Research Projects
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optics.jpg (56107 bytes) Adaptive Optics
PI: Prof Steve Gibson, MAE Dept.
Sponsor: AFOSR/MRI
  spnav.jpg (17495 bytes) Navigation, Guidance, and Redundancy Management of Satellite Clusters

PI: Prof Jason Speyer, MAE Dept.
Sponsor: NASA Goddard
         
Identification, Modeling, and Control of MEMS Inertial Sensors
PI: Prof Robert M'Closkey, MAE Dept.

Sponsors: NSF, ONR, NASA/JPL, HRL
  spflow.jpg (40273 bytes) Development of Robust Boundary Layer Controllers
PI: Prof Jason Speyer & John Kim, MAE Dept.

Sponsor: AFOSR
         
Adaptive Signal Processing
PI: Prof Ali Sayed, EE Dept.
  speyer2.jpg (113285 bytes) Robust Control of Nonlinear Rayleigh-Benard Convection
PI: Prof Jason Speyer & John Kim, MAE Dept.

Sponsor: AFOSR
         
fleet.jpg (17882 bytes) Cooperative Control of Distributed Autonomous Vehicles in Adversarial Environments

PI: Prof Jeff Shamma, MAE Dept.

Sponsor: AFOSR/MURI
  spnet.jpg (28544 bytes) Estimation, Control, and Redundancy Management for Uncertain Networks of Cooperatie Agents

PI: Prof Jason Speyer & Arthur Or, MAE Dept.


Sponsor: AFOSR
         
Dynamic Vision

PI: Prof. Steffano Soatto, CS Dept.

  spact.jpg (13419 bytes) Sensor Array Networks for Structural Integrity

PI: Prof Jason Speyer & Greg Carman, MAE Dept.. Prof Greg Pottie, EE Dept.


Sponsor: AFOSR
         
fighter.jpg (9812 bytes) Autonomous Formation Flight

PI: Prof Jason Speyer, MAE Dept.


Sponsor: NASA Dryden
  tc.jpg (21231 bytes) Experimental Verification of Discretely Variable Compression Braking Control for Heavy Duty Vehicles

PI:  T.C. Tsao, MAE Dept.


Sponsor: Caltran, PATH, UCLA, UMich
         
sppath.jpg (25950 bytes) Testing and Evaluation of Robust Fault Detection and Identification for a Fault Tolerant AHS

PI: Prof Jason Speyer, MAE Dept.


Sponsor: PATH
  tcact.jpg (27920 bytes) Control and Design of Fast Tool Servos for Precision Machining

PI:  T.C. Tsao, MAE Dept.


Sponsor: NSF, Federal Mogul Corp