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Wilson J. Rugh

E. J. Schaefer Professor Emeritus

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Johns Hopkins University

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Coordinates

        Email:     rugh@jhu.edu
        Phone:     410 516 7004
        Address:   ECE Department
                   207 Barton Hall
 Johns Hopkins University
 Baltimore, MD 21218

Selected (Mostly Recent) Publications

W.J. Rugh. Nonlinear System Theory: The Volterra/Wiener Approach. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1981. A PDF errata sheet is available. (This book is now out of print, but a pdf version is available here .)

J. Huang and W.J. Rugh. ``An Approximation Method for the Nonlinear Servomechanism Problem.'' IEEE Trans. Automatic Control, 37 (9), (1992):1395--1398.

R.A. Nichols, R.T. Reichert and W.J. Rugh. ``Gain Scheduling for H-Infinity Controllers: A Flight Control Example.'' IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, 1 (2) (1993):69--79.

D.A. Lawrence and W.J. Rugh. ``Input-Output Pseudolinearization for Nonlinear Systems.'' IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 39 (11) (1994):2207--2218.

D.A. Lawrence and W.J. Rugh. ``Gain Scheduling Linear Dynamic Controllers for a Nonlinear Plant.'' Automatica, 31 (3) (1995):381--390.

N. Sureshbabu and W.J. Rugh. ``Output Regulation with Derivative Information.'' IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 40 (10) (1995):1755--1766.

W.J. Rugh. Linear System Theory. New Jersey: Prentice Hall , Second Edition, 1996. See a PDF chart of the contents, a PDF errata sheet for the second edition, first printing, or a PDF errata sheet for the second edition, printings two through four. Most of these have been corrected in subsequent printings.

H. Tan and W.J. Rugh. ``Pseudolinearization and Nonlinear Optimal Control.'' IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 43 (3) (1998):386--391.

H. Tan and W.J. Rugh. ``Nonlinear Overtaking Optimal Control: Sufficiency, Stability, and Approximation.'' IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 43 (12) (1998):1703--1718.

D.J. Stilwell and W.J. Rugh. ``Interpolation of Observer State Feedback Controllers for Gain Scheduling.'' IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 44 (6) (1999):1225--1229.

W.J. Rugh and J.S. Shamma, “A Survey of Research on Gain Scheduling,” Automatica, 36 (10) (2000):665-671.

D.J. Stilwell and W.J. Rugh, “Stability and L-2 Properties of LPV Systems,” Automatica, 38 (9) (2002):1601-1606.

Other (Recent) Activities

2001 President of the IEEE Control Systems Society.

Working with students to develop Demonstrations in Signals, Systems, and Control on the World Wide Web.

Education

        B.S.     Penn State University
        M.S.     Northwestern University 
        Ph.D     Northwestern University (1969)

Awards

        Distinguished Member, IEEE Control Systems Society, 1993
        Fellow, IEEE, 1997
        W.H. Huggins Award for Excellence in Teaching, Johns Hopkins University, 1997
 NEEDS Premier Award for Excellence in Engineering Courseware, 2001
 Johns Hopkins Alumni Association Excellence in Teaching Award, 2003

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Updated August, 2007.