Selected Publications (Full  text - pdf)

 Curriculum Vitae (Printable  Version - pdf)  

 Aerospace Engineering  Graduate Program

 Engine Control Research  Laboratory

 Dynamic Systems Control  Laboratory

Dept. of Mech. Engineering

N207 Engineering Building 1

University of Houston

Houston, TX 77204-4006

Tel : 713-743-4387

Fax: 713-743-4503

Email: karolos@uh.edu

Ph.D. STUDENTS

• Farzad Shirazi, Parameter Varying Methods for Control of Smart Materials, Ph.D. Thesis expected in Aug. 2011.
• Saleh Mirheidari, Optimized Diesel Engine Control Strategies for Biofuel Usage, Ph.D. Thesis expected in Aug. 2012 (co-advised with M. Franchek)
• Naveed Quraish, Robust Parameter-Varying Aircraft Control via Feedback Linearization, Ph.D. Thesis in progress
• Atilla Kilicarslan, Hysteresis Compensation Using Adaptive Gain Scheduling Control Methods, Ph.D Thesis in progress
• Hassene Jammousi, Adaptive Engine Control and Identification, Ph.D Thesis in progress
• Rohit Zope, Adaptive Engine Control for Low Emissions, Ph.D. Thesis in progress
• Mona.Meisami-Azad, Integrated Design of Engine Control and Aftertreatment, Ph.D. Thesis in progress
• Javad Mohammadpour, Linear Parameter Varying Filtering and Estimation, Ph.D. Thesis completed in Dec 2007.
• Yuanqiang Bai, Control of Symmetric and Vector-Second-Order Systems, Ph.D. Thesis completed in Dec. 2006.
• Feng Zhang, Linear Parameter Varying Control of Nonlinear Systems with Application to Engine Control, Ph.D. Thesis completed in Jan. 2006.
• Charudatta Mehendele, Advanced Gain Scheduling for Nonlinear Control Design Using Linear Parameter Varying Systems Theory, Ph.D. Thesis completed in Dec. 2004.
• Tan Kan, Parameter Varying Control of Nonlinear Systems with Time Delays and Saturation, Ph.D. Thesis completed in May 2001
• Musa Abdallah, Novel Control-Oriented Damage Detection Methods in Structures, Ph.D Thesis completed in December 1999.
  

 Loughborough University -  Visiting Professorship

 IASTED Intelligent Control  Systems Conference 2008 -  Conference Chair