Areas of Expertise
Feedback control systems, intelligent control with
neural networks and fuzzy logic systems, discrete
event systems, wireless sensor networks, robotics,
nonlinear process control, adaptive systems, optimal
and robust control.
Background
Dr. Lewis is a registered Professional Engineer in
the State of Texas and a Chartered Engineer with the
U.K. Engineering Council. He is a Fellow of the
IEEE and a Fellow of the U.K. Royal Institute of
Measurement & Control. He
spent six years in the U.S. Navy, serving as
Navigator aboard the frigate USS Trippe (FF-1075),
and Executive Officer and Acting Commanding Officer
aboard USS Salinan (ATF-161). He is on the Editorial
Boards of several international journals. He is
listed in "Who's Who in the World", "Who's Who in
Science and Technology", etc. Dr. Lewis is the
recipient of a Fulbright Research Award, the
American Society of Engineering Education F.E.
Terman Award, and numerous other research awards.
He received the IEEE Control Systems Society Best
Chapter Award (as Founding Chairman). He received
the IEEE Dallas Section "Outstanding Service Award"
in 1994, and was selected as Engineer of the Year in
1995 by the Ft. Worth IEEE Section. He is an Adjunct
Professor at The Georgia Institute of Technology and
has served on NASA Committee on the Space Station.
Since 1982, Dr. Lewis has received as PI/co-PI 12
NSF grants, including the NSF Research Initiation
Grant in 1982. He has received total funding in
excess of $6M and industry funding in excess of
$900K, including 8 DoD SBIR contracts.
Dr. Lewis is
the author or co-author of 5 U.S. patents, 174
journal papers, 286 referred published conference
papers, 32 book chapters, and 12 books
including Optimal Control,
Optimal Estimation, Applied Optimal Control and
Estimation, Aircraft Control and Simulation, Control
of Robot Manipulators, Neural Network
Control, High-Level Feedback Control with Neural
Networks and the IEEE reprint volume Robot
Control.
Automation and Robotics Research Institute
Systems, Controls, and Manufacturing Thrust Area
