Karolos Grigoriadis
Professor Karolos Grigoriadis received his PhD in Aeronautics and Astronautics from Purdue University (USA) in 1994. He is currently a Professor and the Director of the Aerospace Engineering Program at the University of Houston. His expertise is on the modeling, analysis, design optimization and control of mechanical and aerospace systems, and he has been teaching graduate and undergraduate courses in Systems Analysis, Control Design and Optimization.
Professor Grigoriadis research has been focusing on the development of systematic methods for control systems design subject to practical implementation limitations, such as, time delays, controller order, saturation constraints and fault accommodations. He has worked on multiple research projects sponsored by the U.S. National Science Foundation, NASA, the U.S. Army, and aerospace and automotive companies. His work on aerospace controlled systems in collaboration with aerospace companies and NASA has been addressing microgravity vibration isolation, control of smart structures, fault-tolerant control of space systems, and integrated design of structural parameters and control gains. His research on automotive engine diagnostics/controls in collaboration with US Federal agencies and automotive companies has been on the development of real-time optimizing controllers for engine and exhaust after-treatment to meet future automotive fuel economy and exhaust emission objectives. He is currently collaborating with faculty from Loughborough University on an EPSRC funded and SEIC-supported (BAE Systems) project on optimization of sensing elements for control and fault tolerance of complex systems.
Professor Grigoriadis has authored or co-authored over 150 journal and proceeding articles, 3 book chapters, and two books (/Actuator Saturation Control/, Marcel Dekker, New York, 2003, and /A Unified Algebraic Approach to Linear Control Design/, Taylor & Francis, 1998). He has organized several invited sessions, workshops and short-courses at national and international conferences, and he has been in the Editorial Board of international journals and international conference committees in the systems and controls area. He is the recipient of several national and university awards including a National Science Foundation CAREER Award, a Society of Automotive Engineers Ralph Teetor Award, a Bill Cook Scholar Award, a Herbert Allen Award for Outstanding Contributions by a Young Engineer and multiple Research Excellence and Teaching Excellence Awards. He is a Visiting Professor at Loughborough University since March 2008.
Robust and fault-tolerant control of complex systems
Linear and parameter-varying systems design
System filtering and fault-detection
Vibration isolation and structural control
Modeling and control of space systems
Control and optimization of internal combustion engines