Control Science and Dynamical Systems (CSDy)

Interdepartmental Ph.D. Program

The CSDy Interdepartmental Ph.D. Program provides an opportunity for interdisciplinary research in control science and dynamical system theory. The program coordinates scholarly and scientific activity in these areas within IT and the University and coordinates its activities with industrial firms in the Minnesota region. CSDy faculty are drawn from the Departments of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering, as well as from the Departments of Computer Science, Mathematics and Statistics, all in IT, and from the Departments of Economics and Political Science in the fields of behavioral and societal systems. The Co-Directors of the CSDy Center are Prof. Gary J. Balas (AEM) and Prof. Tryphon Georgiou (EE).

This has been an exciting year for the CSDy Program. We have rekindled our long standing relationship with Honeywell. As a result, Honeywell has provided a generous gift of $10,000 to help support our seminar series. Each quarter during the 1997-98 school year, three speakers will be invited to jointly visit the University of Minnesota and Honeywell. We look forward to working with Honeywell and the Control Science and Dynamical Systems Center in the coming year.

All of the CSDy faculty are actively involved in research. One such research program has Dr. Balas teamed with the Control Science and Dynamical Systems Department at Caltech on a AFOSR Partnership for Research Excellence and Transition grant entitled "Robust Nonlinear Control Theory with Applications to Aerospace Vehicles." The focus of this program is on fundamental research in general methods of analysis and design of complex uncertain nonlinear systems.

Currently, the CSDy Program has 12 students pursuing the Ph.D. The majority of these students are Research Assistants working with their advisors on various research projects. In the 1996-97 school year, one CSDy student received a Graduate School Fellowship: Jiecai Lui (advised by E.B. Lee, EE). One student was admitted during the 1996-97 school year, Andrew Barber, and two students received the Ph.D degree: Haken Fer (Dale Enns, AEM) and Sue Woon Kim (Ernest Bruce Lee, EE). Two students have been admitted to the CSDy Program for 1997-1998, and also, Professor Balas will again serve as CSDy Director of Graduate Studies.

For more information regarding the Control Science and Dynamical Systems Program send e-mail to Janna Larson, or contact her at (612)-625-3364. Or, visit the CSDy web page.

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