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Special Sessions

SPECIAL SESSIONS Xin Zhou, Jeffrey L. Stein, and Tulga Ersal
University of Michigan

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12TH DSCC2016-9730: BATTERY STATE OF HEALTH MONITORING BY
ESTIMATION OF THE NUMBER OF CYCLABLE LI-IONS
1:30PM–3:30PM
Great Lakes A3
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12TH
Best Student Paper Competition Special Session
4:00PM–6:00PM
Organizers: Xu Chen, University of Connecticut
Great Lakes A3
Fen Wu, North Carolina State University
Funding Agency Talks: Federal Funding Opportunities for Junior
The ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division supports the Student Best Investigators in Systems and Control
Paper Competition at the annual Dynamic Systems and Control Conference. Organizers: Xu Chen, University of Connecticut
This competition aims at motivating future researchers to contribute to the
Dynamic System and Control scientific community, by recognizing outstand- Wenlong Zhang, Arizona State University
ing and original scientific work developed by students. Six student paper Abstract: This session will bring together Program Officers from a variety of
finalists have been selected, and in this session the student authors will be federal agencies, representing programs that offer funding opportunities for
presenting their work in front of a panel of judges.
controls researchers, with a particular focus on opportunities for young
faculties. Each Program Officer will present a brief overview of relevant
programs, and describe fundamental objectives, expected products, topics
This year’s Best Paper Finalists will present their papers twice: Once in of current interest, and the application process. Following these presenta-
their pre-assigned session and once in this Special Session.
tions, the Program Officers will answer questions from the audience.
The finalists are:
Panelists:
Partha P. Mishra, Hosam K. Fathy
Penn State University Jordan M. Berg, National Science Foundation
DSCC2016-9754: CAN PHOTOVOLTAIC BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE Dr. Jordan M. Berg received the BSE and MSE degrees in Mechanical and
SYSTEMS BE SELF-BALANCING? Aerospace Engineering from Princeton University in 1981 and 1984. He
worked in the Attitude Control Analysis group at RCA Astro-Electronics in
East Windsor, NJ, from 1983 to 1986. He received the PhD in Mechanical
Chen Zhang and Zongxuan Sun Engineering and Mechanics, and the MS in Mathematics and Computer
University of Minnesota
Science from Drexel University in 1992. He held postdoctoral appointments
DSCC 2016-9726: OPTIMIZATION OF TRAJECTORY-BASED HCCI at the Air Force Research Labs in Dayton, OH, and the Institute for Mathe-
COMBUSTION matics and Its Applications in Minneapolis, MN. Since 1996 he has been at
Texas Tech University, where he is Professor of Mechanical Engineering and
Co-Director of the Nano Tech Center. As a Fulbright Scholar in 2008 he held
Leqing Cui, Chinedum Okwudire, and Shorya Awtar visiting faculty appointments at the University of Ruhuna and University of
University of Michigan
Peradeniya in Sri Lanka. He is a Professional Engineer in the State of Texas
DSCC2016-9658: COMPLEX NON-MINIMUM PHASE ZEROS IN THE and a Fellow of the ASME. His research interests include nonlinear and
DYNAMICS OF DOUBLE PARALLELOGRAM FLEXURE MODULE BASED geometric control, and the modeling, simulation, design, and control of
FLEXURE MECHANISMS nano- and microsystems. In 2014 he joined the Civil, Mechanical, and
Manufacturing Innovation Division of the Engineering Directorate of the
National Science Foundation under an IPA agreement. He currently serves
Mohammad Reza Amini, Mahdi Shahbakhti, Selina Pan, and J. Karl Hedrick as a Program Officer for the Dynamics, Control and Systems Diagnostics
Michigan Technological University, Stanford University, University of program and the National Robotics Initiative.
California at Berkeley
DSCC2016-9732: HANDLING MODEL AND IMPLEMENTATION UNCER- Frederica Darema, US Air Force Office of Scientific Research
TAINTIES VIA AN ADAPTIVE DISCRETE SLIDING MODE CONTROLLER
DESIGN Dr. Frederica Darema, a member of the Senior Executive Service, is the
Director, Mathematics, Information and Life Sciences, Air Force Office of
Scientific Research, Arlington, Va. She provides executive direction in the
Minghui Zheng, Cong Wang, Liting Sun, and Masayoshi Tomizuka planning, conduct and coordination of broad, frequently large-scale, and
University of California at Berkeley, New Jersey Institute of Technology
critical basic research and development program activities. These include
DSCC2016-9902: ARBITRARY-ORDER ITERATIVE LEARNING CONTROL the areas as advanced mathematical and computational methods for 11
CONSIDERING H INFINITY SYNTHESIS dynamic systems; information and decision systems; bio-systems; human
cognition and socio-cultural systems.

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