Dr. Bin Wei

Assistant Professor of Mechatronics & Robotics Engineering
Talwar College of Engineering and Computer Sciences
Phone: 260.508.0724
Email: bxwei@indianatech.edu
Office: Zollner 048
My Office Hours
Mondays and Thursdays: 12:30 – 2:30 pm
Tuesdays and Fridays: 9:30 – 11:30 am
My Academic Advising Roles
Mechatronics and Robotics Engineering
Educational Background
- Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering (Robotics), Ontario Tech University, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada, 2016
- M.Eng., Mechanical Engineering (Robotics), Hebei University of Engineering, China, 2013
- B.Eng., Mechanical Engineering, Hebei Normal University of Science and Technology, China, 2010
Professional Experience
- 08/2025 – present: Assistant Professor of Mechatronics and Robotics, Indiana Institute of Technology
- 09/2022 – 06/2025: Assistant Professor (tenure-track), Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University – Kingsville
- 05/2018 – 08/2022: Sessional Lecturer, Taught various courses at various universities in Canada
- 09/2016 – 12/2017: Post-Doctoral Fellow, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Publications/Presentations
Selected Publications:
- Bin Wei (2024). Nearest neighbor coupling for synchronization of coupled nonlinear systems.
Nonlinear Dynamics, Vol. 112, pp. 21923-21944. - Bin Wei (2023). Stability analysis of equilibrium point and limit cycle of two-dimensional nonlinear dynamical systems – A tutorial. Applied Sciences, 2023, 13(2):1136.
- Bin Wei, Dan Zhang (2021). A review of dynamic balancing for robotic mechanisms. Robotica. Vol. 39, Issue 1, pp. 55-71.
- Bin Wei (2018). Study on adaptive control design and stability analysis of robotic manipulators.
Actuators, 2018, 7(4):89. - Dan Zhang, Bin Wei (2017). Design, analysis and modelling of a hybrid controller for serial robotic manipulators. Robotica, Vol. 35, Issue 9, 2017, pp. 1888 – 1905.
- Dan Zhang, Bin Wei (2017). A review on model reference adaptive control of robotic manipulators. Annual Review in Control, Vol. 43, 2017, pp. 188-198.
- Dan Zhang, Bin Wei (2017). Design and integration for high performance robotic systems based on decomposition and hybridization approaches. Sensors, 17(1), 2017, pp. 1-20.
- Dan Zhang, Bin Wei (2017). Dynamic balancing of mechanisms and parallel robots through reconfiguration and integration design. International Journal of Robotics and Automation, Vol. 32, Issue 6, 2017.
- Dan Zhang, Bin Wei (2017). Modelling and optimization of a 4-DOF hybrid robotic manipulator. International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing, Vol. 30, No. 11, 2017, pp. 1179-1189.
- Dan Zhang, Bin Wei. Convergence performance comparisons of PID, MRAC and PID-MRAC hybrid controller (2016). Frontiers of Mechanical Engineering, Vol. 11, Issue 2, 2016, pp 213–217.
- Dan Zhang, Bin Wei (2016). Payload variation compensation for robotic arms through model reference control approach. International Journal of Robotics and Automation. Vol. 31, No. 6, 2016.
Additional Information
Research Interests
- Robotics
- Control theory
- Nonlinear dynamics
- Human-robot interaction
- Advanced manufacturing