CONTROL SEMINAR SERIES (Fall 2000)
THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

September 15

Dr.Yi-Liang Chen
Rockwell Science Center

Discrete Event Modeling and Control Using Finite State Machines with Parameters (abstract)

September 22

Professor Brad Paden

Department of Mechanical and Environmental Engineering
University of California, Santa Barbara

A Magnetically Levitated Left-Ventricular Assist Device (abstract)

September 29

Professor Edward Lee

Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
University of California, Berkeley

Frameworks for Discrete-Event Modeling and Design (abstract)

October 6

Professor Gill Pratt

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, AI Lab

The Promise of Low Impedance Robotics (abstract)

October 13

Professor Dennis Bernstein

Department of Aerospace Engineering
University of Michigan

How Feedback changed the World (abstract)

October 20

Professor Robert Ervin

University of Michigan Transportation Institute

A Program of Research on the Driving Control Process (abstract)

October 27

Professor Claire Tomlin

Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics and Electrical Engineering
Stanford University

Computational Methods for Analyzing and Controlling Hybrid Systems (abstract)

November 3

Professor Ted Iwasaki

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
University of Virginia

Integrated Design of Controlled Mechanical Systems (abstract)

November 10

Dr.Michiel van Nieustadt

Ford Motor Company

Topics in control of Lean Burn Engines (abstract)

November 17

Professor Andy Ruina

Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Department

Cornell University

The Possible Physics (Mechanics) of Walking (abstract)

December 1

Professor V. Balakrishman

School of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Purdue University

Applications of Convex Optimization in Systems and Control (abstract)

December 8

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