Dynamics and Control
Dynamics and Control Systems
The analysis of nonlinear dynamic systems, and techniques for controlling complex systems using feedback, play important roles in many aspects of engineering. Ongoing research in this area includes nonlinear dynamical systems, bifurcation theory, low order modeling, optimal control and estimation, multi-scale modeling, nonlinear control, and geometric mechanics.
Applications and current research projects include dynamics and neuromechanics of insect locomotion; underwater locomotion, including fish, eels, and underwater gliders; cooperative control, mobile sensor networks, and adaptive ocean sampling; collective motion of animal groups; modeling and control of fluids; control of unsteady aerodynamics for micro-air vehicles; geometric integrators; orbital mechanics and space mission design; adaptive optics for ground and space telescopes; modeling cognitive and other neurobiological processes; methods for cancer detection; and optimal control of disease processes.
Faculty
The analysis of nonlinear dynamic systems, and techniques for controlling complex systems using feedback, play important roles in many aspects of engineering. Ongoing research in this area includes nonlinear dynamical systems, bifurcation theory, low order modeling, optimal control and estimation, multi-scale modeling, nonlinear control, and geometric mechanics.
Applications and current research projects include dynamics and neuromechanics of insect locomotion; underwater locomotion, including fish, eels, and underwater gliders; cooperative control, mobile sensor networks, and adaptive ocean sampling; collective motion of animal groups; modeling and control of fluids; control of unsteady aerodynamics for micro-air vehicles; geometric integrators; orbital mechanics and space mission design; adaptive optics for ground and space telescopes; modeling cognitive and other neurobiological processes; methods for cancer detection; and optimal control of disease processes.
Faculty
- Philip Holmes (Nonlinear dynamical systems, bifurcation methods, and simple stochastic models in the physical sciences, neurobiology and cognitive psychology)
- Jeremy Kasdin (Space systems design, orbital mechanics, guidance and control of space vehicles)
- Naomi Leonard (Nonlinear control, robotics, motion planning, underwater vehicle dynamics and control)
- Michael Littman (Atomic spectroscopy, laser technology, computer engineering, robotics and intelligent control)
- Clancy Rowley (Modeling of fluid flows from a dynamical systems point of view)
- Robert Stengel (Optimal control and estimation, machine intelligence, aircraft dynamics, space flight)