Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering
Advanced Power Systems and Control Laboratory
Our goal is to establish a long term research and educational program in the area of automatic control and dynamic systems to:
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Conduct frontier research on theories of switching control, optimal control, non-minimum phase systems and control, and reduced order modeling
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Explore innovative strategies to achieve optimal system performance and efficiency during transient operations
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Broaden the impact of research through technology transfer and the education of the future workforce of the renewable energy industry.
Research Program
We pursue research in
- 01Data Attribution and Agentic AI for Control
- 02Oil/Gas Drilling Automation
- 03Roll-to-Roll Dry Transfer
- 04Autonomous Mobile Robots/Ground Vehicles
- 05Fuel Cell Systems and Rechargeable Battery Systems
- 06System Identification/Learning Based On Physiological Signals
- 07Microgrids/Smart Grids
- 08Wind Turbine Systems
- 09Intelligent Sensors
News
Latest from the lab
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Dr. Chen Presents at the ARPA-E ROCKS Kickoff Meeting
Dr. Chen attended and presented at the ARPA-E ROCKS kickoff meeting on September 29–30, 2026.
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Jiachen to Present at BIBM 2026!
Jiachen will present two ECG papers, ECG-OOD-Trust and VLM-in-the-Loop, at BIBM 2026 in Dallas, December 1–4.
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Jiachen to Present at CDC 2026!
Jiachen will present “Stochastic Trajectory Influence Functions for LQR” at CDC 2026 in Honolulu, December 15–18.
- Jiachen to Present at MECC 2026!
- Dr. Chen Named Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
- Congratulations to Chris on Defending the Ph.D. Dissertation!
- Congratulations to Jiamin on Defending the Ph.D. Dissertation!
- Chris Awarded Best Student Paper at MECC 2025!
- Dr. Chen Elevated to IEEE Senior Member
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