The research program in our laboratory focuses on the design of estimation algorithms, sensors and controllers for smart and autonomous systems. Specific major areas of research have included

  1. Estimation algorithms and control systems for intelligent vehicles, active sensing and estimation on smart bicycles, imminent collision detection sensors, tracking systems for complex traffic on urban roads and highways, and road condition monitoring transducers.
  2. Fundamental estimation algorithms for globally stable state estimation in nonlinear systems, for fault diagnostics, and for unknown input estimation.
  3. Wearable sensors, associated estimation algorithms, automated monitoring of disease status, estimation algorithms for analysis of arm and leg motions, and for activity classification.
  4. Design of handheld diagnostic instruments and associated estimation algorithms for medical applications.

To learn more about example past research projects, please follow the links provided below.