Marquette University College of Engineering

Edwin E. Yaz, Ph.D., P.E.

Professor and Chair
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Marquette University

Office: Haggerty Hall 289A
Phone: (414) 288-6820
Fax: (414) 288-5579

Email: Edwin.Yaz@marquette.edu

Research Interests

Modeling
Stability/Performance Analysis
Control and Estimation of Stochastic Systems
Nonlinear and Chaotic Dynamics
Applications to Sensor Systems
Communication
Electric Machine Diagnostics

Professional Preparation

Bosphorus University former American Robert College Turkey	Ph.D	1982	Electrical Engineering
Bosphorus University	M.S.E.E.	1979	Electrical Engineering
Bosphorus University	B.S.E.E.	1976	Electrical Engineering

Appointments

2001 - Present	Professor and Chair	Electrical and Computer Engineering Marquette University Milwaukee, WI
2001- 2002	University Professor	University of Arkansas Fayetteville AR
1992	Visiting Professor	Space Systems Control Laboratory, Purdue University, W. Lafayette, IN
1991-2001	Full Professor	Electrical Engineering, University of Arkansas.
1987-1991	Associate	Electrical Engineering, University of Arkansas.
1985-1987	Assistant Professor	Electrical Engineering, University of Arkansas.
1984	Visiting Research Fellow	Coordinated Science Lab, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL
1982 – 1984	Research Associate	Applied Mathematics Division Marmara Research InstituteTurkey

Honors

2001	IEE Control Theory Coales Premium Award for Best Paper
2001	EE Department Outstanding Researcher Award University of Arkansas
2001, 1994, 1993, and 1991	Best Presentation Awards in five sessions at the American Control Conferences
1999	Eta Kappa Nu Outstanding Instructor Award
1997	Texas Instruments Award for Excellence in Teaching EE
1996	State of Arkansas Capitol Citation for contributions to the State and its Citizens
1996	University of Arkansas Alumni Association Faculty Distinguished Research Achievement Award
1995	University of Arkansas Order of Omega Outstanding Faculty Award
1991 and 1987	Halliburton Foundation Award for Research Excellence in EE
1989 and 1986	Arkansas Academy of EE Outstanding Faculty Award

Professional Activities

2003- Present	Associate Editor at Large, IEEE Transactions on Control
1994-1998	Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Control
1994–Present	IEEE Control Systems Society Conference Editorial Board
1992-present	Senior Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
1986–Present	Review Boards of Zentralblatt fur Mathematik and Mathematical Reviews
1985 - present	American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE)
1984 - present	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) - Control Systems Society
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) - Circuits and Systems Society
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) - Signal Processing Society
Eta Kappa Nu and Tau Beta Pi

Selected Recent Publications

Has published 3 invited book chapters, 16 book reviews and more than 260 Journal and Refereed Proceedings Papers

C.S. Jeong, E. E. Yaz, A. Bahakeem, Y.I. Yaz, , “Nonlinear Observer Design with General Criteria,” Int. J. of Innovative Computing, Information and Control (in press, 2006).

E. E. Yaz, “Discussion on the Application of Logarithmic-Based Parameter and Upper Bounding Estimation Rules to Adaptive-Robust Control of Robot Manipulators,” European J. of Control (Invited Paper)(in press, 2006).

E. E. Yaz, C.S. Jeong, Y.I. Yaz, “An LMI Approach to Discrete-Time Observer Design with Stochastic Resilience,” J. of Computational and Applied Math, vol. 188/2, pp. 246-255, 2006.

E. E. Yaz, C.S. Jeong, Y.I. Yaz, A. Bahakeem,"Resilient Design of Discrete-Time Observers with General Criteria Using LMIs," J. of Mathematical and Computer Modeling, vol.42, pp. 931-938, 2005.

H. Ruan, E. E. Yaz, T. Zhai,“Current Output Filter for State Estimation of Nonlinear Stochastic Systems with Linear Measurement,” Int. J. of Innovative Computing, Information and Control, vol.2, pp. 277-287, 2005.

H. Ruan, E. E. Yaz, T. Zhai and Y. I. Yaz, “A Generalization of Tent Map and its Use in EKF Based Chaotic Parameter Modulation/Demodulation” Proc. of 2004 IEEE Conf. on Decision and Control, Bahamas, pp. 2071-2075, 2004.

T. Zhai, H. Ruan, E. E. Yaz, Y.I. Yaz, “Performance Evaluation of Extended Kalman Filter Based State Estimation for First Order Nonlinear Dynamic Systems,” Proc. of 2003 IEEE Conf. on Decision and Control, Maui, HI, pp. 1386-1391, 2003.

“A Chaotic Secure Communication Scheme with Extended Kalman Filter Based Parameter Estimation, (with H. Ruan and T. Zhai) Proc. of IEEE Int. Conf. on Control Applications, Istanbul, Turkey, pp. 404-408, 2003.

“Resilient Design of Discrete-time Observers with General Criteria using LMIs,” (with C. S. Jeong and Y. I. Yaz), Proc. of IEEE Int. Conf. on Control Applications, Istanbul, Turkey, pp. 1416-1419, 2003.

“A Demodulation Scheme based on State Estimation for Chaotic Digital Communication,” (with H. Ruan, and T. Zhai) Proc. of 2003 American Control Conference, Denver, CO, pp. 1614-1618, 2003.

“A Reduced-order Compensator for Suppression of Process and Measurement Disturbances,” (with I. Tshiofwe, M. Alharthi, M. Alotaibi, and J. Amirazodi) Proc. of 2003 American Control Conference, Denver, CO, pp. 3886-3891, 2003.

“Optimal Dissipative Control of a Class of Discrete-Time Nonlinear Stochastic Systems with General Criteria,” (with Y. I. Yaz) European Journal of Control, Special Issue on Dissipativity of Dynamical Systems: Application in Control, vol.8, pp. 445-452, 2002.

"State Feedback Control Design with Dissipative Performance Criteria Using LMI” (with C. Jeong and Y.I. Yaz) Proc. of 2002 Allerton Conf. On Communication Control and Computing, Monticello, IL, pp. 305-314, 2002.

“A Reduced Order Stochastic Observer Approach to Optimal State Estimation with Noise-Free Measurements,” (with Y. I. Yaz) Optimal Control: Applications and Methods, vol.22, pp. 151-156, 2001.

“State Estimation of Uncertain Nonlinear Stochastic Systems with General Criteria,” (with Y. I. Yaz) Applied Mathematics Letters, vol.14, pp. 605-610, 2001.