Manish Kumar Associate Professor

Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering Director, Cooperative Distributed Systems Lab

Co-director, Multi Agent SyTEm Research on UAVs (MASTER-UAV) Laboratory Director, Collaboratory for Medical Innovation and Implementation

University of Cincinnati, OH Ph. No.: 513-556-5311

Email: manish.kumar@uc.edu Education

Ph.D.: Mechanical Engineering, Duke University, Sept. 2004

Dissertation: Sensor Fusion and Intelligent Control of Autonomous Cooperating Robots MS: Mechanical Engineering, Duke University, May 2002 Thesis: Sensor Based Coordination and Control of Multiple Robots

B.Tech: Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India, 1998

Thesis: Development and Performance Evaluation of Silver Toughened Ceramic Tool Experience Associate Professor (Primary appointment) June 2015 - now

Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering University of Cincinnati, OH, USA Associate Professor (Secondary appointment) Sept. 2016 - now Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics University of Cincinnati, OH, USA

Associate Professor Aug. 2012 – May 2015 Department of Mechanical, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering The University of Toledo, OH, USA

Assistant Professor Sept. 2007 – Aug. 2012 School of Dynamic Systems University of Cincinnati, OH, USA

National Research Council Postdoctoral Research Associate June 2005 – Aug. 2007

Army Research Office (ARO), NC, USA Postdoctoral Research Associate Nov. 2004 – Aug. 2007 Duke University, Durham, NC, USA Visiting Scholar Nov. 2006 – Jan. 2007 University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA

Graduate Research Assistant July 2000 – Aug. 2004 Duke University, Durham, NC, USA

Graduate Teaching Assistant Jan. 2003 – Dec. 2003 Duke University, Durham, NC, USA Design Engineer July 1998 – June 2000 Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited, Bangalore, India Honors and Awards

• CEAS Distinguished Research Award, 2017 • ASME Robotics Technical Committee Best Student Paper Award for paper entitled “Stability

and Control of Tilting Rotor Quadcopter in Case of a Propeller Failure”, (Authors: Nemati, A., Kumar, R., and Kumar, M.), ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, 2016.

• Team SUAVE (Smart Unmanned Aerial Vehicle for Exploration) wins first position in Autonomous Aerial Vehicle Competition held at the Ohio Unmanned Aerial Systems Conference, 2014 and 2015.

• Neil Wandmacher Teaching Award for Young Faculty, College of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Cincinnati, 2011

• Recognition at Breakfast of Champions, University of Cincinnati’s Turner Scholar Program, 2010, 2012.

• Best Presentation of the Session Award, American Control Conference, 2008 • National Research Council Associateship Award to carry out independent research supported

by Army Research Office, 2005. • Mechanical Engineering Graduate Research Award to support graduate studies at Duke

University, 2000-2004. • Duke University Graduate School Travel Award for participation in and paper presentation at

the American Control Conference, 2004. • ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division (DSCD) Student Travel Award for

participation in and paper presentation at the ASME International Congress and Exposition, 2002, 2003, and 2004.

• ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division (DSCD) Student Travel Award for participation in and paper presentation at the American Control Conference, 2002, and 2004.

• Ranked in top 0.5% among 150,000 students who took Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) 1994 for selection into Indian Institutes of Technology.

• Selected to represent the state of Bihar, India for Indian National Mathematics Olympiad, 1993.

Affiliations and Professional Service

• Associate Editor, ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurements, and Control, 2014 - Current

• Member of the board, Northern Ohio Unmanned Aircraft Systems Association, 2015 – now • Chair, Robotics Technical Committee, Dynamical Systems and Control Division of ASME,

2016-Now. • Co-Chair, Robotics Technical Committee, Dynamical Systems and Control Division of

ASME, 2014-2016. • Secretary, Robotics Technical Committee, Dynamic Systems and Control Division of ASME,

2012-14.

• Member of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) • Chair, NSF/ARO Workshop on “Frontiers of Real World Multi-Robot Systems: Challenges

and Opportunities”, Oct. 10-11, 2011, Duke University. • Reviewed papers and articles for International Journals, Books, and Conferences including:

o ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control o Robotica o IEEE Sensors Journal o IEEE Transactions on Mechatronics o IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering o IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering o Information Sciences: An International Journal o International Journal of Control and Information Sciences o Journal of Intelligent and Fuzzy Systems o International Journal on Mechatronics o Journal of Aerospace, Computing, Information, and Communication o Encyclopedia of Computer Science and Engineering, Wiley Publications o American Control Conference o SIAM Journal of Control and Optimization o ASME Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering o International Journal of Services Operations and Informatics o IEEE Conference on Decision and Control o ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition o ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computer and

Information in Engineering Conference • Reviewed research proposals for the Army Research Office • Proposal review panel for the National Science Foundation • Program Committee, American Control Conference, 2014 • Program Committee, Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, 2014-15, 2017 • Associate Editor, American Control Conference, 2012-2014 • Associate Editor, Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, 2011-2015 • Associate Editor, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2014 • Program Committee Member and Co-Chair, Data Fusion Track, IEEE International

Symposium on Resilient Control Systems (2010-2012) • Member, Program Committee, Special Track on Multi-Robots at the Autonomous Agents and

Multiagent Systems (AAMAS) Conference, 2008 • Chair/Co-chair of following sessions:

o “Networks, Security, and Agent based Systems” at ASME’s International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Symposium, 2007

o “Biologically Inspired Design, Control and Planning for Robotics” at ASME’s Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, 2009

o “Intelligent Systems and Estimation” at ASME’s Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, 2009.

o “Control of Multiple Robots”, American Control Conference, June-July 2010. o “Optimization II”, American Control Conference 2013.

• Organizer and Chair of invited session on “Swarm Robotics and Multi-Robot Control” at Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, Sept. 2010

Institutional Service

• Member, Graduate Studies Committee, Dept. of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, 2016-now.

• Member, McCormick Awards Committee, 2016-17 • Member, Faculty search committee for structural dynamics position, Department of

Mechanical and Materials Engineering, University of Cincinnati, 2015. • Member, Faculty search committee for 3 positions, Department of Mechanical, Industrial,

and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Toledo, 2014-15. • Faculty mentor, University of Cincinnati’s Women in Science and Engineering (WISE)

Program, 2009, 2011, 2015 • Faculty mentor, University of Cincinnati’s National Science Foundation (NSF) Academic

Year and Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Program, 2010-2011 • Activities relating to robotics and swarm intelligence for High School Summer Camp (2008

and 2009) organized by the Dept. of Computer Science at the University of Cincinnati • Faculty mentor, University of Cincinnati’s Emerging Ethnic Engineer (E3) Program • Robotics component at the E3’s Summer Institute Program (2009-2011)

Teaching and Advising

• Numerical Techniques for Mechanical Engineers (MECH 3042): Spring 2017 • Mathematical Models of Decision Making in Engineering Systems (MECH 7011): Fall 2015-

2016 • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for Urban Communities (Honors Seminar: AEEM 3077): Fall 2016 • Robot Control and Design (MECH 6032): Spring 2016 • Advanced Control (MIME 6980/8980): Spring 2014, 2015 • Design and Analysis of Mechanical Systems (MIME 3300): Spring 2013, 2015 • Vibrations Lab (MIME 3360): Fall 2013, Spring 2014 • Engineering Dynamics (MIME 2300): Fall 2014 • Modeling and Control of Mechanical Systems (MIME 3380): Fall 2012, Fall 2013, Fall 2014 • Kinematics and Dynamics of Machines (20-MECH-320): Autumn 2007 • Intelligent Systems and Controls (20-MECH-655): Spring 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010,

Autumn 2011. • Kinematics of Machines (20-MECH-219): Winter 2009, Spring 2009, Winter 2010, Spring 2010,

Winter 2011, Spring 2011. • Postdoctoral Researcher Advising

o Dr. Baisravan HomChaudhuri (Sept. 2013 – Mar. 2014) o Dr. Balaji Sharma (July 2013 – Sept. 2013) o Dr. Subramanian Ramakrishnan (Nov. 2009 – Sept. 2011)

• Graduate Advising (Primary Advisor) o Mohammad Sarim (Ph.D. Student) o Gaurav Patil (Ph.D. Student) o Siddharth Sridhar (Ph.D. Student) o Mohammadreza Radmanesh (Ph.D. Student) o Aditya Deshpande (M.S. Student) o Suyash Kulkarni (M.S. Student) o Alekhya Akkapedi (M.S. Student) o Shraddha Barawkar (M.S. Student) o Paul Hans Guentert (M.S. Student) o Rumit Kumar (M.S. Student) o Ameya Chamnikar (M.S. Student)

o Matthew Dechering (M.S. Student) o Madhavan Sudakar (M.S. Student)

• Graduate students graduated

• Ph.D. students o Alireza Nemati (Ph.D. 2016, Electrical Engineering) o Nick Hanlon (Ph.D. 2016, Aerospace Engineering, now at Air Force Research Lab,

Primary Advisor: Dr. Kelly Cohen) o Balaji Sharma (Ph.D. 2013, Mechanical Engineering, now at Mathworks Inc.)

§ URC Student Fellowship, 2011 o Baisravan HomChaudhuri (Ph.D. 2013, Mechanical Engineering, now at New Mexico

State University) § URC Student Fellowship, 2009, 2012

o Elad Kivelevitch (Ph.D. 2012, Aero. Engg., Primary Advisor: Prof. Kelly Cohen)

• M.S. students o Jisheng Li (M.S., Spring 2016) o Adam Schroeder (M.S., Spring 2016) o Yixuan Guo (M.S., Spring 2016) o Mohammadreza Radmanesh (M.S., Spring 2016) o Padmapriya Sampathkumar (M.S., Fall 2015) o Jiankun Fan (M.S., Fall 2014) o Gaurav Mukherjee (M.S., Summer 2014) o Benson Isaac (M.S., Summer 2014) o Sushil Garg (M.S., Fall 2013) o Ruoyu Tan (M.S., Summer 2013) o Koushik Narasimha (M.S., Autumn 2011) o Nicholas Hanlon (M.S. Student, Aero. Engg., Primary Advisor: Prof. Kelly Cohen, M.S.

Autumn 2011) o Srinivas Tennety (M.S., Summer, 2011 (Comp. Sci.)) o Baisravan HomChaudhuri (MS, Spring 2010) o Sheng Zhao (MS, Spring 2010)

§ URC Student Fellowship, 2010 o Ujwal Krothapalli (M.S., Summer 2010) o Mark McCrate (M.S., Autumn 2010) o Kovid Mathur (M.S., Autumn 2010)

• Undergraduate Research Advising

o Nathaniel Richards (Summer 2016, NSF REU) o Nicholas Stockton (Spring/Summer 2016, NSF REU) o Joseph Cohen (Summer 2015, NSF REU) o Amanda Miller (Summer 2015, WISE) o Liberty Shockley (Summer 2015, NSF REU) o Eric Schnipke (Spring-Summer 2014) o Jesse Meiring (Summer 2013) o Timothy Wagner (Co-op, 2009-2010) o Brittany Jones (WISE, 2009) o Tacarra Gordon (NSF REU, 2010) o Brett Rich (NSF Academic Year REU, 2010-11) o Tyler Henderson (NSF Academic Year REU, 2010-11)

o Timothy Arnett (NSF Summer REU, 2011) o Kevin McClellan (NSF Summer REU, 2011) o Kaitlyn Fleming (NSF Summer REU, 2011) o Naomi Fitter (NSF Academic Year REU, 2011-12) o Wesley Kuryluk (NSF Academic Year REU, 2011-12) o William Hilton (NSF REU 2011-2012) o Nathan Sheets (Missile Defense Agency SBIR Project) o Sophia Mitchell (Co-op 2012, Missile Defense Agency SBIR Project) o Dan Champion (NSF REU 2012) o Emma Dorgan (NSF Summer REU, 2012) o Michael Alio (NSF Summer REU, 2012)

• Graduate Thesis Committees

o Ph.D. Committee § University of Toledo: Feng Tian, Weilang Wang § University of Cincinnati: Yun Wang, Omar Huzayyin, Hua Li, Rongsheng Gong,

Elie Hantouche, Yan Chen, Edzel Lapira, Jie Duan, Peter Jun, Elad Kivelevitch, Saurabh Sarkar, Glenn Pietila, Chelsea Sabo, Wei Wei, Sarthak Kukreti, Anoop Sathyan, Nick Hanlon, Alex Walker, Yawen Wang

o M.S. Committee § University of Toledo: Amey Kelkar § University of Cincinnati: Vijay Sudhindhar, Sachin Raviram, Hung Vu, Raj

Shaw, Anoop Varma, Jingliang Zhang, Joshua Rajasingh, Anup Deshpande, Mohit Ahuja, Andrew Vick, Rabindra Pannu, Chelsea Sabo, Feibai Zhu, Su Xu, Harman Deep, Rob Charvat, Nick Hanlon, Nick Ernest, Sanooj Edalath, Tyler Skirtich, Wanchen Dai, Cody Lafountain, Gaurav Patel, Brandon Cook, Sophia Mitchell, Prasanth Balasubramiam, Hossein Davari, Jutshi Agrawal, Arian Houshmand, Matthew Buzza

• Faculty Mentoring

§ Dr. Tamara Lorenz (Assistant Professor, UC – Psychology, Mech. Engg., Elect. Engg.)

§ Dr. Dieter Vanderelst (Assistant Professor, UC – Psychology, Mech. Engg., Elect. Engg., Biology)

Student Successes

1. 2017: Nick Hanlon wins national level Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics’ William E. Jackson Award.

2. 2017: Gaurav Patil wins best presentation award at Dayton Cincinnati Aerospace Sciences Symposium in “Optimization” track.

3. 2017: Rumit Kumar wins best presentation award at Dayton Cincinnati Aerospace Sciences Symposium in “Flight Dynamics and Controls” track.

4. 2017: Nathaniel Richards wins best presentation award at Dayton Cincinnati Aerospace Sciences Symposium in “Unmanned Aerial Systems” track.

5. 2017: Shraddha Barawakar wins 3rd place in 3MT (3 Minutes Thesis) competition at UC (out of 23 graduate students who participated from all colleges at University of Cincinnati).

6. 2016: Mohammadreza Radmanesh wins nomination (he’s one of total two nominated with $150 prize) from University of Cincinnati for Midwestern Association of Graduate Schools (MAGS) 2017 Distinguished Master’s Thesis Competition

7. 2016: Alireza Nemati and Rumit Kumar win ASME Robotics Technical Committee Best Student Paper Award for paper entitled “Stability and Control of Tilting Rotor Quadcopter in Case of a Propeller Failure”, ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, 2016.

8. 2016: Adam Schroeder wins Best MS Thesis Award in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Toledo

9. 2015: Team SUAVE (Smart Unmanned Aerial Vehicle for Exploration) wins first position in the national level Autonomous Aerial Vehicle Competition

10. 2014: Team SUAVE (Smart Unmanned Aerial Vehicle for Exploration) wins first position in the national level Autonomous Aerial Vehicle Competition

11. 2014: Undergraduate students Connor Kress and Kyle Lenz open start-up Hephaestus LLC and secure initial funding

12. 2012: Baisravan Homchaudhuri wins University Research Council graduate student fellowship 13. 2011: Balaji Sharma wins University Research Council graduate student fellowship 14. 2010: Sheng Zhao wins University Research Council graduate student fellowship 15. 2009: Baisravan Homchaudhuri wins University Research Council graduate student fellowship

Research Areas

• Unmanned aerial vehicles • Decentralized control of multi-robot systems • Fusion of data in distributed environment • Resource management in complex, uncertain environment • Biologically inspired methods for control • Control and optimization in large-scale networked environment

Consultancy Edaptive Computing, Inc. Publications Journal Publications

1. Fotedar, S., Radmanesh, M., Dai, R., and Kumar, M., “Quality-Aware UAV Coverage and Path Planning in Geometrically Complex Environments”, submitted to the Ad Hoc Networks, 2017

2. Patil, G., Rigoli, L., Richardson, M., Kumar, M., and Lorenz, T., “Momentum-based Trajectory Planning for an Exoskeleton Supporting Sit-to-Stand Transitions”, submitted to the IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2017.

3. Barawkar, S., Radmanesh, M., Kumar, M., and Cohen, K., “Collaborative Transportation of a Common Payload using Two UAVs based on Force Feedback Control”, submitted to the Journal of Advanced Transportation, 2017.

4. Radmanesh, M. and Kumar, M., “Grey Wolf Optimization based Sense and Avoid Algorithm in a Bayesian Framework for Multiple UAV Path Planning in an Uncertain Environment”, submitted to Aerospace Science and Technology.

5. Radmanesh, M. and Kumar, M., “Overview of Obstacle Avoidance Algorithms for UAVs: A Comparative Study”, submitted to Unmanned Systems, 2017.

6. Radmanesh, R., Sharma, B., Kumar, M., Cohen, K., and French, D., “PDE Solution for UAV/UGV Trajectory Planning Problem Using Spatio-Temporal Estimation during Wildfires Journal: Robotics and Autonomous Systems”, accepted for publication in Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 2017.

7. Sarim, M., Kumar, M., Jha, R., and Minai, A., “Neuromorphic device based unsupervised learning for navigation in robots”, Bioinspiration and Biomimetics, 2017 (published online in July 2017: https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-3190/aa7eab).

8. Arnett, T., Brown, B., Kumar, M., and Cohen, K., “UAS Sense and Avoid”, International Journal of Unmanned Systems Engineering, Vol. 5, No. 1, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14323/ijuseng.2017.1, 2017.

9. Kukreti, S., Kumar, M., and Cohen, K., “Genetically Tuned LQR Based Path Following for UAVs under Wind Disturbance”, International Journal of Unmanned Systems Engineering, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 1-15, 2017.

10. Schroeder, A., Ramaksrihnan, S., Kumar, M., and Trease, B., “Efficient Spatial Coverage by a Robotic Swarm based on an Ant Foraging Model and the Lévy Distribution”, Swarm Intelligence, Vol. 11, No.1, pp. 39 – 69, doi:10.1007/s11721-017-0132-y, 2017.

11. Cohen, J., Sathyan, A., and Kumar, M., “MatConvNet-based Convolutional Neural Networks for Classification of Humans from Infrared Images”, International Journal of Unmanned Systems Engineering, Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 34-45, 2016.

12. Hanlon, N., Kumar, M., and Cohen, K., “Air Traffic Controller-Assisted UAV Monitoring via TCP and TCP+1 Way-Points by a Fuzzy Logic Controller”, International Journal of Unmanned Systems Engineering, Vol.4, No. 2, pp. 46-59, 2016.

13. Radmanesh, M. and Kumar, M., “Flight Formation of UAVs in Presence of Moving Obstacles Using Fast-Dynamic Mixed Integer Linear Programming”, Aerospace Science and Technology, Vol. 50, pp. 149-160, March 2016.

14. Radmanesh, M., Kumar, M., Nemati, A., and Sarim, M., “Dynamic Optimal UAV Trajectory Planning in the National Airspace System via Mixed Integer Linear Programming”, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering, Vol. 230, No. 9, DOI: 10.1177/0954410015609361, pp. 1668-1682, 2016.

15. Nemati, A. and Kumar, M., “Control of Micro Coaxial Helicopter Based on a Reduced Order Observer”, Journal of Aerospace Engineering, Vol. 29, No.3, DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)AS.1943-5525.0000563, May 2016.

16. HomChaudhuri, B. and Kumar, M., “A Noise Based Distributed Optimization Method for Multi-Robot Task Allocation with Multi-modal Utility”, Transactions of the ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control, v. 137, pp. 031010(1-8), March 2015.

17. Ramakrishnan, S., Laurent, T., Kumar, M., and Bertozzi, A., “Spatiotemporal chemotactic model for ant foraging”, Modern Physics Letters B, Vol. 28, No. 30, DOI: 10.1142/S0217984914502388,pp. 1450238-1 – 1450238-9,2014.

18. Tan, R. and Kumar, M., “Tracking of Ground Mobile Targets by Quadrotor UAVs”, Journal of Unmanned Systems, Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 157-173, 2014.

19. Kivelevitch, E., Sharma, B., Ernest, N., Kumar, M., and Cohen, K., “A Hierarchical Market Solution to the Min-Max Multiple Depots, Multiple Traveling Salesmen Problem”, Journal of Unmanned Systems, Vol. 2, No. 1, DOI: 10.1142/S230138501450006X, pp. 87-100, 2014.

20. Sharma, B., Ramakrishnan, S., and Kumar, M., “Cyclic Pursuit in a Multi-Agent Robotic System with Double- Integrator Dynamics Under Linear Interactions”, Robotica, Vol. 31, No. 7, DOI No.: 10.1017/S0263574713000271, pp. 1037 – 1050, 2013.

21. Kivelevitch, E., Cohen, K., and Kumar, M., “A Market-Based Solution to the Multiple Traveling Salesmen Problem”, Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems, Vol. 72, No. 1, DOI No.: 10.1007/s10846-012-9805-3, pp. 21-40, 2013.

22. Narasimha, K., Kivelevitch, E., and Kumar, M., “Ant Colony Optimization Technique for Solving Min-Max Multi Depot Vehicle Routing Problem”, Swarm and Evolutionary Computation, DOI No.: 10.1016/j.swevo.2013.05.005, Vol. 13, pp. 63-73, 2013.

23. HomChaudhuri, B., Kumar, M., and Cohen, K., “Resource Allocation and Optimal Fireline Building using a Genetic Algorithm for Fighting Forest Fires”, International Journal of

Computational Methods, Vol. 10, No. 6, 28 pages, 2013, DOI No.: 10.1142/S0219876213500357.

24. HomChaudhuri, B. and Kumar, M., “Market-Based Distributed Optimization Approaches for Three Classes of Resource Allocation Problems”, Parallel and Distributed Computing and Networks, Vol.1, pp. 1- 12, DOI: 10.2316/Journal.211.2012.1.211-1047, 2012.

25. Zhao, S. and Kumar, M., “Self-localization and Tracking of Multiple Robots in Experimental Setups”, International Journal of Robotics and Automation, Vol. 27, No. 3, pp. 244-254, 2012.

26. Kumar, M., Cohen, K., and HomChaudhuri, B., “Cooperative Control of Multiple Uninhabited Aerial Vehicles for Monitoring and Fighting Wildfires”, Journal of Aerospace, Computing, Information, and Computation, Vol. 8, No. 1, pp. 1- 16, Jan. 2011.

27. Kumar, M., Garg, D., and Kumar, V., “Segregation of Heterogeneous Units in a Swarm of Robotic Agents”, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Vol. 55, No. 3, pp. 743 – 748, March 2010.

28. Kumar, M. and Garg, D., “Intelligent Sensor Uncertainty Modeling Techniques and Data Fusion”, Control and Intelligent Systems, Vol. 37, No. 2, pp. 67 -77, 2009.

29. Kumar, M., Garg, D., and Zachery, R., “A Method for Judicious Fusion of Inconsistent Multiple Sensor Data”, IEEE Sensors Journal, Vol. 7, No. 5, pp. 723-733, May 2007.

30. Kumar, M. and Garg, D., “Neuro-Fuzzy Controller Applied to Multiple Robot Cooperative Control”, Industrial Robot: An International Journal, Vol. 32, Issue 3, 2005, pp. 234 – 239.

31. Kumar, M. and Garg, D., “Sensor Based Estimation and Control of Forces and Moments in Multiple Cooperative Robots”, Transactions of the ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control, Vol. 126, Issue 2, June 2004, pp. 276-283.

32. Garg, D. and Kumar, M., “Optimization Techniques Applied to Multiple Manipulators for Path Planning and Torque Minimization”, Journal for Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, vol. 15, 2002, pp. 241-252.

Book Chapters

• Kivelevitch, E., Cohen, K., and Kumar, M., “Near-Optimal Assignment of UAVs to Targets Using a Market-Based Approach”, Operations Research for Unmanned Vehicle Operations, Editors: Jeffrey R. Cares and John Q. Dickmann, Jr,. Ph.D., 2014, pp.

• Kumar, M. and Garg, D., “Multi-Sensor Data Fusion in Presence of Uncertainty and Inconsistency in Data”, Sensor and Data Fusion, (Nada Milisavljevic, Editor) IN-TECH Publications, ISBN 978-3-902613-52-3, Austria, Feb. 2009, pp. 225 – 243.

• Garg, D. and Kumar, M., “Neural Controllers”, In Wiley Encyclopedia of Computer Science and Engineering, (Benjamin Wah, Editor), Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. dx.doi.org/10.1002/9780470050118.ecse071, 2008.

• Garg, D. and Kumar, M., “Multi Sensor Fusion in a Flexible Workcell Environment”, In Mechatronics and Machine Vision 2002: Current Practice, Research Studies Press Ltd., England, 2002, pp. 87-95.

Peer Reviewed Conference Publications

1. Radmanesh, M. and Kumar, M., “UAV Path Planning in the Framework of MILP-Tropical Optimization”, accepted at the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, DSCC2017-5231, October 11-13, 2017, Tysons, Virginia, USA.

2. Sridhar, S., Kumar, R., Radmanesh, R., and Kumar, M., “Non-Linear Sliding Mode Control of a Tilting-Rotor Quadcopter”, accepted at the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, DSCC2017-5375, October 11-13, 2017, Tysons, Virginia, USA.

3. Deshpande, A, Kumar, M., and Ramakrishnan, S., “Robot Swarm for Efficient Area Coverage Inspired by Ant Foraging - The Case of Adaptive Switching Between Brownian Motion and Levy Flight”, accepted at the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, DSCC2017-5229, October 11-13, 2017, Tysons, Virginia, USA.

4. Patil, G., Rigoli, L., Chamnikar, A., Miller, A., Ralescu, A., Kiefer, A., Richardson, M., Lorenz, T., and Kumar, M., “Control Strategy for an Assistive Exoskeleton for Sit-to-stand Transition”, accepted at the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, DSCC2017-5163, October 11-13, 2017, Tysons, Virginia, USA.

5. Kumar, R., Nemati, A., Kumar, M., Sharma, R., Cohen K., and Cazaurang, F., "Tilting-Rotor Quadcopter for Aggressive Flight Maneuvers using Differential Flatness Based Flight Controller", accepted at the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, DSCC2017-5241, October 11-13, 2017, Tysons, Virginia, USA.

6. Kumar, R., Nemati, A., Kumar, M., Cohen K., and Cazaurang, F., "Position and Attitude Control by Rotor Tilt and Rotor Speed Synchronization for Single Axis Tilting-Rotor Quadcopter”, accepted at the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, DSCC2017-5232, October 11-13, 2017, Tysons, Virginia, USA.

7. Barawkar, S., Radmanesh, M., Kumar, M., and Cohen, K., “Admittance Based Force Control for Collaborative Transportation of a Common Payload Using Two UAVs”, accepted at the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, DSCC2017-5278, October 11-13, 2017, Tysons, Virginia, USA.

8. Chamnikar, A., Patil, G., Radmanesh, M., and Kumar, M., “Trajectory Generation for a Lower Limb Exoskeleton for Sit-to-Stand Transition Using a Genetic Algorithm”, accepted at the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, DSCC2017-5261, October 11-13, 2017, Tysons, Virginia, USA.

9. Radmanesh, R., Guentert, P., Kumar, M., and Cohen, K., “Analytical PDE Based Trajectory Planning for Unmanned Air Vehicles in Dynamic Hostile Environment”, American Control Conference, Seattle, WA, 2017.

10. Nemati, A., Soni, N., Sarim, M., and Kumar, M., “Design, Fabrication, and Control of a Tilt Rotor Quadcopter: Theory and Experiments”, ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, Minneapolis, MN, 2016.

11. Sarim, M., Schultz, T., Kumar, M., and Jha, R., “An Artificial Brain Mechanism to Develop a Learning Paradigm for Robot Navigation”, ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, Minneapolis, MN, 2016.

12. Nemati, A., Kumar, R., and Kumar, M., “Stability and Control of Tilting Rotor Quadcopter in Case of a Propeller Failure”, ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, Minneapolis, MN, 2016.

13. Radmanesh, M., Kumar, M., and Sarim, M., “On the Effect of Different Splines on Way-Point Navigation of Quad-Copters”, ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, Minneapolis, MN, 2016.

14. Scot, K., Dai, R., and Kumar, M., “Occlusion-aware Coverage for Efficient Visual Sensing in Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Networks”, IEEE Global Communication (GLOBECOM) Conference, Washington, DC, 2016.

15. Schroeder, A. and Kumar, M., “Design of Decentralized Chemotactic Control Law for Area Coverage using Swarm of Mobile Robots”, Proceedings of the American Control Conference, Boston, MA, 2016.

16. Radmanesh, M., Sarim, M., Nemati, A., and Kumar, M., “Solution of Traveling Salesman Problem with Hotel Selection in the Framework of MILP-Tropical Optimization, Proceedings of the American Control Conference, Boston, MA, 2016.

17. Sathyan, A., Cohen, K., and Kumar, M., “Image Processing and Localization for Detecting and Tracking Wildland Fires”, ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, Paper No. DSCC2015-9839, Columbus, OH, 2015.

18. Sarim, M., Nemati, A., Kumar, M., and Cohen, K., “Extended Kalman Filter Based Quadrotor State Estimation Based on Asynchronous Multisensor Data”, ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, Paper No. DSCC2015-9929, Columbus, OH, 2015.

19. Radmanesh, M., Nemati, A., Sarim, M., and Kumar, M., “Flight Formation of Quad-copters in Presence of Dynamic Obstacles Using Mixed Integer Linear Programming”, ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, DSCC2015-9931, Columbus, OH, 2015.

20. Huang, S., Anand, S., Kumar, M., and Castañeda-Emenaker, I., “A Virtual Company-based Integrated Learning Methodology to Produce Industry-ready Graduates”, ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Seattle, WA, 2015.

21. Calyam, P., Seetharam, S., HomChaudhuri, B, and Kumar, M., “Resource Defragmentation using Market-based Allocation in Virtual Desktop Clouds”, IEEE International Conference on Cloud Engineering, Tempe, AZ, Mar. 2015.

22. Nemati, A. and Kumar, M., “Non-Linear Control of Tilting Quadcopter Using Feedback Linearization Based Motion Control”, ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, Paper No. DSCC2014-6293, San Antonio, TX, 2014.

23. Isaac, B. and Kumar, M., Huang, S., and Humpert, D., “Inverse Kinematics and Extended Kalman Filter Based Motion Tracking of Human Limb”, ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, Paper No. DSCC2014-6324, San Antonio, TX, 2014.

24. HomChaudhuri, B., Kumar, M., “A Newton Based Distributed Optimization Method with Local Interactions for Large-Scale Networked Optimization Problems”, Proceedings of the American Control Conference, Portland, OR, 2014, pp. 4336-4341.

25. Nemati, A. and Kumar, M., “Dynamic Modeling and Control of a Quadcopter with Tilting Rotors”, Proceedings of the American Control Conference, Portland, OR, 2014, pp. 3077-3082.

26. Huang, S., Anand, S., Sundaram, M., and Kumar, M., “EXPLORES: An Integrated Learning Environment to Produce Industry Ready Graduates”, Proceedings of the IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, DOI No. 10.1109/FIE.2013.6685089, Oklahoma City, OK, 2013, pp. 1513-1515.

27. Sharma, B., Kumar, M., and Cohen, K., “Spatio-Temporal Estimation of Fire Growth”, ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, Palo Alto, CA, 2013.

28. Tan, R. and Kumar, M., “Proportional Navigation (PN) Based Tracking of Ground Targets by Quadrotor UAVs”, ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, Palo Alto, CA, 2013.

29. Garg, S., Sharma, B., Cohen, K., and Kumar, M., “A Proper Orthogonal Decomposition Based Algorithm for Smoke Filtering in Videos”, Proceedings of the American Control Conference, 2013, pp. 3529-3534.

30. HomChaudhuri, B., Kumar, M., and Devabhaktuni, V., “A Distributed Market-Based Solution for DC Optimal Power Flow Problem”, Proceedings of the ASME’s Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, Paper No. DSCC2012-MOVIC2012-8740, doi:10.1115/DSCC2012-MOVIC2012-8740, 2012, pp. 785-791.

31. Sharma, B., Ramakrishnan, S., and Kumar, M., “Cyclic Pursuit in a Multi-Agent System with Double-Integrator Dynamics under Non-Linear Interactions”, Proceedings of the ASME’s Dynamic System and Control Conference, Paper No. DSCC2012-MOVIC2012-8788, doi:10.1115/DSCC2012-MOVIC2012-8788, 2012, pp. 431-438.

32. Ramakrishnan, S., Sharma, B., and Kumar, M., “A Numerical Study of the Stochastic Cuker-Smale Flocking Model”, Proceedings of the ASME’s Dynamic System and Control Conference, Paper No. DSCC2012-MOVIC2012-8860, doi:10.1115/DSCC2012-MOVIC2012-8860, 2012, pp. 333-338.

33. HomChaudhuri, B., Kumar, M., and Devabhaktuni, V., “Market Based Approach for Solving Optimal Power Flow problem in Smart Grid”, Proceedings of the American Control Conference, 2012, pp. 3251 – 3256.

34. Narasimha, K. S. V., Kivelevitch, E., and Kumar, M., “Ant Colony Optimization Technique to Solve the Min-Max Multi Depot Vehicle Routing Problem”, Proceedings of the American Control Conference, 2012.

35. Gilles, J., Sharma, B., Ferenc, W., Kastein, H, Lieu, L., Wilson, R., Huang, Y. R., Bertozzi, A. L., HomChaudhuri, B., Ramakrishnan, S., and Kumar, M., “Robot Swarming over Internet”, Proceedings of the American Control Conference, 2012, pp. 6065-6070.

36. Kivelevitch, E., Cohen, K., and Kumar, M., “Market-Based Solution to the Allocation of Tasks to Agents”, Proceedings of Complex Adaptive Systems Conference, 2011.

37. Kumar, M. and Garg, D., “Aggregation of Heterogeneous Units in a Swarm of Robotic Agents”, Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Reconfigurable Control Systems, Boise, Idaho, pp. 107 – 112, 2011.

38. Ramakrishnan, S. and Kumar, M., “Nonlinear Energy Harvesting Using Coupled Micro-scale Oscillator Arrays”, Proceedings of ASME 2011 5th International Conference on Energy Sustainability and 9th Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology Conference, 2011.

39. HomChaudhuri, B., Kumar, M., and Devabhaktuni, V., “A Market based Distributed Optimization for Power Allocation in Smart Grid”, Proceedings of the ASME’s Dynamic System and Control Conference, Paper No. DSCC2011-6140, 2011, pp. 1-8.

40. Tennety, S. and Kumar, M., “Mobile Robot Navigation in Hilly Terrain Using Reinforcement Learning Techniques”, Proceedings of the ASME’s Dynamic System and Control Conference, Paper No. DSCC 2011-6096, 2011.

41. Zhao, S., Ramakrishnan, S., and Kumar, M., “Density-based Control of Multiple Robots”, Proceedings of the American Control Conference, 2011, pp. 481-486.

42. Narasimha, K. S. V. and Kumar, M., “Ant Colony Optimization Technique to Solve the Min-Max Single Depot Vehicle Routing Problem”, Proceedings of the American Control Conference, 2011, pp. 3257-3262.

43. HomChaudhuri, B. and Kumar, M., “Market Based Allocation of Power in Smart Grid”, Proceedings of the American Control Conference, 2011, pp. 3251-3256.

44. Tennety, S. and Kumar, M., “Autonomous Navigation in Unknown Road-like Environments using Support Vector Machines”, ASME’s Dynamic System and Control Conference, Paper No. DSCC2010-4208, pp. 1-7, 2010.

45. Sharma, B., Venkat, K., Ramakrishnan, S., and Kumar, M., “Distributed Cyclic Motion Control of Multiple UAVs for Wildfire Monitoring”, ASME’s Dynamic System and Control Conference, Paper No. DSCC2010-4280, pp. 1-7, 2010.

46. Ramakrishnan, S. and Kumar, M., “Synthesis and Analysis of Control Laws for Swarm of Mobile Robots Emulating Ant Foraging Behavior”, ASME’s Dynamic System and Control Conference, Paper No. DSCC2010-4244, pp. 1-6, 2010.

47. HomChaudhuri, B., Kumar, M., and Cohen, K., “Optimal Fireline Generation for Wildfire Fighting in Uncertain and Heterogeneous Environment”, Proceedings of the American Control Conference, Baltimore, MD, pp. 5638 – 5643, 2010.

48. Zhao, S. and Kumar, M., “A Novel Way to Implement Self-Localization in a Multi-Robot Experimental Platform”, Proceedings of the American Control Conference, Baltimore, MD, pp. 6834 – 6839, 2010.

49. HomChaudhuri, B., Zhao, S., Cohen, K., and Kumar, M., “Generation of Optimal Fire – Line for Fighting Wildland Fires Using Genetic Algorithms”, ASME’s Dynamic System and Control Conference, Hollywood, CA, 2009, Paper No. DSCC2009-2707, pp. 1-6.

50. Zhao, S., HomChaudhuri, B., and Kumar, M., “A Method for Distributed Optimization for Task Allocation”, ASME’s Dynamic System and Control Conference, Hollywood, CA, 2009, Paper No. DSCC2009-2694, pp. 1-8.

51. Tennety, S., Sarkar, S., E. Hall, and Kumar, M., “Support Vector Machines Based Path Planning in an Unknown Environment”, ASME’s Dynamic System and Control Conference, Hollywood, CA, 2009, Paper No. DSCC2009-2703, pp. 1-7.

52. Sarkar, S. and Kumar, M., “Fast Swarm Based Lane Detection System for Mobile Robots on Urban Roads”, ASME’s Dynamic System and Control Conference, Hollywood, CA, 2009, Paper No. DSCC2009-2702, pp. 1-7.

53. Sarkar, S., Hall, E., and Kumar, M., “Mobile Robot Path Planning Using Support Vector Machines”, ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, Paper No. DSCC2008-2200, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 2008.

54. Garg, D. and Kumar, M., “Grasping, Manipulation, and Sensing in a Cooperatively Controlled Robotic Manufacturing Workcell”, Proceedings of the International Symposium on Flexible Automation, Paper No. ISFA2008U_112, Atlanta, GA, 2008.

55. Kumar, M., Garg, D., and Kumar, V., “Self-Sorting in a Swarm of Heterogeneous Agents”, Proceedings of the American Control Conference, 2008, pp. 117 – 122.

56. Kumar, M., Milutinović, D., and Garg, D., “Role of Stochasticity in Self-Organization of Robotic Swarms”, Proceedings of the American Control Conference, 2008, pp. 123 – 128.

57. Kumar, M., Garg, D., and Zachery, R., “Multiple Mobile Agents Control via Artificial Potential Functions and Random Motion”, Paper No. IMECE2007-41521, Proceedings of the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Seattle, WA, November 2007.

58. Abhishek, A., Kumar, M., and Garg, D., “Petri Net Based Modeling and Control Strategies for Flexible Manufacturing Systems”, Paper No. IMECE2006-14678, Proceedings of the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Chicago, IL, November 2006.

59. Abhishek, A., Kumar, M., and Garg, D., “Grasp Planning for a Two-Fingered Parallel Jawed Gripper”, Paper No. IMECE2006-14654 Proceedings of the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Chicago, IL, November 2006.

60. Kumar, M., Garg, D., and Zachery, R., “A Generalized Approach for Inconsistency Detection in Data Fusion from Multiple Sensors”, Proceedings of the American Control Conference, Minneapolis, MN, 2006, pp. 2078 – 2083.

61. Kumar, M., Garg, D., and Zachery, R., “Stochastic Adaptive Sensor Modeling and Data Fusion”, Proceedings of SPIE Conference on Sensors and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil, Mechanical, and Aerospace Systems, San Diego, CA, Feb-March 2006.

62. Kumar, M., Garg, D., and Zachery, R., “Intelligent Sensor Modeling and Data Fusion via Neural Network and Maximum Likelihood Estimation”, Paper No. IMECE2005-80972, Proceedings of the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Orlando, FL, November 2005.

63. Kumar, M., Garg, D., and Zachery, R., “Multi-Sensor Fusion Strategy to Obtain 3-D Occupancy Profile”, Proceedings of the 31st Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON), Raleigh, NC, November 2005, pp. 2083 – 2088.

64. Kumar, M. and Garg, D., “Three-Dimensional Occupancy Grid with the Use of Vision and Proximity Sensors in a Robotic Workcell”, Paper Number IMECE2004-59593, Proceedings of the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Anaheim, CA, November 14-19, 2004, 8p.

65. Parimi, R., Garg, D., and Kumar, M., “Genetic Q-Fuzzy Based Intelligent Control for Mobile Robot Navigation”, Paper Number IMECE2004-60502, Proceedings of the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Anaheim, CA, November 13-19, 2004, 8p.

66. Kumar, M. and Garg, D., “Neural Network Based Intelligent Learning and Optimization of Fuzzy Logic Controller Parameters”, Paper Number IMECE2004-59589, Proceedings of the

ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Anaheim, CA, November 14-19, 2004, 8p.

67. Kumar, M. and Garg, D., “Intelligent Learning of Fuzzy Logic Controller via Neural Network and Genetic Algorithm”, Paper Number UL_029, Proceedings of 2004 Japan USA Symposium on Flexible Automation, Denver, CO, July 19-21, 2004, 8p.

68. Jain, P., Garg, D., and Kumar, M., “Universal Access to Multi-Robotic Workcell via World Wide Web”, Paper Number UL_025, Proceedings of the 2004 Japan-USA Symposium on Flexible Automation, Denver, CO, July 19-21, 2004, 7p.

69. Kumar, M. and Garg, D., “Intelligent Multi Sensor Fusion Techniques in Flexible Manufacturing Workcells”, Proceedings of American Control Conference, 2004, Boston, MA, pp. 5375 – 5380. Mechanical Engineering

70. Kumar, M. and Garg, D., “Object Classification via Stereo Vision in a Flexible Manufacturing Work Cell”, Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Mechatronics and Machine Vision in Practice, Perth, Western Australia, December 9-11, 2003, 8p.

Also published as: SME Paper Number TP04 PUB173, Society of Manufacturing Engineers, Dearborn, MI, 2004, 15p.

71. Kumar, M. and Garg, D., “Fuzzy Logic Based Control of Multiple Manipulators in a Flexible Work Cell”, Paper No. ISIC03-0232, Proceedings of the International Symposium on Intelligent Control, Houston, TX, October 5-8, 2003, pp. 399 - 404.

72. Kumar, M. and Garg, D., “Multiple Cooperating Robots Dynamics and Fuzzy Logic Control for Internal Force Minimization”, Paper No. DETC2003/VIB-45808, Proceedings of the 19th ASME Biennial Conference on Mechanical Vibration and Noise, International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers, Chicago, IL, September 2-6, 2003, 8p.

73. Garg, D. and Kumar, M., “Genetic Algorithm based PD Control and Fuzzy Logic Control of a Two Link Robot”, Paper No. IMECE2002-33433, Proceedings of the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, November, 2002, New Orleans, 8p.

74. Garg, D. and Kumar, M., “Multiple Robot Coordination Using Force/Torque and Vision Sensors”, IEEE Conference on Mechatronics and Machine Vision in Practice (M2VIP), Thailand, 2002, pp. 142-151.

75. Garg, D. and Kumar, M., “Camera Calibration and Sensor Fusion in an Automated Flexible Manufacturing Multi Robotic Cell” American Control Conference (ACC), Vol. 6, May 2002, Alaska, pp. 4934-4939.

76. Garg, D. and Kumar, M., “Optimal Path Planning and Torque Minimization via Genetic Algorithm Applied to Cooperating Robotic Manipulators”, Paper No. DSC-24615, Proceedings of the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, November, 2001, New York.

Conference Publications Accepted Based on Abstracts

1. Walker, A. and Kumar, M., “CubeSat Attitude Determination Using Low-Cost Sensors and Magnetic Field Time Derivative”, accepted at the 55th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and AIAA Science and Technology Forum and Exposition, 2017.

2. Cook, B., Arnett, T., Owen, M., and Kumar, M., “Real-Time Radar-Based Tracking and State Estimation of Multiple Non-Conformant Aircraft”, accepted at the 55th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and AIAA Science and Technology Forum and Exposition, 2017.

3. Sathyan, A, Ernest, N., Lavigne, L., Cazaraung, F., Kumar, M., and Cohen, K., “A Genetic Fuzzy Logic Based Approach to Solving the Aircraft Conflict Resolution Problem”, accepted at the 55th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and AIAA Science and Technology Forum and Exposition, 2017.

4. Stockton, N., Kumar, M., and Cohen, K., “A Fuzzy-based Solution to Dynamic Target Interception and Landing with a Small Multi-rotor Aircraft”, accepted at the 55th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and AIAA Science and Technology Forum and Exposition, 2017.

5. Hanlon, N., Kivelevitch, E., Kumar, M., and Cohen, K., “Generic Clustering Approach to Track-to-Track Correlation for Multisensor-Multitarget Environments”, Paper No. 2016-0922,AIAA Infotech @ Aerospace, AIAA Science and Technology Forum, San Diego, CA, 2016.

6. Sathyan, A., Cohen, J., and Kumar, M., “Deep Convolutional Neural Network For Human Detection And Tracking In FLIR Videos”, Paper No. AIAA-2016-1412, AIAA Infotech @ Aerospace, AIAA Science and Technology Forum, San Diego, CA, 2016.

7. Kukreti, S., Kumar, M., and Cohen, K., “Detection and Localization using Unmanned Aerial Systems for Firefighting Applications”, Paper No. 2016-1903, AIAA Infotech @ Aerospace, AIAA Science and Technology Forum, San Diego, CA, 2016.

8. Brown, B., Wei, W., Ozburn, R., Kumar, M., and Cohen, K., “Surveillance for Intelligent Emergency Response Robotic Aircraft (SIERRA)- VTOL Aircraft for Emergency Response”, AIAA Infotech @ Aerospace, AIAA Science and Technology Forum, Kissimmee, FL, Jan. 2015.

9. Nemati, A., Sarim, M., Hashemi, M., and Kumar, M., “Quadrotor Autonomous Wall Following Navigation in GPS-Denied Environment Using FPGA”, AIAA Infotech @ Aerospace, AIAA Science and Technology Forum, Kissimmee, FL, Jan. 2015.

10. Nemati, A., Sarim, M., Hashemi, M., Schnipke, E., Reidling, S., Meiring, J., Jeffers, W., and Kumar, M., “Autonomous Navigation of UAV through GPS-Denied Indoor Environment with Obstacle”, AIAA Infotech @ Aerospace, AIAA Science and Technology Forum, Kissimmee, FL, Jan. 2015.

11. Huang, S., Anand, S., Sundaram, M., and Kumar, M., “Experiential and Problem-based Learning within Opportunities for Real-world Engineering Settings”, Proceedings of the ASEE North Central Section Conference, Columbus, OH, 2013.

12. Kivelevitch, E., Cohen, K., and Kumar, M., “A Binary Programming Solution to the Min-Max Multiple-Depots, Multiple Traveling Salesman Problem”, Proceedings of the AIAA Infotech@Aerospace Conference, Paper No. AIAA 2013-4665, DOI: 10.2514/6.2013-4665, 2013.

13. Kivelevitch, E., Cohen, K., and Kumar, M., “A Market-Based Solution to the Multiple Depots, Multiple Traveling Salesmen Problem with Profits”, Proceedings of the AIAA Infotech@Aerospace Conference, Paper No. AIAA 2013-4666, DOI: 10.2514/6.2013-4666, 2013.

14. Agrawal, J., Cohen, K., and Kumar, M., “Fuzzy Logic Based Real-Time Prediction Model for Wild-Land Forest Fires”, Proceedings of the AIAA Infotech@Aerospace Conference, Paper No. AIAA 2013-5060, DOI: 10.2514/6.2013-5060, 2013.

15. Sharma, B., Subramanian, S., and Kumar, M., “Perimeter tracking by multiple UAVs based on a cyclic-pursuit algorithm”, Proceedings of the AIAA Infotech@Aerospace Conference, Paper No. AIAA 2013-4663, DOI: 10.2514/6.2013-4663, 2013.

16. Sabo C., Arnett T., Kumar, M., and Cohen, K., “Experimental Validation of the Allocation of UAVs under Communication Restrictions”, AIAA Paper 2013-1036, 51th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition, Dallas, TX, January 7-10, 2013.

17. Agrawal, J., Cohen, K., and Kumar, M., “Application of Fuzzy logic and GIS to develop a fire-prediction algorithm for a situational awareness based UAS for wildland fire-fighting (SIERRA)”, Paper No. AIAA-2013-0876, 51th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition, Dallas, TX, 2013.

18. Garg, S., Sharma, B., Cohen, K., and Kumar, M., “A Fuzzy Logic Based Image Processing Method for Automated Fire and Smoke Detection”, Paper No. AIAA-2013-0879, 51th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition, Dallas, TX, 2013.

19. Hanlon, N., Cohen, K., and Kumar, M., “Neuro-Fuzzy Dynamic Programming for Decision-Making and Resource Allocation of Wildland Fires”, Paper No. AIAA-2013-0880, 51th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition, Dallas, TX, 2013.

20. Mitchell, S., Cohen, K., and Kumar, M., “Precision Route Optimization using Fuzzy Intelligence (PROFIT)”, Paper No. AIAA-2013-1154, 51th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition, Dallas, TX, 2013.

21. Sabo, C., Kumar, M., Cohen, K., and Kingston, D., “VRP with Minimum Delivery Latency Using Linear Programming”, AIAA Paper 2012-2455 Proceedings of the AIAA Infotech@Aerospace Conference, Garden Grove, CA, 2012.

22. Kivelevitch, E., Cohen, K., and Kumar, M., “A Binary Programming Solution to the Multiple-Depot, Multiple Traveling Salesman Problem with Constant Profits”, AIAA Paper 2012-2563, Proceedings of the AIAA Infotech@Aerospace Conference, 2012.

23. Kivelevitch, E., Cohen, K., and Kumar, M., “Comparing the Robustness of Market-Based Task Assignment to Genetic Algorithm”, AIAA Paper 2012-2451, Proceedings of the AIAA Infotech@Aerospace Conference, Garden Grove, CA, 2012.

24. Kivelevitch, E., Cohen, K., and Kumar, M., “On the Scalability of the Market-Based Solution to the Multiple Traveling Salesmen Problem”, AIAA Paper 2012-2543, Proceedings of the AIAA Infotech@Aerospace Conference, Garden Grove, CA, 2012.

25. Kivelevitch, E., Cohen, K., and Kumar, M., “Optimized Fuzzy Market-Based Solution to the Multiple Traveling Salesmen Problem using Particle Swarm Optimization”, Proceedings of the AIAA Aerospace Science Meeting, Paper No. AIAA-2012-0488, Nashville, TN, 2012.

26. Charvat, R., Ozburn, R., Bushong J., Cohen, K., and Kumar, M., “SIERRA: Team Flight of Zephyr UAV at West Virginia Wild Land Fire Burn”, AIAA Paper 2012-2544, AIAA Infotech@Aerospace Conference, 19 - 21 June 2012, Garden Grove, CA.

27. Krothapalli, U., Wagner, T., and Kumar, M., “Mobile Robot Navigation Using Variable Grid Size Based Reinforcement Learning”, Proceedings of the AIAA Infotech@Aerospace Conference, Paper No. AIAA 2011-1533, St. Louis, MO, 2011, 11 pages.

28. Kumar, M., “Teaching a Graduate Course on Distributed Sensing and Controls at the University of Cincinnati”, Proceedings of the AIAA Infotech@Aerospace Conference, Paper No. AIAA 2011-1580, St. Louis, MO, 2011, 6 pages.

29. Hanlon, N., Cohen, K., Kumar, M., Tyler, B., “Neuro-Fuzzy Dynamic Programming for Decision Making and Resource Allocation during Wildland Fires”, Proceedings of the AIAA Infotech@Aerospace Conference, Paper No. AIAA 2011-1450, St. Louis, MO, 2011, 20 pages.

30. Kivelevitch, E., Cohen, K., Kumar, M., “Tasks Allocation to Agents using Market-Based Techniques”, Proceedings of the AIAA Infotech@Aerospace Conference, Paper No. AIAA 2011-1548, St. Louis, MO, 2011, 11 pages.

31. Hanlon, N., Kivelevitch, E., Kumar, M., “Genetic Algorithms for Path Planning in a Room with Obstacles”, Proceedings of the AIAA Infotech@Aerospace Conference, Paper No. AIAA 2011-1538, St. Louis, MO, 2011, 9 pages.

32. Charvat, R., Ozburn, M. R., Bushong, S., Kumar, M., and Cohen, K., “Intelligent Integration of UAV Systems for Wildland Fire Management: Towards Concept Demonstration”, Proceedings of the AIAA Infotech@Aerospace Conference, Paper No. AIAA 2011-1636, St. Louis, MO, 2011, 18 pages.

33. Sabo, C., Cohen, K., Kumar, M., and Abdallah, S., “Effective Fuzzy Logic Based Path Planning for a Wildland Fire-fighting Aircraft”, Proceedings of the AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Paper No. AIAA-2010-0417, Orlando, FL, 2010.

34. Ahuja, M., Homchaudhury, B., Cohen, K., and Kumar, M., “Fuzzy Logic Based Ant Swarming for Maze Exploration”, Accepted for publication in the Proceedings of the AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Orlando, FL, 2010.

35. Kumar, M. and Cohen, K., “Wild Land Fire Fighting Using Multiple Uninhabited Aerial Vehicles”, AIAA Unmanned Unlimited Conference and Exhibit, Paper No. AIAA-2009-1857, Seattle, WA, 2009.

36. Sabo, C., Cohen, K., Kumar, M., and Abdallah, S., “Path planning for a fire-fighting aircraft using fuzzy logic”, Proceedings of the AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Paper No. AIAA-2009-1353, Jan. 2009.

Technical Reports

1. Hanlon, N., Kumar, M., Cohen, K., and Chawla, P., “Phase I Final Report: MDA11-001: Sensor Tasking for Optimal Resource Management”, Missile Defense Agency for Contract No. HQ0147-12-C-7820, Aug., 2013.

2. Hanlon, N., Kumar, M., and Chawla, P., “Phase I Final Report: MDA10-002: Sensor Resource Management”, Missile Defense Agency for Contract No. HQ0147-11-C-7353, Jan., 2012.

3. Kumar, M., Garg, D., and Sharma, B., “A Two-Day Workshop on "Frontiers of Real-World Multi-Robot Systems: Challenges and Opportunities”, Final Progress Report for Project No. W911NF1110072, Army Research Office (ARO), May 2012.

4. Kumar, M. and Sharma, B., “Final Report on Integrated Multi-Aerial and Ground vehicle Experimental (IMAGE) platform”, Final Progress Report for Project No. W911NF-10-1-0493, Army Research Office (ARO), Dec. 2011.

5. Kumar, M. and Ramakrishnan, S., “Final Report on STIR Project on "Modeling and Analysis of Stochastic Dynamics and Emergent Phenomena in Swarm Robotic Systems Using the Fokker-Planck Formalism”, Final Progress Report for Project No. W911NF-09-1-00561, Army Research Office (ARO), 2010.

6. Tyler, B., Kumar, M., Cohen, K., Chawla, P., and Gies, R., “Phase I Final Report: MDA08-038: Global Missile Defense Battle Management”, Missile Defense Agency for Contract No. HQ0006-09-C-7158, September 2009.

7. Tyler, B., Kumar, M., Cohen, K., Chawla, P., and Gies, R., “Phase I Midterm Report: MDA08-038: Global Missile Defense Battle Management”, Missile Defense Agency for Contract No. HQ0006-09-C-7158, June 2009.

8. Garg, D. and Kumar, M., “Sensor Modeling and Multi-Sensor Data Fusion”, Final Progress Report for Project No. W911NF-01-10434, Army Research Office (ARO), 2005.

Technical Presentations Invited Presentations

• “Research at UAV MASTER lab”, Workshop on UAVs for Emergency Responders,

8/10/2016 • “A University Partnership: Maple Knoll Communities and the University of Cincinnati :

Overview of Collaborative Work”, Paramedicine Workshop, 03/21/2016 • “Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Myths, Facts, and the Future!”, Cincinnati Insurance

Companies – August Meeting 2015, Cincinnati, OH, 8/07/2015.

• “Challenges and Opportunities for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Civilian Domain”, Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering Graduate Seminar, University of Cincinnati, Sept. 5, 2014.

• “Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Research at The University of Toledo”, Northern Ohio Unmanned Aerial Systems Capabilities Workshop, Cleveland, OH, July 2, 2014.

• “Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Research and Practical Implementation”, Ohio State Professional Engineers Spring CPD Conference and Annual Member Meeting, Toledo, OH, June 14, 2014.

• “Surveillance for Intelligent Emergency Response Robotic Aircraft (SIERRA)”, 2014 Ohio Electronic Surveillance Equipment Symposium, Columbus, OH, April 17, 2014.

• “Vision Based Tracking of Human Gait Using Kinematic Models”, International Human Centered Robotics Symposium, University of Cincinnati, OH, Nov. 16, 2013.

• “Control and Optimization in Complex Networked Systems: Algorithms and Applications”, Applied Analysis and Dynamical Systems Seminar in Department of Mathematics, University of Toledo, OH, Dec. 5, 2013.

• “UAV Solutions for Effective Fighting of Urban and Forest Fires”, North East Ohio Fire Prevention Association Meeting, Beachwood, OH, Dec. 2, 2013.

• “Collective Perception in Large-Scale Dynamic Systems” International Symposium on Resilient Control Systems, Salt Lake City, UT, Aug. 15, 2012.

• “Analysis of a New PDE Model for Ant Foraging”, American Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Orlando, FL, July 3, 2012.

• “Control and Optimization in Complex Networked Systems”, Ohio Supercomputing Center, April 04, 2012

• “Distributed Motion Control in Swarm Robotic Systems: Algorithms and Applications”, School of Computing Sciences and Informatics, University of Cincinnati, OH, Sept. 30, 2011.

• “Characterization and Control of Emergent Behavior in Complex Systems”, National Science Foundation Principal Investigators Meet, Arlington, VA, Mar. 29, 2011.

• “Distributed Motion Control in Swarm Robotic Systems: Algorithms and Applications”, School of Dynamic Systems, University of Cincinnati, OH, Jan. 28, 2011.

• “Distributed Motion Control in Swarm Robotic Systems: Algorithms and Applications”, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, October 14, 2010.

• “Collective Perception and Control in Large Scale Dynamic Systems”, Dept. of Mechanical, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, April 03, 2009.

• “Wild-land Fire Fighting using Multiple Uninhabited Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)”, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Cincinnati, May 21, 2008.

Conference Presentations

• “A Virtual Company-based Integrated Learning Methodology to Produce Industry-ready Graduates”, ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Seattle, WA, June 2015.

• “EXPLORES: An Integrated Learning Environment to Produce Industry Ready Graduates”, Frontiers in Education Conference, Oklahoma City, OK, Oct. 26, 2013.

• “Aggregation of Heterogeneous Units in a Swarm of Robotic Agents”, IEEE International Symposium on Reconfigurable Control Systems, Boise, Idaho, Aug. 10, 2011.

• “Synthesis and Analysis of Control Laws for Swarms of Mobile Robots Emulating Ant Foraging Behavior”, ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, Sept. 2010.

• “Wild Land Fire Fighting Using Multiple Uninhabited Aerial Vehicles”, AIAA Unmanned Unlimited Conference and Exhibit, Seattle, WA, Apr. 6-9, 2009.

• “Self-Sorting in a Swarm of Heterogeneous Agents”, American Control Conference, Seattle, WA, June 11 -13, 2008 (Awarded best presentation of the session)

• “Role of Stochasticity in Self-Organization of Robotic Swarms”, American Control Conference, Seattle, WA, June 11 -13, 2008.

• “Multiple Mobile Agents Control via Artificial Potential Functions and Random Motion”, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Seattle, WA, November 11 – 15, 2007.

• “A Generalized Approach for Inconsistency Detection in Data Fusion from Multiple Sensors”, American Control Conference, Minneapolis, MN, June 2006.

• “Intelligent Sensor Modeling and Data Fusion via Neural Network and Maximum Likelihood Estimation”, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Orlando, FL, November 2005.

• “Three-Dimensional Occupancy Grid with the Use of Vision and Proximity Sensors in a Robotic Workcell”, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Anaheim, CA, November 14-19, 2004.

• “Genetic Q-Fuzzy Based Intelligent Control for Mobile Robot Navigation”, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Anaheim, CA, November 13-19, 2004.

• “Neural Network Based Intelligent Learning and Optimization of Fuzzy Logic Controller Parameters”, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Anaheim, CA, November 14-19, 2004.

• “Intelligent Learning of Fuzzy Logic Controller via Neural Network and Genetic Algorithm”, Japan USA Symposium on Flexible Automation, Denver, CO, July 19-21, 2004.

• “Universal Access to Multi-Robotic Workcell via World Wide Web”, Paper Number UL_025, Japan-USA Symposium on Flexible Automation, Denver, CO, July 19-21, 2004.

• “Intelligent Multi Sensor Fusion Techniques in Flexible Manufacturing Workcells”, American Control Conference, 2004, Boston, MA.

• “Genetic Algorithm based PD Control and Fuzzy Logic Control of a Two Link Robot”, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, November, 2002, New Orleans.

• “Camera Calibration and Sensor Fusion in an Automated Flexible Manufacturing Multi Robotic Cell”, American Control Conference, May 2002, Alaska.

• “Optimal Path Planning and Torque Minimization via Genetic Algorithm Applied to Cooperating Robotic Manipulators”, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, November, 2001, New York.

Research Grants

• PI on “Technologies for Integration of small Unmanned Aerial Systems (s-UAS) in National Airspace System”, Ohio Department of Transportation, 07/01/2017-06/30/2018, $40,000.

• Co-PI on “Non-Invasive Computer Vision Toolkit for Legacy Machines using MTConnect”, (PI: Sam Anand), Awarded by Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute – UI Labs, 05/01/2017 – 04/30/2018, $494,965.

• Co-PI on “Development of a neurophysiologically integrated exoskeleton for sit-to-stand (STS) transition support based on multimodal action intent recognition”, (PI: Tamara Lorenz), Awarded by UC Office of Research, 07/2016-12/2017, $99,845.

• Co-PI on “Moored Aerostat Systems (MAS) for Transportation, Incident Management, and Infrastructure Assessment”, (PI: Art Helmicki), Awarded by Ohio Department of Transportation, 09/2016-09/2019, $1,231,923.

• PI on “Tunnel Mapping Using UAVs”, Asymmetric Technologies, LLC (via UCRI), $8,843, 04/04/16-05/21/16.

• PI on “CHS: Small: Collaborative Research: Spatio-Temporal Situational Awareness in Large-Scale Disasters Using Low-Cost Unmanned Aerial Vehicles”, Awarded by the National Science Foundation, Grant No. 1526677, 01/01/2016 – 12/31/2017, $365,500.

• Co-PI on “Service Agreement to Support UAS Flight Operations”, Amp Holdings Inc. (via UCRI), (PI: Kelly Cohen), up to $180,000 (based on Amp requirement).

• Co-PI on “On-board Sense and Avoid System for s-UAS using Optical Sensors”, Awarded by National Aeronautics and Space Administration, (PI: Kelly Cohen), 07/01/15-11/30/16, $20,000.

• Co-PI on “Smart Unmanned Aerial Vehicle for Exploration (SUAVE)”, Awarded by Ohio Space Grants Consortium, (PI: Abdollah Afjeh), 03/14/15-12/31/15, $4,000.

• PI on “PFI:AIR-TT: Situational Awareness during Fire and Emergency (SAFE)”, Awarded by the National Science Foundation, Grant No. IIP-1414346/1559718, 06/01/2014 – 30/11/2016, $220,948.

• Co-PI on “Robotics/Mechatronics Control Challenge for Undergraduate Students”, Awarded by the Dynamic Systems and Control Division of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, June 2014 – May 2016, $25,000.

• Co-PI on “Smart Unmanned Aerial Vehicle for Exploration (SUAVE)”, Awarded by Ohio Space Grants Consortium, (PI: Abdollah Afjeh), 02/14/14-12/31/14, $4,000.

• PI on “I-Corps: Wildfire Incident Command Decision Support System”, Awarded by the National Science Foundation, Grant No. IIP-1343498, July 2013 – Feb. 2014, $50,000.

• Co-PI on “Seamless Transition from Academia to Real-world (STAR): A Collaborative Partnership to Producing Industry Ready Graduates”, Awarded by National Science Foundation, Grant No. DUE-1141120, (PI: Sam Huang), May 2012 – April 2015, $199,999.

• PI on “Sensor Tasking for Optimized Resource Management (STORM)”, Missile Defense Agency SBIR Phase 1 with Edaptive Computing, Inc. on Sensor Resource Management, Feb. 2012- May. 2013, $37,500.

• PI on “Sensor Management Allocation Algorithms for Resource Tasking (SMAART)”, Missile Defense Agency SBIR Phase 1 with Edaptive Computing, Inc. on Sensor Resource Management, June 2011- Jan. 2012, $25,000.

• PI on “A Two-Day Workshop on Frontiers of Real-World Multi-Robot Systems: Challenges and Opportunities”, Awarded by the National Science Foundation, Grant No. CMMI-1107010, $15,000.

• PI on “A Two-Day Workshop on Frontiers of Real-World Multi-Robot Systems: Challenges and Opportunities”, Awarded by the Army Research Office, Grant No. W911NF-11-1-0072, $15,000.

• PI on “BECS: Collaborative Research: Characterization and Control of Emergent Behavior in Complex Systems”, Awarded by the National Science Foundation, Grant No. EFRI-1024608, Oct. 2010 – Sept. 2012, $271,732 (including Univ. of California, LA).

• PI on “Integrated Multi-Aerial and Ground Vehicle Experimental (IMAGE) Platform”, Awarded by the Army Research Office, Grant No. W911NF-10-1-0493, Oct. 2010 – Sept. 2011, $102,000.

• PI on “Distributed Sensor Fusion for Spatio-Temporal Situational Awareness”, Awarded by University Research Council, Jan. 2010 – Dec. 2010, $6,500.

• PI “Modeling and analysis of stochastic dynamics and emergent phenomena in swarm robotic systems using the Fokker-Planck formalism”, Awarded by the US Army Research Office (ARO), Nov. 2009 – July 2010, Grant no.: W911NF-09-I0561, $50,000.

• PI on “Multi-Sensor Data Fusion for Situational Awareness in a Distributed Environment”, funded by the University of Cincinnati’s Intelligent Autonomous Systems thrust group: Sept. 2008-Aug. 2009, $26,738.

• Co-PI on “Global Missile Defense Battle Management” Missile Defense Agency SBIR Phase 1 with Edaptive Computing, Inc., (PI: Kelly Cohen), April- Sept. 2009, $20,000.

• PI on National Research Council proposal entitled “Intelligent Multi-Sensor Modeling, Identification, and Data Fusion” for Research Associateship Program 2005-2007, $200,000.

Research Coverage in Media

1. UC Magazine, March 2017, Tricky Landing, http://magazine.uc.edu/editors_picks/recent_features/fuzzydrones.html

i. http://mil-embedded.com/articles/landing-drones-moving-targets/

2. Cincinnati Magazine, Dec. 2015 Issue: http://www.cincinnatimagazine.com/columns/attack-of-the-drones/

3. “UAS Fighting Wildfires”, Inside Unmanned Systems, Nov. 2015, http://insideunmannedsystems.com/fighting-wildfires/ 4. Life Savers – Resilient Designs to Weather Hazards, National Science Foundation, Spring

2015, http://www.nsf.gov/eng/special/lifesavers/image-credits.jsp 5. "Don't fear the dawn of the drones; someday one might save your life." ScienceDaily.

ScienceDaily, 15 January 2014, www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/01/140115113241.htm .

6. Ohio Teams Compete in Ohio Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Conference, Fall 2014, OSGC Newsletter, http://www.osgc.org/newsletters/OSGC-Newsletter-Fall-2014.pdf

7. “Using Unmanned Systems to Fight Wildfires, Inside Unmanned Systems”, Oct. 2014 http://insideunmannedsystems.com/using-unmanned-systems-to-fight-wildfires/

8. University of Cincinnati Study Shows UAS Save Firefighter Lives, UAS Vision, Nov. 11, 2011, http://www.uasvision.com/2011/11/11/university-of-cincinnati-study-shows-uas-save-firefighter-lives/

9. Discovery Channel, Feb. 2012, http://watch.discoverychannel.ca/#clip615682