Former Students

Reyshwanth Ganeshan – M.S. Thesis: Diagnostics Using Machine Learning for Air Brakes in Commercial Vehicles
Christopher Montez – Ph.D. Dissertation:
Vamsi Krishna Vegamoor – Ph. D. Dissertation: Model-based Longitudinal Control Heavy-Duty Vehicles, December 2021,  M. S. Thesis: Modeling the dynamics of trucks for control, December 2018.
Athindra Pavan  – M. S. Thesis: Motion Planning on a Sphere, August 2021.
Jaikrishna Sundararajan – M. S. Thesis: Development and Experimental Corroboration of diagnostic algorithms for air brakes in Autonomous and Connected Trucks, August 2021.
Rangeesh Venkatesan – M.S. Thesis: Design and Simulation of Integrated Lateral and Longitudinal controller for Automated and Connected vehicles, August 2021.
Rex Foster  - M. S. Thesis: Development of a complete air brake system model for autonomous trucks, May 2021.
Mengke Liu  – Ph. D. Dissertation: Control of Lateral Motion of Passenger and Articulated Vehicles, December 2020.  (co-advised with Dr. S. Rathinam)
Shaojie Yan –  M. S. Thesis: Safety Assessment of Cooperative Adaptive Cruise Control in an emergency braking scenario, May 2020.
Sai Krishna Kanth Hari –  Ph. D. Dissertation: Persistent Monitoring of targets with multiple UAVs, December 2019,  M. S. Thesis: Development of algorithms for localization and attitude estimation from range measurements in Unmanned Vehicles, August 2016.
Mani Deep Ankem –  M. S. Thesis: Effect of Heterogeneity on Error Propagation in Vehicular Strings, May 2019.
Tyler Marr –  M. S. Thesis: Combined Lateral and Longitudinal Control for an Autonomous Vehicle, December 2018.
Satyanaraya G. Manyam  – Ph. D. Dissertation: Routing Vehicles with Motion, Resource and Communication Constraints: Algorithms and Bounds, May 2015.
Myoungkuk Park –  Ph. D. Dissertation: Performance Guarantee of a Sub-optimal policy and its application to a perimeter surveillance problem, May 2014.
Harsha Nagarajan  – Ph. D. Dissertation: Algorithms for maximization of Algebraic Connectivity subject to Resource Constraints, May 2014.
Navid Mohsenizadeh –  Ph. D. Dissertation: Control Systems: New Approaches to Analysis and Design, May 2014.
Zachary Walton  – M. S. Thesis: Optimal Perimeter Patrol Using Reinforcement Learning, 2011.
Sai Krishna Yadlapalli –  Ph. D. Dissertation: Combinatorial Path Planning for a System of Multiple Unmanned Vehicles, 2010, M. S. Thesis: On the Information Flow required for the Scalability of the Stability of Motion of Approximately Rigid Formation, 2006.   Current Job: Functional Architect, Pricing and Revenue Management Services, JDA Software Group., Scottsdale, Arizona.
Sandeep Dhar –  Ph. D. Dissertation: Development of Diagnostic Algorithms for Air Brakes in Trucks, 2010.  Current Job: Principal Engineer, Raychem (RPG) Industries, Vadodara, Gujarat.
Paul Oberlin  – M. S. Thesis: Path Planning Algorithms for Multiple Heterogeneous Vehicles, 2009.
Srivatsan Ramarathnam  – M. S. Thesis: A mathematical model for air brake systems in the presence of leaks, 2008.
Dongwon Lim –  M. S. Thesis: Synthesis of PID controllers from Empirical Data and Guaranteeing Performance Specifications, 2008.
Waqar Malik  – Ph. D. Dissertation: A New Computational Approach to the Synthesis of Fixed Order Controllers, 2007.
Vipin Tyagi –  Ph. D. Dissertation: A Non-Continuum Approach to obtain a Macroscopic Model for the Flow of Traffic, 2007.  Current Job: CEO & Co-founder, VerdeEn Chemicals, Houston, TX.
Shankar Coimbatore –   Ph. D. Dissertation: A Diagnostic System for Air Brakes in Trucks, 2006, M. S. Thesis: Modeling the Pneumatic Subsystem of an S-cam Air Brake System, 2004.
Shankar Vilayannur Natarajan –  M. S. Thesis: Modeling the Pneumatic Relay Valve of an S-cam Air Brake System, 2006.  Current Job: Senior MTS UI Engineer at PernixData, San Jose, CA.
Sincheon Kang  – Ph. D. Dissertation: On the Synthesis of Fixed Order Stabilizing Controllers, 2005. Current Job: Researcher at the Advanced Development Agency of South Korea.
Christopher Bowlin  – M. S. Thesis: A Pressure Control Scheme for Air Brakes in Commercial Vehicles, 2005. Current Job: Associate General Counsel at Lockheed Martin, Washington DC Metro Area.
Dimitri Doncov –  B. S. Honors Thesis: Synthesis of a Motion Plan for a Dubins Robot, December 2005.
Woosuk Choi –  Ph. D. Dissertation: Synthesis of Fixed Order Controllers, 2003,  M. S. Thesis: Assessing the Benefits of Coordination on Safety in Automated Highway Systems, 2000.  Current Job: Senior Research Engineer, Next Generation Vehicle Team, Advanced Technology Center, R&D Division for Hyundai Motor Company and Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul.
Sudhir Pargaonkar –  M. S. Thesis: Distributed Motion Planning Algorithms for a Collection of Vehicles, 2003.
Sivakumar Rathinam –  M. S. Thesis: A Resource Allocation Algorithm for Wide Area Search Munitions, 2001.
Jayesh Ametha –  M. S. Thesis: Development and Implementation of Algorithms used in Ground and Internet Traffic Monitoring, 2001.  Current Job: Business Director, Capital One, Washington DC.
Shamanth Shankar  – M. S. Thesis: Design of Decentralized Detection Filters for a Class of Interconnected LTI Systems, 2001.  Current Job: Strategy & Planning Manager, Forum Energy Technology Inc., Houston, TX.
Cliff Spence –  B. S. Honors Thesis: Design of an Experimental Test Bench for an Air Brake System, 2001.
Penchala Rao  – M. S. Thesis: Modeling of Air Brakes for Diagnostics of Heavy Trucks, 2000. Current Job: Engineering Manager, Apple, SFO Bay Area, CA.
Shaival Gupta  – M. S. Thesis: A New Algorithm for Detecting Erroneous Loop Detector Data, 1999.
Li-Wei Hsien  – M. S. Thesis: Fault-Tolerant Control of Automatically Control Vehicles in Response to Brake System Faults, 1998.
Rusli Huandra –  M. S. Thesis: Intelligent Cruise Control Design based on a Traffic Flow Specification, 1998.
Seok-min Yoon  – M. S. Thesis: Automatic Vehicle Following for Emergency Lane Change Maneuvers, 1998. Current Job: Senior Aerospace Engineer at Adams Communication and Engineering Technology, Philadelphia.
Omar Daud –  M. S. Thesis: Lateral Control of Articulated Vehicles for Automated Highway Systems under Uncertainty in Vehicle Parameters, 1998.