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Dr. Farzad Pourboghrat

Professor 
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
Carbondale, IL 62901-6603
Tel: (618) 453 7026
Fax: (618) 453 7972
Email: pour@siu.edu

Education

  • B.S. in Electrical Engineering
    • Arya-Mehr University of Technology (AMUT), Iran, 1976
  • M.S. in Electrical Engineering
    • Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, 1978
  • M.S. in Mathematics
    • University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 1984
  • Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering
    • University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 1984

Areas of Research Interest:

  • Real-time modeling and control of dynamic systems
  • Dynamic neural networks for modeling and control
  • Embedded and hybrid systems
  • Sensor networks

Research Lab

        Embedded Control Systems (ECS) Lab
        Affiliated with Texas Instruments, Inc. 

Research Projects

  • Dynamic Neural Networks for Modeling and Control of Nonlinear Systems
    • Supported by NSF
  • Vibration Control of Flexible Structures
    • Supported by Materials Technology Center (MTC)
  • Hybrid (Active/Passive) Noise Control
    • Supported by Illinois Clean Coal Institute (ICCI), Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO)
  • Embedded DSP and Hybrid Systems
    • Supported Partially by Texas Instruments (TI)
      • Induction Motor (IM) Control
      • Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)
      • Autonomous Hovercraft (AH)
      • Autonomous Robotic Insect (ARI)
      • Sensor Networks (SN)

Graduated Ph.D. Students

  • Pongpairoj, Harin (Dec. 2004)
  • Liu, Ziqian (May 2005)
  • Farid, Farshad (Dec. 2006)

Current Graduate Students

  • Ph.D. students
    • Osothsilp, Anan
    • Medagam, Peda
    • Boonnithi
      • vorakul, Nattapong
    • Huang, Wei-Feng Alan 
  • Master students
    • Gustavson, Nathan Z.
    • Yucelen, Tansel
    • Shekar Saddahalli, Arjun 

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