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Jo W. Howze
Professor and Associate Dean
Control Systems
Office: 204 Zachry
Phone: 979-845-8699
Fax: 979-845-6259

Education

Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Rice University, 1970
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Rice University, 1966
B.A., Mechanical Engineering, Rice University, 1965

Interest Areas

Control Systems - Theory and Applications
Dynamical Systems Modeling
Linear Systems
Engineering Systems Design and Design Methodologies
Hybrid Vehicles
Optimization
Automotive Control Systems
Linear Algebra
Semiconductor Processing Controls

Experience

September 1998-present                     Undergraduate Program Coordinator, Dept.
                                                             of Electrical Engineering, Texas A&M

September 1995-January 1997            Interim Program Coordinator,
                                                             Industrial Distribution Program, Dept. of Engineering
                                                             Technology, Texas A&M

May 1986 - June 1992                         Department Head, Electrical Engineering
                                                              Texas A&M University

June 1984 - May 1986                          Interim Head, Electrical Engineering
                                                              Texas A&M University

September 1981 - Present                     Professor, Electrical Engineering
                                                              Texas A&M University

September 1980 - June 1984                Assistant Department Head, Electrical Engineering
                                                              Texas A&M University

September 1976 - September 1981      Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering
                                                              Texas A&M University

December 1975 - June 1984                 Graduate Coordinator, Electrical Engineering
                                                               Texas A&M University

January 1972 - August 1976                  Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering
                                           ;                    Texas A&M University

July 1970 - December 1971                   Visiting Professor, Pontificia
                                                               Universidade Catolica do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

1966                                                    Mechanical Engineer, Shell Oil Company

Society Memberships

Sigma XI
IEEE  (Senior Member)
Eta Kappa Nu
ASEE
Needha
ASME

Research Grants

"Synthesis of Linear Multivariable Control Systems for Response Insensitivity,"
  National  Science Foundation Grant No. Eng-7918210, 1979-1982, $72,400
 
"Synthesis of Robust Disturbance Rejection Controllers for Linear Multivariable
  Systems,"  National Science Foundation Grant No. ECS-8200852, $42,000.

"Multivariable Controller Synthesis Via the Generalized Disturbance Rejection
  Problem,"  National Science Foundation Grant No. ECS-8309792, 1983-1986,
   $143,000.
 
"Computer Aided Control System Design," Texas A&M University Center for Teaching
  Excellence, TAMU.

"Robust Control of Multivariable Systems Subject to Structured Real Parameter
  Variations,"  National Science Foundation Grant, $128,000, 3/1/87 - 2/28/89.

"Electrically Peaking Hybrid (ELPH) Vehicle Development and Demonstration,"
  Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, $398,000, 1/1/94-12/31/95.

"Intelligent Processing Of A Novel Wide Bandgap Semiconductor for Device
   Applications," Alex Parlos and Jo Howze, Texas ATP, $201,068, Jan. 1996-
    Dec. 1998.  This includes $55,141 for Prairie View  A&M University for
    characterization; also our  Space Power Center has cofunded this for $100,000, and
    MEMC Corp., Sherman, Texas has  funded  $30,000 for the project.

"Alternative Concepts for Vessel Positioning in the Panama Canal Locks," Panama Canal
     Commission, $63,000, 12/23/98-6/30/99.
 

Publications

"Decoupling and Arbitrary Publications: Pole Placement in Linear Systems." IEEE Trans. Automatic Control,  J.B. Pearson, December 1970.

"On the Controllability of Cascade Linear Systems," IEEE Trans Automatic Control, F.M. Brasch and J.B. Pearson, April 1971.

"Necessary and Sufficient Conditions for Decoupling Using Output Feedback,"  IEEE Trans. Automatic Control, February 1973.

"On the Design of Observers with Specified Eigenvalues," IEEE Trans. Automatic Control, R.K. Cavin and Thisayakorn, August 1975.

"Eigenvalue Properties of Structural Mean-Axis Systems," Journal of Aircraft, R.K. Cavin, III and C. Thisayakorn, May 1976.

"Necessary Conditions for a Class of Smooth Second Order Distributed Systems," IEEE Trans. Automatic Control, R.K. Cavin, III and S.C. Tandon, June 1976.

"Model Following with Partial State Feedback," IEEE Trans. Automatic Control, C. Thisayakorn and R.K. Cavin, III, December 1976.

"On the Sensitivity of C.C.D. Transversal Filter Response to Charge Retention," IEEE Trans. on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing, H. Sundberg and R.K. Cavin, III, February 1977.

"Output Feedback Stabilization Using a Global Method for Solving Polynomial Inequalities," IEEE Trans. Automatic Control, L.F. Miller and R.G. Cochran, February 1977.

"A Compensation Scheme for the Desensitization of Multivariable Regulator Eigenvalues," Proc. of the National Engineering Consortium Forum on Alternatives for Linear Multivariable Control, Chicago, October 13-14, 1977.

"Nuclear Reactor Control System Design with Sensor Failure," Nuclear Technology, L.F. Miller and R.G. Cochran, March 1978.

"Output Feedback Stabilization by Minimization of a Spectral Radius Functional," Int. J. Control, L.F. Miller and R.G. Cochran, March 1978.

"Regulator Design with Modal Insensitivity," IEEE Trans. Automatic Control, R.K. Cavin, III, June 1979.
"A State Variable Approach to Control System Design with Response Insensitivity," D. Eom, Proc. of the Fifteenth Annual Conference on Information Sciences and Systems, March 1981.

"Correction to Regulator Design with Modal Insensitivity," R.K. Cavin, III, IEEE Trans. Automatic Control, August  1981, pg. 975.

"The Structure of Robust Disturbance Rejection Control," S.P. Bhattacharyya and A.C. del Nero Gomes, Proc. IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, vol. 3, p. 877, December 1982.

"Generalized (C,A,B) Pairs and the Linear Servomechanism Problem," D.Eom and S.P. Bhattacharyya, Proceedings of the 1983 Automatic Control Conference, San Fransisco, June 1983, pg. 1184-1186.

"Control System Synthesis with Response Insensitivity," D. Eom, Automatica, July 1983, pg. 365-371.
"The Structure of Robust Disturbance Rejection Control," S.P. Bhattacharyya and A.C. del Nero Gomes, IEEE Trans. Auto Contr., September, 1983, pg. 874-881.

"Frequency Domain Conditions for the General Servomechanism Problem," D. Ohm and S.P. Bhattacharyya, Proceedings of the 21st Allerton Conference on Communication, Control and Computing, October 1983, pg. 744-751.

"Transfer Function Conditions for (C,A,B) Pairs," D.Y. Ohm and S.P. Bhattacharyya, IEEE Trans. Auto. Control, March 1984, pg. 253-254.

"Structural Synthesis of Multivariable Controllers,"  D. Ohm and S.P. Bhattacharyya, Proceedings Presents of the 9th Congress of the International Federation of Automatic Control, Budapest, Hungary, July 1984.

"A New Technique for Synthesizing Low Order Stabilizing Compensators," S.P. Bhattacharyya, Proceeding of the Fifth Latin American Control Conference, Campina Grande, Brazil, September 1984.

"Characterization of the Attainable Zeros of a System Under Stabilizing Measurement Feedback," S.O. Majdi and S.P. Bhattacharyya, Proceeding of the 22nd Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing, October 1984.

"The Rational Equation A(s)X(s)B(s)=C(s) in System Theory," S.P. Bhattacharyya, Joint Summer Research Conference in Mathematical Sciences of the American Mathematical Society, Brunswick, Maine, July 1984.

"Structural Synthesis of Multivariable Controllers,"  D. Ohm and S.P. Bhattacharyya, Automatica, January 1985, pp. 35-55.

 "Transfer Function Conditions for Stability,"  S.P. Bhattacharyya, IEEE Trans. Auto. Control, June 1985, pp. 581-583.
 
 "Algebraic Problems in Stabilization and Robust Compensation,"  S. P Bhattacharyya, 7th Symposium on the Mathematical Theory of Networks and Systems, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden, June 1985 (Invited).

 "Robust Compensation via Pole Assignment,"  L.H. Keel and S.P. Bhattacharyya, Proceedings of the American Control Conference, Boston, June 1985 (Invited).

"Robust Stability with Structured Perturbations," S.P. Bhattacharyya, IEEEConference on Decision and Control, Athens, Greece, December 1986.

"Zero Assignment Under Measurement Feedback,"  S.O. Majdi and S.P. Bhattacharyya, IEEE Trans. Auto. Control, September 1987.

"Robust Control with Structured Perturbations,"  L.H. Keel and S.P. (Invited);                Bhattacharyya, Proceedings of the 1987 IEEE Conf. on Decision and Control IEEE     Trans. Auto. Control, Vol. 33, No. 1, pp. 68-78, January 1988.

"Multivariable Controller Design for Stability under Real Parameter Variations,"  L.H. Keel and S.P. Bhattacharyya, Proceedings of the 10th World Congress on Automatic Control, 1987, Munich.

"Stabilizability Conditions Using Linear Programming,"  L.H. Keel and S.P. Bhattacharyya, IEEE Trans. on Automatic Control," Vol. 33, No. 5, pp. 460-463, May 1988.

"Stabilization of Linear Systems with Fixed Order Controllers,"  L.H. Keel and  S.P. Bhattacharyya, Linear Algebra and Its Applications, Special Issue on  Electrical Engineering, Vol. 98, No. 1, pp. 57-76, January 1988.

"A Switching Logic Controller for a Hybrid Electric/ICE Vehicle," David  L. Buntin and Jo W. Howze, Proceedings of the Åmerican Control Conference, Seattle, Washington, June 1995, pg. 1169-1175.

 "Parallel Hybrid Vehicle Modeling and Control," Jo. W. Howze and David L.Buntin, Engineering and Architecture Symposium Proceedings, Prairie View A&M University, Jan. 30-31, l995, pg. 107-112; also at the Texas Systems Day, TAMU,  spring 1995.
 
"Hybrid Vehicle Modeling and Control," presented to the USCAR Government Modeling Conference, NASA Lewis, Nov. 15-16, l994; also to the Mechanical Engineering Dept., TAMU, April 1995; to the Electrical Engineering Dept. Graduate Seminar, TAMU, March 1995; and at the ELPH Conference, TAMU,  Oct. 27, 1994.

 "Robust Tracking, Error Feedback and Two Degree of Freedom Controllers", S.P.      Bhattacharyya, IEEE Trans. Automatic Control, vol. 42, no. 7, pg. 980-988,  July 1997;  also presented at the International Federation on Automatic Control Workshop on Robust Control, San Francisco, California, June 28-30, 1996 (Invited).

"Robust Tracking and Disturbance Rejection with Two DOF Controllers and  Distributed Internal Models", L. H. Keel and S. P. Bhattacharyya, Proceedings of the1996 American Control Conference, Albuquerque NM, June 4-6, 1997, pp. 3892-3896; also under  review by the International Journal on Control.

"Minimizing Equipment Imperfections in Small Czochrakski Crystal Growth Systems,"  J. Muthusami, R. K. Pandey, A. G. Parlos and J. W. Howze, Journal of Crystal Growth, to appear 1999.

"Control Relevant Modeling of the Czochralski Single Crystal Growth Process Using Neural Networks," Jayakumar Muthusami, Alexander G. Parlos, R. Kumar Pandey and Jo W. Howze, IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks, under review.