Education:
Ph.D. Elect. Eng. Georgia Tech., 1981
M.S. Aero. Eng.
Univ. West Fla., 1977
M.E.E. Rice University, 1971
B.A. Physics & EE, Rice University, 1971
Areas of Expertise:
Feedback control systems, intelligent control with
neural networks and fuzzy logic systems, discrete
event systems, wireless sensor networks, robotics,
nonlinear process control, adaptive systems, optimal
and robust control.
Background:
Frank Lewis is the Moncrief-O’Donnell Professor
of Electrical Engineering and Senior Fellow of the
Automation & Robotics Research Institute at The
University of Texas at Arlington. He is a University
Distinguished Scholar Professor. He holds degrees
in physics, electrical engineering and aerospace
systems from Rice University and the University of
West Florida. He received his PhD from the Georgian
Institute of Technology in 1981. From 1971 to 1977
he was with the United States Navy. His final position
was Executive Officer and Acting Commanding Officer,
USS Salinan (ATF-161).
Dr. Lewis is a registered
Professional Engineer in the State of Texas and a
Chartered Engineer with the U.K. Engineering Council.
He is a Fellow of the IEEE and a Fellow of the U.K.
Royal Institute of Measurement & Control. He
is the author or co-author of 5 U.S. patents, 174
journal papers, 286 referred published conference
papers, 32 book chapters, and 12 books.
He has received
awards including the Fulbright Research Award, the
ASEE Terman Award for Young Authors, and the NSF
Research Initiation Grant. He received the Outstanding
Service Award from the Dallas IEEE Section and was
selected as Engineer of the year by Ft. Worth IEEE
Section. Listed in Ft. Worth Business Press Top 200
Leaders in Manufacturing. Served on NASA Committee
on Space Station.
Webpage:
http://arri.uta.edu/acs
Contact:
lewis@arri.uta.edu
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