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Former Students

  • 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 (expected).
  • 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.

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