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    Research Overview



    Research activities of dynamics and control faculty are centered on navigation, guidance, and control of aerospace and terrestrial systems. Work in the IIT NavLab is focused on the development of modern satellite navigation systems. Current areas of activity include Differential Global Positioning System navigation for aircraft precision landing in zero-visibility conditions, navigation of autonomous Uninhabited Aerial Vehicles, and navigation system integrity. Research activities have been sponsored by the Federal Aviation Administration, U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force, Northrop-Grumman, and Boeing.


    Dynamics & Control Faculty



    Matthew Peet - Assistant Professor, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

    Areas of Expertise

    • Modeling and control of the human immune system and Leukemia
    • Decentralized control laws for large-scale communication and power networks
    • Computational theory of parallel computing as applied to problems in control
    • Computational analysis and control of delayed and partial-differential systems
    • The theory and practice of optimizing polynomials for nonlinear control (Sum-of-Squares Programming)

    Boris Pervan - Associate Professor of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering


    Areas of Expertise

    • Navigation, guidance, and control of dynamic systems.

    Shawn Shadden - Assistant Professor of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering


    Areas of Expertise

    • Dynamical Systems Theory
    • Transport and Mixing
    • Modeling Mechanical Systems
    • Biological Flows

    Matthew Spenko - Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering


    Areas of Expertise

    • Control, Dynamics, and Mechanical Design
    • Robotics