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4018
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  • 2006 - Fellow of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC)

Overview

Thomas J. McAvoy is affiliated with the University of Maryland, College Park in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a focus on several subfields including Insect Science, Plant Science, Ecology, Geochemistry and Petrology, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

Their work addresses a range of topics, notably Forest Insect Ecology and Management, Insect-Plant Interactions and Control, Cold Fusion and Nuclear Reactions, Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution, Ancient Egypt and Archaeology, Plant Disease Management Techniques, and Weed Control and Herbicide Applications.

Among the recent publications authored or co-authored by Thomas J. McAvoy are the following papers:

  • Rebound of Adelges tsugae spring generation following predation on overwintering generation ovisacs by the introduced predator Laricobius nigrinus in the eastern United States, 2020, Biological Control
  • Establishment of the predator Laricobius nigrinus, introduced as a biological control agent for hemlock woolly adelgid in Virginia, USA, 2021, BioControl
  • On Radiocarbon Dating of the Shroud of Turin, 2021, International Journal of Archaeology
  • The Inability of Spotted Lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula) to Vector a Plant Pathogen between its Preferred Host, Ailanthus altissima, in a Laboratory Setting, 2020, Insects
  • Subterranean Survivorship and Seasonal Emergence of Laricobius spp. (Coleoptera: Derodontidae), Biological Control Agents for the Hemlock Woolly Adelgid, 2021, Environmental Entomology

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Thomas J. McAvoy include:

  • Scott M. Salom
  • Albert E. Mayfield
  • Ryan Mays
  • Jeremiah R. Foley
  • Carrie S. Jubb

Their research has been published repeatedly in notable venues such as Environmental Entomology, Biocontrol Science and Technology, Biological Control, BioControl, and the International Journal of Archaeology.

Thomas J. McAvoy was recognized as a Fellow of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC) in 2006.

Best Publications

  • Use of neural nets for dynamic modeling and control of chemical process systems

    N. Bhat;T.J. McAvoy

  • Nonlinear principal component analysis—Based on principal curves and neural networks

    D. Dong;T.J. McAvoy

  • Identification of faulty sensors using principal component analysis

    Ricardo Dunia;S. Joe Qin;Thomas F. Edgar;Thomas J. McAvoy

  • Nonlinear PLS Modeling Using Neural Networks

    S.J. Qin;T.J. McAvoy

  • Base control for the Tennessee Eastman problem

    T.J. McAvoy;N. Ye

  • Dynamics of pH in Controlled Stirred Tank Reactor

    T. J. McAvoy;E. Hsu;S. Lowenthal

  • Interaction analysis : principles and applications

    Thomas J. McAvoy

  • Modeling chemical process systems via neural computation

    N.V. Bhat;P.A. Minderman;T. McAvoy;N.S. Wang

  • Isolation enhanced principal component analysis

    Janos Gertler;Weihua Li;Yunbing Huang;Thomas McAvoy

  • Comparison of four neural net learning methods for dynamic system identification

    S.-Z. Qin;H.-T. Su;T.J. McAvoy

  • Long-term predictions of chemical processes using recurrent neural networks: a parallel training approach

    Hong Te Su;Thomas J. McAvoy;Paul Werbos

  • Neural net based model predictive control

    Jean Saint-Donat;Naveen Bhat;Thomas J. McAVOY

  • Surface state trapping models for SnO2-based microhotplate sensors

    Junhua Ding;Thomas J. McAvoy;Richard E. Cavicchi;Steve Semancik

  • Use of neural networks for sensor failure detection in a control system

    S.R. Naidu;E. Zafiriou;T.J. McAvoy

  • Short cut operability analysis. 1. The relative disturbance gain

    Galen Stanley;Maria Marino-Galarraga;Thomas J. McAvoy

  • Batch tracking via nonlinear principal component analysis

    Dong Dong;Thomas J. McAvoy

  • Optimization of temperature programmed sensing for gas identification using micro-hotplate sensors

    Tekin A. Kunt;Thomas J. McAvoy;Richard E. Cavicchi;Steve Semancik

  • Techniques for compensating movement of a treatment target in a patient

    Warren D. D'Souza;X. Cedric Yu;Mohan Suntharalingam;William F. Regine

  • Nonlinear FIR Modeling via a Neural Net PLS Approach

    S.J. Qin;T.J. McAvoy

  • Predictive on-line monitoring of continuous processes

    Gang Chen;Thomas J. McAvoy

  • Fault Detection and Diagnosis in Industrial Systems

    Thomas McAvoy

Frequent Co-Authors

S. Joe Qin
S. Joe Qin Lingnan University
Thomas F. Edgar
Thomas F. Edgar The University of Texas at Austin
Suresh Senan
Suresh Senan University of Amsterdam
John D. Perkins
John D. Perkins Imperial College London
Andrew Camilli
Andrew Camilli Tufts University
Lorenz T. Biegler
Lorenz T. Biegler Carnegie Mellon University
Xiaohua Xia
Xiaohua Xia University of Pretoria
Dale E. Seborg
Dale E. Seborg University of California, Santa Barbara
John S. Suehle
John S. Suehle National Institute of Standards and Technology
Denis Dochain
Denis Dochain Université Catholique de Louvain

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