Iwasaki

Education

1987 B.S. Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology

• Bachelor’s Thesis: On the Design of Windmill Simulator for Electrical Power Generation

1990 M.S. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology

• Major: Power Electronics
• Master’s Thesis: An Application of the Extended Kalman Filter to the Field Oriented Control of an Induction Motor

1993 Ph.D in Aeronautics and Astronautics, Purdue University

• Major: Dynamics and Control, Minor: Structures and Materials
• Dissertation: A Unified Matrix Inequality Approach to Linear Control Design

Professional Appointments

Professor 7/2009–present

• Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles

Professor 8/2004–5/2009

• Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Virginia

Associate Professor 10/2002–8/2004

• Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Virginia

Assistant Professor 5/2000–10/2002

• Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Virginia

Associate Professor 4/1997–5/2000

• Department of Control Systems Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology

Lecturer 5/1996–3/1997

• Department of Computational Intelligence and Systems Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology

Research Associate 3/1995–4/1996

• Department of Systems Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology

Post-doctoral Research Associate 1/1994–2/1995

• School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Purdue University

Honors and Awards

IEEE Fellow

• IEEE Control Systems Society, 2009
• “For contributions to robust control and dynamical systems analysis”

NSF Career Award

• National Science Foundation, Electrical and Computer Systems, 2003
• “Feedback control theory for biological pattern generation”

Pioneer Prize

• Society of Instrument and Control Engineers, Japan, 2002

Steve Hsia Biomedical Paper Award

• World Congress on Intelligent Control and Automation, 2010
• Z. Chen and T. Iwasaki, “Analysis of weakly coupled neuronal oscillators and its applications to leech swimming”

Rudolf Kalman Best Paper Award

• ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division, 2007
• E. Maslen, D. Montie, and T. Iwasaki, “Robustness limitations in self-sensing magnetic bearing,”
• ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control, vol.128, no.2, pp.197-203, 2006.

George S. Axelby Outstanding Paper Award

• IEEE Control Systems Society, 2006
• T. Iwasaki and S. Hara, “Generalized KYP lemma: Unified frequency domain inequalities with
• design applications,” IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol.50, no.1, pp.41-59, 2005.

Outstanding Research Paper Award

• Tejima Foundation for Engineering Education, Japan, 2000
• T. Iwasaki and S. Hara, “Well-posedness of feedback systems: insights into robustness analysis and approximate computations,” IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol.43, pp.619–630, 1998.

Keynote Speech

• Institute for Complex Molecular Systems (ICMS) Outreach Symposium, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, 2019
• “Feedback architectures of neuronal control systems for adaptive pattern formation”

Plenary Talk

• 5th IFAC Conference on Analysis and Control of Chaotic Systems, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, 2018
• “Design of Local Dynamic Interactions for Global Pattern Formation”

Plenary Talk

• The International Conference on Robot Intelligence Technology and Applications, Denver, CO, 2013
• “Dynamics and Control of Oscillatory Movements in Animal Locomotion”

Plenary Talk

• The 31st Chinese Control Conference, Hefei, China, 2012
• “Biological Control Mechanisms for Oscillation and Locomotion”

Keynote Presentation

• NSF/DSCWorkshop on Frontiers in Dynamic Systems and Control, 2011
• “Coordinated Oscillations in Biological Systems”

Invited Speech (Semi-Plenary Talk)

• SICE Annual Conference, Tokyo, Japan, 2008
• “Feedback control for oscillation by central pattern generator”

Plenary Seminar

• SICE Annual Conference on Control Systems, Makuhari, Japan, 2002
• “LFT system: from robustness analysis/synthesis to pattern generation”

Teaching Award

• Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, UCLA, 2012

Thomas E. Hutchinson Faculty Award Finalist

• Trigon Engineering Society, 2008

Undergraduate Research and Design Symposium Finalist

• (As advisor for senior thesis student, Patrick Ho)
• University of Virginia, School of Engineering and Applied Science, 2008

Teacher of the Year

• Pi Tau Sigma, University of Virginia, 2005, 2006

Editorial Services

Senior Editor, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 1/2018 - present

Associate Editor, SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization, 1/2011-11/2013

Associate Editor, Systems and Control Letters, 10/1998-12/2010

Associate Editor, International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, 1/2007-12/2008

Associate Editor, IFAC Automatica, 3/2004-2/2007

Associate Editor, , IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 10/1999-12/2003

Editorial Board Member, Journal of the Society of Instrument and Control Engineers, 3/1997-2/1998

Professional Services

IEEE Fellow Evaluation Committee, 2014, 2015, 2016

Plagiarism Evaluation, IEEE Control Systems Society, 2013

Board of Governors, IEEE Control Systems Society, 2013

Technical Committee Member, IFAC Technical Committee on Robust Control (T-C 2.5), 1/2009-present

Regional Program Chair, ICROS-SICE International Joint Conference, 2009

Regional Program Chair, Society of Instrument and Control Engineers Annual Conference, 2008

Publicity Chair, Operating Committee, IEEE Conference on Control Applications, 2004

O. Hugo Schuck Best Paper Award Committee Member, American Automatic Control Council, 2003, 2005

Program/Organizing Committee Member, numerous conferences

Proposal Review Panel Member & Reviewer, NSF, NIH, DOE, AFOSR, Research councils of Croatia, Netherlands, France, Sweden, and Hong Kong.