I am currently the Division Head of Automation and Intelligent Systems at the University of Texas at Arlington Research Institute and an Associate Professor in the Computer Science and Engineering Department at the University of Texas at Arlington.

I have been in my role at UTARI since 2019 and in the CSE department since 2024

Prior to that, I was a professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering at the University of Texas at Dallas. 

My research interests are in robotics, control theory, and machine learning.  I have a focus on vision-based estimation and control for robots and autonomous vehicles.  Naturally, my research includes computer vision and nonlinear control.  

You can learn more about UT Arlington Research Institute and CSE at UTA .  I am still getting my reserach lab up and running, so don't have a lab web page at this time.

At UT Dallas I directed the Sensing, Robotics, Vision, Controls  and Estimation (SeRViCE) Lab.  Please check out the (now historical) SeRViCE Lab webpage.

Many of my papers can be easily viewed and downloaded  at my ResearchGate page. 

My recent research includes:

• Robotics and Autonomous Systems

• Safe Robot Learning and Learning-Based Control

  • Control laws that incorporate machine learning to teach robots and vehicles human skills while  guaranteeing safety and performance.  Our work was nominated for Finalist for Best Paper at the Conference at the 2021 IEEE Conference on Automation Science and Engineering

• Human-Robot Interaction and Assistive Robotics

  • Assistive robotic teleoperation systems that enable people who are legally blind to safely interact with and control robots, integrating human-centered interfaces with safety-constrained control methods. This work received the Kazuo Tanie Award at the IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication

• Vision-Based Estimation, Perception, and Control

• Computer Vision for Robotics and Infrastructure/Environment Sensing

• Nonlinear, Adaptive, and Optimization-Based Control

• Multi-Robot and Distributed Control Systems

• Medical and Rehabilitation Robotics

• Accessible and Inclusive Human-Machine Interfaces

• Engineering Education and Ethics in Research Practice