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

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS

• Ruqiat Shifatu, Adaptive Control Strategies for Engine Air Fuel Regulation, Honor Thesis, completed in Aug2008
• Idalia Ovalle, Advanced Controls for Emission Reduction and Fuel Economy in Automotive Engines, Honors Thesis completed in Aug. 2006.
• Elaine Schomburg, Kinematics of a Two-Link Planar Robot for Medical Robotics Applications, Honors Thesis completed in May 2001.
• Nicolas Tognini, Linear Quadratic Optimal Control for a Diesel Engine, Honors Thesis completed in May 2000.
• Scott Lind, Mr. Alex Hague, Mr. Wilmer Gaviria and Mr. Oscar Gaviria, FIRST Robotics Competition, Special Topics Project, May 1998.
• Aiyueh Kwan, Algorithms for Model Reduction of Large Space Structures, Honors Thesis completed in August 1998.
• Sofiene Sidi-Ali-Cherif, Modeling and Control of a Diesel Engine for Emission Reduction, Honors Thesis completed in May 1997.
  

 Loughborough University -  Visiting Professorship

 IASTED Intelligent Control  Systems Conference 2008 -  Conference Chair