CONTROL SEMINAR SERIES (WINTER 2008)
THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
with generous support from
Eaton,  Ford,  General Motors, Toyota and Whirlpool

Fridays 3:30 - 4:30 p.m. 1500 EECS Building


January 11:         Professor Naomi E. Leonard,  Princeton University,  Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, ÒMobile Sensor Networks:  Cooperative Sensing and ControlÓ.

 

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January 18:         Professor Domitilla del Vecchio, University of Michigan, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, ÒModular Cell Biology: Retroactivity and InsulationÓ.

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January 25:          Professor Tamer Basar, University of Illinois Ð Urbana, Design and Control Laboratory, ÒSensing, Control and Decision Making with Limited ActionsÓ.       

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February 1:         Dr. Diana Yanakiev, Ford Motor Company, ÒPowertrain Control Research and Advanced EngineeringÓ.

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February 8:         Professor James Freudenberg, University of Michigan,  Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, ÒMinimum Variance Control over a Gaussian Communication ChannelÓ.

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February 15:       Dr Paul Otanez, Powertrain Systems Research Lab, General Motors Research and Development, ÒAggressive Torque Converter Clutch Slip Control for Improved Fuel EconomyÓ.

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February  22:               NO SEMINAR Ð SPRING BREAK

 


February  29:               NO SEMINAR Ð SPRING BREAK


March  7:            Professor Vijay Kumar, University of Pennsylvania, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, ÒArchitectures, Abstractions and Algorithms for Large Teams of RobotsÓ.

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March 14:           Professor Anna Stefanopoulou, University of    Michigan, Department of Mechanical Engineering, ÒApplying Simple Control Techniques in Fuel Cell SystemsÓ.

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March 21:           Professor  Rafael Fierro, The University of  New Mexico, Department of  Electrical and Computer Engineering, ÒDesign of Robotic Games Ð A Serious BusinessÓ.

 

 

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March 28:           Professor William B. Ribbens, Professor Emeritius of EECS and Aerospace Engineering, ÒYaw Stabilization of Articulated Trucks via Sliding Mode Observer-based Differential-Antilock Brake SystemÓ.

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April 11:             Professor J. Karl Hedrick, University of California, Berkeley, Department of Mechanical Engineering, ÒControl of Mobile Sensor NetworksÓ.

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For more information please contact:

Professor Jessy Grizzle

email:  grizzle@eecs.umich.edu

and

Professor Jing Sun

email:  jingsun@umich.edu


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