Brief Biography
Ph.D., California Institute of Technology
Communications, Control, and Signal Processing group: Robust control theory; connection between models and experimental data; control system applications.
Professor Smith jointed the faculty at UCSB in 1990, coming from a background in both industrial and government laboratory research. Known as an experimentalist and design engineer as well as a theorist, Dr. Smith's research is broadly based upon feedback control systems. His current interests focus on the identification and control of uncertain systems, particularly the relationship between experimental data and theoretical models; design methodologies for uncertain constrained nonlinear systems; and distributed estimation, communication and control systems. On the applications side, he has applied these ideas to a variety of experimental testbeds including, process control, automotive and marine engine systems, flexible space structures, aeromaneuvering Mars entry vehicles, formation flying of spacecraft, magnetically levitated bearings, and semiconductor fabrication facilities. He has been a long time consultant to the Jet Propulsion laboratory on guidance, navigation and control aspects of interplanetary and deep space science spacecraft. He is an associate fellow of the AIAA, a senior member of the IEEE, and a member of SIAM and NZAC.
Recognitions and Honors:
* National Science Foundation Research Initiation Award
* NASA Certificate of Recognition (1992)
* Editor: International Journal of Adaptive Control and Signal Processing
(1993 - 1998)
* Member: IFAC Technical
Committee on Modeling, Identification and Signal Processing
* General Chair: IFAC System Identification Symposium; SYSID 2000
* Associate Fellow; American Instititue of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
