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  • Wassim M. Haddad
  • Professor

Contact Information

  • Phone: 404.894.1078
  • Fax: 404.894.2760
  • Office: Knight 415-1

Degrees

  • B.S., Mechanical Engineering, 1983, Florida Institute of Technology
  • M.S., Mechanical Engineering, 1984, Florida Institute of Technology
  • Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, 1987, Florida Institute of Technology

Biography

From 1987 to 1995 Dr. Haddad consulted for the Structural Controls Group of the Government Aerospace Systems Division, Harris Corporation, Melbourne, FL.  In 1988 he joined the faculty of the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department at Florida Institute of Technology where he founded and developed the Systems and Control Option within the graduate program.  Presently, he is a professor in the School of Aerospace Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology. Dr. Haddad's research contributions in linear and nonlinear dynamical systems and control are documented in over 450 archival journal and conference publications. His recent research is concentrated on nonlinear robust and adaptive control, nonlinear dynamical system theory, large-scale systems, hierarchical nonlinear switching control, hybrid and impulsive control for nonlinear systems, system thermodynamics, thermodynamic modeling of mechanical and aerospace systems, network systems, cooperative control of multi-agent systems, nonlinear analysis and control for biological and physiological systems, and active control for clinical pharmacology. In recognition for his demonstrated excellence and continued promise both in scientific and engineering research and in teaching future generations of students to extend and apply human knowledge, Professor Haddad was awarded the National Science Foundation Presidential Faculty Fellow Award.  This award is bestowed by the President of the United States of America to recognize and support the scholarly activities of the Nation's most outstanding science and engineering faculty members. Dr. Haddad is a member of the Academy of Nonlinear Sciences and a coauthor of the books Hierarchical Nonlinear Switching Control Design with Applications to Propulsion Systems (Springer-Verlag, 2000), Thermodynamics: A Dynamical Systems Approach (Princeton University Press, 2005), and Impulsive and Hybrid Dynamical Systems: Stability, Dissipativity, and Control (Princeton University Press, 2006).

Selected Publications

  • W. M. Haddad, V. Chellaboina, and S. G. Nersesov, “Vector Dissipativity Theory and Stability of Feedback Interconnections for Large-Scale Nonlinear Dynamical Systems,” Int. J. Contr., vol. 77, pp. 907-919, 2004.
  • W. M. Haddad and V. Chellaboina, “Stability and Dissipativity Theory for Nonnegative Dynamical Systems: A Unified Analysis Framework for Biological and Physiological Systems,” Nonlinear Analysis: Real World Applications, vol. 6, pp. 35-65, 2005.  
  • W. M. Haddad, T. Hayakawa, S. G. Nersesov, and V. Chellaboina, “Hybrid Adaptive Control for Nonlinear Impulsive Dynamical Systems,” Int. J. Adapt. Control Signal Process., vol. 19, pp. 445-469, 2005.
  • W. M. Haddad, T. Hayakawa, and J. M. Bailey, “Adaptive Control for Nonlinear Compartmental Dynamical Systems with Applications to Clinical Pharmacology,” Syst. Contr. Lett., vol. 55, pp. 62-70, 2006.
  • S. G. Nersesov and W. M. Haddad, “On the Stability and Control of Nonlinear Dynamical Systems via Vector        Lyapunov Functions,” IEEE Trans. Autom. Contr., vol. 51, pp. 203-215, 2006.

Honors and Distinctions

    National Science Foundation Presidential Faculty Fellow Award

Research Interests

Modeling and control of complex interconnected systems, with applications to:
  • Large, flexible aerospace structures
  • Hybrid large-scale dynamic and thermodynamic systems
  • Multiechelon hierarchical network systems
  • Active control for anesthesia and closed loop control for ICU sedation