Dennis S. Bernstein
Professor

ADDRESS: 3020 FXB
PHONE: (734) 764-3719
FAX: (unsecured) (734) 763-0578
EMAIL: dsbaero@umich.edu

Webpage: www-personal.umich.edu/~dsbaero/index.html

Professor Bernstein's interest include identification, estimation, and control for aerospace applications. His research has focused on active noise and vibration control, as well as 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 is director of the Noise, Vibration, and Motion Control Laboratory, which includes instrumentation and testbeds for control applications. A 6-degree-of-freedom electric shaker table under all-digital control is used for vibration and motion control applications. Facilities are available for implementing and testing algorithms for active noise and vibration control. Current research is focusing on adaptive command following and disturbance rejection algorithms for systems with uncertain dynamics and unknown disturbance spectra. He is co-director (with Ilya Kolmanovsky) of the Attitude Dynamics and Control Laboratory. In this laboratory, a triaxial air bearing is used to develop and implement adaptive control algorithms for spacecraft applications. He was Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Control Systems Magazine from 2003 to 2011.

Prof. Bernstein has authored more than 200 journal papers and 350 conference papers. He is the author of Matrix Mathematics, which is published by Princeton University Press. (A review of Matrix Mathematics can be downloaded from: http://www.siam.org/news/news.php?id=125) Matrix Mathematics - Errata and Addenda [PDF].

The second edition of Matrix Mathematics was published in July 2009. This edition is a significantly expanded version of the original edition. For further information, see http://www.amazon.com/Matrix-Mathematics-Theory-Formulas-Second/dp/0691140391/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1243991142&sr=1-2#

A review of the second edition can be found at PDF.

Errata for the second edition [PDF].

Specializations & Research Interests
Linear and nonlinear systems, identification, optimal, robust and adaptive control.

Education
Ph.D.Computer, Information and Control Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan (1982)
M.S.E. Computer, Information and Control Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan (1979)
Advisor: Elmer G. Gilbert
Sc.B., Applied Mathematics, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, 1977

Society Memberships
Part-time Visiting Professor, Glasgow University, 2000-2003
Member of IEEE, 1982-04 Fellow 2000
Member of Conference Editorial Board, 1997
Part-time Visiting Professor, University of Leeds, 1995-97
NSF Review Panel Member, 1994, 1997
NASA Review Committee Member, MIT Space Engineering Research Center, 1993
Publications Chairman, Conference on Decision and Control, San Antonio, Texas, 1993
Adjunct Professor, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Florida, 1990-91
Part-time Visiting Engineer, MIT, 1989-90
Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Control Systems Magazine

Honors and Awards
Fellow of IEEE
Honorary Doctorate, University of Glasgow, 2006

Teaching Interests
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

Positions Held at Michigan
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

Publication List
Complete Publication List [PDF]

Links and Downloads
Student Guides
Presentations
From IEEE Control Systems Magazine
Attitude Dynamics and Control Laboratory
Noise, Vibration and Motion Control Laboratory
Resume [PDF]
IEEE Control Systems Magazine