Publications record

• Journal papers

  1. Cordova A.F, Morales H., Astudillo-Salinas F., Zhang H., and Minchala L.I., Deployment of a high-speed communication network to enable real-time control of a lower limb robotic exoskeleton, International Journal of Innovative Computing, Information and Control. 2023; 19(1): 181-196
  2. Benenaula S., Trelles M.D., Garza-Castañón L.E., Minchala L.I., Classification of gait anomalies by using space-time parameters obtained with pose estimation, International Journal of Innovative Computing, Information and Control. 2022; 18(6): 1913-1927
  3. Zhang, H.; Sun, H.; Shi, P.; Minchala, L.I. A Novel Electronic Chip Detection Method Using Deep Neural Networks. Machines 2022, 10, 361.
  4. W. Ao, H. Zhang, N. Zhao and L. I. Minchala, "Adaptive Neural Security Control for Networked Singular Systems Under Deception Attacks," in IEEE Access, vol. 10, pp. 33230-33237, 2022, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2022.3161672.
  5. Algarín-Pinto, J.A.; Garza-Castañón, L.E.; Vargas-Martínez, A.; Minchala-Avila, L.I. Modeling, Trajectory Analysis andWaypoint Guidance System of a Biomimetic Underwater Vehicle Based on the Flapping Performance of Its Propulsion System. Electronics 2022, 11, 544.
  6. Algarín-Pinto, J.A.; Garza-Castañón, L.E.; Vargas-Martínez, A.; Minchala-Avila, L.I. Dynamic Modeling and Control of a Parallel Mechanism Used in the Propulsion System of a Biomimetic Underwater Vehicle. Appl. Sci. 2021, 11, 4909.
  7. Probst, O.; Minchala, L.I. Mitigation of Short-Term Wind Power Ramps through Forecast-Based Curtailment. Appl. Sci. 2021, 11, 437.
  8. Zhang H, Li H, Lan P, Minchala LI. Time-limited model reduction for semi-markovian jump systems based on generalized gramians. Int J Innov Comput Inf Control. 2021;17(2):511-525
  9. Mendieta M, Munoz C, Gonzalez LG, Zhang H, Minchala LI. Design and evaluation of an energy management system applied to a lower limb robotic exoskeleton. Int J Innov Comput Inf Control. 2021 Apr 1;17(2):397-409
  10. Huiyan Zhang, Xiuli He, Luis I. Minchala, Peng Shi, Dissipative output feedback control for semi-Markovian jump systems under hybrid cyber-attacks, Journal of the Franklin Institute, Volume 358, Issue 5, 2021, Pages 2683-2702, ISSN 0016-0032
  11. Esteban Mora-Tola, Fabian Astudillo-Salinas, Andres Vazquez-Rodas, Juan Loja-Duchi, Andres Ordonez, Luis I. Minchala, “Robotic Knee Exoskeleton to Assist Patients in Gait Rehabilitation”, IEEE Transactions Latin America, Volume 18, No. 9, Pages 1503-1510, September 2020
  12. Minchala LI, Peralta J, Mata-Quevedo P, Rojas J. An Approach to Industrial Automation Based on Low-Cost Embedded Platforms and Open Software. Applied Sciences. 2020; 10(14):4696
  13. Andres Vazquez-Rodas, Fabian Astudillo-Salinas, Christian Sanchez, Braulio Arpi, Luis I. Minchala, Experimental evaluation of RSSI-based positioning system with low-cost LoRa devices, Ad Hoc Networks, Volume 105, 2020, 102168, ISSN 1570-8705
  14. G. D. Astudillo, L. E. Garza-Castaon and L. I. Minchala Avila, “Design and Evaluation of a Reliable Low-Cost Atmospheric Pollution Station in Urban Environment,” in IEEE Access, vol. 8, pp. 51129-51144, 2020
  15. Aparicio-Garcia, C.T.; Naula Duchi, E.A.; Garza-Castanon, L.E.; Vargas-Martnez, A.; Martinez-Lopez, J.I.; Minchala-Avila, L.I. Design, Construction, and Modeling of a BAUV with Propulsion System Based on a Parallel Mechanism for the Caudal Fin. Appl. Sci. 2020, 10, 2426
  16. Loza B, Pacheco-Chrrez J, Crdenas D, Minchala LI, Probst O. “Comparative Fatigue Life Assessment of Wind Turbine Blades Operating with Different Regulation Schemes". Appl Sci. 2019 Oct 31; 9(21): 4632
  17. Yungaicela-Naula, N., Garza-Castaon, L. E., Zhang, Y., & Minchala-Avila, L.I. (2019). UAV-Based Air Pollutant Source Localization Using Combined Metaheuristic and Probabilistic Methods. Applied Sciences, 9(18), 3712
  18. Marco Garcia, Juan C. San-Martin, Antonio Favela-Contreras, Luis I. Minchala, Diego Cardenas-Fuentes, Oliver Probst, “A simple approach to predictive control for small wind turbine with an application to stress alleviation”, Journal of Control Engineering and Applied Informatics, vol. 20, no. 4, pp. 69-77, Dec 2018.
  19. Andres Rojas, Angel Farfan, Esteban Mora, Sara Wong, and Luis I. Minchala, "Assessing the SNR Influence in the Estimation of the Mean Frequency of Lower Limbs sEMG Signals" in IEEE Latin America Transactions, in press, October 2018. (IF: 0.631)
  20. L. I. Minchala, Y. Zhang and L. Garza-Castañnón, "Predictive Control of a Closed Grinding Circuit System in Cement Industry," in IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 65, no. 5, pp. 4070-4079, May 2018. doi: 10.1109/TIE.2017.2762635 (IF: 7.168)
  21. Cristhian Apolo, Pedro Marques, Luis I. Minchala. Techno-Economic Design of a Stand-Alone Photovoltaic System for a Rural Community in the Ecuadorian Amazon, International Journal of Research Studies in Electrical and Electronics Engineering (IJRSEEE), 3(2), pp.32-41, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.204 31/2454-9436.0302005.
  22. L. I. Minchala, S. Ochoa, E. Velecela, D. F. Astudillo and J. Gonzalez, "An open source SCADA system to implement advanced computer integrated manufacturing," in IEEE Latin America Transactions, vol. 14, no. 12, pp. 4657-4662, Dec. 2016. (IF: 0.631)
  23. L. I. Minchala-Avila, L. Garza-Castañón, Y. Zhang and H. J. A. Ferrer, "Optimal Energy Management for Stable Operation of an Islanded Microgrid," in IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, vol. 12, no. 4, pp. 1361-1370, Aug. 2016. (IF: 6.764)
  24. J. P. Ortiz, L. I. Minchala and M. J. Reinoso, "Nonlinear Robust H-Infinity PID Controller for the Multivariable System Quadrotor," in IEEE Latin America Transactions, vol. 14, no. 3, pp. 1176-1183, March 2016. (IF: 0.631)
  25. Luis I. Minchala-Avila, Jairo Armijos, Daniel Pesántez, Youmin Zhang, Design and Implementation of a Smart Meter with Demand Response Capabilities, Energy Procedia, Volume 103, 2016, Pages 195-200, ISSN 1876-6102.
  26. M. J. Reinoso, L. I. Minchala, P. Ortiz, D. F. Astudillo and D. Verdugo, "Trajectory tracking of a quadrotor using sliding mode control," in IEEE Latin America Transactions, vol. 14, no. 5, pp. 2157-2166, May 2016. (IF: 0.631)
  27. Luis I. Minchala, Christian Sánchez, Noe M. Yungaicela, Alfredo Mora, Jean P. Mata, "A comparative study of black-box models for cement fineness prediction using SCADA measurements of a closed circuit grinding", in IEEE Latin America Transactions, vol. 14, no. 2, pp., Feb. 2016. (IF: 0.631)
  28. Luis I. Minchala-Avila, Luis E. Garza-Castañnón, Adriana Vargas-Martínez, Youmin Zhang, A Review of Optimal Control Techniques Applied to the Energy Management and Control of Microgrids, Procedia Computer Science, Volume 52, 2015, Pages 780-787, ISSN 1877-0509, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.procs.2015.05.133
  29. Vargas-Martínez Adriana, Minchala-Avila Luis Ismael, Zhang Youmin, Garza-Castañón Luis Eduardo, and Acosta-Santana Patricia (2015), Fault-tolerant controller design for a master generation unit in an isolated hybrid wind-diesel power system, Int. J. Robust. Nonlinear Control, 25, 761-772, doi: 10.1002/rnc.3277 (IF: 3.393)
  30. Vargas-Martínez, A., Minchala Avila, L. I., Zhang, Y., Garza-Castañón, L. E., and Badihi, H. (2015), Hybrid adaptive fault-tolerant control algorithms for voltage and frequency regulation of an islanded microgrid. Int. Trans. Electr. Energ. Syst., 25, 827-844. doi: 10.1002/etep.1875 (IF: 1.08)
  31. Minchala-Avila, L.I., Vargas-Martínez, A., Garza-Castañnón, L.E., Morales-Menendez, R., Zhang, Y., Calle-Ortiz, E.R. Fault-tolerant control of a master generation unit in an islanded microgrid (2014) IFAC Proceedings Volumes (IFAC-PapersOnline), 19, pp. 5327-5332.
  32. Adriana Vargas-Martínez, Luis Ismael Minchala Avila, Youmin Zhang, Luis Eduardo Garza-Castañnón, Eduardo Robinson Calle Ortiz, Model-based Fault-tolerant Control to Guarantee the Performance of a Hybrid Wind-Diesel Power System in a Microgrid Configuration, Procedia Computer Science, Volume 19, 2013, Pages 712-719, ISSN 1877-0509, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.procs.2013.06.094

• Peer-reviewed conference proceedings

  33. M. Mendieta, L. I. Minchala and O. Probst, "Minimization of energy storage in a solar farm by controlling the state of charge of a battery bank," 2022 IEEE International Autumn Meeting on Power, Electronics and Computing (ROPEC), Ixtapa, Mexico, 2022, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/ROPEC55836.2022.10018652.
  34. M. Mendieta, L. I. Minchala and O. Probst, "Minimization of energy storage requirements in wind farms by controlling the state of charge of a battery bank," 2022 IEEE Sixth Ecuador Technical Chapters Meeting (ETCM), Quito, Ecuador, 2022, pp. 01-06, doi: 10.1109/ETCM56276.2022.9935759.
  35. F. Izar, M. Mendieta and L.I. Minchala, "Design and evaluation of a multiloop control strategy applied to an anti-lock braking system," 2022 IEEE Sixth Ecuador Technical Chapters Meeting (ETCM), Quito, Ecuador, 2022, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/ETCM56276.2022.9935734.
  36. L. I. Minchala et al., "Mean Frequency and Noise from Patients with Pathologies in Lower Limbs," 2020 7th International Conference on Control, Decision and Information Technologies (CoDIT), Prague, Czech Republic, 2020, pp. 1123-1126
  37. E. Munoz-Abad, R. Suquinagua-Otavalo, F. Astudillo-Salinas, L. I. Minchala and A. Vazquez-Rodas, "Home automation architecture: design and implementation using ESP8266," 2020 7th International Conference on Control, Decision and Information Technologies (CoDIT), Prague, Czech Republic, 2020, pp. 969-974
  38. Minchala LI, Velasco AJ, Blandin JM, Astudillo-Salinas F, Vazquez-Rodas A. Low Cost Lower Limb Exoskeleton for Assisting Gait Rehabilitation. In: Proceedings of the 2019 3rd International Conference on Automation, Control and Robots - ICACR 2019 [Internet]. New York, New York, USA: ACM Press; 2019. p. 55-60
  39. Placencia S, Astudillo-Salinas F, Vazquez-Rodas A, Minchala LI, Guaman J. Rainfall Intensity Datalogger System. LoPy4-Based Design and Implementation. In: Proceedings of the 16th ACM International Symposium on Performance Evaluation of Wireless Ad Hoc, Sensor, & Ubiquitous Networks - PE-WASUN 19. New York, New York, USA: ACM Press; 2019. p. 45-50
  40. Sanchez C, Arpi B, Vazquez-Rodas A, Astudillo-Salinas F, Minchala LI. Performance Evaluation of RSSI-based Positioning System with Low-cost LoRa Devices. In: Proceedings of the 16th ACM International Symposium on Performance Evaluation of Wireless Ad Hoc, Sensor, & Ubiquitous Networks - PE-WASUN 19. New York, New York, USA: ACM Press; 2019. p. 37-44.
  41. J. C. Ortega-Castro, L. I. Minchala, and Ricardo Palacios-Rodas, "Articial neural network for monitoring of energy consumption by a home device," 2019 IEEE Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Latin America, Gramado, Brasil, 2019, pp. 1-6.
  42. J. D. Valladolid, D. Patio, J. P. Ortiz, I. Minchala and G. Gruosso, "Proposal for Modeling Electric Vehicle Battery Using Experimental Data and Considering Temperature Eects," 2019 IEEE Milan PowerTech, Milan, Italy, 2019, pp. 1-6.
  43. Edgar J. Pacheco, Luis I. Minchala, Arturo Delgado-Gutirrez, Diego Cardenas, Oliver Probst, \A Comparative Assessment of Methodologies Based on Modal Analysis and B-Spline Interpolation for the Estimation of Stresses In Beams", Asociacin Argentina de Mecnica Computacional, vol. 36, no. 7, Dec 2018
  44. Carlos Mejia, Christian Llivisaca, Luis I. Minchala, L. G. Gonzalez, and Javier Gonzalez, "Blade stress monitoring in a small wind turbine by using Arduino microcontroller", Accepted in the 2018 IEEE Autumn Meeting on Power, Electronics and Computing (ROPEC) 2018
  45. Pablo Flores, Marlon Moscoso-Martinez, Luis I. Minchala, Andres Vazquez-Rodas, Fabian Astudillo-Salinas, "A simple reliable wireless bus design for home automation systems", Accepted in the International Conference on Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computing 2018 (INTERCON)
  46. Daniel Astudillo, Luis I. Minchala, Fabian Astudillo-Salinas, Andres Vazquez-Rodas, Luis Gonzalez, "A simple mapping methodology of gait biomechanics for walking control of a biped robot", Accepted in the International Conference on Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computing 2018 (INTERCON)
  47. Andres Rojas, Angel Farfan, Maria Ayavaca, Veronica Cardenas, Estaban Mora, Sara Wong, and Luis I. Minchala, "Single-channel electromyography based on Arduino for analysis of the swing phase in normal gait", Accepted in the International Conference on Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computing 2018 (INTERCON)
  48. J. Guaman, F. Astudillo-Salinas, A. Vazquez-Rodas, L. I. Minchala and S. Placencia, "Water Level Monitoring System Based on LoPy4 Microcontroller with LoRa technology," 2018 IEEE XXV International Conference on Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computing (INTERCON), Lima, 2018, pp. 1-4.
  49. Noe M. Yungaicela-Naula, Youmin Zhang, Luis E. Garza-Castanon, Luis I. Minchala, "UAV-based Air Pollutant Source Localization Using Gradient and Probabilistic Methods", Accepted in The 2018 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems ICUAS 2018
  50. Luis I. Minchala, Oliver Probst, Diego Cardenas-Fuentes, "Wind turbine predictive control focused on the alleviation of mechanical stress over the blades". Accepted in the Second Conference on Modelling, Identification and Control of Nonlinear Systems IFAC MICNON 2018
  51. Edisson Naula, Andres F. García, Kenneth Palacio-Baus, Luis I. Minchala, Andres Vazquez-Rodas, Darwin Astudillo, "Evaluating the Mindwave Headset for Automatic Upper Body Motion Classification," 2017 International Conference on Information Systems and Computer Science (INCISCOS), Quito, 2017, pp. 166-173.
  52. Daniel F. Merchán, Jonnathan A. Peralta, Andres Vazquez-Rodas, Luis I. Minchala, Darwin Astudillo-Salinas, "Open source SCADA system for advanced monitoring of industrial processes," 2017 International Conference on Information Systems and Computer Science (INCISCOS), Quito, 2017, pp. 160-165.
  53. Noe M. Yungaicela-Naula, Luis E. Garza-Castanon, Alberto Mendoza-Dominguez, Luis I. Minchala-Avila, Luis E. Garza-Elizondo, \Design and Implementation of a UAV-based Platform for Air Pollution Monitoring and Source Identification", Congreso Nacional de Control Automático 2017, Monterrey, NL, Mexico, 2017, pp. 288-293
  54. Luis I. Minchala, Diego Cárdenas-Fuentes, and Oliver Probst, "Control of Mechanical Loads in Wind Turbines Using an Integrated Aeroelastic Model", in IEEE ISGT-LA (2017) Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Latin America - 2017, pp. 1-6, doi: 978-1-5386-3312-0/17
  55. L. I. Minchala-Avila, K. Palacio-Baus, J. P. Ortiz, J. D. Valladolid and J. Ortega, "Comparison of the performance and energy consumption index of model-based controllers," 2016 IEEE Ecuador Technical Chapters Meeting (ETCM), Guayaquil, 2016, pp. 1-6.
  56. J. D. Valladolid, J. P. Ortiz and L. I. Minchala, "Adaptive quasi-sliding mode control based on a recursive weighted least square estimator for a DC motor," 2016 IEEE Conference on Control Applications (CCA), Buenos Aires, 2016, pp. 886-890.
  57. L. I. Minchala-Avila, M. Reinoso-Avecillas, C. Sánchez, A. Mora, M. Yungaicela and J. P. Mata-Quevedo, "A comparative study of black-box models for cement quality prediction using input-output measurements of a closed circuit grinding," 2016 Annual IEEE Systems Conference (SysCon), Orlando, FL, 2016, pp. 1-7.
  58. Valladolid, J.D.; Minchala, I.; Vergara, M.J., "Design of model-based controllers applied to a solid-state low voltage dc breaker," in Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Latin America (ISGT LATAM), 2015 IEEE PES , vol., no., pp.316-320, 5-7 Oct. 2015
  59. Rivera-Calle, F.M.; Minchala-Avila, L.I.; Montesdeoca-Contreras, J.C.; Morales-Garcia, J.A., "Fault diagnosis in power lines using Hilbert transform and fuzzy classifier," Electrical Systems for Aircraft, Railway, Ship Propulsion and Road Vehicles (ESARS), 2015 International Conference on, vol., no., pp.1,5, 3-5 March 2015
  60. Minchala-Avila, L.I.; Vargas-Martinez, A.; Youmin Zhang; Garza-Castanon, L.E., "A model predictive control approach for integrating a master generation unit in a microgrid," Control and Fault-Tolerant Systems (SysTol), 2013 Conference on, vol., no., pp.674,679, 9-11 Oct. 2013
  61. Bin Yu; Youmin Zhang; Minchala, I.; Yaohong Qu, "Fault-tolerant control with linear quadratic and model predictive control techniques against actuator faults in a quadrotor UAV," Control and Fault-Tolerant Systems (SysTol), 2013 Conference on , vol., no., pp.661,666, 9-11 Oct. 2013
  62. I. Minchala, A. Vargas, Y. Zhang, L. Garza and J. Viola, "Model-Based Control Approaches for Optimal Integration of a Hybrid Wind-Diesel Power System in a Microgrid", in Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Smart Grids and Green IT Systems, pp. 12-21, May 2013
  63. Avila, L.I.M.; Castanon, L.E.G.; Ortiz, E.R.C., "An Intelligent Control Approach for Designing a Low Voltage DC Breaker," Andean Region International Conference (ANDESCON), 2012 VI , vol., no., pp.163,166, 7-9 Nov. 2012
  64. I. Minchala, L. Garza and E. Calle. "Inspection of the Geometry of Objects through Structured Light and Stereo Vision". in Proceedings of the 2012 Andean Region International Conference, (4): 210
  65. J. Calderón, I. Minchala, L. Garza, E. Calle. "Leak Detection and Location in Great Longitude Pipelines through Speed Propagation of the Negative Pressure Wave". in Proceedings of the 2012 Andean Region International Conference, (4): 211
  66. Sanchez, R.; Arpi, A.; Minchala, L., "Fault Identification and Classification of Spur Gearbox with Feed Forward Back Propagation Artificial Neural Network," Andean Region International Conference (ANDESCON), 2012 VI , vol., no., pp.215,215, 7-9 Nov. 2012
  67. I. Minchala, "Applications of Power Line Communications in Ecuador (in spanish)", published in the conference proceedings: Jornadas de Sistemas de Telecomunicaciones 2007, Guayaquil, Ecuador

• Books and book chapters

  68. Luis I. Minchala, Oliver Probst and Luis Garza Castañón, Control algorithms to integrate distributed generation in microgrids, LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing (July 2, 2017)
  69. Luis I. Minchala, Youmin Zhang and Oliver Probst (2017). Design of an Energy Management System for Secure Integration of Renewable Energy Sources into Microgrids, Development and Integration of Microgrids, Dr. Wenping Cao (Ed.), InTech, DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.69399.
  70. Luis I. Minchala, Fabián Astudillo-Salinas, Kenneth Palacio-Baus and Andrés Vazquez-Rodas (2017). Mechatronic Design of a Lower Limb Exoskeleton, Design, Control and Applications of Mechatronic Systems in Engineering, Prof. Sahin Yildirim (Ed.), InTech, DOI: 10.5772/67460.