Daniel Swain

5th Year PhD Student
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Princeton University
Advisor: Naomi Leonard

Research Interests

• Cooperative Control and Collective Motion
• Modelling and Analysis of Biological Collective Motion
• Relationship of Spatial Features, Dynamics, and Information
• Coupled Oscillator Dynamics
• Geometric Nonlinear Control
• Computer Vision

Projects

• Modeling and Analysis of Speed Oscillations in F. Diaphanus
• Cooperative Robotics and Schooling Experimental Testbed
• Computer Vision Tracking of Multiple Fish
• glswarm - Collective Motion Simulation and Visualization

Abridged CV

Education

B.S. Electrical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, 2003
M.S. Electrical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, 2005
Ph.D. Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University

Publications

Conference Proceedings

D.T. Swain and N.E. Leonard. On the Trajectories and Coordination of Steered Particles with Constant Turning Rate and Periodic Speed Profiles. 2009 American Control Conference (ACC). St. Louis, Missouri. June 10-12, 2009 . [pdf]

D.T. Swain, M. Cao, and N.E. Leonard. Effective Sensing Regions and Connectivity of Agents Undergoing Periodic Relative Motions. 2008 IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC). Cancun, Mexico. December 9-11, 2008. [pdf]

D.T. Swain, N.E. Leonard, I.D. Couzin, and R.J. Sepulchre. Alternating Spatial Patterns for Coordinated Group Motion. 2007 IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC). New Orleans, Louisiana. December 12-14, 2007. [pdf]

D. Swain, J.L. Schiano, and M.A. Pusateri. Detection of Quadrupole Resonance Signals Using Narrowband Probes. Experimental Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Conference (ENC). Asilomar, California. April 23-28, 2006.

D. Swain, J.L. Schiano, and E.W. Reutzel. Control of Puddle Width in High Power Laser Welding. Proceedings of the International Conference on Applications of Lasers and Electro-Optics (ICALEO). Paper #1303. Jacksonville, Florida. October 13-16, 2003.

Posters and Presentations

D.T. Swain, D.A. Paley, N.E. Leonard, I.D. Couzin, A.Kao, D.Grünbaum, J. Parrish, R. Sepulchre. Particles with Coupled Oscillator Dynamics: A Cooperative Control Framework Motivated by and Applied to Analysis of Fish Schooling Data. Second Workshop on Swarming in Natural and Engineered Systems. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. May 16, 2007. [pdf]

D.T. Swain, N.E. Leonard, I.D. Couzin, A. Kao, and R.J. Sepulchre. Alternating Spatial Patterns for Coordinated Group Motion. Third Northeast Control Workshop. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. May 15, 2007. [pdf]

Theses

Detection of Quadrupole Resonance Signals Using Narrowband Probes: Analysis and Algorithms for Tuning Probe Frequency. Master of Science Thesis. Department of Electrical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University. Advisor: J.L. Schiano. 2005.

Feedback Control of Laser Welding. Schreyer Honors College Undergraduate Thesis. Department of Electrical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University. Advisors: E.W. Reutzel and J.L. Schiano. 2003.