AEM Faculty - Gary J Balas

GARY J. BALAS
PROFESSOR & DEPARTMENT HEAD

612-625-8000 (612) 626-1558(fax) balas@aem.umn.edu

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CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS

DARPA Software Enabled Control

NASA Langley Aviation Safety Program

NASA Johnson X-38 CRV

NASA Dryden F-18 SRA

DEGREES: B.S., Civil and Electrical Engineering, University of California, Irvine, 1982.; M.S., Civil and Electrical Engineering, University of California, Irvine, 1984.; Ph.D., Aeronautics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, 1989.
EXPERIENCE

2006 - Present; Department Head: Aerospace Engineering & Mechanics
University of Minnesota

2001 - Present; Professor: Aerospace Engineering & Mechanics and; Control Science & Dynamical Systems Center; University of Minnesota

1996 - 2001; Associate Professor: Aerospace Engineering & Mechanics and; Control Science & Dynamical Systems Center; University of Minnesota

1995 - Present; Co-Director: Control Science and Dynamical Systems Program, University of Minnesota

1992 - 2004; Director of Graduate Studies: Control Science & Dynamical Systems Department, University of Minnesota

1990 - 1996; Assistant Professor: Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, University of Minnesota

1990 - 1991; Visiting Research Fellow: Department of Electrical Engineering, California Institute of Technology

1984 - 1989; Research Assistant: California Institute of Technology

1987 - 1988; Teaching Assistant: California Institute of Technology

1984; Staff Engineer: H R Textron, Systems Group, Irvine, CA

1982 - 1984 Research & Teaching Assistant: University of California

1979-1984 Bachelor Fellowship Engineer: Hughes Aircraft Company, Fullerton, CA

CONSULTING: MUSYN Inc.; Caterpillar International

FIVE RECENT PUBLICATIONS: G. Wolodkin, G.J. Balas and W.L. Garrard, "Application of Parameter-Dependent Robust Control Synthesis of Turbofan Engines," AIAA Journal of Guidance, Dynamics and Control, July, 1998.

I.J. Fiahlo and G.J. Balas, "Design of nonlinear controllers for active vehicle suspensions using parameter-varying control synthesis," Vehicle Systems Dynamics, October, 1997

I.J. Fialho, G.J. Balas, A.K. Packard, J. Renfrow, and C. Mullaney, "Gain-scheduled lateral control of the F-14 aircraft during powered aproach landing: a linear fractional approach," AIAA Journal of Guidance, Dynamics and Control, September, 1997.

C. van Etten, G.J. Balas and S. Bennani, "Linear parameter-varying integrated flight and structural mode control for a flexible aircraft," 1999 AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control ConferencePortland, OR, August, 1999.

J. Shin, G.J. Balas and A.K. Packard, "Worst case analysis of the flight control system X-38 crew return vehicle," 1999 AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference , Portland, OR, August, 1999.

J. Barker and G.J. Balas, "Flight control of a tailless aircraft via linear parameter-varying techniques," 1999 AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference , Portland, OR, August, 1999.

SCIENTIFIC AND PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES: AIAA, IEEE
HONORS AND AWARDS: McKnight-land Grant Professorship, University of Minnesota, 1993-95; American Control Conference Best Paper Presentation in Session, 1989, 1990; NASA Graduate Student Fellowship, 1986-89; Donald Wills Douglas Fellowship in Aeronautics, 1986-87; Hughes Aircraft Company Graduate Student Fellowship, 1982-84; Hughes Aircraft Company Undergraduate Student Fellowship, 1980-82
SUBJECTS AND COURSES TAUGHT: Undergraduate; Dynamics of Systems and Structures (1990, 1997); Dynamics (1990); Deformable Body Mechanics (1991); System Dynamics (1991, 1992, 1993); Automatic Flight Control Systems (1993, 1994); Dynamics and Control Laboratory (1993-1999); Graduate; Modern Control Theory (1992, 1998-1999); Computer Aided Control Design (1999); Selected Topics in Dynamical Systems and Control (1999); Seminar in Control and Dynamical Systems (1995-1999); System Identification (1994)

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