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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
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2026

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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

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78
Citations
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World Ranking
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National Ranking
111

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Citations
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World Ranking
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National Ranking
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in United States Leader Award
  • 2001 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to robust control theory and control engineering education.

Overview

Dennis S. Bernstein is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the field of Engineering, with a significant focus on Control and Systems Engineering. Other subfields of interest include Aerospace Engineering, Computational Mechanics, Artificial Intelligence, and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics.

The scientist's work covers a range of specialized topics, including:

  • Control Systems and Identification
  • Advanced Control Systems Optimization
  • Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems
  • Fault Detection and Control Systems
  • Target Tracking and Data Fusion in Sensor Networks
  • Extremum Seeking Control Systems
  • Advanced Adaptive Filtering Techniques

Among recent publications, several significant papers demonstrate the scope of their research:

  • Recursive Least Squares With Variable-Direction Forgetting: Compensating for the Loss of Persistency, 2020, IEEE Control Systems
  • Predictive Cost Adaptive Control: A Numerical Investigation of Persistency, Consistency, and Exigency, 2021, IEEE Control Systems
  • Data-Driven Retrospective Cost Adaptive Control for Flight Control Applications, 2021, Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics
  • Recursive Least Squares with Variable-Rate Forgetting Based on the F-Test, 2022, 2022 American Control Conference (ACC)
  • Necessary and sufficient regressor conditions for the global asymptotic stability of recursive least squares, 2021, Systems & Control Letters

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers including Ankit Goel, Juan A. Paredes, Syed Aseem Ul Islam, Brian Lai, and Shashank Verma.

Publications appear often in venues such as:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • IEEE Control Systems
  • 2022 American Control Conference (ACC)
  • Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics
  • International Journal of Control

Dennis S. Bernstein was recognized as an IEEE Fellow in 2001 for contributions to robust control theory and control engineering education.

Best Publications

  • Finite-Time Stability of Continuous Autonomous Systems

    Sanjay P. Bhat;Dennis S. Bernstein

  • Matrix Mathematics: Theory, Facts, and Formulas

    Dennis S. Bernstein

  • Matrix Mathematics: Theory, Facts, and Formulas with Application to Linear Systems Theory

    Dennis S. Bernstein

  • Continuous finite-time stabilization of the translational and rotational double integrators

    S.P. Bhat;D.S. Bernstein

  • Geometric homogeneity with applications to finite-time stability

    Sanjay P. Bhat;Dennis S. Bernstein

  • LQG control with an H/sup infinity / performance bound: a Riccati equation approach

    D.S. Bernstein;W.M. Haddad

  • A topological obstruction to continuous global stabilization of rotational motion and the unwinding phenomenon

    Sanjay P. Bhat;Dennis S. Bernstein

  • Finite-time stability of homogeneous systems

    S.P. Bhat;D.S. Bernstein

  • A chronological bibliography on saturating actuators

    Dennis S. Bernstein;Anthony N. Michel

  • Benchmark problems for robust control design

    Bong Wie;Dennis S. Bernstein

  • Adaptive Asymptotic Tracking of Spacecraft Attitude Motion with Inertia Matrix Identification

    Jasim Ahmed;Vincent T. Coppola;Dennis S. Bernstein

  • The optimal projection equations for fixed-order dynamic compensation

    D. Hyland;D. Bernstein

  • Controller design with regional pole constraints

    W.M. Haddad;D.S. Bernstein

  • The optimal projection equations for model reduction and the relationships among the methods of Wilson, Skelton, and Moore

    D. Hyland;D. Bernstein

  • Nonminimum-phase zeros - much to do about nothing - classical control - revisited part II

    J.B. Hag;D.S. Bernstein

  • Explicit construction of quadratic lyapunov functions for the small gain, positivity, circle, and popov theorems and their application to robust stability. part II: Discrete-time theory

    Wassim M. Haddad;Dennis S. Bernstein

  • Steady-state Kalman filtering with an H ∞ error bound

    Dennis S. Bernstein;Wassim M. Haddad

  • Semilinear Duhem model for rate-independent and rate-dependent hysteresis

    JinHyoung Oh;D.S. Bernstein

  • Modeling and analysis of mass-action kinetics

    V. Chellaboina;S. Bhat;W.M. Haddad;D.S. Bernstein

  • Adaptive autocentering control for an active magnetic bearing supporting a rotor with unknown mass imbalance

    Kai-Yew Lum;V.T. Coppola;D.S. Bernstein

Frequent Co-Authors

Wassim M. Haddad
Wassim M. Haddad Georgia Institute of Technology
Aaron J. Ridley
Aaron J. Ridley University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
VijaySekhar Chellaboina
VijaySekhar Chellaboina GITAM University
Peretz P. Friedmann
Peretz P. Friedmann University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Ilya Kolmanovsky
Ilya Kolmanovsky University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Luis A. Aguirre
Luis A. Aguirre Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Bong Wie
Bong Wie Iowa State University
Jeffrey L. Stein
Jeffrey L. Stein University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Layne T. Watson
Layne T. Watson Virginia Tech
N. Harris McClamroch
N. Harris McClamroch University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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