RESEARCH

GRANTS

2009-14   “Structures, Propulsion, Aerospace, and Control Engineering", NASA URC Center, $5,000,000, Director

2003-08    “Structures, Propulsion, Aerospace, and Control Engineering", NASA URC Center, $6,000,000,   Senior Co-PI.

2003-06  NASA Minority University and College Education and Research Partnership Initiative in  Space Science (MURCERPI), $795,000, Co- PI.

2003-       “Strengthen Education in Engineering and Research” STEER, NSF, $150,000, PI.

2003-08    “The Design of The Next Generation Space Telescope”, TRW/NASA, $550,000, PI.

2003-04     “Neural Network Control Design for Segmented Telescopes”, Parsons Foundation, $50,000, PI.

2002-03   “The Use of Lyapunov Theory to Develop Learning Framework for FNN’s”, NASA/Dryden, $30,779, PI.

1994-02   “The Use of Decentralized Control in Design of A Large Segmented Space Reflector”, NASA,  $5,300,000, PI.

2002-05   “CSULA/USC Collaborative to Integrate Research and Education”, National Science Foundation, $600,000, PI.

2001-04   “Multidisciplinary Analysis and Control of High Performance Air Vehicles”, US Air Force, $800,000, Co-PI.

1996-00   “Identification Techniques for Large Spaceborne Optical Systems”, Lockheed-Martin, Student Research Fellowships, $30,000, Faculty Advisor.

1996         “MATLAB”, Lottery Funds, $3,500

1991-94   “Decentralized Control of Large Spaceborne Optical Systems” NASA/JPL, $434,701, PI

1991        “Women in Engineering", ECSE Program, $10,500, PI.   

I am the Director of the following laboratories:

SPACE Laboratory  

   The SPACE (Structures Pointing And Control Engineering ) Laboratory at CSULA was established with a $5.3 million NASA Institutional Research Award (IRA) granted in 1992. The objective of the program is to design and build a segmented reflector test-bed. Within this project, state-of-the-art multidisciplinary technologies have been developed that combine controls, structures, electronics, and computers. The project has been conducted under a coalition consisting of four universities, a NASA Center, and five major aerospace companies. The development of the test-bed has been conducted under the supervision of eight dedicated engineering faculty whose renowned expertise encompasses the variety of disciplines inherent in the project. Over hundred talented minority engineering students from the participating universities have been 'involved in the research and development of the test - bed. The project has served as a stepping-stone from which these students have pursued either graduate studies or successful careers in major industries in Southern California. Effective March 1, 2003 this Laboratory is part of a University Research Center (URC) sponsored by NASA ($6,000,000) for the next five years. The research concentration will be related to the control of space segmented telescopes.

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MATIES Laboratory

   The MATIES (Multimedia Animation Technologies Incorporated in Engineering Systems) laboratory at CSULA was established in 2002 and is sponsored by NSF. The objective of this laboratory is to develop multimedia technologies applicable to space-based dynamic systems, to aircrafts, and to semiconductor devices. Computer design and analysis software packages including IDEAS, NASTRAN, Open GL, Visual Studios, and MATLAB are used for design, simulation, animation and visualization. A major goal of the laboratory is to increase the number of CSULA underrepresented minority students who will participate in a structured research-based educational program, preparing them for advanced degrees and engineering careers.

I am a Senior CO-PI of the following laboratory:

SERENADES Laboratory

California State University (CSULA), Pasadena City College (PCC), both designated as Minority Serving Institutes (MSIs), and University of Southern California (USC) establish partnerships and exchange/joint programs in space science-related education and researches under the NASA’s Minority University and College Education and Research Partnership Initiative (MUCERPI). The associated activities will be conducted mainly under the technical supports from the CSULA Structures Pointing And Control Engineering (SPACE) Laboratory, that has be sponsored by NASA since 1994, and effective March, 2003, is part of the CSULA University Research Center (URC) sponsored by NASA for the next five years. MUCERPI has a modular organizational structure. Education partnership and Research partnership will be conducted in modules called Educational Component and Research Component, respectively.