Systems Engineering

Faculty

• Dr. Anthony Maciejewski
• Dr. Ronald Sega
• Dr. Peter Young
• Dr. Edwin K P Chong
• Dr. William Duff
• Dr. John Labadie

Dr. Anthony Maciejewski

Dr. Maciejewski received the B.S.E.E (summa cum laude), M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from The Ohio State University under the support of a National Science Foundation (NSF) graduate fellowship. He was an American Electronics Association Japan Research Fellow at the Hitachi Central Research Laboratory in Tokyo, Japan; on the faculty of Purdue University; and joined Colorado State University in 2001, where he is currently a Professor and Head of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Dr. Maciejewski's research and teaching interests center on the analysis, simulation, and control of kinematically redundant robotic systems. His research has been supported by NSF, Sandia National Laboratories, DARPA, NASA, National Imagery and Mapping Agency, Missile Defense Agency, Non-lethal Technology Innovation Center, the NEC Corporation, Caterpillar, AT&T, H-P, Intel, Wolf Robotics, and the TRW Foundation.

Dr. Ronald M. Sega

Dr. Ron Sega brings decades of experience in applying academic research to real-world situations. He joined Colorado State from the U.S. Government, where he served as Under Secretary of the Air Force. A former astronaut, Sega flew two missions into space on Space Shuttle Discovery in 1994 and as payload commander for the third shuttle/Mir docking mission aboard Atlantis in 1996. Dr. Sega serves as Vice President for Energy, the Environment and Applied Research at the Colorado State University Research Foundation, and is one of the University's champions of clean and renewable energy. Sega also serves as special adviser to the president on energy and the environment. As the Woodward Professor of Systems Engineering in the College of Engineering, Sega is a leader in developing the systems engineering curriculum in collaboration with industry and other universities in the state.

Dr. Peter Young

Dr. Peter M. Young, Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, hails from the United Kingdom and received his education at Oxford University, the University of Florida, and a Ph.D. from the California Institute of Technology. He is currently a consultant for Woodward Governor Company and Spirae and director of the Dynamic Systems and Controls Research Laboratory and the Systems and Controls Teaching Laboratory. His research interests include mathematical system theory, the development of optimal controller synthesis methodologies for high performance controller design, and the development of strategies for the analysis and design of robust learning controllers. He also works on applications of these tools to optimization of algal growth for biodiesel production, wind turbine control, and the development of smart grids and associated technologies for clean energy generation and distribution.

Dr. Edwin K P Chong

Dr. Chong received his B.E. from the University of Adelaide, South Australia, and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Princeton University where he held an IBM Graduate Fellowship. He is currently a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and in the Department of Mathematics at Colorado State University. Professor Chong's research interests are primarily in the areas of control, optimization, and modeling, with applications to computer/communication networks and wireless systems. He received a National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award in 1995, and is coauthor of a best-selling book, An Introduction to Optimization, Third Edition, Wiley-Interscience, 2008.

Dr. William Duff

Professor Duff earned his Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from Stanford University. He is the Professor-in-Charge of the Industrial Engineering and Operations Research and Engineering Management graduate programs in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Colorado State University, and has over 40 years of experience in optimization, quality management, simulation, and other Industrial Engineering areas.

Dr. John Labadie

Professor Labadie is currently Coordinator for the Water Resources Planning and Management Division of the Department of Civil Engineering. Dr. Labadie specializes in application of decision support systems, mathematical programming, knowledge-based systems, and geographic information systems to complex problems in water resources and environmental management.