Manish Kumar Associate Professor

Mechanical, Industrial, and Manufacturing Engineering

Director, Cooperative Distributed Systems Lab

The University of Toledo, OH

Ph. No.: 419-530-8227

Email: manish.kumar2@utoledo.edu Webpage: http://www.eng.utoledo.edu/mime/cds/

Education Ph.D.: Mechanical Engineering, Duke University, Sept. 2004

Dissertation: Sensor Fusion and Intelligent Control of Autonomous Cooperating Robots

MS: Mechanical Engineering, Duke University, May 2002

Thesis: Sensor Based Coordination and Control of Multiple Robots

B.Tech: Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India, 1998

Thesis: Development and Performance Evaluation of Silver Toughened Ceramic Tool

Experience Associate Professor Aug. 2012 – now

The University of Toledo, OH, USA

Assistant Professor Sept. 2007 – Aug. 2012

University of Cincinnati, OH, USA

National Research Council Postdoctoral Research Associate June 2005 – Aug. 2007

Army Research Office (ARO), NC, USA

Postdoctoral Research Associate Nov. 2004 – Aug. 2007

Duke University, Durham, NC, USA

Visiting Scholar Nov. 2006 – Jan. 2007

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA

Graduate Research Assistant July 2000 – Aug. 2004

Duke University, Durham, NC, USA

Graduate Teaching Assistant Jan. 2003 – Dec. 2003

Duke University, Durham, NC, USA

Design Engineer July 1998 – June 2000

Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited, Bangalore, India

Honors and Awards

Team SUAVE (Smart Unmanned Aerial Vehicle for Exploration) wins first position in

Autonomous Aerial Vehicle Competition held at the Ohio Unmanned Aerial Systems

Conference, 2014.

Neil Wandmacher Teaching Award for Young Faculty, College of Engineering and Applied

Science, University of Cincinnati, 2011

Recognition at Breakfast of Champions, University of Cincinnati’s Turner Scholar Program,

2010, 2012.

Best Presentation of the Session Award, American Control Conference, 2008

National Research Council Associateship Award to carry out independent research supported

by Army Research Office, 2005.

Mechanical Engineering Graduate Research Award to support graduate studies at Duke

University, 2000-2004.

Duke University Graduate School Travel Award for participation in and paper presentation at

the American Control Conference, 2004.

ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division (DSCD) Student Travel Award for

participation in and paper presentation at the ASME International Congress and Exposition,

2002, 2003, and 2004.

ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division (DSCD) Student Travel Award for

participation in and paper presentation at the American Control Conference, 2002, and 2004.

Ranked in top 0.5% among 150,000 students who took Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) 1994 for

selection into Indian Institutes of Technology.

Selected to represent the state of Bihar, India for Indian National Mathematics Olympiad,

1993.

Affiliations and Service

Associate Editor, ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurements, and Control, 2014 -

Current

Member of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)

Chair, NSF/ARO Workshop on “Frontiers of Real World Multi-Robot Systems: Challenges

and Opportunities”, Oct. 10-11, 2011, Duke University.

Reviewed papers and articles for International Journals, Books, and Conferences including:

o ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control

o Robotica

o IEEE Sensors Journal

o IEEE Transactions on Mechatronics

o IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering

o IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering

o Information Sciences: An International Journal

o International Journal of Control and Information Sciences

o Journal of Intelligent and Fuzzy Systems

o International Journal on Mechatronics

o Journal of Aerospace, Computing, Information, and Communication

o Encyclopedia of Computer Science and Engineering, Wiley Publications

o American Control Conference

o SIAM Journal of Control and Optimization

o ASME Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering

o International Journal of Services Operations and Informatics

o IEEE Conference on Decision and Control

o ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition o ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computer and

Information in Engineering Conference Reviewed research proposals for the Army Research Office

Proposal review panel for the National Science Foundation

Program Committee, American Control Conference, 2014

Program Committee, Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, 2014

Associate Editor, American Control Conference, 2012-2014

Associate Editor, Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, 2011-2013

Associate Editor, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2014

Program Committee Member and Co-Chair, Data Fusion Track, IEEE International

Symposium on Resilient Control Systems (2010-2012)

Member, Program Committee, Special Track on Multi-Robots at the Autonomous Agents and

Multiagent Systems (AAMAS) Conference, 2008

Chair/Co-chair of following sessions:

o “Networks, Security, and Agent based Systems” at ASME’s International

Mechanical Engineering Congress and Symposium, 2007

o “Biologically Inspired Design, Control and Planning for Robotics” at ASME’s

Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, 2009

o “Intelligent Systems and Estimation” at ASME’s Dynamic Systems and Control

Conference, 2009.

o “Control of Multiple Robots”, American Control Conference, June-July 2010.

o “Optimization II”, American Control Conference 2013.

Organizer and Chair of invited session on “Swarm Robotics and Multi-Robot Control” at

Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, Sept. 2010

Activities relating to robotics and swarm intelligence for High School Summer Camp (2008

and 2009) organized by the Dept. of Computer Science at the University of Cincinnati

Faculty mentor, University of Cincinnati’s Emerging Ethnic Engineer (E3) Program

Robotics component at the E3’s Summer Institute Program (2009-2011)

Faculty mentor, University of Cincinnati’s Women in Science and Engineering (WISE)

Program, 2009

Faculty mentor, University of Cincinnati’s National Science Foundation (NSF) Academic

Year and Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Program, 2010-2011

Teaching and Advising

Advanced Control (MIME 6980/8980): Spring 2014

Design and Analysis of Mechanical Systems (MIME 3300): Spring 2013

Vibrations Lab (MIME 3360): Fall 2013, Spring 2014

Engineering Dynamics (MIME 2300): Fall 2014

Modeling and Control of Mechanical Systems (MIME 3380): Fall 2012, Fall 2013, Fall 2014

Kinematics and Dynamics of Machines (20-MECH-320): Autumn 2007

Intelligent Systems and Controls (20-MECH-655): Spring 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010.

Kinematics of Machines (20-MECH-219): Winter 2009, Spring 2009, Winter 2010, Spring 2010,

Winter 2011.

Postdoctoral Researcher Advising

o Dr. Baisravan HomChaudhuri (Sept. 2013 – Mar. 2014)

o Dr. Balaji Sharma (July 2013 – Sept. 2013)

o Dr. Subramanian Ramakrishnan (Nov. 2009 – Sept. 2011)

Graduate Advising (Primary Advisor)

o Alireza Nemati (Ph.D. Student)

o Mohammad Sarim (Ph.D. Student)

o Jiannkun Fan (M.S. Student)

o Yixuan Guo (M.S. Student)

o Joseph Pietrykowski (M.S. Student)

o Mehdi Hashemi (M.S. Student)

o Padmapriya Sampathkumar (M.S. Student)

o Reza Radmanesh (M.S. Student)

o Omer Ahmad (M.S. Student)

o Omar Emon (M.S. Student)

o Jisheng Li (M.S. Student)

Graduate students graduated

Ph.D. students

o Balaji Sharma (Ph.D. 2013, now at Mathworks Inc.)

URC Student Fellowship, 2011

o Baisravan HomChaudhuri (Ph.D. 2013, now at Clemson University)

URC Student Fellowship, 2009, 2012

o Elad Kivelevitch (Ph.D. 2012, Aero. Engg., Primary Advisor: Prof. Kelly Cohen)

M.S. students o Gaurav Mukherjee (M.S., Summer 2014)

o Benson Isaac (M.S., Summer 2014)

o Sushil Garg (M.S., Fall 2013)

o Ruoyu Tan (M.S., Summer 2013)

o Koushik Narasimha (M.S., Autumn 2011)

o Nicholas Hanlon (M.S. Student, Aero. Engg., Primary Advisor: Prof. Kelly Cohen, M.S.

Autumn 2011)

o Srinivas Tennety (M.S., Summer, 2011 (Comp. Sci.))

o Baisravan HomChaudhuri (MS, Spring 2010)

o Sheng Zhao (MS, Spring 2010)

URC Student Fellowship, 2010

o Ujwal Krothapalli (M.S., Summer 2010)

o Mark McCrate (M.S., Autumn 2010)

o Kovid Mathur (M.S., Autumn 2010)

Undergraduate Research Advising

o Eric Schnipke (Spring-Summer 2014)

o Jesse Meiring (Summer 2013)

o Timothy Wagner (Co-op, 2009-2010)

o Brittany Jones (WISE, 2009)

o Tacarra Gordon (NSF REU, 2010)

o Brett Rich (NSF Academic Year REU, 2010-11)

o Tyler Henderson (NSF Academic Year REU, 2010-11)

o Timothy Arnett (NSF Summer REU, 2011)

o Kevin McClellan (NSF Summer REU, 2011)

o Kaitlyn Fleming (NSF Summer REU, 2011)

o Naomi Fitter (NSF Academic Year REU, 2011-12)

o Wesley Kuryluk (NSF Academic Year REU, 2011-12)

o William Hilton (NSF REU 2011-2012)

o Nathan Sheets (Missile Defense Agency SBIR Project)

o Sophia Mitchell (Co-op 2012, Missile Defense Agency SBIR Project)

o Dan Champion (NSF REU 2012)

o Emma Dorgan (NSF Summer REU, 2012)

o Michael Alio (NSF Summer REU, 2012)

Graduate Thesis Committees

o Ph.D. Committee

University of Toledo: Feng Tian

University of Cincinnati: Yun Wang, Omar Huzayyin, Hua Li, Rongsheng Gong,

Elie Hantouche, Yan Chen, Edzel Lapira, Jie Duan, Peter Jun, Elad Kivelevitch,

Saurabh Sarkar, Glenn Pietila, Chelsea Sabo

o M.S. Committee

University of Toledo: Amey Kelkar

University of Cincinnati: Vijay Sudhindhar, Sachin Raviram, Hung Vu, Raj

Shaw, Anoop Varma, Jingliang Zhang, Joshua Rajasingh, Anup Deshpande,

Mohit Ahuja, Andrew Vick, Rabindra Pannu, Chelsea Sabo, Feibai Zhu, Su Xu,

Harman Deep, Rob Charvat, Nick Hanlon, Nick Ernest, Sanooj Edalath, Tyler

Skirtich, Wanchen Dai,

Research Areas Unmanned aerial vehicles

Decentralized control of multi-robot systems

Fusion of data in distributed environment

Resource management in complex, uncertain environment

Biologically inspired methods for control

Control and optimization in large-scale networked environment

Consultancy Edaptive Computing, Inc.

Publications

Journal Publications

1. Nemati, A. and Kumar, M., “Dynamic Modeling and Control of a Quadrotor with Tilting

Rotors”, submitted to the Transactions of the ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems,

Measurement, and Control, 2014.

2. HomChaudhuri, B. and Kumar, M., “A Newton Based Distributed Optimization Method

with Local Information for Large-Scale Networked Optimization Problems”, submitted to the

IEEE Transactions on Control of Network System, 2014.

3. Ramakrishnan, S., Laurent, T., Kumar, M., and Bertozzi, A., “Spatiotemporal chemotactic

model for ant foraging”, Modern Physics Letters B, Vol. 28, No. 30, DOI:

10.1142/S0217984914502388, pp. 1450238-1 – 1450238-9, 2014.

4. Kivelevitch, E., Kumar, M., and Cohen, K., “A Multi-Agent Economic Market Solution for

the Multi-Depots Vehicle Routing Problem with Profits”, submitted to the Journal of

Aerospace Operations, 2014.

5. HomChaudhuri, B. and Kumar, M., “A Newton Based Distributed Optimization Method for

Large-Scale Networked Optimization Problems”, submitted to the Journal of Optimization

Theory and Applications, 2014.

6. HomChaudhuri, B. and Kumar, M., “A Noise Based Distributed Optimization Method for

Multi-Robot Task Allocation with Multi-modal Utility”, Transactions of the ASME Journal

of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control (in press), 2014.

7. Tan, R. and Kumar, M., “Tracking of Ground Mobile Targets by Quadrotor UAVs”, Journal

of Unmanned Systems, Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 157-173, 2014.

8. Kivelevitch, E., Sharma, B., Ernest, N., Kumar, M., and Cohen, K., “A Hierarchical Market

Solution to the Min-Max Multiple Depots, Multiple Traveling Salesmen Problem”, Journal of

Unmanned Systems, Vol. 2, No. 1, DOI: 10.1142/S230138501450006X, pp. 87-100, 2014.

9. Sharma, B., Ramakrishnan, S., and Kumar, M., “Cyclic Pursuit in a Multi-Agent Robotic

System with Double- Integrator Dynamics Under Linear Interactions”, Robotica, Vol. 31, No.

7, DOI No.: 10.1017/S0263574713000271, pp. 1037 – 1050, 2013.

10. Kivelevitch, E., Cohen, K., and Kumar, M., “A Market-Based Solution to the Multiple

Traveling Salesmen Problem”, Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems, Vol. 72, No. 1,

DOI No.: 10.1007/s10846-012-9805-3, pp. 21-40, 2013.

11. Narasimha, K., Kivelevitch, E., and Kumar, M., “Ant Colony Optimization Technique for

Solving Min-Max Multi Depot Vehicle Routing Problem”, Swarm and Evolutionary

Computation, DOI No.: 10.1016/j.swevo.2013.05.005, Vol. 13, pp. 63-73, 2013.

12. HomChaudhuri, B., Kumar, M., and Cohen, K., “Resource Allocation and Optimal Fireline

Building using a Genetic Algorithm for Fighting Forest Fires”, International Journal of

Computational Methods, Vol. 10, No. 6, 28 pages, 2013, DOI No.:

10.1142/S0219876213500357.

13. HomChaudhuri, B. and Kumar, M., “Market-Based Distributed Optimization Approaches

for Three Classes of Resource Allocation Problems”, Parallel and Distributed Computing

and Networks, Vol.1, pp. 1- 12, DOI: 10.2316/Journal.211.2012.1.211-1047, 2012.

14. Zhao, S. and Kumar, M., “Self-localization and Tracking of Multiple Robots in

Experimental Setups”, International Journal of Robotics and Automation, Vol. 27, No. 3, pp.

244-254, 2012.

15. Kumar, M., Cohen, K., and HomChaudhuri, B., “Cooperative Control of Multiple

Uninhabited Aerial Vehicles for Monitoring and Fighting Wildfires”, Journal of Aerospace,

Computing, Information, and Computation, Vol. 8, No. 1, pp. 1- 16, Jan. 2011.

16. Kumar, M., Garg, D., and Kumar, V., “Segregation of Heterogeneous Units in a Swarm of

Robotic Agents”, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Vol. 55, No. 3, pp. 743 – 748,

March 2010.

17. Kumar, M. and Garg, D., “Intelligent Sensor Uncertainty Modeling Techniques and Data

Fusion”, Control and Intelligent Systems, Vol. 37, No. 2, pp. 67 -77, 2009.

18. Kumar, M., Garg, D., and Zachery, R., “A Method for Judicious Fusion of Inconsistent

Multiple Sensor Data”, IEEE Sensors Journal, Vol. 7, No. 5, pp. 723-733, May 2007.

19. Kumar, M. and Garg, D., “Neuro-Fuzzy Controller Applied to Multiple Robot Cooperative

Control”, Industrial Robot: An International Journal, Vol. 32, Issue 3, 2005, pp. 234 – 239.

20. Kumar, M. and Garg, D., “Sensor Based Estimation and Control of Forces and Moments in

Multiple Cooperative Robots”, Transactions of the ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems,

Measurement, and Control, Vol. 126, Issue 2, June 2004, pp. 276-283.

21. Garg, D. and Kumar, M., “Optimization Techniques Applied To Multiple Manipulators for

Path Planning and Torque Minimization”, Journal for Engineering Applications of Artificial

Intelligence, vol. 15, 2002, pp. 241-252.

Books

Kumar, M. and Ramakrishnan, S., Ant Colony Inspired Robotic Swarm Systems, Springer,

2011 (agreement signed 12/21/2010).

Book Chapters

Kivelevitch, E., Cohen, K., and Kumar, M., “Near-Optimal Assignment of UAVs to Targets

Using a Market-Based Approach”, Operations Research for Unmanned Vehicle Operations,

Editors: Jeffrey R. Cares and John Q. Dickmann, Jr,. Ph.D., 2014

Kumar, M. and Garg, D., “Multi-Sensor Data Fusion in Presence of Uncertainty and

Inconsistency in Data”, Sensor and Data Fusion, (Nada Milisavljevic, Editor) IN-TECH

Publications, ISBN 978-3-902613-52-3, Austria, Feb. 2009, pp. 225 – 243.

Garg, D. and Kumar, M., “Neural Controllers”, In Wiley Encyclopedia of Computer Science

and Engineering, (Benjamin Wah, Editor), Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

dx.doi.org/10.1002/9780470050118.ecse071, 2008.

Garg, D. and Kumar, M., “Multi Sensor Fusion in a Flexible Workcell Environment”, In

Mechatronics and Machine Vision 2002: Current Practice, Research Studies Press Ltd.,

England, 2002, pp. 87-95.

Peer Reviewed Conference Publications

1. Calyam, P., Seetharam, S., HomChaudhuri, B, and Kumar, M., “Resource Defragmentation

using Market-based Allocation in Virtual Desktop Clouds”, submitted to the IEEE

International Conference on Cloud Engineering, 2014.

2. Nemati, A. and Kumar, M., “Non-Linear Control of Tilting quadcopter Using Feedback

Linearization Based Motion Control”, Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, Paper No.

DSCC2014-6293, San Antonio, TX, 2014.

3. Isaac, B. and Kumar, M., “Inverse Kinematics And Extended Kalman Filter Based Motion

Tracking Of Human Limb”, Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, Paper No.

DSCC2014-6324, San Antonio, TX, 2014.

4. HomChaudhuri, B., Kumar, M., “A Newton Based Distributed Optimization Method with

Local Interactions for Large-Scale Networked Optimization Problems”, Proceedings of the

American Control Conference, Portland, OR, 2014, pp. 4336-4341.

5. Nemati, A. and Kumar, M., “Dynamic Modeling and Control of a Quadcopter with Tilting

Rotors”, Proceedings of the American Control Conference, Portland, OR, 2014, pp. 3077-

3082.

6. Huang, S., Anand, S., Sundaram, M., and Kumar, M., “EXPLORES: An Integrated Learning

Environment to Produce Industry Ready Graduates”, Proceedings of the IEEE Frontiers in

Education Conference, DOI No. 10.1109/FIE.2013.6685089, Oklahoma City, OK, 2013, pp.

1513-1515.

7. Sharma, B., Kumar, M., and Cohen, K., “Spatio-Temporal Estimation of Fire Growth”,

ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, Palo Alto, CA, 2013.

8. Tan, R. and Kumar, M., “Proportional Navigation (PN) Based Tracking of Ground Targets by

Quadrotor UAVs”, ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, Palo Alto, CA, 2013.

9. Garg, S., Sharma, B., Cohen, K., and Kumar, M., “A Proper Orthogonal Decomposition

Based Algorithm for Smoke Filtering in Videos”, Proceedings of the American Control

Conference, 2013, pp. 3529-3534.

10. HomChaudhuri, B., Kumar, M., and Devabhaktuni, V., “A Distributed Market-Based

Solution for DC Optimal Power Flow Problem”, Proceedings of the ASME’s Dynamic Systems

and Control Conference, Paper No. DSCC2012-MOVIC2012-8740, doi:10.1115/DSCC2012-

MOVIC2012-8740, 2012, pp. 785-791.

11. Sharma, B., Ramakrishnan, S., and Kumar, M., “Cyclic Pursuit in a Multi-Agent System with

Double-Integrator Dynamics under Non-Linear Interactions”, Proceedings of the ASME’s

Dynamic System and Control Conference, Paper No. DSCC2012-MOVIC2012-8788,

doi:10.1115/DSCC2012-MOVIC2012-8788, 2012, pp. 431-438.

12. Ramakrishnan, S., Sharma, B., and Kumar, M., “A Numerical Study of the Stochastic Cuker-

Smale Flocking Model”, Proceedings of the ASME’s Dynamic System and Control

Conference, Paper No. DSCC2012-MOVIC2012-8860, doi:10.1115/DSCC2012-

MOVIC2012-8860, 2012, pp. 333-338.

13. HomChaudhuri, B., Kumar, M., and Devabhaktuni, V., “Market Based Approach for Solving

Optimal Power Flow problem in Smart Grid”, Proceedings of the American Control

Conference, 2012, pp. 3251 – 3256.

14. Narasimha, K. S. V., Kivelevitch, E., and Kumar, M., “Ant Colony Optimization Technique

to Solve the Min-Max Multi Depot Vehicle Routing Problem”, Proceedings of the American

Control Conference, 2012.

15. Gilles, J., Sharma, B., Ferenc, W., Kastein, H, Lieu, L., Wilson, R., Huang, Y. R., Bertozzi, A.

L., HomChaudhuri, B., Ramakrishnan, S., and Kumar, M., “Robot Swarming over Internet”,

Proceedings of the American Control Conference, 2012, pp. 6065-6070.

16. Kivelevitch, E., Cohen, K., and Kumar, M., “Market-Based Solution to the Allocation of

Tasks to Agents”, Proceedings of Complex Adaptive Systems Conference, 2011.

17. Kumar, M. and Garg, D., “Aggregation of Heterogeneous Units in a Swarm of Robotic

Agents”, Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Reconfigurable Control

Systems, Boise, Idaho, pp. 107 – 112, 2011.

18. Ramakrishnan, S. and Kumar, M., “Nonlinear Energy Harvesting Using Coupled Micro-scale

Oscillator Arrays”, Proceedings of ASME 2011 5th International Conference on Energy

Sustainability and 9th Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology Conference, 2011.

19. HomChaudhuri, B., Kumar, M., and Devabhaktuni, V., “A Market based Distributed

Optimization for Power Allocation in Smart Grid”, Proceedings of the ASME’s Dynamic

System and Control Conference, Paper No. DSCC2011-6140, 2011, pp. 1-8.

20. Tennety, S. and Kumar, M., “Mobile Robot Navigation in Hilly Terrain Using Reinforcement

Learning Techniques”, Proceedings of the ASME’s Dynamic System and Control Conference,

Paper No. DSCC 2011-6096, 2011.

21. Zhao, S., Ramakrishnan, S., and Kumar, M., “Density-based Control of Multiple Robots”,

Proceedings of the American Control Conference, 2011, pp. 481-486.

22. Narasimha, K. S. V. and Kumar, M., “Ant Colony Optimization Technique to Solve the Min-

Max Single Depot Vehicle Routing Problem”, Proceedings of the American Control

Conference, 2011, pp. 3257-3262.

23. HomChaudhuri, B. and Kumar, M., “Market Based Allocation of Power in Smart Grid”,

Proceedings of the American Control Conference, 2011, pp. 3251-3256.

24. Tennety, S. and Kumar, M., “Autonomous Navigation in Unknown Road-like Environments

using Support Vector Machines”, ASME’s Dynamic System and Control Conference, Paper

No. DSCC2010-4208, pp. 1-7, 2010. 25. Sharma, B., Venkat, K., Ramakrishnan, S., and Kumar, M., “Distributed Cyclic Motion

Control of Multiple UAVs for Wildfire Monitoring”, ASME’s Dynamic System and Control

Conference, Paper No. DSCC2010-4280, pp. 1-7, 2010.

26. Ramakrishnan, S. and Kumar, M., “Synthesis and Analysis of Control Laws for Swarm of

Mobile Robots Emulating Ant Foraging Behavior”, ASME’s Dynamic System and Control

Conference, Paper No. DSCC2010-4244, pp. 1-6, 2010. 27. HomChaudhuri, B., Kumar, M., and Cohen, K., “Optimal Fireline Generation for Wildfire

Fighting in Uncertain and Heterogeneous Environment”, Proceedings of the American Control

Conference, Baltimore, MD, pp. 5638 – 5643, 2010.

28. Zhao, S. and Kumar, M., “A Novel Way to Implement Self-Localization in a Multi-Robot

Experimental Platform”, Proceedings of the American Control Conference, Baltimore, MD,

pp. 6834 – 6839, 2010.

29. HomChaudhuri, B., Zhao, S., Cohen, K., and Kumar, M., “Generation of Optimal Fire – Line

for Fighting Wildland Fires Using Genetic Algorithms”, ASME’s Dynamic System and

Control Conference, Hollywood, CA, 2009, Paper No. DSCC2009-2707, pp. 1-6. 30. Zhao, S., HomChaudhuri, B., and Kumar, M., “A Method for Distributed Optimization for

Task Allocation”, ASME’s Dynamic System and Control Conference, Hollywood, CA, 2009,

Paper No. DSCC2009-2694, pp. 1-8.

31. Tennety, S., Sarkar, S., E. Hall, and Kumar, M., “Support Vector Machines Based Path

Planning in an Unknown Environment”, ASME’s Dynamic System and Control Conference,

Hollywood, CA, 2009, Paper No. DSCC2009-2703, pp. 1-7.

32. Sarkar, S. and Kumar, M., “Fast Swarm Based Lane Detection System for Mobile Robots on

Urban Roads”, ASME’s Dynamic System and Control Conference, Hollywood, CA, 2009,

Paper No. DSCC2009-2702, pp. 1-7.

33. Sarkar, S., Hall, E., and Kumar, M., “Mobile Robot Path Planning Using Support Vector

Machines”, ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, Paper No. DSCC2008-2200,

Ann Arbor, Michigan, 2008.

34. Garg, D. and Kumar, M., “Grasping, Manipulation, and Sensing in a Cooperatively

Controlled Robotic Manufacturing Workcell”, Proceedings of the International Symposium on

Flexible Automation, Paper No. ISFA2008U_112, Atlanta, GA, 2008.

35. Kumar, M., Garg, D., and Kumar, V., “Self-Sorting in a Swarm of Heterogeneous Agents”,

Proceedings of the American Control Conference, 2008, pp. 117 – 122.

36. Kumar, M., Milutinović, D., and Garg, D., “Role of Stochasticity in Self-Organization of

Robotic Swarms”, Proceedings of the American Control Conference, 2008, pp. 123 – 128.

37. Kumar, M., Garg, D., and Zachery, R., “Multiple Mobile Agents Control via Artificial

Potential Functions and Random Motion”, Paper No. IMECE2007-41521, Proceedings of the

ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Seattle, WA,

November 2007.

38. Abhishek, A., Kumar, M., and Garg, D., “Petri Net Based Modeling and Control Strategies

for Flexible Manufacturing Systems”, Paper No. IMECE2006-14678, Proceedings of the

ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Chicago, IL,

November 2006.

39. Abhishek, A., Kumar, M., and Garg, D., “Grasp Planning for a Two-Fingered Parallel Jawed

Gripper”, Paper No. IMECE2006-14654 Proceedings of the ASME International Mechanical

Engineering Congress and Exposition, Chicago, IL, November 2006.

40. Kumar, M., Garg, D., and Zachery, R., “A Generalized Approach for Inconsistency Detection

in Data Fusion from Multiple Sensors”, Proceedings of the American Control Conference,

Minneapolis, MN, 2006, pp. 2078 – 2083.

41. Kumar, M., Garg, D., and Zachery, R., “Stochastic Adaptive Sensor Modeling and Data

Fusion”, Proceedings of SPIE Conference on Sensors and Smart Structures Technologies for

Civil, Mechanical, and Aerospace Systems, San Diego, CA, Feb-March 2006.

42. Kumar, M., Garg, D., and Zachery, R., “Intelligent Sensor Modeling and Data Fusion via

Neural Network and Maximum Likelihood Estimation”, Paper No. IMECE2005-80972,

Proceedings of the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition,

Orlando, FL, November 2005.

43. Kumar, M., Garg, D., and Zachery, R., “Multi-Sensor Fusion Strategy to Obtain 3-D

Occupancy Profile”, Proceedings of the 31st Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial

Electronics Society (IECON), Raleigh, NC, November 2005, pp. 2083 – 2088.

44. Kumar, M. and Garg, D., “Three-Dimensional Occupancy Grid with the Use of Vision and

Proximity Sensors in a Robotic Workcell”, Paper Number IMECE2004-59593, Proceedings of

the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Anaheim, CA,

November 14-19, 2004, 8p.

45. Parimi, R., Garg, D., and Kumar, M., “Genetic Q-Fuzzy Based Intelligent Control for Mobile

Robot Navigation”, Paper Number IMECE2004-60502, Proceedings of the ASME

International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Anaheim, CA, November

13-19, 2004, 8p.

46. Kumar, M. and Garg, D., “Neural Network Based Intelligent Learning and Optimization of

Fuzzy Logic Controller Parameters”, Paper Number IMECE2004-59589, Proceedings of the

ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Anaheim, CA,

November 14-19, 2004, 8p.

47. Kumar, M. and Garg, D., “Intelligent Learning of Fuzzy Logic Controller via Neural Network

and Genetic Algorithm”, Paper Number UL_029, Proceedings of 2004 Japan USA Symposium

on Flexible Automation, Denver, CO, July 19-21, 2004, 8p.

48. Jain, P., Garg, D., and Kumar, M., “Universal Access to Multi-Robotic Workcell via World

Wide Web”, Paper Number UL_025, Proceedings of the 2004 Japan-USA Symposium on

Flexible Automation, Denver, CO, July 19-21, 2004, 7p.

49. Kumar, M. and Garg, D., “Intelligent Multi Sensor Fusion Techniques in Flexible

Manufacturing Workcells”, Proceedings of American Control Conference, 2004, Boston, MA,

pp. 5375 – 5380.

50. Kumar, M. and Garg, D., “Object Classification via Stereo Vision in a Flexible

Manufacturing Work Cell”, Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Mechatronics

and Machine Vision in Practice, Perth, Western Australia, December 9-11, 2003, 8p.

Also published as: SME Paper Number TP04 PUB173, Society of Manufacturing

Engineers, Dearborn, MI, 2004, 15p.

51. Kumar, M. and Garg, D., “Fuzzy Logic Based Control of Multiple Manipulators in a Flexible

Work Cell”, Paper No. ISIC03-0232, Proceedings of the International Symposium on

Intelligent Control, Houston, TX, October 5-8, 2003, pp. 399 - 404.

52. Kumar, M. and Garg, D., “Multiple Cooperating Robots Dynamics and Fuzzy Logic Control

for Internal Force Minimization”, Paper No. DETC2003/VIB-45808, Proceedings of the 19th

ASME Biennial Conference on Mechanical Vibration and Noise, International Design

Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers, Chicago, IL, September 2-6, 2003, 8p.

53. Garg, D. and Kumar, M., “Genetic Algorithm based PD Control and Fuzzy Logic Control of

a Two Link Robot”, Paper No. IMECE2002-33433, Proceedings of the ASME International

Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, November, 2002, New Orleans, 8p.

54. Garg, D. and Kumar, M., “Multiple Robot Coordination Using Force/Torque and Vision

Sensors”, IEEE Conference on Mechatronics and Machine Vision in Practice (M2VIP),

Thailand, 2002, pp. 142-151.

55. Garg, D. and Kumar, M., “Camera Calibration and Sensor Fusion in an Automated Flexible

Manufacturing Multi Robotic Cell” American Control Conference (ACC), Vol. 6, May 2002,

Alaska, pp. 4934-4939.

56. Garg, D. and Kumar, M., “Optimal Path Planning And Torque Minimization via Genetic

Algorithm Applied to Cooperating Robotic Manipulators”, Paper No. DSC-24615,

Proceedings of the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition,

November, 2001, New York.

Conference Publications Accepted Based on Abstracts 1. Brown, B., Wei, W., Ozburn, R., Kumar, M., and Cohen, K., “Surveillance for Intelligent

Emergency Response Robotic Aircraft (SIERRA)- VTOL Aircraft for Emergency

Response”, accepted at the AIAA Infotech @ Aerospace, AIAA Science and Technology

Forum, 2015.

2. Nemati, A., Sarim, M., Hashemi, M., and Kumar, M., “Quadrotor Autonomous Wall

Following Navigation in GPS-Denied Environment Using FPGA”, accepted at the AIAA

Infotech @ Aerospace, AIAA Science and Technology Forum, 2015.

3. Nemati, A., Sarim, M., Hashemi, M., Schnipke, E., Reidling, S., Meiring, J., Jeffers, W., and

Kumar, M., “Autonomous Navigation of UAV through GPS-Denied Indoor

Environment with Obstacle”, AIAA Infotech @ Aerospace, AIAA Science and Technology

Forum, 2015.

4. Huang, S., Anand, S., Sundaram, M., and Kumar, M., “Experiential and Problem-

based Learning within Opportunities for Real-world Engineering Settings”,

Proceedings of the ASEE North Central Section Conference, Columbus, OH, 2013. 5. Kivelevitch, E., Cohen, K., and Kumar, M., “A Binary Programming Solution to the Min-

Max Multiple-Depots, Multiple Traveling Salesman Problem”, Proceedings of the AIAA

Infotech@Aerospace Conference, Paper No. AIAA 2013-4665, DOI: 10.2514/6.2013-4665,

2013.

6. Kivelevitch, E., Cohen, K., and Kumar, M., “A Market-Based Solution to the Multiple

Depots, Multiple Traveling Salesmen Problem with Profits”, Proceedings of the AIAA

Infotech@Aerospace Conference, Paper No. AIAA 2013-4666, DOI: 10.2514/6.2013-4666,

2013.

7. Agrawal, J., Cohen, K., and Kumar, M., “Fuzzy Logic Based Real-Time Prediction Model

for Wild-Land Forest Fires”, Proceedings of the AIAA Infotech@Aerospace Conference,

Paper No. AIAA 2013-5060, DOI: 10.2514/6.2013-5060, 2013.

8. Sharma, B., Subramanian, S., and Kumar, M., “Perimeter tracking by multiple UAVs based

on a cyclic-pursuit algorithm”, Proceedings of the AIAA Infotech@Aerospace Conference,

Paper No. AIAA 2013-4663, DOI: 10.2514/6.2013-4663, 2013.

9. Sabo C., Arnett T., Kumar, M., and Cohen, K., “Experimental Validation of the Allocation

of UAVs under Communication Restrictions”, AIAA Paper 2013-1036, 51th AIAA

Aerospace Sciences Meeting including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition,

Dallas, TX, January 7-10, 2013.

10. Agrawal, J., Cohen, K., and Kumar, M., “Application of Fuzzy logic and GIS to develop a

fire-prediction algorithm for a situational awareness based UAS for wildland fire-fighting

(SIERRA)”, Paper No. AIAA-2013-0876, 51th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting

including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition, Dallas, TX, 2013.

11. Garg, S., Sharma, B., Cohen, K., and Kumar, M., “A Fuzzy Logic Based Image Processing

Method for Automated Fire and Smoke Detection”, Paper No. AIAA-2013-0879, 51th AIAA

Aerospace Sciences Meeting including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace

Exposition, Dallas, TX, 2013.

12. Hanlon, N., Cohen, K., and Kumar, M., “Neuro-Fuzzy Dynamic Programming for

Decision-Making and Resource Allocation of Wildland Fires”, Paper No. AIAA-2013-0880,

51th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting including the New Horizons Forum and

Aerospace Exposition, Dallas, TX, 2013.

13. Mitchell, S., Cohen, K., and Kumar, M., “Precision Route Optimization using Fuzzy

Intelligence (PROFIT)”, Paper No. AIAA-2013-1154, 51th AIAA Aerospace Sciences

Meeting including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition, Dallas, TX,

2013.

14. Sabo, C., Kumar, M., Cohen, K., and Kingston, D., “VRP with Minimum Delivery Latency

Using Linear Programming”, AIAA Paper 2012-2455 Proceedings of the AIAA

Infotech@Aerospace Conference, Garden Grove, CA, 2012.

15. Kivelevitch, E., Cohen, K., and Kumar, M., “A Binary Programming Solution to the

Multiple-Depot, Multiple Traveling Salesman Problem with Constant Profits”, AIAA

Paper 2012-2563, Proceedings of the AIAA Infotech@Aerospace Conference, 2012.

16. Kivelevitch, E., Cohen, K., and Kumar, M., “Comparing the Robustness of Market-

Based Task Assignment to Genetic Algorithm”, AIAA Paper 2012-2451, Proceedings

of the AIAA Infotech@Aerospace Conference, Garden Grove, CA, 2012.

17. Kivelevitch, E., Cohen, K., and Kumar, M., “On the Scalability of the Market-Based

Solution to the Multiple Traveling Salesmen Problem”, AIAA Paper 2012-2543, Proceedings of the AIAA Infotech@Aerospace Conference, Garden Grove, CA, 2012.

18. Kivelevitch, E., Cohen, K., and Kumar, M., “Optimized Fuzzy Market-Based Solution to the

Multiple Traveling Salesmen Problem using Particle Swarm Optimization”, Proceedings of

the AIAA Aerospace Science Meeting, Paper No. AIAA-2012-0488, Nashville, TN, 2012.

19. Charvat, R., Ozburn, R., Bushong J., Cohen, K., and Kumar, M., “SIERRA: Team Flight

of Zephyr UAV at West Virginia Wild Land Fire Burn”, AIAA Paper 2012-2544, AIAA

Infotech@Aerospace Conference, 19 - 21 June 2012, Garden Grove, CA. 20. Krothapalli, U., Wagner, T., and Kumar, M., “Mobile Robot Navigation Using Variable

Grid Size Based Reinforcement Learning”, Proceedings of the AIAA Infotech@Aerospace

Conference, Paper No. AIAA 2011-1533, St. Louis, MO, 2011, 11 pages.

21. Kumar, M., “Teaching a Graduate Course on Distributed Sensing and Controls at the

University of Cincinnati”, Proceedings of the AIAA Infotech@Aerospace Conference, Paper

No. AIAA 2011-1580, St. Louis, MO, 2011, 6 pages.

22. Hanlon, N., Cohen, K., Kumar, M., Tyler, B., “Neuro-Fuzzy Dynamic Programming for

Decision Making and Resource Allocation during Wildland Fires”, Proceedings of the AIAA

Infotech@Aerospace Conference, Paper No. AIAA 2011-1450, St. Louis, MO, 2011, 20

pages.

23. Kivelevitch, E., Cohen, K., Kumar, M., “Tasks Allocation to Agents using Market-Based

Techniques”, Proceedings of the AIAA Infotech@Aerospace Conference, Paper No. AIAA

2011-1548, St. Louis, MO, 2011, 11 pages.

24. Hanlon, N., Kivelevitch, E., Kumar, M., “Genetic Algorithms for Path Planning in a Room

with Obstacles”, Proceedings of the AIAA Infotech@Aerospace Conference, Paper No. AIAA

2011-1538, St. Louis, MO, 2011, 9 pages.

25. Charvat, R., Ozburn, M. R., Bushong, S., Kumar, M., and Cohen, K., “Intelligent Integration

of UAV Systems for Wildland Fire Management: Towards Concept Demonstration”,

Proceedings of the AIAA Infotech@Aerospace Conference, Paper No. AIAA 2011-1636, St.

Louis, MO, 2011, 18 pages.

26. Sabo, C., Cohen, K., Kumar, M., and Abdallah, S., “Effective Fuzzy Logic Based Path

Planning for a Wildland Fire-fighting Aircraft”, Proceedings of the AIAA Aerospace

Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Paper No. AIAA-2010-0417, Orlando, FL, 2010.

27. Ahuja, M., Homchaudhury, B., Cohen, K., and Kumar, M., “Fuzzy Logic Based Ant

Swarming for Maze Exploration”, Accepted for publication in the Proceedings of the AIAA

Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Orlando, FL, 2010.

28. Kumar, M. and Cohen, K., “Wild Land Fire Fighting Using Multiple Uninhabited Aerial

Vehicles”, AIAA Unmanned Unlimited Conference and Exhibit, Paper No. AIAA-2009-1857,

Seattle, WA, 2009.

29. Sabo, C., Cohen, K., Kumar, M., and Abdallah, S., “Path planning for a fire-fighting aircraft

using fuzzy logic”, Proceedings of the AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Paper

No. AIAA-2009-1353, Jan. 2009.

Technical Report

1. Hanlon, N., Kumar, M., Cohen, K., and Chawla, P., “Phase I Final Report: MDA11-001:

Sensor Tasking for Optimal Resource Management”, Missile Defense Agency for

Contract No. HQ0147-12-C-7820, Aug., 2013.

2. Hanlon, N., Kumar, M., and Chawla, P., “Phase I Final Report: MDA10-002: Sensor

Resource Management”, Missile Defense Agency for Contract No. HQ0147-11-C-7353, Jan.,

2012.

3. Kumar, M., Garg, D., and Sharma, B., “A Two-Day Workshop on "Frontiers of Real-World

Multi-Robot Systems: Challenges and Opportunities”, Final Progress Report for Project No.

W911NF1110072, Army Research Office (ARO), May 2012.

4. Kumar, M. and Sharma, B., “Final Report on Integrated Multi-Aerial and Ground vehicle

Experimental (IMAGE) platform”, Final Progress Report for Project No. W911NF-10-1-0493,

Army Research Office (ARO), Dec. 2011.

5. Kumar, M. and Ramakrishnan, S., “Final Report on STIR Project on "Modeling and Analysis

of Stochastic Dynamics and Emergent Phenomena in Swarm Robotic Systems Using the

Fokker-Planck Formalism”, Final Progress Report for Project No. W911NF-09-1-00561,

Army Research Office (ARO), 2010.

6. Tyler, B., Kumar, M., Cohen, K., Chawla, P., and Gies, R., “Phase I Final Report: MDA08-

038: Global Missile Defense Battle Management”, Missile Defense Agency for Contract No.

HQ0006-09-C-7158, September 2009.

7. Tyler, B., Kumar, M., Cohen, K., Chawla, P., and Gies, R., “Phase I Midterm Report:

MDA08-038: Global Missile Defense Battle Management”, Missile Defense Agency for

Contract No. HQ0006-09-C-7158, June 2009.

8. Garg, D. and Kumar, M., “Sensor Modeling and Multi-Sensor Data Fusion”, Final Progress

Report for Project No. W911NF-01-10434, Army Research Office (ARO), 2005.

Technical Presentations

Invited Presentations

“Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Research at The University of Toledo”, Northern Ohio

Unmanned Aerial Systems Capabilities Workshop, Cleveland, OH, July 2, 2014.

“Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Research and Practical Implementation”, Ohio State

Professional Engineers Spring CPD Conference and Annual Member Meeting, Toledo, OH,

June 14, 2014.

“Surveillance for Intelligent Emergency Response Robotic Aircraft (SIERRA)”, 2014 Ohio

Electronic Surveillance Equipment Symposium, Columbus, OH, April 17, 2014.

“Vision Based Tracking of Human Gait Using Kinematic Models”, International Human

Centered Robotics Symposium, University of Cincinnati, OH, Nov. 16, 2013.

“Control and Optimization in Complex Networked Systems: Algorithms and Applications”,

Applied Analysis and Dynamical Systems Seminar in Department of Mathematics,

University of Toledo, OH, Dec. 5, 2013.

“UAV Solutions for Effective Fighting of Urban and Forest Fires”, North East Ohio Fire

Prevention Association Meeting, Beachwood, OH, Dec. 2, 2013.

“Collective Perception in Large-Scale Dynamic Systems” International Symposium on

Resilient Control Systems, Salt Lake City, UT, Aug. 15, 2012.

“Analysis of a New PDE Model for Ant Foraging”, American Institute of Mathematical

Sciences, Orlando, FL, July 3, 2012.

“Control and Optimization in Complex Networked Systems”, Ohio Supercomputing Center,

April 04, 2012

“Distributed Motion Control in Swarm Robotic Systems: Algorithms and Applications”,

School of Computing Sciences and Informatics, University of Cincinnati, OH, Sept. 30,

2011.

“Characterization and Control of Emergent Behavior in Complex Systems”, National

Science Foundation Principal Investigators Meet, Arlington, VA, Mar. 29, 2011.

“Distributed Motion Control in Swarm Robotic Systems: Algorithms and Applications”,

School of Dynamic Systems, University of Cincinnati, OH, Jan. 28, 2011.

“Distributed Motion Control in Swarm Robotic Systems: Algorithms and Applications”,

Dept. of Electrical Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, October 14,

2010.

“Collective Perception and Control in Large Scale Dynamic Systems”, Dept. of Mechanical,

Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, April 03,

2009.

“Wild-land Fire Fighting using Multiple Uninhabited Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)”, Dept. of

Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Cincinnati, May 21, 2008.

Conference Presentations

“EXPLORES: An Integrated Learning Environment to Produce Industry Ready Graduates”,

Frontiers in Education Conference, Oklahoma City, OK, Oct. 26, 2013.

“Aggregation of Heterogeneous Units in a Swarm of Robotic Agents”, IEEE International

Symposium on Reconfigurable Control Systems, Boise, Idaho, Aug. 10, 2011.

“Synthesis and Analysis of Control Laws for Swarms of Mobile Robots Emulating Ant

Foraging Behavior”, ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, Sept. 2010.

“Wild Land Fire Fighting Using Multiple Uninhabited Aerial Vehicles”, AIAA Unmanned

Unlimited Conference and Exhibit, Seattle, WA, Apr. 6-9, 2009.

“Self-Sorting in a Swarm of Heterogeneous Agents”, American Control Conference, Seattle,

WA, June 11 -13, 2008 (Awarded best presentation of the session)

“Role of Stochasticity in Self-Organization of Robotic Swarms”, American Control

Conference, Seattle, WA, June 11 -13, 2008.

“Multiple Mobile Agents Control via Artificial Potential Functions and Random Motion”,

ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Seattle, WA,

November 11 – 15, 2007.

“A Generalized Approach for Inconsistency Detection in Data Fusion from Multiple

Sensors”, American Control Conference, Minneapolis, MN, June 2006.

“Intelligent Sensor Modeling and Data Fusion via Neural Network and Maximum

Likelihood Estimation”, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and

Exposition, Orlando, FL, November 2005.

“Three-Dimensional Occupancy Grid with the Use of Vision and Proximity Sensors in a

Robotic Workcell”, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition,

Anaheim, CA, November 14-19, 2004.

“Genetic Q-Fuzzy Based Intelligent Control for Mobile Robot Navigation”, ASME

International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Anaheim, CA, November

13-19, 2004.

“Neural Network Based Intelligent Learning and Optimization of Fuzzy Logic Controller

Parameters”, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition,

Anaheim, CA, November 14-19, 2004.

“Intelligent Learning of Fuzzy Logic Controller via Neural Network and Genetic

Algorithm”, Japan USA Symposium on Flexible Automation, Denver, CO, July 19-21, 2004.

“Universal Access to Multi-Robotic Workcell via World Wide Web”, Paper Number

UL_025, Japan-USA Symposium on Flexible Automation, Denver, CO, July 19-21, 2004.

“Intelligent Multi Sensor Fusion Techniques in Flexible Manufacturing Workcells”,

American Control Conference, 2004, Boston, MA.

“Genetic Algorithm based PD Control and Fuzzy Logic Control of a Two Link Robot”,

ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, November, 2002,

New Orleans.

“Camera Calibration and Sensor Fusion in an Automated Flexible Manufacturing Multi

Robotic Cell”, American Control Conference, May 2002, Alaska.

“Optimal Path Planning And Torque Minimization via Genetic Algorithm Applied to

Cooperating Robotic Manipulators”, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress

and Exposition, November, 2001, New York.

Research Grants

PI on “Situational Awareness during Fire and Emergency (SAFE)”, Awarded by the National

Science Foundation, Grant No. IIP-1414346, 06/01/2014 – 12/01/2015, $200,000.

PI on “Multi-UAV Task Allocation via Distributed Optimization”, Awarded by the Air Force

Research Lab/Dayton Area Graduate Studies Institute, 08/25/2014-08/24/2015, $51,000.

Co-PI on “Robotics/Mechatronics Control Challenge for Undergraduate Students”, Awarded

by the Dynamic Systems and Control Division of the American Society of Mechanical

Engineers, June 2014 – May 2016, $25,000.

Co-PI on “Smart Unmanned Aerial Vehicle for Exploration (SUAVE)”, Awarded by Ohio

Space Grants Consortium, 02/14/14-12/31/14, $4,000.

PI on “I-Corps: Wildfire Incident Command Decision Support System”, Awarded by

the National Science Foundation, Grant No. IIP-1343498, July 2013 – Feb. 2014, $50,000.

Co-PI on “Seamless Transition from Academia to Real-world (STAR): A Collaborative

Partnership to Producing Industry Ready Graduates”, Awarded by National Science

Foundation, Grant No. DUE-1141120, May 2012 – April 2014, $199,999.

PI on “Sensor Tasking for Optimized Resource Management (STORM)”, Missile Defense

Agency SBIR Phase 1 with Edaptive Computing, Inc. on Sensor Resource Management, Feb.

2012- May. 2013, $37,500.

PI on “Sensor Management Allocation Algorithms for Resource Tasking (SMAART)”,

Missile Defense Agency SBIR Phase 1 with Edaptive Computing, Inc. on Sensor Resource

Management, June 2011- Jan. 2012, $25,000.

PI on “A Two-Day Workshop on Frontiers of Real-World Multi-Robot Systems: Challenges

and Opportunities”, Awarded by the National Science Foundation, Grant No. CMMI-

1107010, $15,000.

PI on “A Two-Day Workshop on Frontiers of Real-World Multi-Robot Systems: Challenges

and Opportunities”, Awarded by the Army Research Office, Grant No. W911NF-11-1-0072,

$15,000.

PI on “BECS: Collaborative Research: Characterization and Control of Emergent Behavior in

Complex Systems”, Awarded by the National Science Foundation, Grant No. EFRI-1024608, Oct. 2010 – Sept. 2012, $185,525.

PI on “Integrated Multi-Aerial and Ground Vehicle Experimental (IMAGE) Platform”,

Awarded by the Army Research Office, Grant No. W911NF-10-1-0493, Oct. 2010 – Sept.

2011, $102,000.

PI on “Distributed Sensor Fusion for Spatio-Temporal Situational Awareness”, Awarded

by University Research Council, Jan. 2010 – Dec. 2010, $6,500.

PI “Modeling and analysis of stochastic dynamics and emergent phenomena in swarm robotic

systems using the Fokker-Planck formalism”, Awarded by the US Army Research Office

(ARO), Nov. 2009 – July 2010, Grant no.: W911NF-09-I0561, $50,000.

PI on “Multi-Sensor Data Fusion for Situational Awareness in a Distributed Environment”,

funded by the University of Cincinnati’s Intelligent Autonomous Systems thrust group: Sept.

2008-Aug. 2009, $26,738.

Co-PI on “Global Missile Defense Battle Management” Missile Defense Agency SBIR Phase

1 with Edaptive Computing, Inc., April- Sept. 2009, $20,000.

PI on National Research Council proposal entitled “Intelligent Multi-Sensor Modeling,

Identification, and Data Fusion” for Research Associateship Program 2005.