IEEE Fellow美国德州大学阿灵顿分校Frank L. Lewis教授来我校作学术报告

2013年5月30日下午，美国德州大学阿灵顿分校Frank L. Lewis教授应邀来我校讲学，在仙林校区行政楼第一报告厅为我校自动化学院师生作了题为“Cooperative Feedback Linearization Control for Multi-Agent Systems in Microgrid Distributed Generation”的精彩学术报告。报告会由自动化学院院长王保云教授主持。
　　在近一个小时的报告中，Frank L. Lewis教授对现有分布式多智能体协同控制理论研究作了系统的报告，并深入讲解协同控制理论在智能电网中的应用，激发了与会教师、学生的浓厚兴趣。Frank L. Lewis教授渊博的学识、严谨的治学态度给师生留下了深刻的印象。
　　报告会结束时，与会教师、学生与Frank L. Lewis教授进行了热烈的交流互动。

主讲嘉宾简介：
　　Frank L. Lewis, Fellow IEEE, Fellow IFAC, Fellow U.K. Institute of Measurement & Control, PE Texas, U.K. Chartered Engineer, is Distinguished Scholar Professor, Distinguished Teaching Professor, and Moncrief-O’Donnell Chair at The University of Texas at Arlington Research Institute. IEEE Control Systems Society Distinguished Lecturer. He obtained the Bachelor's Degree in Physics/EE and the MSEE at Rice University, the MS in Aeronautical Engineering from Univ. W. Florida, and the Ph.D. at Ga. Tech. He works in feedback control, reinforcement learning, intelligent systems, and distributed control systems. He is author of 6 U.S. patents, 250 journal papers, 360 conference papers, 15 books, 44 chapters, and 11 journal special issues. He received the Fulbright Research Award, NSF Research Initiation Grant, ASEE Terman Award, Int. Neural Network Soc. Gabor Award 2009, U.K. Inst Measurement & ControlHoneywell Field Engineering Medal 2009. Received IEEE Computational Intelligence Society Neural Networks Pioneer Award 2012. Distinguished Foreign Scholar, Nanjing Univ. Science & Technology. Project 111 Professor at Northeastern University, China. Received Outstanding Service Award from Dallas IEEE Section, selected as Engineer of the Year by Ft. Worth IEEE Section. Listed in Ft. Worth Business Press Top 200 Leaders in Manufacturing. Received the 2010 IEEE Region 5 Outstanding Engineering Educator Award and the 2010 UTA Graduate Dean’s Excellence in Doctoral Mentoring Award. Elected to UTA Academy of Distinguished Teachers 2012. He served on the NAE Committee on Space Station in 1995. Founding Member of the Board of Governors of the Mediterranean Control Association. Helped win the IEEE Control Systems Society Best Chapter Award (as Founding Chairman of DFW Chapter), the National Sigma Xi Award for Outstanding Chapter (as President of UTA Chapter), and the US SBA Tibbets Award in 1996 (as Director of ARRI’s SBIR Program).