• Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, University of Houston, 2003

• M.S., Electrical Engineering, Tianjin University, 1999

• B.S., Electrical Engineering, Xi'an University of Technology, 1994

Employment History

PUBLICATIONS, RESEARCH GRANTS, RESUME

Graduate Course Development

·      Optimal Control Theory                               Fall 2011

·      Robust Control Theory                                Spring 2010

·      Nonlinear Control Theory                            Fall 2009              

·      Power Electronics and Motor Drive             Spring 2009                        

·      Digital Control Theory                                 Fall 2008                              

·      Modern Control Theory                              Spring 2008                        

Graduate Advisees

Dissertation / Thesis Chaired

1.  Augustine Ajuzie, (PhD, ECE, Prairie View A&M University, Summer 2011)

2.  Jian Zhang, (PhD, ECE, Prairie View A&M University, expected 2012)

3.  Augustine Ajuzie, (MS, ECE, Prairie View A&M University, Fall 2008)

4.  Chao Xia, (MS, ECE, Prairie View A&M University, Summer 2009)

Dissertation Committee Member  

5.  Hanqin Zhou, (PhD, ECE, University of Houston, Summer 2006)

6.  Hsun-Pang Wang, (PhD, ECE, University of Houston, Fall 2007)

7.  Jian Wu, (PhD, ECE, University of Houston, Fall 2009)

8. Penrose Cofie, (PhD, ECE, University of Houston, Fall 2010)

9.  Xiangyin Meng, (PhD, Mechatronics, Southwest Jiaotong University, China, expected 2011)

Professional Service

Grant Proposal Review

·      2010: NSF TUES, Washington DC

·      2008: NSF CCLI, Washington DC

·      2008: Army Research Office

·      2010: Institute of Space Systems Operations, Clear Lake, TX

·      2009: Institute of Space Systems Operations, Clear Lake, TX

·      2008: Institute of Space Systems Operations, Clear Lake, TX

Journal Review

·      2011: International Journal of Control

·      2011: IEEE Transactions on Mechatronics

·      2011: IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering

·      2011: International Journal of System Science

·      2011: Journal of Aerospace Engineering

·      2010: Journal of Applied Mathematical Modeling

·      2009 – present: IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems

·      2009 – present: IET Control Theory and Applications

·      2009 – present: IET Power Electronics

·      2009 – present: Journal of the Franklin Institute

·      2009: IMA Journal of Mathematical Control and Information

·      2009: Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control

·      2008 – 2010: Journal of Vibration and Control

·      2008: Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering

·      2007: IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II

·      2007: Smart Materials and Structures

·      2007: Optimal Control, Applications and Methods

·      2006: Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications

·      2006 – present: ISA Transactions

 Conference Review

·      2011: ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference

·      2010: IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics

·      2009 – present: IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC)

·      2008: American Control Conference (ACC)

 Conference Organization

·      2010: Session Chair, IASTED International Conference on Control and Applications, Banff, Canada

·      2010: Session Chair, ASCE International Conference on Earth & Space, Honolulu, HI

·      2008: Session Chair, IEEE International Conference on Robotics, Automation and Mechatronics,                                                       Chengdu, China

·      2008: Session Chair, ASCE International Conference on Earth & Space, Long Beach, CA

·      2006: Session Chair, ASCE International Conference on Earth & Space, Houston, TX