Molong Duan

Molong Duan

Assistant Professor
Molong Duan leads the Manufacturing and Aerospace Automation Lab at HKUST. His research spans dynamic-system modeling and control, robotic and additive manufacturing, continuous-fiber composites, flexible aircraft, and VTOL control.

Extendable variable-stiffness boom-lift-mounted robot with vibration compensation

Duan, M., and Zhou, Y., IP.PA.02024, "Extendable variable-stiffness boom-lift-mounted robot with vibration compensation," US Provisional Application 63/615,786 (filed Dec 2023); US …

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Model predictive control for very flexible aircraft based on linear parameter varying reduced-order models

Pereira, M.F.V., Duan, M., Cesnik, C.E.S., Kolmanovsky, I. V., Vetrano, F.*, 2022, "Model predictive control for very flexible aircraft based on linear parameter varying …

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Load alleviation of flexible aircraft by dynamic control allocation

Hansen, J.H., Duan, M., Kolmanovsky, I. V., Cesnik, C.E.S.*, 2022, "Load alleviation of flexible aircraft by dynamic control allocation," Journal of Guidance, Control, and …

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A linear hybrid model for enhanced servo error precompensation of feed drives with unmodeled nonlinear dynamics

Chou, C., Duan, M., Okwudire, C.*, 2021, "A linear hybrid model for enhanced servo error precompensation of feed drives with unmodeled nonlinear dynamics," CIRP Annals - …

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A hybrid filtered basis functions approach for tracking control of linear systems with unmodeled nonlinear dynamics

Chou, C., Duan, M., Okwudire, C.*, 2021, "A hybrid filtered basis functions approach for tracking control of linear systems with unmodeled nonlinear dynamics," IEEE International …

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Maneuver load alleviation of very flexible aircraft via nonlinear decoupling control

Duan, M., Kolmanovsky, I. V., Cesnik, C.E.S.*, 2021, "Maneuver load alleviation of very flexible aircraft via nonlinear decoupling control," AIAA Scitech Forum, Online.

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Nonlinear control-oriented modeling for very flexible aircraft

Duan, M., Cesnik, C.E.S., Kolmanovsky, I. V., Vetrano, F.*, 2021, "Nonlinear control-oriented modeling for very flexible aircraft," AIAA Scitech Forum, Online.

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Energy optimal control of an over-actuated hybrid feed drive under variable-frequency

Duan, M., Ramani, K. S., Okwudire, C.*, 2020, "Energy optimal control of an over-actuated hybrid feed drive under variable-frequency," Control Engineering Practice, 100, pp. …

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Control Allocation for Maneuver and Gust Load Alleviation of Flexible Aircraft

Hansen, J.H., Duan, M., Kolmanovsky, I. V., Cesnik, C.E.S.*, 2020, "Control Allocation for Maneuver and Gust Load Alleviation of Flexible Aircraft," AIAA Scitech Forum, Orlando.

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Use of filtered basis splines to compensate servo-induced motion errors

Duan, M., Okwudire, C.E., and Ramani, K.S., "Use of filtered basis splines to compensate servo-induced motion errors," U.S. Patent 10585414, issued Mar. 2020.

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Maneuver load alleviation of flexible aircraft through control allocation: a case study using X-HALE

Duan, M., Hansen, J.H., Kolmanovsky, I. V., Cesnik, C.E.S.*, 2019, "Maneuver load alleviation of flexible aircraft through control allocation: a case study using X-HALE," …

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Analytical and low-order numerical modeling of ball-to-ball contact friction in linear ball bearings and ball screws

Lin, B., Duan, M., Okwudire, C.*, 2019, "Analytical and low-order numerical modeling of ball-to-ball contact friction in linear ball bearings and ball screws," Journal of …

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