Short Courses

1. Analysis and control of nonlinear systems, collaborative course at Chinese University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China, June 10 to June 21, 2020.
2. Analysis and control of nonlinear systems, collaborative course at Chinese University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China, June 10 to June 21, 2019.
3. Adaptive and gain-scheduling control, collaborative construction course at Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, May 27 to June 3, 2019.
4. Analysis and control of nonlinear systems, collaborative course at Chinese University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China, June 20 to July 4, 2018.
5. Gain-scheduling control theory: From basic theory to the latest research results, short course at Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, China, June 19 to July 10, 2018.
6. Adaptive and gain-scheduling control, collaborative construction course at Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, June 27 to July 2, 2016.

Invited Seminars

1. Exact-Memory Control of Linear Systems with Time-Varying Delay, seminar at Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, China, June 2024.
2. Gain-Scheduled Control of Saturated LTI and LFT Systems, online seminar at Harbin University of Science and Technology, Harbin, China, Dec. 2022.
3. Switching Linear Parameter Varying Control for A Tactical Aircraft, online seminar at Harbin University of Science and Technology, Harbin, China, Dec. 2022.
4. Control of LPV Systems with Bounded Parameter Variation Rates, online seminar at Harbin University of Science and Technology, Harbin, China, Dec. 2022.
5. From Robust Control to Gain-Scheduling Control, online seminar at Harbin University of Science and Technology, Harbin, China, Dec. 2022.
6. Review of LMI and H_inf Control, online seminar at Harbin University of Science and Technology, Harbin, China, Dec. 2022.
7. Switching Linear Parameter Varying Control for A Tactical Aircraft, Invited presentation at Blue Origin Company, Oct. 2022.
8. Exact-memory control of linear systems with time-varying delay, presented at Wuhan University of technology, June 28, 2019.
9. Computationally efficient nonlinear H_inf control: A rigid body spacecraft example, presented at Wuhan University of technology, June 25, 2019.
10. A new hybrid LFT control method for missile autopilot design, presented at Wuhan University of technology, June 21, 2019.
11. A new control approach for linear systems with input and state delays, invited seminar at Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China, Sept. 18, 2018.
12. Exact-memory control of linear systems with time-varying delay, invited seminar at Southwest JiaoTong University, Chengdu, China, July 20, 2018.
13. Switching LPV control for a tactical aircraft, invited seminar at Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’An, China, June 2018.
14. Fuzzy dynamic output-feedback control design with fuzzy Lyapunov functions, invited seminar at Central South University, Changsa, China, July 21, 2017.
15. A new hybrid LFT control method for missile autopilot design, invited seminar at it Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China, July 17, 2017.
16. Exact-memory control of linear systems with time-varying delay, invited seminar at Southwest University, Chongqing, China, July 15, 2017.
17. Fuzzy dynamic output-feedback control design with fuzzy Lyapunov functions, invited seminar at Chongqing University, Chongqing, China, July 14, 2017.
18. Gain-scheduled output feedback control of saturated LFT systems, invited seminar at Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, China, June 28, 2017.
19. Fuzzy dynamic output-feedback control design with fuzzy Lyapunov functions, invited seminar at Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, China, June 29, 2017.
20. Computationally efficient nonlinear H_inf control: A rigid body spacecraft example, invited seminar at Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China, Jan. 12, 2017.
21. Dynamic output-feedback fuzzy control design with fuzzy Lyapunov functions, invited seminar at Northeastern University, Shenyang, China, July 19, 2016.
22. Dynamic output-feedback fuzzy control design with fuzzy Lyapunov functions, invited seminar at Chinese University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China, July 12, 2016.
23. Switching LPV control for a tactical aircraft, invited seminar at Harbin Engineering University, Harbin, China, July 1, 2016.
24. Control of linear parameter-varying systems with bounded parameter variation rates, invited seminar at Harbin University of Science and Technology, Harbin, June 28, 2016.
25. Control of linear parameter-varying systems with bounded parameter variation rates, invited seminar at Harbin Engineering University, Harbin, China, July 22, 2015.
26. Almost output regulation of switched linear systems with switched exosignals, invited seminar at Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China, July 19, 2015.
27. Exact-memory control of linear systems with time-varying Delay, invited seminar at Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China, July 19, 2015.
28. Control of linear parameter-varying systems with bounded parameter variation rates, invited seminar at Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, China, July 15, 2015.
29. A Nonlinear gain-scheduled compensator design framework, invited seminar at Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China, July 27, 2014.
30. Gain-scheduling control of LFT systems using parameter-dependent Lyapunov functions, invited seminar at Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China, July 27, 2014.
31. Switching fault tolerant control of a flexible hypersonic vehicle, invited seminar at Academy of Chinese Aeronautics, Beijing, China, July 17, 2014.
32. Switching LPV control for a tactical aircraft, invited seminar at Academy of Chinese Aeronautics, Beijing, China, July 17, 2014.
33. Generalized LPV system analysis and control techniques, invited seminar at Academy of Chinese Aeronautics, Beijing, China, July 16, 2014.
34. Control of LPV systems with bounded parameter variation rates, invited seminar at Academy of Chinese Aeronautics, Beijing, China, July 16, 2014.
35. A nonlinear gain-scheduled compensator design framework, invited seminar at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, Sept. 2, 2013.
36. Switching linear parameter varying control for a tactical aircraft, invited seminar at Beijing Aerospace Automatic Control Institute, Beijing, China, Aug. 10, 2013.
37. Generalized LPV system analysis and control techniques, invited seminar at Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China, Aug. 6, 2013.
38. Switching linear parameter varying control for a tactical aircraft, invited seminar at Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China, Aug. 6, 2013.
39. Control of LPV systems with bounded parameter variation rates, invited seminar at Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China, Aug. 4, 2013.
40. From robust control to gain-scheduling control, invited seminar at Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China, Aug. 4, 2013.
41. A gain-scheduling control approach to stabilization of LTI systems with generalized saturation actuator, presented at Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China, Aug. 6, 2012.
42. Analysis and control synthesis for switched linear systems via modified Lyapunov-Metzler inequalities, presented at Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China, Aug. 5, 2012.
43. Analysis and control synthesis for switched linear systems via modified Lyapunov-Metzler inequalities, presented at Beihang University, Beijing, China, Aug. 3, 2012.
44. Computationally efficient nonlinear H_inf control: A rigid body spacecraft example, presented at Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China, July 19, 2011.
45. Output feedback disturbance attenuation of saturated linear systems, presented at Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China, July 20, 2011.
46. Computationally efficient nonlinear H_inf control: A rigid body spacecraft example, presented at Nanjing Science and Technology University, Nanjing, China, Dec. 20, 2010.
47. Output feedback stabilization for linear systems with actuator saturation, presented at Sichuan University, Chengdu, China, July 2005.
48. Post-stall aerodynamic modeling and controller design: Midterm presentation, at NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, Mar. 2004.
49. Switching LPV control designs using multiple Lyapunov functions, presented at University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, Nov. 2003.
50. LPV Control Theory and Its Aerospace Applications, presented at National Institute of Aerospace, Hampton, VA, Sept. 2003.
51. Anti-windup control for exponentially unstable systems with actuator saturation, presented at Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Beijing, China, Jan. 2003.
52. Anti-windup control for exponentially unstable systems with actuator saturation, presented at Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute of Automation (CASIA), Beijing, China, Jan. 2003.
53. Post-stall aerodynamic modeling and controller design: Work plan and status report, presented at NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, Feb. 2002.
54. UAV cooperative classification, presented at Wright-Patterson Air Force Research Laboratory, Dayton, OH, Aug. 2001.
55. A generalized LPV synthesis framework and its extension to distributed parameter systems, presented at Wright Patterson Air Force Research Laboratory, Dayton, OH, Nov. 2000.
56. An unified framework for LPV system analysis and control synthesis, presented at University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, Mar. 2000.
57. Gain-scheduling Control Techniques and Applications, presented at Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX, 1997.
58. The Applications of LMI Techniques in Systems and Control, presented at Scientific Systems Company, Boston, MA, 1996.
59. Induced L₂ norm control for LPV systems with bounded parameter variation rates, presented at Leicester University, Leicester, England, Feb. 1996.
60. Linear matrix inequality (LMI) and its application in control, presented at Centre for Process Systems Engineering, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London, England, Oct. 1995.

Conference Presentations

1. Novel distributed output-feedback adaptive consensus protocol for linear multi-agent systems, presented at Chinese Control Conference, Guangzhou, China, July 2019.
2. Distributed consensus control for general uncertain linear multi-agent systems, presented at Chinese Control Conference, Wuhan, China, July 2018.
3. A new hybrid LFT control method for missile autopilot design, presented at Chinese Control Conference, Chengdu, China, July 2016.
4. Robust switching output feedback control of discrete-time linear polytopic uncertain systems, presented at Chinese Control Conference, Hangzhou, China, July 2015.
5. Output feedback reset control of general MIMO LTI systems, presented at European Control Conference, Strasbourg, France, June 2014.
6. Dwell-time min-switching for discrete-time switched linear systems, presented at European Control Conference, Strasbourg, France, June 2014.
7. Switching control synthesis for discrete-time switched linear systems via modified Lyapunov-Metzler inequalities, presented at American Control Conference, Montreal, Canada, June 2012.
8. Nonlinear robust H_inf control with state-dependent scaling, presented at ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, Washington DC, Oct. 2011.
9. New results on output feedback disturbance attenuation of saturated linear systems, presented at Chinese Control Conference, Yantai, China, July 2011.
10. Feedback control of polynomial nonlinear systems using higher order Lyapunov functions, poster presented at NSF CMMI Research and Innovation Conference, Atlanta, GA, Jan. 2011.
11. Fault tolerant control and fault detection/identification of HSV, at AFOSR/NASA Fundamental Hypersonic Review Meeting, Virginia Beach, VA, Oct. 2009.
12. Computationally efficient nonlinear H_inf control for polynomial nonlinear systems, poster presented at NSF CMMI Research and Innovation Conference, Honolulu, HI, June 2009.
13. A robust fault tolerant control approach for actuator and sensor faults, presented at 21st Chinese Control and Decision Conference, Guilin, China, June 2009.
14. Computationally efficient nonlinear H_inf control designs for axi-symmetric rigid body spacecraft, presented at 1st ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, Ann Arbor, MI, Oct. 2008.
15. Hypersonic vehicle model study and fault detection and isolation, presented at AFOSR/NASA Fundamental Hypersonic Review Meeting, San Antonio, TX, Jan. 2008.
16. Improving nonlinear control performance with a hybrid control strategy, poster presented at 46th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, New Orleans, LA, Dec. 2007.
17. State and output feedback stabilization of polynomial nonlinear systems using rational Lyapunov functions, presented at IMECE07, Seattle, WA, Nov. 2007.
18. Output feedback RHC for constrained linear systems, presented at IMECE07, Seattle, WA, Nov. 2007.
19. Robust RHC for constrained LFT systems with bounded disturbance, presented at 9th IASTED International Conference on Control and Applications, Montreal, Canada, June 2007.
20. Reconfigurable robust gain-scheduled control for air-breathing hypersonic vehicles, presented at NASA Hypersonic Project Kickoff Workshop, Cleveland, OH, Apr. 2007.
21. Online switching control of LFT systems, poster presented at 45th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, San Diego, CA, Dec. 2006.
22. Output feedback stabilization of LTI systems with actuator saturation, presented at American Control Conference, Portland, OR, June 2005.
23. Convexified robust control and its application to saturation control problems, presented at IEEE Conference on Control Applications, Taipei, Taiwan, Sept. 2004.
24. Switching LPV control for an F-16 aircraft, presented at AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference, Providence, RI, Aug. 2004.
25. An SOS-based solution approach to LPV analysis and synthesis problems, presented at American Control Conference, Boston, MA, June 2004.
26. Switching LPV control designs using multiple parameter-dependent Lyapunov functions, presented at American Control Conference, Boston, MA, June 2004.
27. Extended anti-windup control schemes for LTI and LFT systems, presented at 42nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Maui, HI, Dec. 2003.
28. Anti-windup control for unstable LTI systems, presented at American Control Conference, Denver, CO, June 2003.
29. Distributed parameter-dependent modeling and control design for flexible structures, presented at ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exhibition, New Orleans, LA, Nov. 2002.
30. LPV controller interpolation, presented at AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference, Monterey, CA, Aug. 2002.
31. A numerical algorithm of model reduction for polytopic uncertain linear systems, presented at American Control Conference, Anchorage, AK, May 2002.
32. Robust receding horizon control for a class of uncertain linear systems, presented at American Control Conference, Anchorage, AK, May 2002.
33. Distributed control method for interconnected parameter-dependent systems, presented at American Control Conference, Arlington, VA, June 2001.
34. Generalized LPV system analysis and control design framework, presented at 39th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Sydney, Australia, Dec. 2000.
35. A new robust CMG momentum manager design approach with controller structure constraint, presented at AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference, Denver, CO, Aug. 2000.
36. Robust H₂ performance analysis under bounded parameter variations, presented at American Control Conference, Chicago, IL, June 2000.
37. Robust quadratic performance for time-delayed uncertain linear systems, presented at American Control Conference, Chicago, IL, June 2000.
38. Comparison between SM and ICM CMG desaturation algorithms, presented at 24th AIAA Annual Technical Symposium, Houston, TX, May 1999.
39. Anti-windup controller design using LPV control techniques, presented at American Control Conference, Philadelphia, PA, June 1998.
40. Towards a robust design of CMG momentum manager for international space station, presented at 23rd AIAA Annual Technical Symposium, Houston, TX, May 1998.
41. Control of variable time-delayed systems, Presented at 36th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, San Diego, CA, Dec. 1997.
42. Robust model predictive control development and application, presented at 6th IEEE Conference on Control Applications, Hartford, CT, Oct. 1997.
43. Extensions to H_inf concepts via linear matrix inequalities, presented at International Symposium on Mathematical Theory of Networks and Systems, St. Louis, MO, June 1996.
44. New gain-scheduling method for missile autopilot design, presented at 34th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, New Orleans, LA, Dec. 1995.
45. Optimal LQG performance of linear uncertain systems using state-feedback, presented at American Control Conference, Seattle, WA, June 1995.
46. LQG control design for LPV systems, presented at American Control Conference, Seattle, WA, June 1995.
47. Controlling LPVs with induced L₂-norm performance and bounds on parameter variation rates, presented at 32nd Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control and Computing, Monticello, IL, Sept. 1994.
48. Recursive methods for model validation, presented at American Control Conference, San Francisco, June 1993.