Dennis Bernstein

James E. Knott Professor

Location

3020 François-Xavier Bagnoud Aerospace Building
1320 Beal Avenue Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2140

Biography

Professor Bernstein’s interests include identification, estimation, and control for aerospace applications. His research has focused on active noise and vibration control, adaptive flight control, and attitude control for space applications. His current interests are in the theory and application of nonlinear system identification, large-scale state estimation for data assimilation, and adaptive control. He was Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Control Systems Magazine from 2003 to 2011.  He has coauthored more than 200 journal papers and 400 conference papers, and he is the author of Scalar, Vector, and Matrix Mathematics, third edition published in 2018.

Positions Held at U-M
  • Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1997-present
  • Associate Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1991-97

Education

  • University of Michigan
    • PhD Computer, Information, and Control Engineering ’82
    • MSE Computer, Information, and Control Engineering ’79
  • Brown University
    • ScB Applied Mathematics ’77

Research Interests

Linear and nonlinear systems, identification, optimal, robust and adaptive control.


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Teaching

  • Performance of Aircraft and Spacecraft, AE245
  • Flight Mechanics, AE345
  • Control of Structures and Fluids, AE579
  • Linear Control Systems, AE580
  • Analytical Dynamics, AE540
  • Data Analysis and System Identification, AE566
  • Trajectory Optimization, AE575

Professional Service

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Awards

  • Fellow of IEEE
  • Honorary Doctorate, University of Glasgow, 2006