Grants and Projects

Current Research Projects

• Developing Nonlinear Optimal and Robust Control Techniques for Space Exploration

  Investitator Fen Wu

  Sponsor North Carolina Space Grant

  Duration 7/1/2006 - 6/30/2008

• Reconfigurable Robust Gain-Scheduled Control for Air-Breathing Hypersonic Vehicles

  Investitators Fen Wu and Andy Packard (UC Berkeley)

  Sponsor NASA Headquater

  Duration 1/1/2007 - 12/31/2009

Past Projects

1. Robust, Fixed-Structured CMG Momentum Manager Design,sponsored by NC Space Grant Consortium, $10,000, 5/1/2000-4/30/2001
2. Distributed Control Methodologies for Distributed Parameter Varying Systems, sponsored by NCSU Faculty Research & Professional Development Fund, $10,000, 7/1/2001-6/30/2002
3. Advanced Aircraft Wing Concept with Micro- and Macro-Morphing Capability (with Dr. A. Gopalarathnam and Dr. M.K. Ramasubramanian), sponsored by NASA National Institute of Aerospace, $35,000, Jan. 2003-Aug. 2003
4. Post-Stall Flight Unsteady Aerodynamic Study and Gain-Scheduled Controller Design (with Dr. A. Gopalarathnam, NASA CAREER Award for Dr. Wu), sponsored by NASA, $289,755, Aug. 2001-July 2005
5. The Integrated Research on Distributed Control for Large-Scale Dynamically-Interconnected Systems, sponsored by NSF, $190,072, June 2003-May 2007
6. Global/Semi-Global Stabilizing, Local Optimized Gain-Scheduling Control Design for Nonlinear Systems, sponsored by NSF, $195,144, June 2003-May 2007