Haiyang Chao

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
74 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Haiyang Chao is a scholar working on Aerospace Engineering, Control and Systems Engineering and Computer Networks and Communications. According to data from OpenAlex, Haiyang Chao has authored 74 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Aerospace Engineering, 26 papers in Control and Systems Engineering and 14 papers in Computer Networks and Communications. Recurrent topics in Haiyang Chao's work include Aerospace and Aviation Technology (28 papers), Distributed Control Multi-Agent Systems (14 papers) and Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization (13 papers). Haiyang Chao is often cited by papers focused on Aerospace and Aviation Technology (28 papers), Distributed Control Multi-Agent Systems (14 papers) and Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization (13 papers). Haiyang Chao collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and United Kingdom. Haiyang Chao's co-authors include YangQuan Chen, Yongcan Cao, Yu Gu, Long Di, Matthew B. Rhudy, Marcello Napolitano, Ying Luo, Jason N. Gross, Calvin Coopmans and Wei Ren and has published in prestigious journals such as Energy Conversion and Management, International Journal of Remote Sensing and IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology.

In The Last Decade

Haiyang Chao

70 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

Autopilots for small unmanned aerial vehicles: A survey 2010 2026 2015 2020 2010 100 200 300
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Autopilots for small unmanned aerial vehicles: A survey
    2010 335 citations Haiyang Chao, Yongcan Cao et al. International Journal of Control Automation and Systems profile →

Peers

Haiyang Chao
Anders la Cour‐Harbo Denmark
Farid Kendoul Australia
Hugh H. T. Liu Canada
Gerardo Flores Mexico
Giorgio Guglieri Italy
Nabil Aouf United Kingdom
Derek Kingston United States
John Valasek United States
Trey Smith United States
Jason Ford Australia
Anders la Cour‐Harbo Denmark
Haiyang Chao
Citations per year, relative to Haiyang Chao Haiyang Chao (= 1×) peers Anders la Cour‐Harbo

Countries citing papers authored by Haiyang Chao

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Haiyang Chao

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Haiyang Chao. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Haiyang Chao based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Haiyang Chao. Haiyang Chao is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Chao, Haiyang, et al.. (2025). Vertical Wind Velocity Estimation During UAS Fire Plume Encounters. ScholarSphere (Penn State Libraries).
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Chao, Haiyang, et al.. (2025). System Identification for Small Flying-Wing Unmanned Aircraft Using Open-Loop and Closed-Loop Flight Data. Journal of Aircraft. 62(4). 961–977.
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Depcik, Christopher, et al.. (2023). Technical and economic feasibility of applying fuel cells as the power source of unmanned aerial vehicles. Energy Conversion and Management. 301. 118005–118005. 21 indexed citations
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Chao, Haiyang, et al.. (2023). Prescribed Grass Fire Mapping and Rate of Spread Measurement Using NIR Images From a Small Fixed-Wing UAS. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing. 16. 3519–3530. 3 indexed citations
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Chao, Haiyang, et al.. (2023). Efficient Frequency Response Identification for Small Fixed-Wing UAS Using Closed-Loop Flight Data. AIAA SCITECH 2023 Forum. 1 indexed citations
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Jia, Qiong, Ming Xin, Xiaolin Hu, & Haiyang Chao. (2022). Learning-based Wildfire Tracking with Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. 2022 American Control Conference (ACC). 3212–3217. 1 indexed citations
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Chao, Haiyang, et al.. (2021). Spectral Reflectance Estimation of UAS Multispectral Imagery Using Satellite Cross-Calibration Method. Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing. 87(10). 735–746. 2 indexed citations
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Chao, Haiyang. (2019). Evaluating the 22 June 2017 South Dakota Hail Damage Using KHawk UAS: Accuracy Quantification and Cross Validation with Satellite Imagery. 1 indexed citations
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Chao, Haiyang, et al.. (2014). Wind field estimation in UAV formation flight. 5408–5413. 15 indexed citations
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Gu, Yu, et al.. (2013). Flight Data Analysis of Pilot-Induced-Oscillations of a Remotely Controlled Aircraft. AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC) Conference. 7 indexed citations
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Gu, Yu, Srikanth Gururajan, Brad Seanor, Haiyang Chao, & Marcello R. Napolitano. (2013). Building better tools: Experimental UAV research at West Virginia University. 1454–1459. 4 indexed citations
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Chen, YangQuan & Haiyang Chao. (2010). Cooperative remote sensing and actuation using networked unmanned vehicles. PhDT. 1. 6 indexed citations
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Hu, Sheng, Haiyang Chao, Calvin Coopmans, et al.. (2010). Low-cost UAV-based thermal infrared remote sensing: Platform, calibration and applications. Digital Commons - USU (Utah State University). 38–43. 59 indexed citations
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Chao, Haiyang & YangQuan Chen. (2010). Surface wind profile measurement using multiple small unmanned aerial vehicles. Digital Commons - USU (Utah State University). 4133–4138. 9 indexed citations
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Chao, Haiyang, Ying Luo, Long Di, & YangQuan Chen. (2010). Roll-channel fractional order controller design for a small fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicle. Control Engineering Practice. 18(7). 761–772. 81 indexed citations
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Chao, Haiyang, Yongcan Cao, & YangQuan Chen. (2010). Autopilots for small unmanned aerial vehicles: A survey. International Journal of Control Automation and Systems. 8(1). 36–44. 335 indexed citations breakdown →
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Chao, Haiyang, Calvin Coopmans, Long Di, & YangQuan Chen. (2010). A comparative evaluation of low-cost IMUs for unmanned autonomous systems. Digital Commons - USU (Utah State University). 211–216. 55 indexed citations
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