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Control Systems Research

Faculty

• John Y. Hung - Associate Professor (Univ. of Illinois at Urbana Champaign - '89). Control systems engineering, nonlinear systems, variable structure control, adaptive control, signal processing and instrumentation, engineering education, applications: magnetic bearings, power electronics, intelligent vehicles.
• Thomas S. Denney, Jr. - Professor (Johns Hopkins Univ. - '94). Magnetic resonance imaging, cardiovascular imaging, medical imaging, image processing, computer vision, image reconstruction.

Research Interests

• Adaptive and Non-Linear Control
  • Adaptive and robust control
  • Variable structure control
  • Intelligent control (neural/fuzzy)
• Signal Processing
  • Image processing, computer vision
  • Virtual reality
  • Control algorithm development
  • Digital simulation and analysis
  • Stochastic modeling and estimation
  • Data visualization
• Control Implementation
  • Sensor development
    • low cost attitude sensors
    • optical LOS sensors
    • optical vibration sensors
  • Controller development
    • embedded controllers
    • DSP controllers

Completed and Current Projects

• HEIDi - High Altitude Balloon - Flight 1993 (GSFC) - control and attitude sensing
• GATE - Tether Application Satellite Exp. (MSFC)
• Electronic Flight Instrument System (Industry) - attitude sensing plus mapped approach system
• Fault-Tolerant Missile Control (Eglin)
• Computer-Aided Design/Analysis Package (MSFC)
• Numerical Methods (NSF)
• Flight Dynamic Estimates (Industry)
• 3D Motion with Magnetic Resonant Images
• Sliding Mode Controller (SPI-NASA)
• Digital Magnetic Bearing Control (SPI-NASA)
• Fuzzy Control DC-DC Converters (SPI-NASA)
• Vehicle "Land" Alert System (USTRB)