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Mailing Address North Carolina State University Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Raleigh, NC 27695

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Education:

• Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of California at Berkeley, 1995
• M.S., Automatic Control, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1988
• B.S., Automatic Control, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1985

Fields of Interest:

• Linear parameter-varying control of nonlinear systems
• Switching and hybrid control
• Robust analysis and control subject to physical constraints
• Nonlinear control through SOS programming
• Distributed control of large-scale complex dynamics
• Fault detection and isolation, fault-tolerant control
• Application of advanced control and optimization techniques to aerospace, mechanical and electrical engineering problems

Course Instruction:

• MAE208 Engineering Dynamics
• MAE315 Dynamics of Machines
• MAE435 Principles of Automatic Control
• MAE521 Linear Control and Design for MIMO Systems
• MAE522 Nonlinear System Analysis and Control
• MAE721 Robust Control with Convex Methods

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Last update: Nov. 26, 2025