Introduction to automatic control with aerospace applications [remote seminar]
Automatic control is the enabling technology behind most modern engineered systems. Applications range from cruise control in automotive vehicles and frequency regulation in power grids, to navigation and control of rockets and spacecraft. The goal of automatic control is to construct so-called "controllers", which are software algorithms (typically only a few lines of code but can be millions of lines for complex systems) that compute actuator commands based on measurements taken from onboard sensors. In this talk, we will begin with an introduction to automatic control and its applications, will describe common [simple] algorithms used in practice, and will demonstrate the ideas through hardware demonstrations and software (games). The application focus will be on aerospace systems.
The seminar is free and open to public. Join us if you can! No prior experience or knowledge will be required, but familiarity with coding and high school calculus would be helpful.
This talk is organized by the recently-launched (pun intended) Vermont-wide, student-led CubeSat project. Join our effort if you are interested! Twitter link: https://twitter.com/VTCubeSat
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- Date: 15 Mar 2021
- Time: 05:00 PM to 06:00 PM
- All times are (GMT-05:00) US/Eastern
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- Burlington, Vermont
- United States
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Automatic control
Automatic control by Dr. Hamid Ossareh
Biography:
Dr. Ossareh obtained his BASc in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Toronto in 2008, and MASc (EE), MS (Mathematics), and PhD (EE:Controls) degrees from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor in 2010, 2012, and 2013, respectively. He was a researcher at Ford Research and Advanced Engineering from 2013 to 2016, where he investigated advanced control of automotive powertrains. Since 2016, he has been an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the University of Vermont (UVM), and a technical consultant for local companies in the controls area. He holds more than 35 patents and has been an author on more than 35 peer-reviewed publications, and has been a recipient of numerous awards, including the Chief Engineer’s award and the Ford Technical Achievement award from Ford Motor Company, the Faculty of the Year and Inventor of the Year awards from the IEEE GMS, and the Excellence in Research Award from the University of Vermont. He is currently leading multiple research projects funded by Ford, NIST, and NASA as Principal Investigator, and is a Co-Principal Investigator on several grants funded by US DoE, DoT, and DoD. He is the founding chair of the IEEE Control Systems Society Chapter of Vermont and an Associate Editor for the Conference Editorial Board of the IEEE Control Systems Society. He is the faculty advisor of the recently-launched Vermont CubeSat project.