Faculty

Dr. Farhood

Mazen Farhood

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Dr. Farhood's research interests include cooperative control in complex environments, model reduction and computational tractability, and obstacle-sensitive trajectory regulation.
Dr. Sultan

Cornel Sultan

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Dr. Sultan's research interests include rotorcraft dynamics and control; prestressable structures, membranes, and thin structures; energy harvesting; and single- or multi-vehicle trajectory generation and coordination.
Dr. Woolsey

Craig Woolsey

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Dr. Woolsey's research interests include nonlinear control theory, particularly energy-based methods, and the dynamics and control of atmospheric and ocean vehicles.

Doctoral Students

Zakia

Zakia Ahmed

Ph.D. Candidate (Expected graduation: 2024)

My research focuses on vibrational control of mechanical systems. I am advised by Dr. Craig Woolsey. 
Chris

Chris Gahan

Ph.D. Candidate (Expected graduation: 2024)

My research focuses on flight dynamics and control of fixed-wing unmanned aircraft. I am advised by Dr. Craig Woolsey. 
Mekonen

Mekonen Halefom

Ph.D. Candidate (Expected graduation: 2023)

My research focuses on wind inference using fixed-wing unmanned aircraft. I am advised by Dr. Craig Woolsey. 
Jeremy

Jeremy Hopwood

Ph.D. Candidate (Expected graduation: 2024)

My research focuses on wind inference using fixed-wing unmanned aircraft. I am advised by Dr. Craig Woolsey. 
Dennis

Dennis Marquis

Ph.D. Candidate (Expected graduation: 2023)

My research concerns the visual detection and tracking of low-flying aircraft using one or more airborne sensing systems. I am advised by Dr. Mazen Farhood. 
Nazmus

Nazmus Sakib

Ph.D. Candidate (Expected graduation: 2023)

My research concerns sensing, planning, and control issues related to the operation of drones near civil infrastructure. I am advised by Dr. Craig Woolsey. 
Sourav

Sourav Sinha

Ph.D. Candidate (Expected graduation: 2023)

My research concerns cooperative control and uncertainty modeling for robustness analysis. I am advised by Dr. Mazen Farhood. 
Ian

Ian Willebeek-LeMair

Ph.D. Candidate (Expected graduation: 2027)

My research focuses on nonlinear flight control. I am advised by Dr. Craig Woolsey. 
Mohamed

Mohamed Zakaria

Ph.D. Candidate (Expected graduation: 2025)

My research focuses on developing control laws for multi-body mechanical systems, including multi-body aircraft. I am co-advised by Dr. Shane Ross and Dr. Craig Woolsey. 

Undergraduate Students

At any time, the Nonlinear Systems Lab typically engages around a half-dozen undergraduate research assistants in ongoing research activities. Most often, these undergraduate researchers support computational or experimental work, either as volunteers or for undergraduate research credit. NSL undergraduate research alumnae and alumni have gone on to work in industry and civil service, to serve in the military, and to pursue graduate degrees at Virginia Tech and elsewhere.

Graduate Alumnae and Alumni & Visiting Students

Doctorate

  • Dany Abou Jaoude, 2018
  • David Allen, 2016
  • Ony Arifianto, 2014
  • Brad Atkins, 2014
  • Tom Battista, 2018
  • Ying-Chun Chen, 2023
  • Chris Cotting, 2010
  • Amanda Young Dippold, 2009
  • Jean-Michel Fahmi, 2022
  • Ipar Ferhat, 2015
  • Micah Fry, 2019
  • Javier Gonzalez-Rocha, 2020
  • James Gresham, 2022
  • David Grymin, 2013
  • Eddie Hale, 2016
  • Seyong Jung, 2020
  • Changkoo Kang, 2021
  • Robert Kraus, 2010
  • Nina Mahmoudian, 2009
  • Hunter McClelland, 2019
  • Craig Morris, 2014
  • Devaprakash Muniraj, 2019
  • Tri D. Ngo, 2016
  • Tugrul Oktay, 2012
  • Mark Palframan, 2016
  • Chevva Konda Reddy, 2005
  • Praneeth Sudalagunta Reddy, 2016
  • Maria Rye, 2017
  • Benjamin Simmons, 2023
  • Christian Sonnenburg, 2012
  • Sevak Tahmasian, 2015
  • Laszlo Techy, 2009
  • Artur Wolek, 2015
  • Shu Yang, 2016

M.S. with Thesis

  • Tyler Aarons, 2011
  • David Allen, 2014
  • Kevin Antcliff, 2014
  • Meghan Burns, 2018
  • Kendy Edmonds, 2021
  • Ryan Fisher, 2022
  • Jeffrey Garnand-Royo, 2013
  • Jesse Geisbert, 2007
  • Tejaswi Gode, 2015
  • Kyle Guthrie, 2013
  • Mekonen Halefom, 2020
  • Griffin Hyde, 2019
  • Changkoo Kang, 2017
  • Chris Kevorkian, 2016
  • Amy Linklater, 2005
  • Michael Morrow, 2005
  • Justin Murtha, 2009
  • Charles Neas, 2010
  • Khanh Nguyen, 2021
  • Chris Nickell, 2005
  • Mark Palframan, 2013
  • Alberto Post, 2021
  • Christopher Rogers, 2010
  • Eric Schuch, 2004
  • Chris Schultz, 2006
  • Poorva Shukla, 2017
  • Ben Simmons, 2018

Visiting Students

  • Arun Das
  • Shuangshuang Fan
  • Holger Schmidt
  • Gijs van der Veen