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Current Funding and Support

1. Office of Naval Research
   • Title: Finite-Horizon Robustness: Moving Beyond Traditional Stability Analysis
   • Funding: $400,000 (UMN) and $814,000 (UCB) (6/2/2018 - 5/31/2022)
   • Joint with: : A. Packard and M. Arcak at University of California, Berkeley
2. NASA SBIR Phase 1 and 2
   • Title: Developing a certifiable UAS reliability assessment approach through algorithmic redundancy
   • Phase 2 Funding: $200,000 (4/1/2018-3/31/2020)
   • Phase 1 Funding: $25,000 (6/9/2017-12/8/2017)
   • Subcontract to Systems Technology, Inc.
3. NASA SBIR Phase 2
   • Title: Defining Handling Qualities of Unmanned Aerial Systems
   • Funding: $200,000 (6/1/2017-5/31/2019)
   • Subcontract to Systems Technology, Inc.
4. Institute on the Environment Renewable Development Fund
   • Title: Simulation, Measurement, Modeling, and Control of Wind Plant Power
   • Funding: $717,360 (5/30/2016 - 5/29/2019)
   • Joint With: L. Shen, M. Guala, J. Hong, J. Marr, and J. Nichols
5. National Science Foundation: National Robotics Initiative (Collaborative Proposal)
   • Title: Autonomous Quadrotors for 3D Modeling and Inspection of Outdoor Infrastructure
   • Funding:$1,015,280 (UMN) and $355,496 (Stevens Inst. of Tech.) (9/1/2016 - 8/31/2019)
   • Joint with: S.I. Roumeliotis (UMN) and P. Mordohai (Stevens Inst. Of Tech.)
6. Xcel Energy Renewable Development Fund
   • Title: Virtual Wind Simulator with Advanced Control & Aeroelastic Model for Improving the Operation of Wind Farms
   • Funding: $1,391,684 (6/2/2015 - 6/1/2020)
   • Team: Saint Anthony Falls (University of Minnesota), Barr Engineering, Mikhil Energy.
7. NASA: Flight Demonstration & Capabilities (FDC) and Advanced Air Transport Technology (AATT)
   • Title: Lightweight Adaptive Aeroelastic Wing for Enhanced Performance Across the Flight Envelope
   • Funding: $4,620,000 (9/1/2014 - 8/31/2019)
   • Team: University of Minnesota, Virginia Tech, STI, CMSoft, Aurora Flight Sciences, Schmidt and Associates.
8. Seagate Technologies
   • Title: Uncertainty Modeling and Robust Control for Disk Drives
   • Funding: $50,000 (9/2018 - 8/2019)
   • Funding: $50,000 (9/2017 - 8/2018)
   • Funding: $63,527 (9/2016 - 8/2017)
   • Funding: $69,250 (9/2014 - 8/2015)
   • Funding: $57,504 (9/2013 - 8/2014)
   • Funding: $58,000 (9/2012 - 8/2013)
9. National Science Foundation: CAREER Program
   • Title: CAREER: Probabilistic Tools for High Reliability Monitoring and Control of Wind Farms
   • Funding: $400,000 (3/1/2013 - 2/28/2018)
10. Minnesota Supercomputing Institute
    • Title: Wind Farm Modeling and Control
    • Support: Advanced computing resources (2012-Present)

Past Funding and Support

1. NASA SBIR
   • Title: Development and Flight Testing of RAIDER: an Autonomous Upset Recovery System
   • Funding: $90,000 (6/1/2016-8/31/2017)
   • Subcontract to Barron Associates
2. NASA STTR
   • Title: Distributed, Passivity-Based, Aeroservoelastic Control (DPASC) of Structurally Efficient Aircraft in the Presence of Gusts
   • Funding: $190,000 (5/6/2015-5/5/2017)
   • Subcontract to Tao Systems
3. National Science Foundation: Cyber-Physical Systems Program
   • Title: CPS:Synergy:Collaborative:Managing Uncertainty in the Design of Safety-Critical Aviation Systems
   • Funding: $473,560 (UMN) and $316,000 (Tufts) (9/1/2013 - 8/31/2016)
   • Joint with: D. Gebre-Egziabher (UMN), J. Rife (Tufts), and S. Guyer (Tufts)
4. MnDRIVE Transdisciplinary Research Program
   • Title: Sustainable Energy Systems: Control Systems and Sensors to Link Rural Renewables and Demand for Sustainable Industrial Energy in Food Processing Systems
   • Funding: $500,000 (7/1/2014 - 6/30/2016)
   • Joint with: E. Wilson (PI), S. Dhople, and T. Smith
5. MnDRIVE Transdisciplinary Research Program
   • Title: Precision Agriculture: Robotics and Sensor Development for Revolutionary Improvements in the Global Food Supply and Reduced Environmental Impact in the Agriculture Industry
   • Funding: $500,000 (7/1/2014 - 6/30/2016)
   • Joint with: G. Balas (PI), D. Gebre-Egziabher, B. Taylor, J. Weyrauch, T. Hurley, R. Koch, I. McRae, and M. Malvick
6. University of Minnesota Initiative for Renewable Energy and the Environment
   • Title: Innovating for sustainable electricity systems: Integrating renewables, reallocating transmission and driving demand
   • Funding: $750,000 (1/1/2013 - 12/31/2015)
   • Joint with: E. Wilson (PI), B. Wollenberg, S. Dhople, J. Marshall, A. Klass, T. Smith, and H. Osofsky
7. NASA: Vehicle Systems Safety Technologies Topic 1-9
   • Title: Analytical Validation Tools for Safety Critical Systems Under Loss-of-Control Conditions
   • Funding: $1,059,842 (9/1/2012 - 8/31/2015)
   • Joint with: G. Balas (PI) and A. Packard
8. Air Force Office of Scientific Research
   • Title: A Merged IQC/SOS Theory for Analysis of Nonlinear Control Systems
   • Funding: $465,000 (7/1/2012 - 6/30/2015)
   • Joint with: G. Balas and A. Packard
9. University of Minnesota Initiative for Renewable Energy and the Environment
   • Title: Design Tools for Multivariable Control of Large Wind Turbines
   • Funding: $278,600 (7/1/2011 - 6/30/2015)
   • Joint with: G. Balas (PI)
10. University of Minnesota Digital Technology Seed Grant Initiative
    • Title: Convex Optimization Methods for Robust Stability Analysis a nd Safety Assessment of Cyber-Physical Power Systems
    • Funding: $60,000 (7/1/2013 - 6/30/2014)
    • Joint with: S. Dhople (PI)
11. Institute on the Environment Fellowship
    • Funding: $10,000 (9/2012 - 8/2013)