RESUME
NAME
Larry Silverberg
DEPARTMENT
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
CONTACT INFORMATION
North Carolina State University
Campus Box 7910
Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-7910
Telephone (919) 515-5665
Fax: (919) 515-7968
www.mae.ncsu.edu/homepages/silverberg/indexhome.html
PERSONAL
Born November 5, 1957, married Deborah L. Due on July 24, 1987, daughter Corinne born on August 28, 1989.
EDUCATIONAL RECORD
BS in Engineering Mechanics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute (Virginia Tech), 1979
MS in Engineering Mechanics, Virginia Tech, 1981
Ph.D. in Engineering Mechanics, Virginia Tech, 1983
PROFESSIONAL RECORD
Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, North Carolina State University, August 1995 to present.
Visiting Professor (sabbatical), College of Engineering, Tech de Monterrey, Guadalajara, Mexico, January 2004 to July 2004.
Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, North Carolina State University, November 1989 to August 1995.
Guest Investigator (sabbatical), Thomas Lord Research Center, Cary, NC, July 1992-January 1993.
Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, North Carolina State University, August 1984 to November 1989.
NASA/ASEE Faculty Fellowships, NASA Langley Research Center, summers of 1985,1986.
Member of the Technical Staff, TRW, Space and Technology Group, Redondo Beach, CA, July 1983 to January 1984.
AWARD
Academy of Outstanding Teachers, North Carolina State University, 1995.
Outstanding Teachers Award, College of Engineering, North Carolina State University, 1995.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Outstanding Contribution Award, 1994.
The Alcoa Foundation Engineering Research Achievement Award, College of Engineering, North Carolina State University, 1993.
Honorary Member of Pi Tau Sigma, 1993.
The Jefferson Cup Award, 22nd AIAA/ASME/AHS Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference, 1981.
TEXTBOOK
1. "Mark's Mechanics Problem Solving Companion," McGraw-Hill Book Company, 365 pgs., 2001 (with J. P. Thrower).
BOOKLET
1. "Basic Experiments in Analog Control for Engineers," Prentice Hall Custom Publishing, Inc. 75 pgs., 1997 (with C. M. Tran).
PUBLICATIONS IN REFEREED JOURNALS
1. "Active Vibration Suppression of a Cantilever Wing," presented at AIAA/ASME 23rd SDM Conference, May 10-12, 1982, New Orleans, LA; also Journal of Sound and Vibration, Vol. 97, No. 3, 489-498 (1984), (with L. Meirovitch).
2. "Control of Structures Subjected to Seismic Excitations," presented at Symposium on Engineering Science and Mechanics, January 5-8, 1982, Hong Kong; also Journal of Civil Engineers, Paper No. 17878, Vol. 109, No. 2, p. 604-616, April 1983, (with L. Meirovitch).
3. "Two Bracketing Theorems Characterizing the Eigensolution for the h-Version of the Finite Element Method," Journal of Numerical Methods in Engineering, Vol. 19, 1691-1704 (1983), (with L. Meirovitch).
4. "Robust Natural Control of Distributed Systems," presented at the 18th Annual Conference on Information and System Science, Princeton, NJ, March 14-16, 1983; also Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics, Vol. 8, No. 6, Nov.-Dec., 1985; also Soviet issue of Aeronautics/Space Technology, Aug. 1986, p. 52-61, (with H. Baruh).
5. "Block-Independent Control of Distributed-Parameter Structures," presented at the 24th AIAA/SDM Conference, Lake Tahoe, NE, also Journal of Optimal Control, Applications and Methods, Vol. 6, 281-289 (1985), (with L. Meirovitch).
6. "Globally Optimal Control of Distributed Systems," presented at the 4th AIAA Symposium on Control of Large Structures, June 11-13, 1983; also Journal of Optimal Control Applications and Methods, Vol. 4, 365-386 (1983), (with L. Meirovitch).
7. "Control of Non-Self-Adjoint Distributed-Parameter Systems," presented at the IEEE Decision and Control Conference, San Antonio, TX, December, 1983; also Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, Vol. 47, No. 1, 77-90 (1985), (with L. Meirovitch).
8. "Identification of External Excitations in Self-Adjoint Distributed Systems Using Modal Filters", presented at the 26th SDM Conference, Orlando, Florida, April 1985; also Journal of Sound and Vibration, (1986) 108(2), 247-260, (with H. Baruh)
9. "Uniform Damping Control of Spacecraft," presented at the 26th AIAA/SDM Conference, Orlando, Florida, April 15-17, 1985; also Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics. Vol. 9, No. 2, March-April 1986, p. 221-227; also Soviet issue of Aeronautics/Space Technology, Dec. 1986, p. 161-168.
10. "Simultaneous Maneuver and Vibration Suppression of Flexible Spacecraft," Journal of Applied Mathematical Modeling, Vol. 12, No. 6, p. 546-555, Dec. 1988, (with H. Baruh).
11. "Variational Modal Identification of Conservative Nongyroscopic Systems," Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control, Vol. 111, No. 2, p. 160-171, June 1989, (with S. Kang).
12. "Modal Identification of Self-Adjoint Distributed-Parameter Systems," presented at the 23rd Meeting of the Society of Engineering Science, Buffalo, NY, August 25-27, 1986; also Journal of Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, Vol. 18, No. 5, p. 633-642, July 1989, (with M. A. Norris)."
13. "On the Nature of Natural Control," presented at the ASME Vibrations Conference, September 27-30, 1987, Boston, MA; also presented at the 6th VPI&SU Symposium on Dynamics and Control of Large Structures, June 29-July 1, 1987, Blacksburg, VA; also Journal of Vibration, Acoustics, Stress and Reliability in Design, Vol. 111, p.412-422, October, 1989, (with M. Morton).
14. "The Interactions Between Rigid-body and Flexible-body Motions in Maneuvering Spacecraft," presented at the USAF/NASA Workshop on Model Determination for Large Space Systems, March 22-24, 1988; also Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics, Vol. 13, No. 1, Jan.-Feb. 1990, p. 73-81 (with S. Park).
15. "The Compromise Inherent in Structural Feedback Control", presented at the AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Conference, Aug. 1988; also Journal of Applied Mathematical Modeling, Vol. 14, July 1990, p. 362-369 (with I. Yunis).
16. "Decentralized Feedback Maneuver of Flexible Spacecraft," Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics, Vol. 13, No. 2, March-April 1990, p. 258-264 (with L. A. Foster).
17. "On-Off Decentralized Control of Flexible Structures," presented at the 7th VPI&SU/ AIAA Symposium on Dynamics and Control of Large Structures, Blacksburg, VA, May 8-10, 1989; also Journal of Dynamic Systems Measurement and Control (with L. A. Foster).
18. "Motion Control of Space Structures," presented at SPACE 90 Conference, Albuquerque, NM, April 23-26, 1990, also Journal of Aerospace Engineering, October 1990, Vol. 3, No. 4, Oct. 1990, p. 223-234.
19. "Modal Identification of Gyroscopic Distributed-Parameter Systems," presented at the USAF/NASA Workshop on Model Determination for Large Space Systems, March 22-24, 1988, also AIAA Journal, Vol. 28, No. 12, December 1990, pp. 2104-2110 (with M. A. Norris).
20. "The Temporal Correlation Method for the Modal Identification of Lightly Damped Structures," Journal of Sound and Vibration, Vol. 159, No. 3, Dec. 1991, (with M. A. Norris, S. P. Kahn, and C. E. Hedgecock).
21. "Light Impulsive Damping of Spacecraft Exhibiting Normal Mode Behavior," Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics, Vol. 15, No. 1, January-February 1992, pp. 114-120.
22. "Uniform Damping Control: Discretization and Optimization," Journal of Applied Mathematical Modeling, Vol. 16, No. 3, March 1992, pp. 133-140 (with J. Redmond and L. Weaver, Jr.).
23. "Fuel Consumption in Optimal Control," Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics, Vol. 15, No. 2, March-April 1992, pp. 424-430 (with J. Redmond).
24. "Node Control of Uniform Beams Subject to Various Boundary Conditions," Journal of Applied Mechanics, Vol. 59, No. 4, Dec. 1992, pp. 983-990 (with L. Weaver, Jr.).
25. "Slewing Motion Control of a Very Flexible Elastic Beam," Journal of Applied Mechanics, Vol. 59, Sept.1992, pp. 684-687 (with J. W. Eischen, and H. L. Wang).
26. "Simulation of the Mechanics of Waterskier Motion," Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, 34, 1992, pp. 163-181 (with J. R. Gardiner).
27. "On the Fuel Optimal Reorientation of Axi-symmetric Spin-Stabilized Satellites," Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics, Vol. 16, No. 1, Jan.-Feb. 1993, pp. 217-219 (with J. Redmond).
28. "Impulse Damping Control of an Experimental Structure," Journal of Sound and Vibration, 1993, 160(1), pp. 179-186 (with J. Redmond and J. L. Meyer).
29. "Fuel-Optimal Propulsive Re-boost of Flexible Spacecraft," AIAA Paper No. 92-9086, AIAA Dynamics Specialists Conference, Dallas, TX, April 16-17, 1992, also Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics, Vol. 16, No. 2, March-April 1993, pp. 294-300 (with J. Redmond).
30. "An Exact Solution to the Fuel Optimal Propulsive Control of a Tutorial Structure," Journal of Sound and Vibration, Vol. 171, No. 1, pp. 23-33, 1994 (with J. Redmond).
31. "Fuel Optimal Slewing of an Experimental Hinged-Free Beam," Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics, Vol. 16, No. 6, Nov.-Dec. 1993, pp. 1162-1168 (with J. L. Meyer).
32. "Planar Electrodynamics of Interconnected Charged Particles," American Physical Society Bulletin, Series II, Vol. 36, Nov. 1992 (with K. Park and W. O. Doggett).
33. "Modal Control of Reflector Surfaces Using Far Field Power Measurements," Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, August 20, 1994 (with G. Washington).
34. "Fuel Optimal Bank Angle Control for Lunar -Return Aero-capture," Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, (with J. L. Meyer).
35. "Modal Control of a Corner Reflector to Maximize Far Field Power," Microwave and Technology Letters, April 5, 1995 (with G. Washington).
36. "Fuel Optimal Propulsive Maneuver of an Experimental Structure Exhibiting Space-Like Dynamics," Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics, Vol. 19, No. 1, Jan.-Feb. 1996, pp. 141-140 (with J. L. Meyer).
37. "Dynamics and Control of Electrostatic Structures," Journal of Applied Mechanics, Vol. 63, June 1996, pp. 383-391 (with L. Weaver, Jr.).
38. "Space-Based Electrostatic Antenna Design with Pointing and Beam Width Control," Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, Vol. 33, No. 1, Nov.-Dec. 1996, pp. 843-847 (with R. Stanley).
39. "An Engineering Foundation for Controlling Heat Transfer in One-Dimensional Transient Heat Conduction Problems," Int. Comm. Heat Mass Transfer, Vol. 22, No. 6, pp. 849-858, 1995 (with J. Bokar and N. Ozisik).
40. "Optimal Control of a Rigid-Body with Dissimilar Actuators," Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics, Vol. 19, No. 3, May-June 1996, pp. 738-740 (with E. Queen).
41. "Conjecture About Orthogonal Functions," Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics, Vol. 20, No. 1, Jan.-Feb. 1997, pp. 198-202.
42. "Uniform Damping and Stiffness Control of Structures with Distributed Actuators," Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control, Vol. 119, No. 3, Sept. 1997, pp. 561-565 (with G. Washington).
43. "Paraboloidally Shaped Antenna Possessing Pointing and Beam-Width Control," Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, Vol. 36, No. 5, Sept. - Oct. 1999, pp. 736-744 (with R. Stanley).
44.
"Reply
to
S. D. Hendry," Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics, Vol. 20,
No. 6, Jan.-Feb. 1998, pp. 189-190.
45. "On
Control and Optimization of Elastic Multi-link Mechanisms, Computers and
Structures, Vol. 67, No. 6. June 1998, pp. 483-502 (with W. Wang and J. Eischen).
46. "Weighted-Residual
Discretization for Uniform Damping and Uniform Stiffening of Structural Systems,
Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, Vol. 22, No. 4, July - August
1999, pp. 614-618.
47.
"Electrostatically Actuated Window Blinds," Journal of
Electrostatics, Vol. 50, March 19, 2001, pp. 229-248 (with S. Kiefer).
48. “Exact Formulas for Local
Control of Longitudinally
Vibrating Systems,” J. Chinese Society of Mechanical Engineers, Vol.
21, No. 1, Feb. 2000, pp. 97-107 (with G. Washington).
49.
"Analysis of Trans-Permanent Magnetic Systems," Journal of Dynamic
Systems, Measurement and Control, Vol. 125, No. 1, pp. 143-146, 2003 (with L. Duval).
50. "Convection and Electromechanical Analysis of Electrostatically Actuated Blinds in Insulated Glass," ASHRAE Transactions 2002, V. 108, Pt. 2 (with S. Kiefer, and M. L. Gonzalez).
51. "A Case Study of Prototyping Methods and Design for Manufacture: Electrostatic Window Blinds," Journal of Engineering Design, Vol. 13, No. 4, Dec. 2002 (with S. Kiefer and M. Gonzalez).
52. "Numerical Analysis of the Basketball Shot," J. Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control, Vol. 125, pp. 531-540, December 2003 (with C. M. Tran and K. Adcock).
53. "Autonomous Coordination of Aircraft Formations Using Direct and Nearest-Neighbor Approaches," J. Aircraft, Vol. 42, No. 2, pp. 469-477, March-April 2005 (with B. Levedahl).
54. "Trans-Permanent Magnetic Actuation for Pointing, Shape Control, and Deployment of Spacecraft," J. Spacecraft and Rockets, Vol. 41, No. 6, pp. 1051-1055, November-December 2004 (with D. Farmer).
55. "Trans-Permanent Magnetic Valves Using Alternating Uniform Stacks" J. Mechanical Design, Vol. 127, No. 1, July 2005 (with L. Duval).
56. "Optimal Release Conditions for the free Throw in Men's Basketball," J. Sports Science, to appear (with C. M. Tran).
57. "Fourier Series of Non-Periodic Functions by Smooth Extension," J. Applied Mathematical Modeling, to appear (with J. A. Morton).
58. "On Characterizing Hydrodynamic Loads in Full Unsteady flow," AIAA Journal, to appear (with B. Levedahl).
59. "Control of Underwater Vehicles in Full Unsteady Flow," J. Oceanic Engineering, to appear (with B. Levedahl).
INVITED PAPERS AND PAPERS PRESENTED AT SYMPOSIA
1. "Flutter of a Cantilever Wing in Steady Airflow", presented at the 22nd AIAA/SDM Conference, April 6-8, 1981, Atlanta, GA.
2. "Active Vibration Suppression of a Cantilever Wing", presented at AIAA/ASME 23rd SDM Conference, May 10-12, 1982, New Orleans, LA; also Journal of Sound and Vibration, Vol. 97, No. 3, p. 489-498 (1984), (with L. Meirovitch).
3. "Control of Structures Subjected to Seismic Excitations", presented at Symposium on Engineering Science and Mechanics, January 5-8, 1982, Hong Kong; also Journal of Civil Engineers, Paper No. 17878, Vol. 109, No. 2, p. 604-616, April 1983, (with L. Meirovitch).
4. "Robust Natural Control of Distributed Systems", presented at the 18th Annual Conference on Information and System Science, Princeton, NJ, March 14-16, 1983; also Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics, Vol. 8, No. 6, Nov.-Dec., 1985; also Soviet issue of Aeronautics/Space Technology, p. 52-61, Aug. 1986, (with H. Baruh).
5. "Block-Independent Control of Distributed-Parameter Structures", presented at the 24th AIAA/SDM Conference, Lake Tahoe, NE, May 2-4, 1983; also Journal of Optimal Control Applications and Methods, Vol. 6, p. 281-289 (1985), (with L. Meirovitch).
6. "Globally Optimal Control of Distributed Systems", presented at the 4th AIAA Symposium on Control of Large Structures, June 11-13, 1983; also Journal of Optimal Control Applications and Methods, Vol. 4, p. 365-386 (1983), (with L. Meirovitch).
7. "Control of Non-Self-Adjoint Distributed-Parameter Systems", presented at the IEEE Decision and Control Conference, San Antonio, TX, December, 1983; also Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, Vol. 47, No. 1, p. 77-90 (1985), (with L. Meirovitch).
8. "Control of Nonconservative Distributed Systems", presented at the AIAA Guidance and Control Conference, August 15-17, 1983, Gatlinburg, TN, (with L. Meirovitch).
9. "Maneuver of Distributed Spacecraft," presented at the AIAA Guidance and Control Conference, Seattle, WA, August 21-22, 1984, (with H. Baruh).
10. "Identification of External Excitations in Self-Adjoint Distributed Systems Using Modal Filters", presented at the 26th SDM Conference, Orlando, Florida, April 1985; also Journal of Sound and Vibration, 108(2), p. 247-260, (1986), (with H. Baruh).
11. "Implementation Problems Associated with Large Angle Maneuver and Vibration Suppression of Flexible Spacecraft", presented at the fifth AIAA Symposium on Dynamics and Control of Large Structures, June 12-14, 1985, Blacksburg, VA, (with H. Baruh).
12. "Uniform Damping Control of Spacecraft", presented at the 26th AIAA/SDM Conference, Orlando, Florida, April 15-17, 1985; also Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics. Vol. 9, No. 2, March-April 1986, p. 221-227; also Soviet issue of Aeronautics/Space Technology, p. 161-168.3, Dec. 1986.
13. "Considerations in the Design of Control Systems for Flexible Spacecraft", presented at the 24th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Reno, Nevada, January 6-9, 1986; also presented to the Spacecraft Analysis Branch, NASA Langley Research Center, August 13, 1985, Hampton, VA; also presented to NASA-ASEE Fellows, NASA Langley Research Center, August 8, 1985; also presented to Structural Dynamics Research Corporation (SDRC), September 11, 1985, San Diego, CA.
14. "A Control System Design Approach for Flexible Spacecraft", NASA TM-87599, October, 1985.
15. "Vibration Suppression of Planar Truss Structures Utilizing Uniform Damping Control", presented at the American Control Conference, Seattle, WA, June 18-20, 1986, (with G. Anderson).
16. "Approximations to Distributed Controllers in Structural Dynamic Systems", presented at the 12th International Conference on Acoustics (ICA), Toronto, Canada, July 24-31, 1986, (with H. z and H. Baruh).
17. "Modal Identification of Self-Adjoint Distributed Parameter Systems", presented at the 23rd Meeting of the Society of Engineering Science, Buffalo, NY, August 25-27, 1986; also Journal of Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, Vol. 18, No. 5, p. 633-642, July 1989, (with M. A. Norris).
18. "On the Nature of Natural Control", presented at the ASME Vibrations Conference, September 27-30, 1987, Boston, MA; also presented at the 6th VPI&SU symposium on Dynamics and Control of Large Structures, June 29-July 1, 1987, Blacksburg, VA; also Journal of Vibration, Acoustics, Stress and Reliability in Design, Vol. 111, p. 412-422, October, 1989, (with M. Morton).
19. "Modal Identification of Gyroscopic Distributed-Parameter Systems", presented at the USAF/NASA Workshop on Model Determination for Large Space Systems, March 22-24, 1988; also AIAA Journal, Vol. 28, No. 12, December 1990, pp. 2104-2110 (with M. A. Norris).
20. "The Interactions Between Rigid-Body and Flexible-Body Motions in Maneuvering Spacecraft", presented at the USAF/NASA Workshop on Model Determination for Large Space Systems, March 22-24, 1988; also Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics, Vol. 13, No. 1, Jan.-Feb. 1990, p. 73-81, (with S. Park).
21. "The Compromise Inherent in Structural Feedback Control", presented at the AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Conference, Minneapolis, MN, August 15-17, 1988; Journal of Applied Mathematical Modeling, Vol. 14, July 1990, p. 362-369 (with I. Yunis).
22. "On-Off Decentralized Control of Flexible Structures", presented at the 7th VPI&SU/AIAA Symposium on Dynamics and Control of Large Structures, Blacksburg, VA, May 8-10, 1989, also Journal of Dynamics Systems, Measurement and Control (with L. A. Foster).
23. "Uniform Damping Control of One-Dimensional Structures", presented at the 7th VPI&SU/AIAA Symposium on Dynamics and Control of Large Structures, Blacksburg, VA, May 8-10, 1989, (with J. Redmond).
24. "Globally Optimal Maneuver of Distributed Systems", presented at the 30th Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference, Mobile, AL, April 3-5, 1989 (with S. Park).
25. "Modal Identification of Lightly-Damped Structures Using Temporally Cross-Correlated Sensor Measurements", presented at the 7th VPI&SU/AIAA Symposium on Dynamics and Control of Large Structures, Blacksburg, VA, May 8-10, 1989 (with M. A. Norris, S. P. Kahn, and C. E. Hedgecock); also Journal of Sound and Vibration, Vol. 159, No. 2, Dec. 1992, in press.
26. "Motion Control of Space Structures", presented at the SPACE 90 Conference: April 23-26, 1990; also Journal of Aerospace Engineering, Vol. 3, No. 4, Oct. 1990, p. 223-234.
27. "Self-Tuning Algorithms for Uniform Damping Control of Spacecraft", presented at the 31st Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference, Long Beach, CA, April 2-4, 1990 (with M. A. Norris).
28. "Fuel-Optimal Control of an Experimental Multi-Mode System", presented at the 8th VPI&SU/AIAA Symposium on Dynamics and Control of Large Structures, Blacksburg, VA, May 6-8, 1991 (with J. L. Meyer and J. Redmond).
29. "Planar Electrodynamics of Interconnected Charged Particles", American Physical Society Bulletin, Series II, Vol. 36, Nov. 1992 (with K. Park and W. O. Doggett).
30. "Fuel Optimal Propulsive Reboost of Flexible Spacecraft", AIAA 92-9086, AIAA Dynamics Specialists Conference, Dallas, TX, April 16-17, 1992, also Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics, Vol. 16, No. 2, March-April 1993, pp. 294-300 (with J. Redmond).
31. "Design and Flight Hardware Fabrication of the NASA OE-6 Orbiter Ejector", AIAA 92-1282, AIAA Space Programs and Technologies Conference, Huntsville, AL, March 24-27, 1992.
32. "A Review of Structures and Controls Research at the Mars Mission Research Center", presented at the International Symposium on Aerospace Sciences and Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, Dec. 12-15, 1992; also AIAA 93-4117, AIAA Space Programs and Technologies Conference and Exhibit, Huntsville, AL, Sept. 21-23, 1993 (with K. Shivakumar, G. Lee, W. Craft, E. Klang, and F. Yuan).
33. "One-Dimensional Large Deformation Theory for Charge-Carrying Bodies", International Conference on Computer Applications in Industry and Engineering, Honolulu, HI, Dec. 15-17, 1993 (with P. Dekker and G. K. Lee).
34. "Dynamics of Electrostatic Structures", presented at the 9th VPI&SU Symposium on Dynamics and Control of Large Structures, May 10-12, 1993 (with L. Weaver, Jr.).
35. "Adaptive Electrostatic Structures: A Fundamental Study of the Electrostatic Oscillator", presented at the Adaptive Structures Forum, Hilton Head, SC, April 21-22, 1994 (with R. McDaniel).
36. "Convergence Rate Analysis of a Multivariable Recursive Least Squares Parameter Estimator", presented at the American Control Conference, Baltimore, MD, June 29-July 1, 1994 (with J. Windsor and G. K. F. Lee).
37. "Elementary Damping Properties in Braided Composite Materials," presented at the Conference on Smart Structures and Materials, February 13-18, 1994, Orlando, FL (with B. Dion).
38. "Design of Space-Based Electrostatic Antennas with Variable Directivity and Power Density," presented at the 10th VPI&SU Symposium on Dynamics and Control of Large Structures, Blacksburg, VA, May 10-12, 1995; also presented at the ASME International Mechanical Congress and Exposition; also Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, to appear (with R. Stanley).
39. "An Unproven Theorem about Orthogonal Functions," presented at the 10th VPI&SU Symposium on Dynamics and Control of Large Structures, Blacksburg, VA, May 10-12, 1995.
40. "Optimal Control of Linear Systems with Dissimilar Lp-Norm Actuators," International Conference on Nonlinear Problems in Aviation and Aerospace, May 9-11, 1996, Daytona Beach, FL (with E. Queen).
41. "Conjecture about Orthogonal Functions," Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics, Vol. 20, No. 1, Jan.-Feb. 1997, pp. 198-202.
42. "Design Studies on the Development of a New Technology Involving Electrostatic Antennas," ASME Winter Annual Meeting, 1997 (with A. Cooke and P. LeDuc).
43. "On Collocation of Actuator-Sensor Pairs in Decentralized Control," presented at the 11th VPI&SU Symposium on Structural Dynamics and Control, May 12-14, 1997 (with K. Ling).
44. "Teaching Undergraduate Controls to Non-Electrical Engineering Students," ASEE Annual Conference, 2001 (with S. Kiefer, and J. P. Thrower).
RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL GRANT ACTIVITY (Principal Investigator)
1. "Characterization of the Interaction Between the Nonlinear Rigid-body Motion and the Linear Elastic Motion of Maneuvering Flexible Spacecraft", Spacecraft Analysis Branch, NASA Langley Research Center, January 1, 1986 to December 31, 1986 (1 year).
2. "Decentralized Closed-Loop Maneuver", Spacecraft Controls Branch, NASA Langley Research Center, June 1, 1987 to December 31, 1988 (1.5 years).
3. "CAD Drawings in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Design", NCSU Instructional Computing Grant Program, June 1, 1988 - June 30, 1989 (1 year).
4. "NASA/NCSU Spacecraft Controls", Spacecraft Controls Branch, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, January 1, 1989 to February 28, 1993 (4 years).
5. "Spacecraft Controls for Mars Mission Vehicles", Mars Mission Research Center, May 1, 1988 to 1998 (10 years).
6. "Design and Flight Hardware Fabrication of the OE-6 and OEM-6 Orbiter Ejectors", National Aeronautics and Space Administration, May 15, 1991 to April 31, 1992 (1 year).
7. "UNC-W/NCSU NOAA Undersea Engineering Design", NOAA Undersea Research Center, August 1, 1991 to June 30, 1993 (3 years).
8. "LORD Cooperative Graduate Education Program", Thomas Lord Research Center, Sept., 1990 to 2001 (11 years).
9. "Support to NASA ODERACS Testing Mission Operations", National Aeronautics and Space Administration, May 1, 1992 to April 31, 1993 (1 year).
10. "Research and Development of Electrostatic Antennas", Lockheed-Martin, November 1994 to December 1997 (3 years).
11. "Magnetic Resonance Imaging Engineering," MITI Corporation, September 1995-1999 (4 years).
12. "Ericsson Cooperative Graduate Education Program," September 1997-1999 (3 years).
13. "Development
of a Life-shirt for On-body Wireless Monitoring of Physiological
Parameters," Vivometrics, Inc. 1999-2000 (1 year).
14. "Adaptive
Shading Technologies for Future Housing, "National Science Foundation
2000-2002 (2 years).
15. "Statistical Dynamical Analysis of the Tennis Serve," Arun's Tennis Academy, Inc. (9 months).
16. "Decentralized Autonomous Flight Control Systems for Multi-Vehicle Configurations," National Aeronautics and Space Administration, July 1, 2001 to June 30, 2003 (2 years).
18. “Control of Rapidly Maneuvering Submarines,” Northrop Grumman, June 1, 2005 – June 30, 2006 (1 year).
20. "Real-Time Synthesis of Unsteady Hydrodynamic Loads from Measurements on the Hull Surface, Office of Naval Research May, 1, 2006 – August 25, 2008 (2.5 years).
21. "Autonomous Soaring Algorithm," Office of Naval Research, January 1, 2008 – December 31, 2008 (1 year).
GRADUATE STUDENT PH.D. DISSERTATIONS (Advisory Committee Chairman)
1. "Natural Control of Flexible Space Structures", M. Morton, 1987.
2. "Variational Modal Identification of Self-Adjoint Distributed-Parameter Systems", S. Kang, 1987.
3. "Dynamic Interactions and Globally Optimal Maneuver of Distributed Systems", S. Park, 1989.
4. "Advanced Topics in Structural Dynamics: The Maneuver of Flexible Spacecraft and On-Off Decentralized Control of Flexible Structures", L. Foster, 1989.
5. "Fuel-Optimal Propulsive Control of Structures", J. Redmond, 1992.
6. "An Investigation of Planar Electrodynamic Structures", K. Park, 1992.
7. "Fuel-Optimal Propulsive Control of Experimental Structures", J. Meyer, 1993.
8. "Dynamics and Control of Electrostatic Structures", L. Weaver, Jr., 1994.
9. "Control and Optimization of Elastic Multi-link Mechanisms," H. Lang, 1994.
10. "Modal Control of Reflector Surfaces for Far-Field Power Maximization", G. Washington, 1994.
11. "Least Mean Square Control of Structures Subject to Tonal Disturbances"' D. Rosetti, 1995.
12. "Optimal Control of Linear Systems with Dissimilar Actuators," E. Queen, 12-18-1996.
13. "A Hybrid Adaptive Feedforward Observer for Virtual Sensing," C. M. Tran, 12-16-1998.
14. "Dynamics and Control of Magnetostatic Structures," J. Stock-Windsor (Windsor), 5-15-1999.
15. "Special Topics in Noise and Vibration Control," C. Mao, 5-15-1999.
16. "Heat Transfer and Electro-mechanical Analyses of Electrostatically Actuated Blinds inside Insulated Glass," S. Kiefer, 5-20-2000.
17. "Static and Gradient Field Inhomogeneity Compensation for Low-Cost MRI Machines," J. P. Thrower, 2002.
18. "Trans-permanent Magnetic Actuation," D. Farmer, 8-8-2003.
19. "Low Power Valve Actuation Using Trans-permanent Magnetics," L. Duval, 5-15-2004.
20. "Advancement of On-line Systems in Engineering by expert TA," J. A. Morton, 8-10-2006.
GRADUATE STUDENT M.S. THESES (Advisory Committee Chairman)
1. "Considerations in the Design of Vibration Control Systems for Large Space Structures", L. A. Foster, 1986.
2. "Experimental Set-Up and Mathematical Modeling of H-Shaped Beam Type Structure", A. Jarrell, 1986.
3. "The Compromise Inherent in Structural Feedback Control", I. Yunis, 1988.
4. "Experimental Verification and a Parametric Study of the Variational Modal Identification Method", C. E. Hedgecock, 1988.
5. "Uniform Damping of Beam-Like Structures", J. Redmond, 1989.
6. "An Overview of Motion Control of Space Structures", W. Dunn, 1989.
7. "Experimental Verification of Impulse Damping Control", J. Meyer, 1990.
8. "The Use of Eigen-quantity Derivatives in Structural Control", L. Weaver, Jr.,1990.
9. "The Headless Waterskier", J. R. Gardiner, 1990.
10. "An Adaptive Control Method Using Recursive Standard Deviations", R. Irvine, 1991.
11. "Interior Acoustic Response of a Uniform Cylindrical Shell", D. Rosetti, 1992.
12. "Elementary Damping Properties in Braided Composite Materials", B. Dion, 1994.
13. "A Tutorial Experiment for PID Control", A. Meyers, 1995.
14. "Electrostatic Shaping of Structures Using Attached Control Surfaces," P. Cromer, 1995.
15. "Development of an Instructional Analog PID Controller," K. Kelmer, 8-8-1996.
16. "Co-location of Actuator-Sensor Pairs in Decentralized Control," K. Ling, 5-10-1997
17. "Electrostatic Control of Window Blinds," S. Kiefer, 8-7-1997.
18. "Nuclear Spin Relaxation of Hyperpolarized Noble Gases on Polymer Surfaces," D. Deaton, 8-11-1998.
19. "A Tunable Revolute Joint," P. Jones, 8-11-1998.
20. "Algorithms for Control of Adaptive Tuned Vibration Absorbers," R. Altieri, 5-15-1999.
21. "Ericcson Cellular Products Accessory Impact Testing," A. Stough, 5-15-1999.
22. "A Spherical Photometer," P. Van Vickle, 5-15-1999.
23. "The Utilization of Distributed Tuned Vibration Absorbers to Increase the Transmission Loss of Flexible Panels," C. Overman, 1999.
24. "The Life of a Machine: A Kinetic Sculpture," R. Attride, 5-20-2000.
25. "Development and Analysis of Pneumatic End-Stop Damping for On-Highway Truck Seats," R. Hunter, 5-19-2001.
26. "Manufacture and Field Test of a New Adaptive Shading Project: A Case Study," F. Gallion, 12-19-2001.
27. "Development of Electricity and Magnetism from Four-dimensional Differential Geometry," J. Morton, 8-8-2002.
28. "Decentralized Autonomous Control of Aerospace Vehicle Formations," B. Levedahl, 5-17-2003.
29. "Neural Networks for Dynamics of Multi-Link Systems," W. Tracy, 5-14-2005.
30. "Control of HVAC Dampers by Trans-Permanent Magnetics," D. Webber, 12-14-2005.
31. "Design and Manufacture of a Second Generation Switch-Operated Window Wall," 12-20-2006.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND AFFILIATIONS
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department, Associate Head, (2007 - present)
Integrated Manufacturing System Engineering Institute; Associate Director (1998-2003)
Mars Mission Research Center; Director (1999-2001), Outreach Coordinator (1992-1994), Member (1988-2001)
Center for Sound and Vibration; Member (1983-2000)
American Institute of Astronautics and Aeronautics; North Carolina Section, Treasurer (1991-2000); Member (1983-2002)
American Society of Mechanical Engineers; Member (1983-1994)
Wolfpack Club Representative, College of Engineering (1995-1996)
PATENTS
Electrostatically Positioned Blind Insert for Insulated
Glass, No. 5,850,861, December 22, 1998.
Electrostatically Shaped Membranes, No. 5,307,082, April 16, 1994.
GRADUATE COURSES DEVELOPED
Principles of Mechatronic Control (MAE 524)
Field Theory (MAE 727)