Technical Lead: F.L. Lewis, Ph.D.
            Fellow IEEE, Fellow IFAC
            PE Texas, Chartered Engineer U.K. Eng. Council
            University Distinguished Scholar Professor
            Senior Fellow, Automation & Robotics Research Institute
                                    lewis@uta.edu

            Moncrief-O’Donnell Endowed Chair
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Research Areas:

Intelligent Nonlinear Control

Neural network feedback control

Hamilton Jacobi equation solution using neural networks

Optimal control for nonlinear systems

H-infinity (game theory) control

Approximate Dynamic Programming

ADP for discrete time systems

ADP for continuous-time systems

Discrete Event Supervisory Control

For robotic assembly cells

For wireless sensor networks

Intelligent Diagnostics and Prognostics

Software from sponsored research

Software for UAV Decision & Control

Labs

Distributed Intelligence & Autonomy Lab (DIAL)

Autonomous Systems Lab (UAV helicopters and UGV)

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RECENT PRESENTATIONS

CDC Orlando 2011 workshop
“Optimal Adaptive Control: Online Solutions for Optimal Feedback Control and Differential Games Using Reinforcement Learning”
     Lewis notes- MDP and reinforcement learning
     Busoniu notes
     Jagannathan notes
     Vrabie notes
    Lewis notes- online synchronous policy iteration

UTA Workshop on Building a Successful Research program and Mentoring PhD Students, 15 October, 2010.

“Online Optimal Adaptive Control: Real-Time learning of optimal control and zero-sum game solutions,” Plenary Talk, Chinese Conf. Decision & Control, Xuzhou, May 2010.

"Distributed Adaptive Control for Synchronization of Unknown Nonlinear Networked Systems,” Invited Talk, 9th Symposium on Frontier Problems in System and Control, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, May 2010

Decision & Control for Sustainable Manufacturing and Green Engineering, A-Star Singapore Manufacturing Technology Institute SIMTech, May 2010.

Structural Health Monitoring for Aircraft Skin Systems, A-Star Data Storage Institute DSI, Singapore, August 2009.

Online Learning of Optimal Controllers for Continuous-Time systems, Asian Control Conference ASCC, Hong Kong, Aug. 2009.
Adaptive dynamic programming and reinforcement learning for control applications, Invited Workshop, Int. Symposium on ADP/RL, Nashville, April, 2009.
Adaptive Optimal Control, Semi-Plenary Talk, IEEE Conf. Decision & Control, Cancun, Dec. 2008
Neuro Dynamic Programming (ADP) for continuous-time systems, Int. Conf. Intelligent Control, Shanghai, Sept. 2008
Adaptive Dynamic Programming (ADP) for discrete-time systems, Bill Wolovich 70 BD Workshop, Cancun, Dec. 2008
Notes on Optimal Control, Mike Athans 70^th BD workshop, Oct. 2007
Adaptive Dynamic programming for Continuous-Time systems, Mike Sain 70^th BD workshop, Oct. 2007
Adaptive Dynamic Programming for Feedback Control, plenary talk, Workshop on ADP/RL, Hawaii, 2007.

Online Learning Design of Optimal Flight Controllers, Int. Symp. Systems and Control in Aeronautics and Astronautics (ISSCAA 2010), Harbin, China. June 2010.
Flight Control for UAV: helicopter platform control and cooperative formation discrete event control, 2008

Discrete Event Decision & Control Using a Matrix Framework, IEEE Conf. Industrial Electronics & Applications, Singapore, June 2008.
Discrete Event Control Framework and deadlock in Petri nets, Workshop on Petri nets and Agile Manufacturing, Xian, June 2008.

Wireless Sensor Network Applications in UAV Helicopters and Intelligent Diagnostics, IDGA Military Conf, Washington DC, May 2008
Wireless Sensor Networks: Issues, Advances, Open Problems, CIS-RAM Conference Bangkok, June 2006
Wireless Sensor Networks, Inst. Infocom Research & NTU, Singapore, March 2006

Intelligent diagnostics & prognostics for structural health monitoring, A-Star Data Storage Institute, Singapore, Aug 2009.
Intelligent Diagnostics & Prognostics, Fort Worth METROCON, 2007.

INFORMATION FOR NEW STUDENTS APPLYING – Apply through Graduate Adviser, Dept. of Electrical Engineering

Ph.D. Students:

Abhijit Das, nonlinear autopilots for UAV helicopters
Kyriakos Vamvoudakis, neural networks for feedback control
Emanuel Stingu, autonomous aerial vehicles, helicopters
Mohammed Abouheaf, nonlinear control of electric power systems
Hongwei Zhang, optimal control
Erick Trofimoff, nonlinear control systems
Muhammad Aurangzeb, trust-based control
Kristian Hengster-Movric, trust-based control

MS and U-Grad students:

· Chris McMurrough, U-Grad, semiautonomous small disposable UAV

· Matt Middleton, U-Grad, semiautonomous small disposable UAV

· Drew Morgan

· Anthony Sala

Former Ph.D. Students:

Draguna Vrabie, Neural Networks for Control- Approximate Dynamic Programming for continuous-time systems
Prasanna Ballal, Wireless Sensor Networks
Pritpal Dang, Man-Machine Interface
J. Gadewadikar, H-infinity control, output feedback control, helicopter UAV control
Asma AL-Tamimi, Approximate Dynamic Programming for discrete-time systems
Cheng Tao, finite horizon optimal control for nonlinear systems
M. Abu-Khalaf, Nonlinear Control and HJB Equation Design
B. Borovic, Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS)
J. Mireles, Intelligent Robot Control, Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS)