University of Michigan Controls Faculty


Dennis Bernstein, Aero

3020 FXB
764-3719
dsbaero@engin.umich.edu

Research Interests: Systems and control theory with application to precision space structures.


Tony Bloch, Math

3231c Angell Hall
747-4980
abloch@math.lsa.umich.edu

Research Interests: Nonlinear dynamics, Hamiltonian mechanics, nonlinear control systems.


Johann Borenstein, ME

1101 ATL
763-1560
johannb@umich.edu

Research Area: Robotics including mobile robots and navigation and control.


Izak Duenyas, IOE

266 IOE
763-1431
duenyas@engin.umich.edu

Research Interests: Analysis and control of production systems, inventory control, queueing theory


James S. Freudenberg, EECS

4213 EECS
763-0586
jfr@eecs.umich.edu

Research Interests: Linear multivariable feedback systems, robustness and sensitivity issues, frequency domain methods, semiconductor manufacturing


Elmer Gilbert, Aero

3012 FXB
764-3355
elmerg@umich.edu

Research Interests: Control theory, optimization, computational methods, robotics


Brent Gillespie, ME

2278 G. G. Brown
647-6907
brentg@umich.edu

Research Interests: Haptic interface and robotics; cobots (robots that collaborate with humans); multibody dynamics; control and simulation of nonholonomic and discontinuous systems.


Jessy W. Grizzle, EECS

4221 EECS
763-3598
grizzle@eecs.umich.edu

Research Interests: Analysis and control of nonlinear systems, applications to automotive systems, semiconductor manufacturing


Pierre Kabamba, Aero

3016 FXB
763-6728
kabamba@umich.edu

Research Interests: Control theory, optimal control, dynamics and control.


Daniel Koditschek, EECS

148 ATL
764-430
kod@eecs.umich.edu

Research Interests: Dexterous robotic systems, intelligent manufacturing, nonlinear control, real-time control


Yoram Koren, ME

2268 GG Brown
936-3596
ykoren@umich.edu

Research Interests: Controls including numerical control of machine tools; mobile robot navigation; sensing of machining processes; robotics; wheelchair control.


Arthur D. Kuo, ME

3200 GG Brown
747-2505
artkuo@umich.edu

Research Interests: Biomechanics; dynamics; control theory; and optimal control.


Stephane Lafortune, EECS

4219 EECS
763-0591
stephane@eecs.umich.edu

Research Interests: Modeling, analysis and control of discrete event systems, intelligent vehicle highway systems, semiconductor manufacturing


Jonathan E. Luntz, ME

G050 WE Lay Auto Lab
764-3268
jluntz@umich.edu

Research Interests: Distributed manipulation.


Jerome Lynch, CEE

2328 GG Brown
615-5290
jerlynch@umich.edu

Research Interests: Decentralized control, market-based control, active and semi-active structural control systems.


N. Harris McClamroch, Aero

3064 FXB
763-2355
nhm@engin.umich.edu

Research Interests: Feedback Control, optimization, nonlinear control, aircraft and spacecraft control.


Semyon M. Meerkov, EECS

4225 EECS
763-6349
smm@eecs.umich.edu

Research Interests: Systems science and control, applications to communication networks and manufacturing systems, semiconductor manufacturing


Katta Murty, IOE

232 IOE
763-3513
murty@engin.umich.edu

Research Interests: Mathematical Programming, network flows, optimization and its application


Huei Peng, ME

2272 GG Brown
936-0352
hpeng@engin.umich.edu

Research Interests: Robust control; adaptive control; and optimal control with emphasis on the applications to vehicular and Intelligent Vehicle Highway Systems.


Robert L. Smith, IOE

268 IOE
763-2060
rlsmith@umich.edu

Research Interests: Operations research, infinite horizon optimization, stochastic processes, queueing theory, dynamic programming, IVHS


Anna G. Stefanopoulou, ME

G058 WE Lay Auto Lab
615-8461
annastef@umich.edu

Research Interests: Powertrain and propulsion control, vehicle/transportation systems, modular controller architectures for industrial applications, multivariable feedback control.


Jeffrey L. Stein, ME

2292 GG Brown
936-3336
stein@umich.edu

Research Interests: Systems and controls including machine design and control; machine diagnostics; physical system modeling; bond graph theory; biomechanics, prosthesis design and control.


Jing Sun, NAME

211 NAME
615-8061
jingsun@umich.edu

Research Interests: Control, adaptation and optimization of dynamic systems, with applications to marine propulsion, automotive powertrain and mobile robots.


Demosthenis Teneketzis, EECS

4217 EECS
763-0598
teneket@eecs.umich.edu

Research Interests: Stochastic control, decentralized stochastic systems, communication and queuing networks, stochastic scheduling and resource allocation problems, semiconductor manufacturing


Dawn Tilbury, ME

3130 GG Brown
936-2129
tilbury@umich.edu

Research Interests: Nonlinear control theory and applications, including: exterior differential systems, path planning for mobile robots, nonholonomic systems, hybrid (continuous and discrete) systems.


A. Galip Ulsoy, ME

2266 GG Brown
936-0407
ulsoy@engin.umich.edu

Research Interests: Dynamics and control including computer control; rotating or translating elastic systems; manufacturing automation; vehicle control.


last updated: 10/23/03 dmt