Graduate Students



Following is a list of current and former graduate students and their MS Projects and Ph.D. Thesis.


Ph.D. Students
  1. Kenneth D. Clark, The Numerical Solution of Linear Time Varying Singular Systems of Differential Equations by Difference Methods, 1986.

  2. William J. Terrell, Observability and External Descriptions of Linear Time Varying Singular Control Systems, 1990.

  3. Edward Moore, Constraint Preserving Multistep Integrators for Differential Algebraic Equations, 1994.

  4. Wieslaw Marszalek, Analysis of Partial Differential Algebraic Equations, 1997.

  5. Yangchun Zhong, Efficient Numerical Solution of General Higher Index Differential Algebraic Equations, 1997.

  6. Kevin D. Yeomans, Initialization Issues in General Differential Algebraic Equation Integrators, 1997.

  7. Neil D. Biehn, Implicit Runge-Kutta Methods for Stiff and State Constrained Optimal Control Problems, Operations Research Program. 2001.

  8. Kirk G. Horton, Fault Detection and Model Identification in Linear Systems, Operations Research Program. 2001.

  9. Kimberly Drake, Analysis of Numerical Methods for Fault Diagnosis and Model Identification in Linear Systems with Delays, 2003.

  10. Anna Engelsone, Direct Transcription Methods in Optimal Control: Theory and Practice, Operations Research Program, 2006.

  11. Dongkyoung (Annie) Choe, Digital Signal Design for Fault Detection in Linear Continuous Dynamical Systems, Operations Research Program, 2007.

  12. Ivan Andjelkovic, Current Student

  13. Kelly Sweetingham, Current Student

  14. Irfan Okay, Current Student

  15. Martene Fair, Current Student

MS Students
  1. Benjamin Hoyle, Numerical Algorithms in Implicit Dynamics, 1985.

  2. Kevin D. Yeomans, Use of Orthogonal Functions with Singular Systems, 1987.

  3. Nur Azlina Bt. Abd. Aziz, Weighted and Unweighted Least Squares Problems and Methods for Solving Them, 1987.

  4. Engku Abu Bakar, The Generalized Inverse in Linear Programming, 1988.

  5. Li Wang, The numerical solution of high index, nonlinear singular systems of differential equations, 1990.

  6. David S. Torain II, A Catch-Rate Model For Fisheries, 1995.

  7. Richard Hollenbeck, A Computational Comparison of RADAU5 and Explicit Integration of the Completion of Hessenberg DAE Systems, 1997.

  8. Melissa M Campolattaro, Control of a Thermal Reactor, 2001.

  9. Benjamin Hannas, Investigation of Active Failure Detection Algorithms, 2006.

  10. Karen Bobinyec, Current student,