PRAMOD P. KHARGONEKAR
Professor and Eckis Chair

 

Education:

PhD, EE, University of Florida, 1981
MS, Math, University of Florida, 1980
B.Tech, EE, Indian Institute of Technology, 1977

Contact Information:

Email: ppk@ufl.edu
Phone: 352-392-0918
Office: 427 New Engineering Building
Homepage:

Program Affiliation:

Area:  Signals & Systems 

Fields of Interest:

• Systems and control theory
• Learning and intelligent systems
• Applications to biomedicine. energy, and economics
• Leadership and creativity
• Technology and society

Employment:

2009 - Professor and Eckis Chair, Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Florida
2001 - Dean, College of Engineering; Associate Vice President, Engineering & Industrial Experiment Station; Eckis Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Florida
1997 - Chair, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, University of Michigan
1995 - Associate Chair, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, University of Michigan
1989 - Professorr, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, University of Michigan
1988 - Professor, Electrical Engineering, University of Michigan
1984 - Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering, University of Minnesota
1981 - Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering, University of Florida

Refereed Journals in the Last 3 Years:

2009
J. W. Lee and P. P. Khargonekar, “Detectability and Stabilizability of Discrete-Time Switched Linear systems,” IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol. 54, pp. 424-437, 2009

2008
J. W. Lee and P. P. Khargonekar, “Optimal Output Regulation for Discrete-Time Switched and Markovian Jump Linear Systems,” SIAM J. Control and Optimization, vol. 47, pp. 40-72, 2008

2007
J. W. Lee and P. P. Khargonekar, “Constrained Infinite-Horizon Linear Quadratic Regulation of Discrete-Time Systems,” IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol. 52, pp. 1251-1258, 2007

Honors and Awards:

1997 - Distinguished Alumnus Award, Indian Institute of Technology
1994 - University of Michigan, Research Excellence Award
1993 - IEEE Fellow
1992 - Japan Society for Promotion of Science Fellowship
1992 - Teaching Excellence Award, University of Michigan
1991 - IEEE W. R. G. Baker Prize Award
1991 - University of Michigan, EECS, Teaching Excellence Award
1990 - George Axelby Best Paper Award
1989 - American Automatic Control Council's Donald Eckman Award
1987 - George Taylor Award for Research, University of Minnesota
1985 - National Science Foundation Presidential Young Investigator Award

Patents:

• U.S. Patent 6256598, "Method and System for Creating a Control-Flow Structure Which Represents Control Logic, Reconfigurable Logic Controller Having the Control Logic, Method for Designing the Controller and Method for Changing Control Logic," with Park, D. Tilbury, July 2001.
• U.S. Patent 5,063,244, "Optimal Reconstruction of Tone Reproduction Curves," with L. K. Mestha, Y. R. Wang, S. A. Dianat, D. E. Koditscheck, E. Jackson, and T. E. Thieret, October 5, 1999.
• U.S. Patent No. 5,749,020,"Coordinitization of Tone Reproduction Curve in Terms of Basis Functions," with K. Mestha, Y. R. Wang, S. A. Dianat, D. E. Koditscheck, E. Jackson, T. E. Thieret, May 5, 1998.