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Warren N. White     (Schedule)

Associate Professor

Degrees:

Ph.D. 1985, Mechanical Engineering, Tulane University
M.S. 1977, Electric Power Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
B.S. 1974, Electrical with Honors, Tulane University

Years of Service:

23 years of service at KSU

Associate Professor, Dept. of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering, KSU (1991-present)

Assistant Professor, Dept. of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering, KSU (1985-1991)

Related Experience:

Courses Taught:

Taught 6 different courses since 1999. Recent courses include:

ME 512 Dynamics ME 730 Control Sys Analysis & Design

ME 535 Meas and Instrumentation Lab ME 830 Nonlinear Control

ME 570 Control of Mechanical Systems I

ME 640 Control of Mechanical Systems II

Industrial Experience:

Advanced Development Engineer, General Electric Co., Pittsfield, MA (1975-1978)

Advanced Development Engineer, General Electric Co., Schenectady, NY (1974-1975)

Consulting and Patents:

General Electric Co. (1978-1982)

Robotics Lab, Tulane University (1985)

States in Which Registered: none

Principal Publications in Last Five Years:

  • Auckly, D., L. Kapitanski, and W. White. “Control of Nonlinear Underactuated Systems,” Communications on Pure and Applied Mathematics, Vol. LIII, 2000: 354-369.
  • Andreev, F., D. Auckly, S. Gosavi, L. Kapitanski, A. Kelkar, and W. White. “Matching, Linear Systems, and the Ball and Beam.” Automatica, December, 2002: 2147-2152.
  • Auckly, D., L. Kapitanski, A.G. Kelkar, and W.N. White. “Control of Nonlinear Underactuated Systems: Discrete Implementation.” Presented at the 2000 American Control Conference, Chicago, IL. June, 2000 – Invited Paper.
  • White, W.N., and R.C. Fales. “Control of a Double Inverted Pendulum with Hydraulic Actuation – A Case Study.” Proceeding of the 1999 American Control Conference, San Diego, CA. June, 1999: 495-499, Invited Paper.
  • Kelkar, A.G., B.Fang, W.N. White, and X. Guo. “Feedback Stabilization of Underactuated Nonlinear Pendulum Cart System Using Matching Condition.” Proceedings of the 2002 American Control Conference, Anchorage, AKp. 4696-4701..
  • White, W.N., A. Pahwa, and C. Cruz. “Heat Loss from Electrical and Control Equipment in Industrial Plants: Part I – Methods and Scope.” ASHRAE Transactions, Vol. 110 (2): 842-851.
  • White, W.N., A. Pahwa, and C. Cruz. “Heat Loss from Electrical and Control Equipment in Industrial Plants: Part II – Results and Comparisons.” ASHRAE Transactions, Vol. 110 (2): 852-870.
  • Andreev, F., D. Auckly, L. Kapitanski, A.G. Kelkar, and W.N. White. “Matching Control Laws for a Ball and Beam System.” Presented at the IFAC Workshop on Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Methods for Nonlinear Control held at Princeton University, March, 2000.

Memberships:

Tau Beta Pi, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi

Honors and Awards:

Boeing Welliver Summer Faculty Fellowship (2002)

Institutional and Professional Service in Last Five Years:

University: ABET Liaison Committee for Computer Science

College: (1) College of Engineering Scholarship Committee, (2) College of Engineering Honors and Award Committee, (3) Open House Judge.

Department: (1) Laboratory Committee, (2) Honors and Awards Committee, (3) Undergraduate Committee, (4) Faculty Search Committee.

Professional: (1) ASHRAE Technical Committee 9.2 – Industrial Air, (2) Session Chair – 2002 American Control Conference, (3) Paper reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Control Application, (4) Paper Reviewer for the 2005 American Control Conference.

Professional Development in Last Five Years:

Project LEA/RN (1999, 2000)

Short Course - Vishay (Measurements Group Inc.) – Raleigh, North Carolina (2000)

Other Notable Achievements in Last Five Years:

Developed and delivered Distance Education Class for ME 512 - Dynamics (2000)