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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2014 - Fellow of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC)
  • 2012 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For contributions to robust control, system identification, and methodology for control-structure interaction.
  • 1995 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to integrated of design, modeling, and control of aerospace systems.

Overview

Robert E. Skelton was affiliated with Texas A&M University in the United States. Their research primarily focused on the field of Engineering, with significant contributions in Civil and Structural Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Architecture, Aerospace Engineering, and Control and Systems Engineering.

The main topics of their work included Structural Analysis and Optimization, Advanced Materials and Mechanics, Architecture and Computational Design, Structural Analysis of Composite Materials, Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence, Planetary Science and Exploration, and Structural Engineering and Vibration Analysis.

Robert E. Skelton's recent publications highlighted various aspects of tensegrity structures, space habitats, and control systems in engineering contexts. Notable papers included:

  • "Tensegrity system dynamics based on finite element method" (2021) published in Composite Structures
  • "Design and control of tensegrity morphing airfoils" (2020) published in Mechanics Research Communications
  • "Design and analysis of a growable artificial gravity space habitat" (2020) published in Aerospace Science and Technology
  • "Review of space habitat designs for long term space explorations" (2021) published in Progress in Aerospace Sciences
  • "Dynamics and control of clustered tensegrity systems" (2022) published in Engineering Structures

Throughout their career, Skelton frequently collaborated with several scholars. Key coauthors included Muhao Chen, Shuo Ma, Manoranjan Majji, Raman Goyal, and Yuling Shen.

Their research was disseminated through multiple publication venues, with the most frequent being:

  • arXiv (Cornell University) with 10 publications
  • Engineering Structures with 6 publications
  • Composite Structures with 3 publications
  • Mechanics Research Communications with 3 publications
  • Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing with 3 publications

Robert E. Skelton received several recognitions during their career. Among these were being named a Fellow of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC) in 2014, membership in the National Academy of Engineering in 2012 for contributions to robust control, system identification, and control-structure interaction methodology, and being an IEEE Fellow in 1995 for work in integrating design, modeling, and control of aerospace systems.

Best Publications

  • STRUCTURAL CONTROL: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE

    G. W. Housner;L. A. Bergman;T. K. Caughey;A. G. Chassiakos

  • A Unified Algebraic Approach To Control Design

    Robert E. Skelton;T. Iwasaki;K.M. Grigoriadis

  • All controllers for the general H ∞ control problem: LMI existence conditions and state space formulas

    T. Iwasaki;R. E. Skelton

  • Stability tests for constrained linear systems

    Maurício C. de Oliveira;Robert E. Skelton

  • Dynamic Systems Control: Linear Systems Analysis and Synthesis

    R. E. Skelton

  • A covariance control theory

    Anthony Hotz;Robert Skelton

  • Paper: Low-order control design for LMI problems using alternating projection methods

    Karolos M. Grigoriadis;Robert E. Skelton

  • An introduction to the mechanics of tensegrity structures

    R.E. Skelton;R. Adhikari;J.-P. Pinaud;Waileung Chan

  • Static output feedback controllers: stability and convexity

    J.C. Geromel;C.C. de Souza;R.E. Skelton

  • Deployment of tensegrity structures

    Cornel Sultan;Robert Skelton

  • Algebraic tensegrity form-finding

    Milenko Masic;Robert E. Skelton;Philip E. Gill

  • Model reductions using a projection formulation

    Christian Villemagne;Robert Skelton

  • The XY-centring algorithm for the dual LMI problem: a new approach to fixed-order control design

    T. Iwasaki;R. E. Skelton

  • Linear quadratic suboptimal control with static output feedback

    T. Iwasaki;R. E. Skelton;J. C. Geromel

  • Component cost analysis of large scale systems

    Robert E. Skelton;Ajmal Yousuff

  • Cost decomposition of linear systems with application to model reduction

    Robert E. Skelton

  • Multiscale tunability of solitary wave dynamics in tensegrity metamaterials

    Fernando Fraternali;Gerardo Carpentieri;Ada Amendola;Robert E. Skelton

  • Model error concepts in control design

    R. E. Skelton

  • Controllability and Observability of Linear Matrix-Second-Order Systems

    P. C. Hughes;R. E. Skelton

  • A theory of state covariance assignment for discrete systems

    E. Collins;R. Skelton

Frequent Co-Authors

Guoming G. Zhu
Guoming G. Zhu Michigan State University
Karolos M. Grigoriadis
Karolos M. Grigoriadis University of Houston
Fernando Fraternali
Fernando Fraternali University of Salerno
Tetsuya Iwasaki
Tetsuya Iwasaki University of California, Los Angeles
Jianbo Lu
Jianbo Lu Ford Motor Company (United States)
Martin Corless
Martin Corless Purdue University West Lafayette
Vitali F. Nesterenko
Vitali F. Nesterenko University of California, San Diego
Brian D. O. Anderson
Brian D. O. Anderson Australian National University
Jose C. Geromel
Jose C. Geromel State University of Campinas
Francesco Fabbrocino
Francesco Fabbrocino Pegaso University

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