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Grants and Projects

Current Research Projects

  • Advanced Flight Control Techniques based on Integrated Quadratic Constraints, sponsored by NC Space Grant Consortium, 6/1/2024-5/31/2025

Past Projects

  1. Robust, Fixed-Structured CMG Momentum Manager Design, sponsored by NC Space Grant Consortium, $5,000, 5/1/2000-4/30/2001
  2. Distributed Control Methodologies for Distributed Parameter Varying Systems, sponsored by NCSU Faculty Research and 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 Young Investigator 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
  7. Developing Nonlinear Optimal and Robust Control Techniques for Space Exploration, sponsored by NC Space Grant Consortium, $20,000, July 2006-June 2008
  8. Reconfigurable Robust Gain-Scheduled Control for Air-Breathing Hypersonic Vehicles (with Dr. A. Packard from UC Berkeley), sponsored by NASA Headquater, $463,778, Jan. 2007-April 2011
  9. Developing High Performance, Computationally Efficient Nonlinear Control Techniques for Polynomial Nonlinear Systems, Sponsored by National Science Foundation, $224,997, June 2008-May 2012
  10. Advanced Switching Control Techniques for Switched Systems Subject to Physical Constraints, Sponsored by National Science Foundation, $250,000, June 2012-Aug. 2016
  11. REC Seed Grant: Developing a Novel Neural Control Framework for Above Knee (AK) Amputees (with Dr. H. Huang and Dr. M. Lewek), sponsored by REC NCSU, $25,000, Aug. 2015-July 2016