2026 Mihailo R. Jovanovic: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	49	1219	1120	493	424	242	9346

Research.com Recognitions

2019 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to modeling, optimization, and control of large-scale distributed systems
2017 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For profound contributions to stability and flow control, and the application of controltheoretic and optimization techniques to the analysis of wallbounded shear flows, drag reduction, and viscoelastic fluids

Overview

Mihailo R. Jovanovic is affiliated with the University of Southern California in the United States. The scientist's research spans across the fields of Engineering and Computer Science, with a total of 53 and 52 publications respectively.

The subfields of study in which they have contributed include:

Computational Mechanics
Artificial Intelligence
Computer Networks and Communications
Management Science and Operations Research
Numerical Analysis

The scientist's main research topics cover a range of advanced areas such as:

Advanced Bandit Algorithms Research
Sparse and Compressive Sensing Techniques
Advanced Optimization Algorithms Research
Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows
Reinforcement Learning in Robotics
Stochastic Gradient Optimization Techniques
Model Reduction and Neural Networks

Mihailo R. Jovanovic has published in a variety of venues, frequently contributing to:

arXiv (Cornell University)
IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control
2022 American Control Conference (ACC)
Vojnosanitetski pregled
Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics

Some of the recent papers authored or coauthored by them include:

Understanding viscoelastic flow instabilities: Oldroyd-B and beyond, 2022, Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics
On the Linear Convergence of Random Search for Discrete-Time LQR, 2020, IEEE Control Systems Letters
Provably Efficient Safe Exploration via Primal-Dual Policy Optimization, 2020, arXiv (Cornell University)
Convergence and Sample Complexity of Gradient Methods for the Model-Free Linear-Quadratic Regulator Problem, 2021, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control
Transient growth analysis of oblique shock-wave/boundary-layer interactions at Mach 5.92, 2020, Physical Review Fluids

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers. Regular coauthors include:

Hesameddin Mohammadi
Ibrahim K. Ozaslan
Dong-Sheng Ding
Mahdi Soltanolkotabi
Anubhav Dwivedi

Awards received by Mihailo R. Jovanovic include the IEEE Fellow in 2019 for contributions to modeling, optimization, and control of large-scale distributed systems. They were also named Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) in 2017, with a citation recognizing contributions to stability and flow control as well as the application of control-theoretic and optimization techniques to wall-bounded shear flows, drag reduction, and viscoelastic fluids.

Best Publications

Sparsity-promoting dynamic mode decomposition

Mihailo R. Jovanović;Peter J. Schmid;Joseph W. Nichols

968
Citations
Design of Optimal Sparse Feedback Gains via the Alternating Direction Method of Multipliers

Fu Lin;Makan Fardad;Mihailo R. Jovanovic

628
Citations
Componentwise energy amplification in channel flows

Mihailo R. Jovanović;Bassam Bamieh

492
Citations
Coherence in Large-Scale Networks: Dimension-Dependent Limitations of Local Feedback

B. Bamieh;M. R. Jovanovic;P. Mitra;S. Patterson

470
Citations
Sparsity-Promoting Optimal Wide-Area Control of Power Networks

Florian Dorfler;Mihailo R. Jovanovic;Michael Chertkov;Francesco Bullo

282
Citations
Optimal Control of Vehicular Formations With Nearest Neighbor Interactions

Fu Lin;Makan Fardad;Mihailo R. Jovanovic

223
Citations
Augmented Lagrangian Approach to Design of Structured Optimal State Feedback Gains

Fu Lin;M. Fardad;M. R. Jovanovic

222
Citations
On the ill-posedness of certain vehicular platoon control problems

M.R. Jovanovic;B. Bamieh

214
Citations
From Bypass Transition to Flow Control and Data-Driven Turbulence Modeling: An Input–Output Viewpoint

Mihailo R. Jovanović

205
Citations
The Proximal Augmented Lagrangian Method for Nonsmooth Composite Optimization

Neil K. Dhingra;Sei Zhen Khong;Mihailo R. Jovanovic

180
Citations
Reattachment streaks in hypersonic compression ramp flow: an input─output analysis

Anubhav Dwivedi;G. S. Sidharth;G. S. Sidharth;Joseph W. Nichols;Graham V. Candler

175
Citations
Color of turbulence

Armin Zare;Mihailo R. Jovanović;Tryphon T. Georgiou

172
Citations
Algorithms for Leader Selection in Stochastically Forced Consensus Networks

Fu Lin;Makan Fardad;Mihailo R. Jovanovic

165
Citations
Input-output analysis of high-speed axisymmetric isothermal jet noise

Jinah Jeun;Joseph W. Nichols;Mihailo R. Jovanović

165
Citations
An ADMM algorithm for optimal sensor and actuator selection

Neil K. Dhingra;Mihailo R. Jovanovic;Zhi-Quan Luo

156
Citations
Colour of turbulence

Armin Zare;Mihailo R. Jovanović;Tryphon T. Georgiou

154
Citations
Sparsity-promoting optimal control for a class of distributed systems

Makan Fardad;Fu Lin;Mihailo R. Jovanovic

148
Citations
Model-based design of transverse wall oscillations for turbulent drag reduction

Rashad Moarref;Mihailo R. Jovanović

130
Citations
Input-Output Analysis and Decentralized Optimal Control of Inter-Area Oscillations in Power Systems

Xiaofan Wu;Florian Dorfler;Mihailo R. Jovanovic

120
Citations
Simulation and stability analysis of oblique shock wave/boundary layer interactions at Mach 5.92

Nathaniel Hildebrand;Anubhav Dwivedi;Joseph W. Nichols;Mihailo R. Jovanović

115
Citations
Design of Optimal Sparse Interconnection Graphs for Synchronization of Oscillator Networks

Makan Fardad;Fu Lin;Mihailo R. Jovanovic

100
Citations
Convergence and sample complexity of gradient methods for the model-free linear quadratic regulator problem

Hesameddin Mohammadi;Armin Zare;Mahdi Soltanolkotabi;Mihailo R. Jovanovic

76
Citations
Sparsity-promoting Dynamic Mode Decomposition

Mihailo Jovanovic;Peter Schmid

2
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Bassam Bamieh University of California, Santa Barbara

Satish Kumar University of Minnesota

Graham V. Candler University of Minnesota

Tryphon T. Georgiou University of California, Irvine

Florian Dorfler ETH Zurich

Murat Arcak University of California, Berkeley

Eduardo D. Sontag Northeastern University

Meisam Razaviyayn University of Southern California

Michael Chertkov University of Arizona

Mahdi Soltanolkotabi University of Southern California

External Links

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