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Dr. Mario A. Rotea, Professor

208E ELab
University of Massachusetts
160 Governors Drive
Amherst, MA 01003-2210
E-mail: rotea@ecs.umass.edu
Main Office: (413) 545-2505
Phone: (413) 545-4051
Fax: (413) 545-1027
 


Education:
Electronic Engineer Degree, National University of Rosario, Argentina, 1983;
M.S.E.E., University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1988;
Ph.D. in Control Science and Dynamical Systems, University of Minnesota, 1990;

Research Interests: Optimization, condition monitoring, and control of mechanical and aerospace systems.

Honors & Awards:

  • Fellow, Institute for Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), for contributions to robust and optimal control of multivariable systems, 2007
  • Young Investigator Award, National Science Foundation, 1993
  • CT Sun Excellence in Research Award, School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Purdue University, 2006
  • Top Five Undergraduate Teachers in Aeronautics and Astronautics, Purdue University , for the years 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, and 2000
  • Best Paper Presentation Awards, American Control Conference, 1989, 1991, 1999, and 2001
  • Best Poster Interactive Paper Award, 42nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Maui , HI , December 2003
  • Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, University of Minnesota , 1989

Select Archival Publications:

  • Lovera J., I. Hwang, and M.A. Rotea, "An Intent-Based Trajectory Prediction Algorithm for Air Traffic Control," AIAA Journal of Guidance, Navigation, and Control, Vol. 30, No. 2, pp. 370-382, 2007.
  • D’Amato, F.J. and M.A. Rotea, "LFTB: An efficient algorithm to bound linear fractional transformations," Optimization and Engineering, Springer, Vol. 6, No. 2, pp. 177-201, 2005.
  • D’Amato, F.J., M.A. Rotea, A. Megretski, and U.T. Jonson, "New Results for the Analysis of Systems with Repeated Nonlinearities," Automatica, Vol. 37, pp. 739-747, 2001.
  • Rotea, M.A. and D. Williamson, "Optimal realizations of finite wordlength digital filters and controllers," IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems, Series I: Fundamental Theory and Applications, Vol. 42, No. 2, pp. 61-72, 1995.
  • Rotea, M.A., "The generalized H2 control problem," Automatica, Vol. 29, No. 2, pp. 373-385, 1993.

 

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