Research at Fenn Collge of Engineering

Fenn College of Engineering - Centers and Labs


Industrial Space System Lab

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Nickname: ISSL
Research Emphasis: Applying industrial techiques to high technology concepts, such as hands-off manufacutirng for on-obrit use; advanced power transmission and conversion of UAV's and civilian dual-use; hybrid composite fibers utilzing nano-technology and advanced concepts in renewable energy architectures for economic feasibility .
Faculty Contact: Dr. Taysir Nayfeh
  t.nayfeh@csuohio.edu

 

Center for Advanced Control Technologies

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Nickname: CACT
Research Emphasis: Advanced control algorithms: Active Disturbance Rejection Control, Non-linear PID, multi-variable time varying control, scaling and parameterization, discrete time control, adaptive control, self-tuning control, model independent control, and distributed control systems.
Faculty Contact: Dr. Zhiqiang Gao
  z.gao@csuohio.edu

 

Advanced Engineering Research Laboratory

Nickname: AERL
Research Emphasis: Industrial control, including process control, motion control, medical electronics, distributed control systems, etc.
Faculty Contact: Dr. Zhiqiang Gao
  z.gao@csuohio.edu


Applied Control Research Laboratory

Nickname: ACRL
Research Emphasis: Advanced control algorithm Development, Hardware in the loop simulation, Rapid prototyping, Digital control, Intelligent control and signal processing
Faculty Contact: Dr. Zhiqiang Gao
  z.gao@csuohio.edu


Embedded Control Systems Research Laboratory

Nickname: ECSRL
Research Emphasis: Theoretical development and real-time implementation of control and signal processing algorithms. Theoretical directions that are of particular interest include the following: Optimal control, Kalman filtering, H-infinity control and estimation, Artificial neural networks, Fuzzy logic systems and Evolutionary Computation
Faculty Contact: Dr. Dan Simon
  http://academic.csuohio.edu/simond/


Ohio-Ice

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Nickname: Ohio-ICE
Research Emphasis: CSU leads this university/industry collaborative which also includes Case Western Reserve University and the University of Akron, along with such industry partners as Rockwell Automation, Kiethley Instruments and ABB. The research focus of Ohio-ICE is centered on sensors, networked distributed systems, and advanced motion control.
Faculty Contact: Dr. Charles Alexander
  c.alexander@ieee.org