CONTROL SEMINAR SERIES (Winter 2011)
THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

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

 

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

Rm. 1500 EECS Building

 

 

January 7:             Pulkit Grover, Post-doc, University of California Ð Berkeley, ÒDecentralized control:  when actions breakÓ.

                   

 (Abstract)

 

 

January 14:           Dr. Assen L. Dontchev, Mathematical Reviews,  A division of the American Mathematical Society, ÒControl Theoretic Splines with ConstraintsÓ.

                   

 (Abstract)

                   

 

January 21:           Professor Warren Dixon, University of Florida, Gainesville, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering,  ÒNonlinear Control of Uncertain Fatigued Human Skeletal Muscle:  Theory and ExperimentsÓ.

                   

 (Abstract)

                   

 

January 28:           Professor Eric Johnson, Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Aerospace Engineering, ÒMaking Small Unmanned Systems do Big ThingsÓ.

                   

 (Abstract)

                   

 

February 4:           Professor Elias Strangas Michigan State University, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, ÒAffordable Reliability Improvement of Electrical DrivesÓ.

                   

 (Abstract)

 

February 11:         Professor Yi Lu Murphey, Chair, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Michigan Ð Dearborn, MI, ÒMachine Learning Approaches to Vehicle Power ManagementÓ.

                   

 (Abstract)

 

 

February 18:         Professor Gabor Orosz, University of Michigan, Department of Mechanical Engineering, ÒTraffic Jams:  Dynamics and ControlÓ.

                   

 (Abstract)

 

 

 

February 25:     NO SEMINARS   ------ SPRING BREAK

 

March 4:           NO SEMINARS   ------ SPRING BREAK

 

 

March 11:             Ryan McGee, Supervisor, Vehicle Controls Architecture and Algorithm Design, Ford Motor Company, ÒPowertrain Electrification: Taking advanced control systems out of the lab and on to the roadÓ.

                   

 (Abstract)

 

March 18:             Professor Naira Hovakimyan, University of Illinois at Urbana Ð Champaign, Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, ÒAdaptive Control and its Transition to PracticeÓ.

                   

 (Abstract)

 

March 25:             Professor Mingyan Liu, University of Michigan, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, ÒIn-situ Soil Moisture Sensing From Physical Models to Optimal Control to Field DeploymentÓ.

                   

 (Abstract)

 

April 1:                 Dr. Bhaskar Saha,  NASA Ð AMES Research Center,  ÒBattery Health Management for Electrical VehiclesÓ.

                   

 (Abstract)

 

April 8:                 Professor Kenn Richard Oldham, University of Michigan, Department of Mechanical Engineering, ÒLow-power motion control of microactuators with expensive voltage conversion and sensingÓ.

                   

 (Abstract)

 

 

For more information please contact:

 

Professor James Freudenberg

email:  jfr@umich.edu

 

and

 

Professor Ilya Kolmanovsky

email:  ilya@umich.edu

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