Manchester and Metropolitan University, UK
Ki Cheong Ho
Optimisation of Neural Network Architecture for Modeling and Control
July 1998
Supervisor: Prasad V.S. Ponnapalli

 University of Florida
Mark A. Motter
Control of the NASA Langley 16-Foot Transonic Tunnel with the Self-Organizing Feature Map
May 1998
Supervisor: Jose C. Principe

 Stevens Institute of Technology
Myron E. Hohil
Linear Programming for Minimization of Neural Networks with Binary Inputs
May 1998
Supervisors: Stanley H. Smith and Derong Liu

 J. do Livramento
Dynamic Modeling for Analysis and Design of Bottle Conveying Systems in High-Speed Bottling Lines
April 1998
Supervisor: Prof. Okko H. Bosgra; Dr. A. J. J. van der Weigen

 The Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
Jan Tommy Gravdahl
Modeling and Control of Rotating Stall and Surge in Compressor
April 1998
Supervisor: Prof. Olav Egeland

 J. G. M. Dotsch
Identification for Control Design with Application to a Compact Disk Mechanism
March 1998
Supervisor: Prof. Okko H. Bosgra; Dr. Paul van den Hof

 University of Pisa, Italy
Francesco E. L. Nasuti
Trajectory Maneuverability and Agility: Definitions and Applications to Guidance and Control of High Performance Flight Vehicles
February 1998
Supervisor: Prof. Mario Innocenti

 Lund University
Johan Nilsson
Real-Time Control Systems with Delays
February 1998
Supervisor: Dr. Bo Bernhardsson and Prof. Bjorn Wittenmark

 D. de Roover
Motion Control of a Wafer Stage-A Design Approach for Speeding Up IC Production
December 1997
Supervisor: Prof. Okko H. Bosgra

 University of Twente, the Netherlands
Hans Schurer
Linearization of Electroacoustic Transducers
November 1997
Supervisor: Prof. dr-ing. Otto E. Herrmann and Dr. ir. Cornelis H. Slump

 Lund University
Karl Henrik Johansson
Relay Feedback and Multivariable Control
November 1997
Supervisor: Prof. Karl Johan Astrom

 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Carrie A. Dickinson
Feedback Compensation of Shape Memory Alloy Hysteresis
November 1997
Supervisor: Prof. John T. Wen

 University of Southampton, UK
Venketesh N. Dubey
Sensing and Control within a Robotic End Effector
November 1997
Supervisors: Richard M Crowder and Paul H Chappell

 University of Florence, Italy
Alberto Bemporad
Reference Governors: On-Line Set-Point Optimization Techniques for Constraint Fulfillment
October 1997
Supervisor: Edoardo Mosca

 Strasbourg 1 University
Louis Pasteur Harald Jordan
Software and Hardware Architecture of a Robot Controller for use with Multiple Sensors: Methodology and Design of a Real-Time System
September 1997
Supervisor: Gabriel Abba and Eric Ostertag

 University of Maryland at College Park
Stefano P. Coraluppi
Optimal Control of Markov Decision Processes for Performance and Robustness
September 1997
Supervisor: Steven I. Marcus

 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Stephen D. Patek
Stochastic Shortest Path Games: Theory and Algorithms
September 1997
Supervisor: Dimitri P. Bertsekas

 Lund Institute of Technology
Bengt Lindoff
On Parameter Estimation and Control of Time-Varying Stochastic Systems
September 1997
Supervisor: Jan Holst

 University of Connecticut
Robert Popp
Parallel and Distributed Algorithms for Data Association and Application to Multitarget Tracking
September 1997
Supervisors: Krishna Pattipati and Yaakov Bar-Shalom

 University of Oxford, UK
Simon J. Julier
Process Models for the Navigation of High Speed Land Vehicles
September 1997
Supervisors: Prof. Hugh F. Durrant-Whyte and Michael Brady

 G. van Schothorst
Modeling of Long-Stroke Hydraulic Servo-Systems for Flight Simulator Motion Control and System Design
September 1997
Supervisors: Prof. Okko H. Bosgra; Prof. J. A. Mulder; Dr. A. J. J. van der Weiden

 University of Michigan
Chunlei Rui
Dynamics and Nonlinear Attitude Control of Multibody Space Systems
August 1997
Supervisor: N. Harris McClamroch

 Beijing University of Aeronautics & Astronautics, P.R. China
Xuan Ming Dong
Robust Fault Diagnosis and its Application in Aviation Hydraulic Control Systems
July 1997
Supervisor: Prof. Li Hua Qiu

 University of Cincinnati
John J. Jones
Intelligent Process Control of Fiber Chemical Vapor Deposition
July 1997
Supervisor: Patrick Garrett

 McGill University, Canada
A. Raymond Comeau
Higher Order Discrete-Time Models with Applications to Multi-Rate Control
June 1997
Supervisor: Prof. Noriyuki Hori

 University of Valladolid, Spain
Juan C. Grieco
Climbing Robots, Considerations about Design, Stability, and Control
May 1997
Supervisor: Manuel A. Armada

 University of Notre Dame
Eric V. York
Algebraic Description and Construction of Error Correcting Codes: A System Theory Point of View
May 1997
Supervisor: Joachim Rosenthal

 Aalbory University
Soren Abildsten Bogh
Fault Tolerant Control Systems-a Development Method and Real-Life Case Study
May 1997
Supervisor: Prof. Mogens Blanke

 Kharkov State Technical University of Radio Electronics
Sergiy A. Vorrobyov
Adaptive Multilayer Algorithms of Estimation, Filtering, Prediction, Fault Detection in Nonstationary Stochastic Sequences
May 1997
Supervisor: Prof. yeugenij V. Bodyanskiy

 University of Calgary
Huang Shu
Optimal Design of Multirate Systems
April 1997
Supervisor: Tongwen Chen

 University of Calgary
Nadra Rafee
Optimal Multirate Discretization of Analog Controllers: Theory and Application
April 1997
Supervisor: Tongwen Chen and Om P. Malik

 Simon Fraser University, Canada
Hanlong Yang
Estimation and Fault Diagnosis in Nonlinear and Time Delay Systems Based on Unknown Input Observer Methodology
April 1997
Supervisor: Prof. Mehrdad Saif

 Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
John Morten Godhavn
Topics in Nonlinear Motion Control: Nonholonomic, Underactuated, and Hybrid Systems
April 1997
Supervisor: Prof. Olav Egeland

 Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Morten Dalsmo
Contributions to Nonlinear Control and Mathematical Description of Physical Systems
April 1997
Supervisor: Olav Egeland

 Uppsala University, Sweden
Carl Fredrik Lindberg
Control and Estimation Strategies Applied to the Activated Sludge Process
April 18, 1997
Supervisor: Prof. T. Soderstrom

 The Queen's University of Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
Girijesh Prasad
Performance Monitoring and Control for Economical Fossil Power Plant Operation
April 1997
Supervisors: Prof. B. W. Hogg and Dr. E. Swidenbank

 Dublin City University, Ireland
Fiona Murray
Time Series Forecasting Methodologies for Electricity Supply Systems
March 1997
Supervisor: John Ringwood

 Dublin City University, Ireland
Barbara Molloy
Modeling and Predictive Control of a Drum-Type Boiler
March 1997
Supervisor: John Ringwood

 Aalbory University
Rafal Wisniewski
Satellite Attitude Control Using Only Electromagnetic Actuation
March 1997
Supervisor: Prof. Mogens Blanke

 The Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
J. Heintze
Design and Control of a Hydraulically Actuated Industrial Brick Laying Robot
March 1997
Supervisor: Prof. Okko H. Bosgra; Dr. A. J. J. van der Weigen

 Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil
Leandro dos Santos Coelho
Computational Intelligence in Process Identification and Control: Fuzzy, Evolutionary, and Neural Approaches
February 1997
Supervisor: Antonio Augusto

 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Cem Unsal
Intelligent Navigation of Autonomous Vehicles in an Automated Highway System: Learning Methods and Interacting Vehicles Approach
January 1997
Supervisor: John S. Bay

 The Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, U.K.
Mohammad Farid
Optimal Control, Piecewise-Deterministic Processes and Viscosity Solutions
January 1997
Supervisor: Prof. Mark H. A. Davis

 University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
Jeremy G. VanAntwerp
Globally Optimal Robust Control for Systems with Nonlinear Time-Varying Perturbations
January 1997
Supervisor: Richard D. Braatz

 G. W. van der Linden
High Performance Robust Manipulator Motion Control-Theory, Tools and Experimental Implementation
January 1997
Supervisor: Prof. Okko H. Bosgra and Dr. A. J. J. van der Weiden