Publications

Peer-reviewed journal and conference papers.

Journal Papers

  1. [1]   B. Yang, N. Baeckeland, and G.-S. Seo, “Small-Signal Analysis of Current-Limiting Grid-Forming Inverters,” IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, vol. 62, no. 5, pp. 7661–7677, Sep. 2026, doi: 10.1109/TIA.2026.3655646. DOI
  2. [2]   N. Baeckeland, B. Yang, and G.-S. Seo, “Unified Model of Current-Limiting Grid-Forming Inverters for Large-Signal Analysis,” IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, vol. 41, no. 1, pp. 198–213, Jan. 2026, doi: 10.1109/TPWRS.2025.3587224. DOI
  3. [3]   H. Yang, B. Yang, S. Coshatt, Q. Li, K. Hu, B. C. Hammond, J. Ye, R. Parasuraman, and W. Song, “Real-World Cyber Security Demonstration for Networked Electric Drives,” IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, vol. 13, no. 4, pp. 4659–4668, Aug. 2025, doi: 10.1109/JESTPE.2025.3550830. DOI
  4. [4]   N. Baeckeland, B. Yang, and G.-S. Seo, “Transient Stability-Enhancing Method for Grid-Forming Inverters Under Current Limiting,” IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 40, no. 5, pp. 6714–6725, May 2025, doi: 10.1109/TPEL.2025.3532490. DOI
  5. [5]   S. Wu, B. Yang, H. Yang, S. J. Coshatt, X. Gong, R. N. Parasuraman, J. Conrad, R. Perdisci, W. Zhong, J. Ye, P. Ma, and W. Z. Song, “Online Adaptive Anomaly Detection in Networked Electrical Machines by Adaptive Enveloped Singular Spectrum Transformation,” IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol. 12, no. 6, pp. 6457–6464, Mar. 2025, doi: 10.1109/JIOT.2024.3476268. DOI
  6. [6]   S. Samanta, B. Yang, and G.-S. Seo, “Stability Analysis of Power Systems with High Penetration of State-of-the-Art Inverter Technologies,” Energies, vol. 18, no. 14, p. 3645, Jan. 2025, doi: 10.3390/en18143645. DOI
  7. [7]   B. Yang, H. Yang, and J. Ye, “A Four-Layer Cyber-Physical Security Model for Electric Machine Drives Considering Control Information Flow,” IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, vol. 12, no. 6, pp. 6007–6016, Dec. 2024, doi: 10.1109/JESTPE.2024.3366089. DOI
  8. [8]   B. Yang, S. Wu, K. Hu, J. Ye, W. Song, P. Ma, J. Shi, and P. Liu, “Enhanced Cyber-Attack Detection in Intelligent Motor Drives: A Transfer Learning Approach With Convolutional Neural Networks,” IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Industrial Electronics, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 710–719, Apr. 2024, doi: 10.1109/JESTIE.2023.3346802. DOI
  9. [9]   L. Guo, B. Yang, J. Ye, J. M. Velni, and W. Song, “Attack-Resilient Lateral Stability Control for Four-Wheel-Driven EVs Considering Changed Driver Behavior Under Cyber Threats,” IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 1362–1375, Mar. 2022, doi: 10.1109/TTE.2021.3102134. DOI
  10. [10]   B. Yang, J. Ye, and L. Guo, “Fast Detection for Cyber Threats in Electric Vehicle Traction Motor Drives,” IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 767–777, Mar. 2022, doi: 10.1109/TTE.2021.3102452. DOI
  11. [11]   L. Guo, B. Yang, and J. Ye, “Predictive Energy Management for Dual-Motor BEVs Considering Temperature-Dependent Traction Inverter Loss,” IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 1501–1515, Mar. 2022, doi: 10.1109/TTE.2021.3116883. DOI
  12. [12]   F. Li, R. Xie, B. Yang, L. Guo, P. Ma, J. Shi, J. Ye, and W. Z. Song, “Detection and Identification of Cyber and Physical Attacks on Distribution Power Grids With PVs: An Online High-Dimensional Data-Driven Approach,” IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 1282–1291, Feb. 2022, doi: 10.1109/JESTPE.2019.2943449. DOI
  13. [13]   L. Guo, J. Ye, and B. Yang, “Cyberattack Detection for Electric Vehicles Using Physics-Guided Machine Learning,” IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 2010–2022, Sep. 2021, doi: 10.1109/TTE.2020.3044524. DOI
  14. [14]   J. Ye, L. Guo, B. Yang, F. Li, L. Du, L. Guan, and W. Song, “Cyber–Physical Security of Powertrain Systems in Modern Electric Vehicles: Vulnerabilities, Challenges, and Future Visions,” IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 4639–4657, Aug. 2021, doi: 10.1109/JESTPE.2020.3045667. DOI
  15. [15]   L. Guo, B. Yang, J. Ye, H. Chen, F. Li, W. Song, L. Du, and L. Guan, “Systematic Assessment of Cyber-Physical Security of Energy Management System for Connected and Automated Electric Vehicles,” IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, vol. 17, no. 5, pp. 3335–3347, May 2021, doi: 10.1109/TII.2020.3011821. DOI
  16. [16]   B. Yang, L. Guo, F. Li, J. Ye, and W. Song, “Vulnerability Assessments of Electric Drive Systems Due to Sensor Data Integrity Attacks,” IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, vol. 16, no. 5, pp. 3301–3310, May 2020, doi: 10.1109/TII.2019.2948056. DOI

Conference Papers

  1. [1]   B. Yang, Y. Yang, and G.-S. Seo, “Dynamic Output Impedance of Grid-Forming Inverters under Current Limiting,” in 2026 International Power Electronics Conference (IPEC-Nagasaki 2026 - ECCE Asia), May 2026, pp. 1–8. doi: 10.23919/IPEC-Nagasaki2026-EC64663.2026.11596629. DOI
  2. [2]   B. Yang, V. Roy Chowdhury, S. Dutta, S. Tadala, M. Tathode, B. Johnson, L. Corradini, D. Maksimovic, and G.-S. Seo, “Submodule-Level Decentralized Control for Cascaded Quadruple Active Bridge-Based Medium-Voltage Converters,” in 2026 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), Mar. 2026, pp. 1297–1304. doi: 10.1109/APEC51134.2026.11516782. DOI
  3. [3]   D. Chatterjee, B. Yang, B. Johnson, and G.-S. Seo, “Interaction Energy-Based Transient Stability Framework for Multi-Grid-Forming Inverter Systems,” in 2025 IEEE Energy Conversion Conference Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Oct. 2025, pp. 1–8. doi: 10.1109/ECCE58356.2025.11260189. DOI
  4. [4]   B. Yang, D. Chatterjee, B. Johnson, and G.-S. Seo, “Transient Stability Analysis Framework for Grid-Forming Inverter-Dominated Networks Under Large Grid Disturbances,” in 2025 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Oct. 2025, pp. 1–8. doi: 10.1109/ECCE58356.2025.11260192. DOI
  5. [5]   S. Dutta, B. Yang, S. Paul, G.-S. Seo, L. Corradini, D. Maksimovic, and B. Johnson, “A Decentralized Soft-start Method for a Cascaded H-Bridge and Quad Active Bridge-based Medium Voltage AC-DC Converter,” in 2025 IEEE 26th Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics (COMPEL), Jun. 2025, pp. 1–8. doi: 10.1109/COMPEL57166.2025.11121229. DOI
  6. [6]   B. Yang and G.-S. Seo, “Stability Analysis of Current-Limited Grid-Forming Inverters with Frequency Stabilization: An Equivalent Impedance Approach,” in 2025 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), Mar. 2025, pp. 602–608. doi: 10.1109/APEC48143.2025.10977254. DOI
  7. [7]   B. Yang, N. Baeckeland, and G.-S. Seo, “Small-Signal Stability of Grid-Forming Inverters Using Current-Limiting and Frequency Stabilization,” in 2024 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Oct. 2024, pp. 748–755. doi: 10.1109/ECCE55643.2024.10861654. DOI
  8. [8]   S. J. Coshatt, Q. Li, B. Yang, S. Wu, D. Shrivastava, J. Ye, W. Z. Song, and F. Zahiri, “Design of Cyber-Physical Security Testbed for Multi-Stage Manufacturing System,” in GLOBECOM 2022 - 2022 IEEE Global Communications Conference, Dec. 2022, pp. 1978–1983. doi: 10.1109/GLOBECOM48099.2022.10000849. DOI
  9. [9]   B. Yang, J. Ye, S. Coshatt, W. Song, and F. Zahiri, “Data-Driven Approach for Detection of Physical Faults and Cyber Attacks in Manufacturing Motor Drives,” in 2022 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Oct. 2022, pp. 1–6. doi: 10.1109/ECCE50734.2022.9948143. DOI
  10. [10]   B. Yang and J. Ye, “Data-Driven Detection of Physical Faults and Cyber Attacks in Dual-Motor EV Powertrains,” in 2022 IEEE/AIAA Transportation Electrification Conference and Electric Aircraft Technologies Symposium (ITEC+EATS), Jun. 2022, pp. 991–996. doi: 10.1109/ITEC53557.2022.9814017. DOI
  11. [11]   S. J. Coshatt, B. Yang, J. Ye, W. Z. Song, F. Zahiri, and J. Hill, “Fault and Attack Detection and Diagnosis by Analysis of Electrical Waveforms of Power Networks,” in 2022 IEEE Aerospace Conference (AERO), Mar. 2022, pp. 1–9. doi: 10.1109/AERO53065.2022.9843462. DOI
  12. [12]   B. Yang, L. Guo, and J. Ye, “Physics-Based Attack Detection for Traction Motor Drives in Electric Vehicles Using Random Forest,” in 2021 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), Jun. 2021, pp. 849–854. doi: 10.1109/APEC42165.2021.9487247. DOI
  13. [13]   L. Guo, B. Yang, and J. Ye, “Detection and Diagnosis of Long-Term Cyber-Attacks for Predictive Energy Management System in HEVs,” in 2021 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), Jun. 2021, pp. 842–848. doi: 10.1109/APEC42165.2021.9487077. DOI
  14. [14]   L. Guo, B. Yang, J. Ye, and J. M. Velni, “Attack-Resilient Lateral Stability Control for Autonomous In-Wheel-Motor-Driven Electric Vehicles,” in 2021 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference & Expo (ITEC), Jun. 2021, pp. 200–205. doi: 10.1109/ITEC51675.2021.9490133. DOI
  15. [15]   B. Yang, L. Guo, J. Ye, and J. M. Velni, “Energy Management Strategy for Dual-Motor-Based Electric Vehicle Powertrain Using Nonlinear Model Predictive Control,” in 2021 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference & Expo (ITEC), Jun. 2021, pp. 206–211. doi: 10.1109/ITEC51675.2021.9490176. DOI
  16. [16]   B. Yang, L. Guo, and J. Ye, “Real-time Simulation of Electric Vehicle Powertrain: Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) Testbed for Cyber-Physical Security,” in 2020 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference & Expo (ITEC), Jun. 2020, pp. 63–68. doi: 10.1109/ITEC48692.2020.9161525. DOI
  17. [17]   L. Guo, B. Yang, and J. Ye, “Enhanced Cyber-physical Security of Steering Stability Control System for Four-Wheel Independent Drive Electric Vehicles,” in 2020 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference & Expo (ITEC), Jun. 2020, pp. 1240–1245. doi: 10.1109/ITEC48692.2020.9161645. DOI
  18. [18]   B. Yang, F. Li, J. Ye, and W. Song, “Condition Monitoring and Fault Diagnosis of Generators in Power Networks,” in 2019 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM), Aug. 2019, pp. 1–5. doi: 10.1109/PESGM40551.2019.8973427. DOI
  19. [19]   K. Hu, J. Ye, J. M. Velni, L. Guo, and B. Yang, “A Fixed-Switching-Frequency Sliding Mode Current Controller for Mutually Coupled Switched Reluctance Machines Using Asymmetric Bridge Converter,” in 2019 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference and Expo (ITEC), Jun. 2019, pp. 1–6. doi: 10.1109/ITEC.2019.8790584. DOI
  20. [20]   B. Yang, L. Guo, F. Li, J. Ye, and W. Song, “Impact Analysis of Data Integrity Attacks on Power Electronics and Electric Drives,” in 2019 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference and Expo (ITEC), Jun. 2019, pp. 1–6. doi: 10.1109/ITEC.2019.8790574. DOI