Alumni - Doctoral Students

Past Ph.D. Students:

2024

  • Honglu He, An Adaptive and Flexible Framework for Convergent Manufacturing with Robot Manipulators, Oct, 2024.

2022

  • Kimberly Oakes, Large Load Maniulation and Controller Design with Flexible Joint Manipulators, May, 2022.

2021

  • Shuyang Chen, Robot Manipulators Intelligent Motion and Force Control, May, 2021.

2020

  • Yuan-Chih Peng, Human-Robot Collaboration for Object Manipulation in Manufacturing, November, 2020.
  • Jiawei Yin, Light-based Rapid Circadian and Sleep Entrainment,  August, 2020, (jointly with Agung Julius).
  • David Carabis, Robotic Manipulation of Massive Objects in Space, August, 2020.
  • Dev Jivani, Enabling Human-Machine Coexistence using Depth Sensors, Aug, 2020 (advised by Richard Radke, also worked closely with me).

2019

  • Qi Jin, Analysis and Active Control of Flow Instabilities in Microchannel Cooling Systems, Nov 2019 (MANE) (advised by Shankar Narayanan, also worked closely with me)

2018

  • Chengjian Zheng, Active Control of Material Microstructure Evolution, May 2018 (MANE)
  • Matt Minakias, Model Identification and Controller Design for Building Thermal Systems: Simulation and Experiments, May 2018 (ECSE) (jointly with Sandipan Mishra)
  • Charles C. Okaeme, "Thermohygrometric Modeling and Control for Occupant Comfort in Buildings," May 2018 (MANE) (advised by Sandipan Mishra, also worked closely with me)

2016

  • Dan Kruse, Dual-Arm Robot Control for Human-Robot Collaborative Manipulation, December 2016. (ECSE) (jointly supervised with Rich Radke)
  • Zehao Yang, Advanced Control of Vapor Compression Cycle for Large and Transient Heat Flux Removal, December 2016 (MANE).
  • Dan Pollock, Inner/Outer-Loop Control Methodolgy for Mulitple Evaporator Dryout Avoidance Under Transient Heat Loads, May 2016 (MANE).

2015

  • Jacopi Tani, Closing the Loop with Blur, August 2015 (MANE) (jointly supervised with Sandipan Mishra)

2013

  • Jiaxiang Zhang. Circadian Rhythm Modeling, Estimation and Control based on Dynamic Lighting, August 2013 (ECSE) (jointly supervised with Agung Julius).

2012

  • Nanhu Chen. Modeling and Control of a Class of Nonlinear Opto-Mechatronic Systems with the Linear Parameter Varying Representation. November 2012. (MANE)

2011

  • Xiaoqing Ge. Reduced Order Modeling and Active Flow Control of an Inlet Duct , April 2011. (ECSE)
  • Juan Catano. Dynamic Modeling and Advanced Control of Vapor Compression Cycles for Electronics Cooling, September 2011. (MANE)
  • John Wason. Visually-Guided Multi-Probe Microassembly of Spatial Microelectromechanical Systems, December 2011. (MANE)

2010

  • Rongliang Zhou. Model Based Thermal Management Through Heat Injection and Removal, Nov 2010 (ECSE)

2009

  • He Bai. Passivity-Based Motion Coordination of Multi-Agent Systems: Theory and Experiments, May 2009 (ECSE) (jointly supervised with Murat Arcak).

2008

  • Josh Hurst. Transport Coefficient Computation based on Input/Output Reduced Order Models, Nov. 2008. (MANE)

2007

  • Rafael Quintanilla. Iterative Learning Control for High Performance Motion Systems Dec. 2007 (ECSE)

2005

  • Gustavo Montemayor. Multiple Manipulator Control with Distributed Infor- mation, Sensing, and Actuation, Feb. 2005. (ECSE)
  • Ben Potsaid. Expanding the Field of View in Optical Microscopy: a Multi- disciplinary Approach Aug. 2005 (MANE)

2004

  • Byoung Hun Kang. Parallel Mechanisms with Flexure Joints: Analysis, De- sign, and Control, Aug. 2004. (MANE)

2002

  • Sooyong Jung. Nonlinear Model Predictive Control: Stability, Robustness and Real-time Implementation, April, 2002. (MANE)
  • Hyosig Kang. Robotic Assisted Suturing in Minimally Invasive Surgery, May, 2002. (MANE)

2001

  • John O’Brien. Feasible Solutions to Unstable Singularity in Parallel Robots, June, 2001. (ECSE)

1999

  • Brian Tibbetts, Modeling and Control of Aluminum Extrusion Process. September 1999. (ECSE)

1998

  • Dan Popa, Path Planning and Feedback Stabilization of Nonholonomic Control Systems, April, 1998. (ECSE)
  • Fernando Lizarralde, Stabilization of Nonlinear Affine Control Systems using a Newton-Type Method, University of Rio de Janero, September 1998. (EE) (Co- Advisor with Liu Hsu)

1997

  • Gongming Shu, Thermomechanical Modeling and Analysis of Flexible Struc- tures with Shape Memory Alloy Actuators, August 1996. (Co-advisor with D. Lagoudas) (MANE)
  • Declan Hughes, Piezoceramic and Shape Memory Alloy Hysteresis Modeling and Compensation, February 1997. (ECSE)
  • Padma Akella, Modeling, Analysis, and Control of Flexible and Smart Struc- tures. October 1997. (ECSE)
  • Carrie Dickinson, Feedback Compensation of Shape Memory Alloy Hysteresis, November 1997. (ECSE)

1995

  • Steve Cummings, Direct Model Reference Adaptive Control Utilizing Nominal Model Information. April 1995. (ECSE)

1993

  • Xin Chen, Passivity Based Stability Analysis and Controller Synthesis for Distributed Parameter Systems with Unbounded Input/Output Operators, November 1993. (ECSE)
  • Wei–Ying Cheng, A Class of Neural Controllers with Application to Robot Tracking Control, November 1993. (ECSE)
  • Adam Divelbiss, Nonholonomic Motion Planning in the Presence of Obstacles, November 1993. (ECSE)
  • Sanjeev Seereeram, A Path Space Approach to Path Planning for Redundant Manipulators, November 1993. (ECSE)
  • Pierre Sicard, Trajectory Tracking of Flexible Joint Manipulators with Passivity Based Controller, June 1993. (ECSE)

Alumni Profiles

Associate Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Oklahoma State University
David Carabis
Staff Engineer, NASA Goddard
Senior Research Engineer, Emerson Climate Technologies
Shuyang Chen
ABB Robotics
Senior Controls Scientist, Corning Inc.
Principal Enginee, Coriant GmbH & Co. KG
Vice President - Technology Development and Execution, Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems
Operational Excellence / Lean Six Sigma Certified Master Black Belt & Senior Process Engineer, Bristol-Myers Squibb
Co-Owner/Developer, Creative Logic Entertainment, Inc.
Lead Electrical Engineer, GE Global Research Oil and Gas Technology Center
Senior Research Scientist, Analog Device Inc.
Qi Jin
Assistant Professor, School of Energy and Power Engineering, NanJing University of Science & Technology,
Software Architect, Matrix Comsec
Professor, Korea Polytechnic University
Senior Director, Platform and Application Research, Stryker MAKO
Dan Kruse
Controls Research Engineer, SRI International
Professor, Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering  Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)
Senior Algorithm Engineer, Cymer/ASML
Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Wyoming
Charles Okaeme
Researcher, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
Dan Pollock
Senior Researcher, UTRC
Professor, Vogt Endowed Chair of Advanced Manufacturing, University of Louisville
Research Scientist, Thorlabs, Inc. and Visiting Scientist, Research Laboratory of Electronics, MIT.
Senior Architect, ASML Research
Vice President, Scientific Systems Company, Inc.
Professor, Professor in electrical and computer engineering, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
Research Scientist, Institute for Dynamic Systems and Control, ETH
GNC Lead, Orbital Sciences Corporation Orbital Sciences Corporation
Founder, Wason Technology LLC
Measurement Engineer, Corning Inc.
Jiawei Yin
Researcher, Shandong Ocean Instruments and Apparatuses Institute in Qingdao, China
Senior Imaging System Engineer, Corning Inc.
Bloomberg
Project Lead/Senior Research Engineer, HP