Nonlinear Control Systems, Process Control, DoD vehicle & platform control, aircraft control
Neural Network, Fuzzy Logic, and Discrete Event Rule-Based Control
Expertise
Frank Lewis is the Moncrief-O'Donnell Professor of Electrical Engineering and Senior Fellow of the Automation & Robotics Research Institute at The University of Texas at Arlington. He is a University Distinguished Scholar Professor. He holds degrees in physics, electrical engineering and aerospace systems from Rice University and the University of West Florida. He received his PhD from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1981. From 1971 to 1977 he was with the United States Navy. His final position was Executive Officer and Acting Commanding Officer, USS Salinan (ATF-161).
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, a Fellow of IFAC, and a Fellow of the U.K. Royal Institute of Measurement & Control. He is the author or co-author of 6 U.S. patents, 205 journal papers, 320 referred published conference papers, 32 book chapters, and 12 books.
P. Ballal and F. L. Lewis, Wireless Sensor Network Design. National Technology and Science Press,.
Book
Refereed/Juried
Accepted
Forthcoming
F. L. L. Borovic and A. Q. Liu. "Feedback Control for MEMS," Systems and Control, M. Jamshidi, Eds. Albuquerque: TSI Press, pp. 45-54.
Book Chapter
Refereed/Juried
Published
Forthcoming
D. Vrabie and F. L. Lewis. "Online Adaptive Optimal Control based on Reinforcement Learning," Optimization and Optimal Control: Theory and Applications, A. Chinchuluun, Eds. Berlin: Springer.
Book Chapter
Refereed/Juried
Accepted
Forthcoming
F. L. L. Ballal and G. R. Hudas. "Trust-Based Collaborative Control for Teams in Communication Networks," Recent Advances in Nonlinear Dynamics and Synchronization – Theory and Applications Springer.
Book Chapter
Refereed/Juried
Accepted
2009
G. Vachtsevanos and F. L. Lewis. "Special Issue on Intelligent Diagnostics and Prognostics," Trans. Inst. Measurement and Control, vol. 31, no. 3/4, June 2009.
Journal Article
Refereed/Juried
Published
Affiliations
Collaborators
Kimon Valavanis, Univ. of Denver
S. Jagannathan, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Jie Huang, Chinese Univ. Hong Kong
Sam Ge, National Univ. Singapore
Appointments
Duration
Rank
Department / School
College / Office
University / Company
present
Professor
Electrical Engineering
College of Engineering
University of Texas at Arlington
present
Moncrief-O'Donnell Chair
Automation & Robotics Research Institute
University of Texas at Arlington
Synergistic Activities
Committees- former
National Research Council (NRC) Committee on the Space Station, IEEE Control Systems Society Board of Governors
Committees
Board of Governors of the Mediterranean Control Association, Founding Member
Editor Taylor & Francis/CRC Press book series on Automation & Control Engineering
Support
Duration
Title
Sponsor
Amount
Status
2009-2012
Trust-based Control of Networked teams on Graphs
AFOSR
$250K
Current
2009-2010
advanced intelligent learning control for UAV
DARPA/SignalPro Inc.
$30K
Current
2008-2011
Approximate Dynamic Programming
NSF
$250K
Current
2008-2011
nonlinear motion control of networked autonomous teams
ARO/NAC
$100K
Current
2008-2009
wireless sensor networks for machinery moniroting and diagnostics
EE5321- OPTIMAL CONTROL (3-0). Design of optimal control systems. Topics include optimization under constraints, linear quadratic regulators, Riccati equation, suboptimal control, dynamic programming, calculus of variations, and Pontryagin's minimum principle. A prior introductory systems course, such as EE 5307 is desirable.
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EE 5322.INTELLIGENT CONTROL SYSTEMS (3-0).Principles of intelligent control including adaptive, learning, and self-organizing systems. Neural networks and fuzzy logic systems for feedback control.Discrete event systems and decision-making supervisory control systems.Manufacturing work-cell control.Advanced sensor processing including Kalman filtering and sensor fusion.
EE 5307.Linear Systems Engineering (3-0) 3 hours credit.Topics include state-space description of dynamic systems, analysis and design of linear systems, similarity transformation, state feedback, state observers, and matrix characterization of multivariable systems.
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EE 5323- Nonlinear Control Systems (3-0) 3 hours credit.Analysis and design of nonlinear systems. This is a general course in nonlinear systems with examples from multiple engineering and science disciplines. Topics include phase planes, Lyapunov theory, describing functions, iterative maps, chaos and fractals, and nonlinear optimization methods.Prerequisite knowledge:EE 5307 or its equivalent is highly recommended.
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"Who's Who in the World", "Who's Who in Science and Technology", Int. Neural Network Soc. Gabor Award, Fulbright Research Award, the American Society of Engineering Education F.E. Terman Award, U.K. Inst. Measurement & Control Honeywell Award, three Sigma Xi Research Awards, the UTA Halliburton Engineering Research Award, the UTA University-Wide Distinguished Research Award, the IEEE Control Systems Society Best Chapter Award, IEEE Dallas Section "Outstanding Service Award" in 1994, selected as Engineer of the Year in 1995 by the Ft. Worth IEEE Section
Awards
IEEE Fellow, IFAC Fellow, Fellow UK Inst. Meaurement & Control, IEEE Control Systems Soc. Distinguished Lecturer, PE Texas, U.K. Chartered Engineer, Ft Worth PE of the Year 1995, Fulbright Research Award, ASEE Terman Award, NY Academy of Science, NASA Committee on Space Station 1995, FW Bus. Press "Top 200 Leaders". Texts on aircraft control, robotics, neural networks. Research Awards, Paper Awards,
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