| Dept. of Electrical Eng. and Computer Science |
| Case Western Reserve University |
| 10900 Euclid Ave. (Olin 607) |
| Cleveland, Ohio 44106 |
| Phone: (216)368-4493 (O); Fax: (216)368-3123 |
| E-mail: linwei@case.edu |
EDUCATION
| D. Sc. | Systems Science and Mathematics --- Washington University, St. Louis |
| M.S. | Systems Science and Mathematics --- Washington University, St. Louis |
| M.S. | Electrical Engineering --- Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China |
| B.S | Electrical Engineering --- Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China |
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Dynamic systems, geometric nonlinear control, homogeneous systems theory, H-infinity and robust control, nonlinear adaptive control, control of nonholonomic or underactuated mechanical systems, robotics and MEMS devices, nonlinear observers and identification, network congestion control, biologically inspired systems, wind power and renewable energy, power systems and smart grids.
HONORS AND AWARDS
| 2007 | Robert J. Herbold Faculty Fellow Award |
| 2003 | JSPS Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science |
| 1999 | NSF CAREER Award |
| 1998-2000 | Warren E. Rupp Endowed Assistant Professorship, Case Western Reserve University |
EDITORSHIPS
| 1999-2001 | Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control |
| 2002-2003 | Guest Editor, Special Issue on ``New Directions in Nonlinear Control,'' IEEE Trans. Automat. Contr. |
| 2002-2005 | Associate Editor, Automatica |
| 2005-Present | Subject Editor, Int. J. of Robust and Nonlinear Control |
| 2003-Present | Associate Editor, J. of Control Theory and Applications |
INVITED PLENARY ADDRESSES
| 2011 | Plenary Speaker, International Conference on Applied, Computational Mathematics and Optimization, Chiang Mai, Thailand, January 6-10 |
| 2009 | Plenary Speaker, 2nd International Conference on Intelligent Networks and Systems, Tianjin, China, November 1-3 |
| 2009 | Semi-Plenary Speaker, 21st Chinese Control and Decision Conference, Guilin, June 17-19 |
| 2007 | Plenary Speaker, 7th IFAC Symposium on Nonlinear Control Systems (NOLCOS'07), Pretoria, South Africa, August 22-24 |
| 2004 | Semi-Plenary Speaker, 6th IFAC Symposium on Nonlinear Control Systems (NOLCOS'04), Stuttgart, Germany, September 1-3 |
| 2001 | Keynote Speaker, 4th Nonlinear Control Network Workshop: Nonlinear and Adaptive Control, Sheffield, U.K., June 25-28 |
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
| 2005-Present | Technical Committee (TC) of Nonlinear Control Systems, International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC) |
| 2010 | Program Committee, 8th IFAC Symposium on Nonlinear Control Systems (NOLCOS'10), Bologna, Italy, August 30 - Sept. 2 |
| 2008 | Invited Session Chair, 8th World Congress of Inteligent Control and Automation, Chongqing, China, June 22-24 |
| 2007 | Program Committee, 7th IFAC Symposium on Nonlinear Control Systems (NOLCOS'07), Pretoria, South Africa, August 22-24 |
| 2006 | Workshop Chair, 7th World Congress of Inteligent Control and Automation, Dalian, China, June 26-28 |
| 2005 | Program Committee, 44th IEEE Control and Decision Conference, Seville, Spain, Dec. 12-15 |
| 2004 | Program Committee, 2004 American Control Conference, Boston, MA, June 28-30 |
| 2003-2005 | Member of the Board of Governors, IEEE Control Systems Society |
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| 2001 | Vice Program Chair (Short Papers), 40th IEEE Control and Decision Conference, Orlando, FL, December 4-7 |
| 1999 | Program Committee, 38th IEEE Control and Decision Conference, Phoenix, AZ, December 7-10 |
| 1996-2000 | Chairman, Control Systems Society Chapter, IEEE Cleveland Section |
| 1996-Now | NSF Panel; Reviewer for NSF, ARO, ONR and Hong Kong Research Council |
RESEARCH FUNDING
| 1996-1999 | PI, Feedback Design for Nonlinear Systems, National Science Foundation (DMS-9634395). |
| 1999-2003 | PI, Taking Advantage of Nonlinearity: New Methods for Nonlinear Feedback Design, National Science Foundation (ECS-9875273), CAREER AWARD. |
| 1999-2002 | PI, Robust Control of Nonlinear Systems: Passivation and Small Feedback Techniques, National Science Foundation (DMS-9972045). |
| 2000-2002 | Co-PI (with K. A. Loparo), Motor Diagnostics and Advanced Control--- Theory and Experiments, NSF GOALI Project (ECS-9906218). |
| 2002-2005 | PI, Control of Nonlinear Systems with Uncontrollable Unstable Linearization: A Nonsmooth Feedback Framework, National Science Foundation (DMS-0203387). |
| 2004-2007 | PI, Nonsmooth Measurement Feedback Control of Nonlinear Systems with Applications to Biologically-Inspired Systems, National Science Foundation (ECS-0400413). |
| 2005-2007 | PI (subcontract), A Novel Biologically-Inspired Multi-Mode MAV, Air Force Research Laboratory (FA8651-05-C-0110). |
| 2006-2008 | PI (with Darrin Young, subcontract), Design and Prototyping of High Performance Control Systems for MEMS Gyroscopes, Ohio ICE (CON-102019). |
TEACHING AND ADVISING
| Courses Taught | Control Systems (EE 431), Engineering Mathematics, Ordinary Differential Equations, Nonlinear Systems (SSM 553), Nonlinear Analysis and Stability Theory (ESCI 518), Nonlinear Feedback Design: A Differential Geometric Approach (EECS 519), H-infinity and Robust Control (ESCI 520), Optimization and Optimal Control (ESCI 421), Engineering Optimization (ESCI 346), Control Engineering (EECS 304-305), Digital Control (ESCI 306), Linear Systems Theory (EECS 408), Queueing Theory and Stochastic Models (SEG 3570), Applied Probability and Statistics (SEG 2430), Signal and Systems (EECS212-214). |
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COMMITTEE WORK AND SERVICES
| 1996-1998 | Research Committee, The Case School of Engineering |
| 1996-present | Member, ESCI and EECS Graduate Admissions Committee |
| 1999-2000 | EECS Dept. Chair Search Committee |
| 2002-2003 | Member, EECS Facility Committee |
| 2006-2007 | Executive Committee, The Case School of Engineering |
| 2007-2008 | Promotion and Tenure Committee, The Case School of Engineering |