Solmaz S. Kia, PhD. Education. Research Interest. Awards and Honors

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1 Solmaz S. Kia, PhD. Cymer Center for Control Systems & Dynamics Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Office: 1128 EBU I University of California, San Diego 9500 Gilman Drive # skia@ucsd.edu San Diego, CA USA Tel: Education present UC Presidents Postdoctoral Fellow University of California, San Diego Topics: Distributed Optimization with Application in Energy Systems; Distributed Simultaneous Localization and Mapping for Group of Robots Advisers: Prof. Sonia Martinez and Prof. Jorge Cortes Major Field: Systems, Controls and Optimization June 2009 Ph.D. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering University of California, Irvine GPA: 4.00/4.00 Adviser: Prof. Faryar Jabbari Thesis title: Controllers for Systems with Bounded Actuators: Scheduling and Anti windup Major Field: Systems, Controls and Optimization Ph.D. student in Aerospace Engineering University of Kansas Transferred to University of California, Irvine Feb M.S. in Aerospace Engineering, Flight Dynamics and Control Sharif University of Technology, Iran Thesis title: Design Cycle Reduction through Modeling Pilot Opinion Based on Energy Related Parameters Major Field: Flight Dynamics and Control 2001 B.S. in Aerospace Engineering Sharif University of Technology, Iran Graduated with Honors (Ranked First) Research Interest Distributed optimization, estimation and consensus algorithms in networked systems; Robotics; Nonlinear and Robust control; Optimal control; Adaptive control; Aircraft dynamics and control. Awards and Honors 2012, 2013 University of California Presidential Postdoctoral Fellowship 2008 Zonta International Emelia Earhart Fellowship for Women in Aviation 2009 Graduate Dean s Dissertation Fellowship, University of California at Irvine Holmes Endowed Fellowship, University of California at Irvine 1

2 Awards and Honors cont d 2007 Travel Grant by Control System Society to attend IEEE Conf. Decision and Control Irene Goldsmith Scholarship, Aerospace Engineering Department, University of Kansas 2001 Honored B.S. Student Award, Sharif University of Technology (Rank 1 st in Aerospace Eng. Dept.) 2001 Third Place in Iran Aircraft Manufacturing Inc. Co. National Aircraft Design Competition (I was the chief designer) Publications Journal papers [J6] Solmaz S. Kia, Jorge Cortes, Sonia Martinez Dynamic Average Consensus under Limited Control Authority and Privacy Requirements, International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, submitted. [J5] Solmaz Sajjadi-Kia, Faryar Jabbari, (2013), Controllers for Linear System with Bounded Actuators: Slab Scheduling and Anti-Windup, Automatica, 49(3): [J4] Solmaz Sajjadi-Kia, Faryar Jabbari, (2012), On Bounded Real Matrix Inequality Dilation, International Journal of Control, 58(10): [J3] Solmaz Sajjadi-Kia, Faryar Jabbari, (2012), Modified Dynamic Anti-windup through Deferral of Activation, accepted in International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, 22(15): [J2] Solmaz Sajjadi-Kia, Faryar Jabbari, (2011), Multi-stage Anti-Windup Compensation for Open-loop Stable Plants, IEEE Transaction on Automatic Control, 56(9): [J1] Solmaz Sajjadi-Kia, Faryar Jabbari, (2009), Modified Anti-windup Compensators for Stable Plants, IEEE Transaction on Automatic Control, 54(8): Papers in preparation [P1] Solmaz S. Kia, Jorge Cortes, Sonia Martinez Distributed Newton-Raphson Convex Optimization. [P2] Solmaz S. Kia, Jorge Cortes, Sonia Martinez Continuous-time Convex Optimization: Discrete-time Communication and Privacy Preservation [P3] Solmaz S. Kia, Jorge Cortes, and Sonia Martinez Optimal Cooperative Localization for a Group of Mobile Robots [P4] Solmaz S. Kia, Jorge Cortes, Sonia Martinez Distributed Continuous-time Quadratic Optimization: Distributed Event-triggered Communication Peer-reviewed conference papers [C17] Solmaz S. Kia, Jorge Cortes, and Sonia Martinez, (2014), Continuous-time Convex Optimization: Discretetime Communication and Privacy Preservation, submitted to American Control Conference, Portland, OR. [C16] Solmaz S. Kia, Jorge Cortes, and Sonia Martinez, (2013), Saturation-tolerant Average Consensus with Controllable Rates of Convergence, to appear in Pro. of SIAM Conference on Control and Its Applications, San Diego, CA. [C15] Solmaz S. Kia, Jorge Cortes, and Sonia Martinez, (2013), Singularly Perturbed Algorithms for Dynamic Average Consensus, to appear in Proc. of European Control Conference, Zurich, Switzerland. [C14] Iman Alizadeh, Solmaz Sajjadi-Kia, and Benjamin Villac, (2011), Low-Thrust Adaptive Guidance Scheme Accounting for Engine Performance Degradation, Pro. of AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, Girdwood,AK. 2

3 [C13] Solmaz Sajjadi-Kia, Faryar Jabbari, (2011), Anti-Windup with Slab-Based Scheduling for Systems with Bounded Actuators, Pro. of IFAC World Congress, Milan, Italy (invited paper). [C12] Solmaz Sajjadi-Kia, Sung M. Kang, Jason L. Speyer, (2010), Adaptive Indirect Adaptive Control for Systems with Unknown or Varying Dynamics, Pro. of AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference and Exhibit, Toronto, Canada. [C11] Solmaz Sajjadi-Kia, Faryar Jabbari, (2010), Scheduled Static Anti-windup Augmentation Synthesis for Open-loop Stable Plants, Pro. American Control Conference, Baltimore, MD (invited paper). [C10] Solmaz Sajjadi-Kia, Sung Moon Kang, Jason L. Speyer, (2009), Adaptive Control for Ablative Effects on Hypersonic Technology Vehicle (HTV2) Configuration, AIAA Weapons Conference, Tucson, AZ. [C9] Solmaz Sajjadi-Kia, Faryar Jabbari, (2009), Modified Anti-windup Compensators for Stable Plants: Dynamic Anti-windup Case, Pro. of IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Shanghai, P.R. China. [C8] Faryar Jabbari, Solmaz Sajjadi-Kia, (2009), Scheduled Controllers for Linear Systems with Bounded Actuators: Slab Condition, Pro. of American Control Conference, St. Louis, MO. [C7] Solmaz Sajjadi-Kia, Faryar Jabbari, (2008), Modified Anti-windup Compensators for Stable Linear Systems, Pro. of American Control Conference, Seattle, WA. [C6] Solmaz Sajjadi-Kia, Faryar Jabbari, (2007), Scheduling in Antiwindup Controllers: Output Feedback Case, Pro. of IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, New Orleans, LA. [C5] Solmaz Sajjadi-Kia, Faryar Jabbari, (2007), Dilated Matrix Inequalities for Control Design in Systems with Bounded Actuators, Pro. of IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, New Orleans, LA. [C4] Solmaz Sajjadi-Kia, Faryar Jabbari, (2007), Combining Antiwindup and Oversaturation, Pro. of AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference and Exhibit, Hilton Head, SC. [C3] Solmaz Sajjadi-Kia, Albert Farre-Gabernet, Faryar Jabbari, (2007), Scheduled Anti-windup Controllers for Application to Aircraft in Unstable Operating Conditions, Pro. ofaiaa Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference and Exhibit, Hilton Head, SC. [C2] Solmaz Sajjadi-Kia, Faryar Jabbari, (2007), Use of Scheduling for Anti-Windup Controller Design, Pro. of American Control Conference, New York, NY, (best paper in the session). [C1] S. M. Malaek, Solmaz Sajjadi Kia, (2004), Effects of Human Pilot Energy Expenditure on Pilot Evaluation of Aircraft Handling Qualities, Pro. of AIAA Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Conference and Exhibit, Providence, RI. Invited Talks Spring 2013 Fall 2012 Fall 2011 Fall 2009 Winter 2009 Winter 2008 Winter 2007 Southern California Control Workshop, UC San Diego UC San Diego Southern California Control Workshop, UC San Diego, UC Irvine Zonta International Foundation, San Diego Prior Academic Employment Nov Dec Sep Jun Assistant Specialist University of California at Irvine Research Assistant University of California at Irvine 3

4 Teaching Experience Fall 2013 Guest Lecturer for Robot Motion Planning (MAE 242) Held lecture sessions; Spring 2013 Guest Lecturer for Real Analysis for Applications (MAE 289B) Held lecture sessions; Summer 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 Lecturer (Teaching Associate) for Dynamics (MAE80) University of California at Irvine Held lecture sessions and office hours for a class of sixty students; responsible for preparing homework, quiz and exam problems; supervised TAs in running the discussion sessions and grading Teaching Assistant University of California at Irvine Courses: Dynamics (MAE80), and Automatic Control(MAE170) Non-academic Employment Jun Sep Senior Research Engineer SySense Inc., El Segundo, CA Designed and developed an adaptive controller for global strike Hypersonic; Payload Delivery Vehicle (PDV); Developed Kalman Filters for state estimation and parameter identification; Prepared proposals for DoD, NASA, and NSF s SBIRs Jul Design Engineer Shahin Aviation Co., Tehran, Iran (specialized in Flight Simulators) Designed autopilots for flight simulators; Fine tuned the simulator behavior based on pilot evaluations and opinion; Prepared QTG (Qualification Test Guide) document based on JAR-STD-4A (stand for basic instrument training devices) requirements; Worked on Washout Filter design for the motion system of simulators. Student Supervision Robotic Lab. : Robotic Experiments Using ROS in Turtlebot Platform Evan Gravelle: PhD student, 2013-present. Micah Spaun: PhD student, 2013-present. Talia Nassi: Undergraduate, 2013-present. Daniel Heideman: Undergraduate, Fall 2012-present. Xian Li: Undergraduate, Spring Vu Dinh: Undergraduate, University of California at Merced, Summer Training Academy for Research (STAR),

5 Student Supervision cont d Caris Moses: Undergraduate, Cornell University, STAR, Academic Service and Professional Development - Reviewer for. IEEE Transaction on Automatic Control. IEEE Control Systems Magazine. Automatica, the Journal of IFAC, the International Federation of Automatic Control. International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control. IEEE Control Systems Magazine. International Journal of Control. American Control Conference. IEEE Conference on Decision and Control. World Congress of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC). IFAC Symposium on Robust Control Design. European Control Conference - Session chair in 2010 American Control Conference - Session chair in 2013 SIAM Conference on Control and Its Applications. - Selected to attend NextProf. Workshop (future faculty development) in the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Sep Selected to attend Commercialization for Women Conference, NSF ADVANCE program at the Ohio State University, Sep Mentor/advisor for Summer Training Academy for Research in the Sciences (STARS) program, 2012, Mentor/advisor for national FIRST Robotic competition group of Mission Bay high school, San Diego, winter Founder and organizer of System, Dynamics and Control Meetings of MAE Dept. in UCI, Volunteer mentor in UCI Graduate International Mentoring Program; helping five new international graduate students in transition to the UCI campus and Irvine communities, 2008 Languages English, Farsi, Turkish 5