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Lawrence, Dale A

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  • Dr. Lawrence's research centers on the theory and application of control systems. His work is driven by the needs of applications, including autonomous micro aerial vehicles, visual/haptic computer interfaces, spacecraft attitude control, and dexterous teleoperation for micro surgery. This work is highly interdisciplinary, requiring integrated development of mechanical, electronic, real-time computing, modeling, and human interface technologies, together with dynamics and control theory.

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  • control system analysis and design, non-linear systems, adaptive control, system identification, hapitc interfaces, teleoperation, unmanned aerial vehicles, spacecraft attitude control, microactuators, active vibration isolation, UAV guidance and control

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Teaching

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  • ASEN 3128 - Aircraft Dynamics
    Primary Instructor - Spring 2018 / Spring 2019 / Fall 2019 / Spring 2020
    Develops the fundamental concepts of aircraft dynamics. Covers flight mechanics, performance, dynamics and control of aircraft and how they impact aircraft design.
  • ASEN 4018 - Senior Projects 1: Design Synthesis
    Primary Instructor - Fall 2022 / Fall 2024
    Focuses on the synthesis of technical knowledge, project management, design process, leadership, and communications within a team environment. Students progress through the design process beginning with requirements development, then preliminary design and culminating with critical design. Offered fall only.
  • ASEN 4028 - Senior Projects 2: Design Practicum
    Primary Instructor - Spring 2018 / Spring 2023
    Focuses on the fabrication, integration, verification and validation of designs produced in ASEN 4018. Students work within the same teams from ASEN 4018. Offered spring only.
  • ASEN 4114 - Automatic Control Systems
    Primary Instructor - Fall 2018 / Spring 2022
    Methods of analysis and design of feedback control for dynamic systems. Covers nyquist, bode and linear quadratic methods based on frequency domain and state space models. Laboratory experiments provide exposure to computation for simulation and real time control, and typical control system sensors and actuators. Same as ASEN 5114.
  • ASEN 5014 - Linear Control Systems
    Primary Instructor - Fall 2019 / Fall 2020 / Fall 2022 / Fall 2024
    Introduces the theory of linear systems, including vector spaces, linear equations, structure of linear operators, state space descriptions of dynamic systems, and state feedback control methods. Recommended prerequisite: ASEN 3200, ASEN 3700, or equivalent or instructor consent required. Degree credit not granted for this course and ECEN 5448 and MCEN 5448.
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