EE Faculty
Dr. Frank L. Lewis, P.E.,
Office Tel. No.: (817) 272-5972
Fax: (817) 272-5989
Lab Tel. No. : (817) 272-5955
Email Address: lewis@uta.edu
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Automation and Robotics Research Institute
Professor of Electrical Engineering , University Distinguished Scholar Professor Moncrief-O'Donnell Chair, Institute Senior Research Fellow Automation & Robotics Research Institute
Ph.D. Elect. Eng. Georgia Tech. 1981
M.S. Aero. Eng. Univ. West Fla. 1977
M.E.E. Rice University 1971
B.A. Physics & EE Rice University 1971
Areas of Expertise
Feedback control systems, intelligent control with neural networks and fuzzy logic systems, discrete event systems, wireless sensor networks, robotics, nonlinear process control, adaptive systems, optimal and robust control.
Background
Dr. Lewis is a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Texas and a Chartered Engineer with the U.K. Engineering Council. He is a Fellow of the IEEE and a Fellow of the U.K. Royal Institute of Measurement & Control. He spent six years in the U.S. Navy, serving as Navigator aboard the frigate USS Trippe (FF-1075), and Executive Officer and Acting Commanding Officer aboard USS Salinan (ATF-161). He is on the Editorial Boards of several international journals. He is listed in "Who's Who in the World", "Who's Who in Science and Technology", etc. Dr. Lewis is the recipient of a Fulbright Research Award, the American Society of Engineering Education F.E. Terman Award, and numerous other research awards. He received the IEEE Control Systems Society Best Chapter Award (as Founding Chairman). He received the IEEE Dallas Section "Outstanding Service Award" in 1994, and was selected as Engineer of the Year in 1995 by the Ft. Worth IEEE Section. He is an Adjunct Professor at The Georgia Institute of Technology and has served on NASA Committee on the Space Station.
Since 1982, Dr. Lewis has received as PI/co-PI 12 NSF grants, including the NSF Research Initiation Grant in 1982. He has received total funding in excess of $6M and industry funding in excess of $900K, including 8 DoD SBIR contracts.
Dr. Lewis is the author or co-author of 5 U.S. patents, 174 journal papers, 286 referred published conference papers, 32 book chapters, and 12 books including Optimal Control, Optimal Estimation, Applied Optimal Control and Estimation, Aircraft Control and Simulation, Control of Robot Manipulators, Neural Network Control, High-Level Feedback Control with Neural Networks and the IEEE reprint volume Robot Control.