CONTROL SEMINAR SERIES (FALL 2009)
THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
Sponsored by
Eaton,  Ford,  General Motors, Toyota, Whirlpool and the MathWorks

 

Fridays 3:30 - 4:30 p.m.

Rm. 1500 EECS Building

September 25:       Dr. Jesse B. Hoagg, University of Michigan, Department of Aerospace Engineering, ÒDiscrete Time Adaptive Control using a Retrospective Performance and its applications to Fluids and StructuresÓ.

                   

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October 2:            Dr. Jacob Apkarian, Founder, Chairman and CTO of Quanser

                   - CANCELLED

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October 9:            Professor Cedric Langbort, University of Illinois at Urbana, Champaign, Department of Aerospace Engineering, ÒModel Segmentation in Networked Control SystemsÓ.

                   

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October 16:           Daniel Opila, University of Michigan, Department of EECS, ÒIncorporating  Drivability Metrics into Optimal Energy Management Strategies for Hybrid VehiclesÓ.

                   

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October 23:           Professor Caisheng Wang, Wayne State University, College of Engineering, ÒModeling and Control of Microgrids:  Towards Smart Grids for Sustainable and Efficient Energy Development.

                   

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October 30:           Professor Robert Bitmead, University of California, San Diego, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, ÒStochastic Observability and  Network Congestion ControlÓ.

                   

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November 6:         Dr. Chris Vermillion, Post-doctoral Researcher Ð Control Design and Modeling, Toyota Technical Center,  ÒOptimal  Modular Control with Applications to Automotive ControlÓ.

                   

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November 13:       Professor Prashant G. Mehta, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Dept. of Mechanical Science and Engineering, ÒPhase transition in large population games:  An application to synchronization of coupled oscillatorsÓ.

                   

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November 20:       Dr. Nazli Kahveci, Powertrain Controls Research and Advanced Engineering, Ford Motor Company, ÒRobust Adaptive Control for Input Constrained Systems:  Theory and Applications.Ó

                   

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December 4:         Professor Ardalan Vahidi, The Clemson University, Department of Mechanical Engineering, ÒPredictive Energy Management in  Networked Vehicles: Exploiting Traffic and Terrain Preview for Fuel SavingÓ.

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For more information please contact:

 

Professor Kenn Oldham

email:  oldham@umich.edu

 

and

 

Professor Jessy Grizzle

email:  grizzle@umich.edu

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