Selected Research Projects

Automation, Robotics and Control
Communications and Networking
Computational Biology
Information Sciences
Production, Service Systems, and Distribution Systems

Automation, Robotics and Control

Robotics and Mechatronics
Communicating Mobile Robotics
Mechanics of Mobility
Optimization of Vibration and Shock Dampers
Medical Robotics
Optimal Port Placement for Minimally Invasive Surgery
Materials Control
Intelligent Process Control for Czochralski Crystal Growth
Advanced Control for Electron-Beam Deposition of Optical Coatings
Communicating Networked Control Systems
Cooperative Control of Autonomous Vehicles
Optimal Control of Discrete-Event and Hybrid Systems

Communications and Networking

Sensors and Sensor Networks: A Control and Optimization Science Base for Sensor Networks in Adverse and Stochastic Environments
Pricing and Resource Allocation in Multiservice Broadband Communication Networks
Fast Data Synchronization for Mobile Computing Applications
Scalable Architectures for Self-Managed Networks
Network Control Using Stochastic Flow Models
Dynamic Power Management in Wireless Networks
Intelligent Simulation and “Rapid Learning”
Distributed Wireless Sensor Networks for Long-Term Deployment

Computational Biology

BIC: Collaborative Research: Rational Design of Synthetic Gene Networks using Formal Analysis of Hybrid Systems

Final-Stage Optimization Methods for Protein Docking Exploiting Translational and Rotational Funnels

Information Sciences

Statistical Signal Processing
Wavelets for Non-Parametric Estimation of Functions in Non-Gaussian Noise Problems
Statistical Modeling of Phenomena that Exhibit Structure at Multiple Scale

Production, Service Systems, and Distribution Systems

Electrification of the Transportation Sector for CO2 Emission and Oil Use Mitigation
Machine Scheduling of Stochastic Production Systems
Stochastic Fluid Models for Control and Optimization of Manufacturing Systems
Integrating Manufacturing Processes and Operational Control (Hybrid Systems)
Supply Chain Production Planning in Time-Based-Competition Markets
Monte Carlo Simulation of Performance and Sensitivity of Fluid Model Approximations
Quick Response Manufacturing
Managing the New Product Development Portfolio and Pipeline: an Integrated Approach
Design and Optimization of Information Sharing Between Interacting Decision Agents With Different Time Scale Dynamics: Enterprise Integration Made Tractable
Algorithms for the Coordination of Decentralized Decision Agents in Supply Chain (SC) Production Planning
Modeling, Control, and Simulation of Military Logistic Systems