N. Harris McClamroch
N. Harris McClamroch
Professor Emeritus
EMAIL: nhm@umich.edu
Professor McClamroch has taught courses and carried out research in a diverse set of topics related to dynamics and control. His research has been in the fields of aircraft flight dynamics and control and spacecraft dynamics and control, but he also has worked on problems in robotics, manufacturing, wheeled vehicles, and civil structures. His teaching and research has been based on nonlinear dynamics, nonlinear control, geometric mechanics, as well as optimization, estimation and mathematical systems theory. Recent research has treated dynamics and control problems for both rigid bodies and for multi-bodies acting under the influence of gravity and control forces and moments for which the coupling between translational motion and rotational motion is central. He is author or co-author of more than 250 refereed journal and conference publications. He is the author of two books, including Steady Aircraft Flight and Performance published in 2011. He was the principal adviser for twenty-several Ph.D. students. His full career has been at the University of Michigan, beginning in 1967; he retired in 2010.
Specializations & Research Interests
Nonlinear Dynamics and Control of Spacecraft and Aircraft; Geometric mechanics, feedback control, optimization, and estimation
Education
Ph. D. 1967 University of Texas at Austin
M.S. 1965 University of Texas at Austin
B.S. 1963 University of Texas at Austin
Society Memberships
AIAA
IEEE
SIAM
Honors and Awards
University of Michigan Distinguished Service Award, 1970
IEEE Fellow, 1988
Distinguished Member Award of IEEE Control Systems Society, 1992
President, IEEE Control Systems Society, 1998
IEEE Third Millennium Medal, 2000
HarrisFest, 2002, and HarrisFest, 2010
Teaching Interests
Fundamentals of Flight
Flight Dynamics and Control
Nonlinear Control Systems
Dynamics and Control of Spacecraft
Flight and Trajectory Optimization
Positions Held at Michigan
Professor 1977-Present
Chair-Aerospace Department 1992-1996
Associate Professor 1971-1977
Assistant Professor 1967-1971
