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Rafael Fierro
B.E.S.. – Johns Hopkins University; M.S. – Ibid. ; Ph.D. –
U.C. Berkeley Thomas W. Gedra is an Associate Professor in the School of Electrical &
Computer Engineering at Oklahoma StateUniversity. Prior to obtaining his Ph.D. at U.C. Berkeley, he worked at
Westinghouse Electric Corporation on algorithms for synthetic aperture radar. His current
research primarily involves power systems and power system economics. This involves both
numerical optimization of large nonlinear systems and the analysis and control of the
nonlinear dynamics of large systems. He is also interested in system theory, probability
and stochastic processes, and stochastic control, including applications to portfolio
optimization and financial derivative pricing models. He is an active member of IEEE, and
chairs the Pricing Strategies and Methodologies Working Group in the IEEE Power
Engineering Society. He is a frequent paper reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Power
Systems and a frequent proposal reviewer for the Nation Science Foundation. Dr.Gedra
received a National Science Foundation (NSF) Research Initiation Award for 1992-1995. He
is also a recipient of NSF's Early Career Development Award for 1995-1999. Martin T. Hagan B.S.E.E. – Notre Dame University; M.S.I.C.S. – Georgia Tech; Ph.D.
– University of Kansas Martin T. Hagan is a Professor in the School of Electrical and Computer
Engineering and Interim Director of the Master of Control Systems Engineering program. He
has taught and conducted research in the area of automatic control systems for the last
twenty years. Some of the application areas in his control research have been: flight
simulators, precision pointing systems, diesel engines, adaptive flight control, and
friction compensation. He has received grants from Boeing, Texas Instruments, Halliburton
Energy Services, Cummins Engine Company, National Science Foundation, Air Force Office of
Scientific Research and Flight Safety International. For the last 10 years his research
has focused on the use of neural networks for control, filtering and prediction. He is the
principal author of a recent textbook, Neural Network Design, with Howard Demuth and Mark
Beale.
Karen A. High homepage | email B.S.Ch.E. - University of Michigan; M.S.Ch.E. - Pennsylvania State
University, Ph.D. - Ibid. Dr. High is currently an Associate Professor in Chemical Engineering at OSU.
She obtained her B. S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Michigan in 1985 and both her M. S. in
1988 and Ph.D. in 1991 in Chemical Engineering from the Pennsylvania State University. Dr.
High started at OSU in the Fall of 1991 in the School of Chemical Engineering. She has
been active in both the American Institute of Chemical Engineering (currently she is on
the national executive board of one AIChE's 15 divisions) and the Society of Women
Engineers (she has served as the local student section advisor since 1991). Dr. High has
published technical articles in the Computers in Chemical Engineering and the Industrial
and Engineering Chemistry journals. Dr. High has been active in research involving process
optimization particularly in industrial projects with Conoco and Phillips Petroleum. She
currently teaches a Chemical Engineering modeling class and an optimization course that
are included in the MS Control System Engineering Program. Dr. High is currently the site
director of the OSU Measurement and Control Engineering Center (MCEC) that is affiliated
with the University of Tennessee MCEC. Research projects with the center involve advanced
control and optimization issues.
Manjunath Kamath homepage | email B.Tech
- Indian Institute of Technology, Madras; M.E. - Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore;
Ph.D. - University of Dr.
Manjunath Kamath is an Associate Professor in the School of Industrial Engineering and
Management and Director of the Center for Computer Integrated Manufacturing at Oklahoma
State University, Stillwater, OK. His primary areas of interest are stochastic modeling
and queueing theory, analytical performance modeling of manufacturing systems,
object-oriented modeling and simulation of discrete-event systems, and Petri nets. He has
served as Principal Investigator or Co-Principal Investigator on several projects funded
by the National Science Foundation and the AT&T Foundation involving the design and
development of advanced modeling environments and integrated production management
systems. Dr. Kamath has authored or co-authored two handbook/book chapters and over 25
papers in refereed journals and conference proceedings in the areas of simulation,
queueing, and production systems modeling and analysis. He has organized and chaired
several invited sessions at INFORMS and IE Research Conferences. In 1997, he was a
Co-Guest Editor for a special issue on Competitive Manufacturing Systems of Sadhana, a
journal published by the Indian Academy of Sciences. Dr. Kamath is a member of IEEE, IIE
and INFORMS. Eduardo A. Misawa homepage | email B.S.M.E. - University of Sao Paulo; M.S.M.E - Ibid.; Ph.D. - MIT Dr. Eduardo A. Misawa is an Associate Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace
Engineering, with research interest on robust estimation and control of complex uncertain
nonlinear systems in the presence of state and control constraints. Design techniques are
developed based on existing mathematical stability theories, focusing on approaches that
lead to control algorithms that can be used in embedded control applications. Research is
motivated by joint projects with industries that range from oil service to disk drive
manufacturers. Dr. Misawa has been teaching control related courses at both undergraduate
and graduate level, while he has been advising B.Sc., masters and doctoral students. He
has also been active in professional societies in several positions, such as chairman of
system theory panel of the dynamic systems and control division in the ASME, invited
session organizer at several American Control Conferences, IEEE Conference on Control
Applications and ASME's Winter Annual Meeting, publication chair for the 1997 IEEE
Conference on Control Applications, ASME division representative for the American Control
Conference (1997 and 1998), vice-chair for contributed papers for the 1999 American
Control Conference and program chair for the 2002 American Control Conference. Dr. Misawa
is also an associate editor of the ASME's Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and
Control. Prabhakar R. Pagilla homepage | email B.Engg. - Osmania University; M.S.M.E – U.C. Berkeley; Ph.D. - Ibid. Prabhakar R. Pagilla is an assistant professor in the School of Mechanical
and Aerospace Engineering. His research interests include dynamics and control of
nonlinear systems, adaptive control, mechatronics, control of large-scale interconnected
systems with applications to web handling systems, and robotics. Dr. Pagilla has been
teaching dynamics and control related courses in the college of engineering at both
undergraduate and graduate levels. Specifically, he has taught courses in Multivariable
Control Theory, Digital Control Systems, Dynamics and Control of Robot Manipulators, and
Dynamic Systems. He has current research projects funded by NSF, OCAST, and web handling
industry such as ALCOA and Fife Corporation. Dr. Pagilla is a member of IEEE and ASME. He
is currently serving as the Chair of the Systems Theory Panel of the Dynamic Systems and
Control Division of the ASME. Rama Ramakumar homepage | email B.S.E.E.-
University of Madras; M.S.E.E.- Indian Institute of Technology; Ph.D. - Cornell University Rama
Ramakumar has been a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Oklahoma State
University since 1976 and the PSO/Albrecht Naeter Professor since 1991. He has been the
Director of the OSU Engineering Energy Laboratory since 1987. His research and teaching
interests are in energy conversion, renewable energy, power electronics, and system
reliability. His textbook, Engineering Reliability: Fundamentals and Applications, was
published by Prentice Hall in 1993. He is a Fellow of IEEE and holds memberships in
several professional and honorary societies. R. Russell Rhinehart homepage | email B.S.Ch.E. - University of Maryland; M.S.N.E - Ibid.; Ph.D. - North Carolina
State University R. Russell Rhinehart is the Head of the School of Chemical Engineering at
OSU. Formerly he was professor and graduate administrator for chemical engineering at
Texas Tech University. His research interest in the practical application of advanced
technology for automated process management, is the product of his former 13-year career
in the chemical industry. He holds several professional society positions: Editor-in-Chief
of ISA Transactions, Vice Chair for Industry and Applications for the 1999 American
Control Conference, General Chair for the 2002 American Control Conference, alternate ISA
Delegate to the American Automatic Control Council, membership on the Technical Advisory
Board for Pavilion Technologies, Inc., and the Editorial Advisory Board for Control
Magazine. A.A.E.
- Otero Junior College; B.S.A.E. - Colorado State University; M.S.A.E. - Colorado State
University; Ph.D. Eng Sci., - Washington State University Dr.
Stone currently teaches courses in automatic controls and sensor systems. He conducts
research in the area of Sensor Systems, Electronic Communication Systems and Control
systems and specializes in the area of Sensors and Controls for Biological Systems. He is
a member of the following professional association: American Society of Agricultural
Engineers (ASAE) Gamma Sigma Delta, Alpha Epsilon, Society of Automotive Engineers,
American Society of Engineering Educators James R. (Rob) Whiteley B.S.Ch.E. - Oklahoma State University; M.S.Ch.E. - Ohio State University in ;
Ph.D. - Ibid. Dr. James R. (Rob) Whiteley is an Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering
at OSU. His research is focused on development and application of advanced information
processing techniques for monitoring, control, and optimization in the process industries.
He earned his B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Oklahoma State University in 1977. After
working 10 years in the chemical industry, he returned to graduate school and earned his
MS and Ph.D. degrees in Chemical Engineering from Ohio State University in 1989 and 1991,
respectively. Dr. Whiteley is a member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers and
the American Chemical Society. He serves as session chair/co-chair for process control
related sessions at various professional society meetings and consults in the area of
process control for Phillips Petroleum Co. and Conoco, Inc. B.S.- National Taipei Institute of Technology; M.S.E.E.- Marquette
University; Ph.D.- University of Notre Dame Gary Yen is an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at
OSU. His research interests include intelligent system and control, predictive machinery
diagnosis and multiple sensor data fusion. Dr. Yen has received continuous support from
DoD, NASA and DoE Laboratories since 1992. He is an IEEE senior member and has served as
an associate editor for the IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and the IEEE Control
Systems Magazine since 1995. He was Publicity Chair for the IEEE Conference on Decision
and Control 1997, and is Finance Chair for the IEEE International Symposium on Intelligent
Control 1998, IEEE Liaison for the International Joint Conference on Neural Network 1999,
and Local Arrangement Chair for 1999 American Control Conference. During his civil service
(system engineer and program manager) at the Air Force Research Laboratory, he has
successfully directed a group of acoustic scientists, aerospace engineers and RLV policy
makers to accomplish an adaptive neural control design for space structure vibration
suppression. Gary E. Young homepage | email B.S.M.E. - U. C. Davis; M.S.M.E. Ibid., Ph.D. – U. C. Berkeley Gary E. Young is a Professor of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering. His
professional experience includes Staff Engineer, University of California Lawrence
Livermore Laboratory, 1976-1978. Dr. Young has interest in the broad area of dynamic
systems and control. This includes modeling and understanding complex nonlinear behavior,
designing control system algorithms to obtain acceptable system behavior, and implementing
these algorithms on experimental apparatus. He works with industry to apply
state-of-the-art digital control methods to industrial problems and has special interest
in understanding nonlinear systems where parameter uncertainty is inherent to the process.
He was one of the founders of the Real-Time Distributed Systems Laboratory at OSU, which
is concerned with the software design and implementation of engineering systems that have
been connected using a network.
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