microrelief structure.” In Health Monitoring of Structural and Biological Systems XII, vol. 10600, p. 106000U. International Society for Optics and Photonics, 2018.