Journal Papers accepted:

• "Shapley Effects as a Global Sensitivity Metric for Robust Design and Control", accepted at Optimal Control Applications and Methods

Conference Papers accepted:

• "Robust Time-Delay Filter Design for Precision Motion Control with Nonzero Initial Conditions", accepted at 2025 IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications (CCTA).

• "Application-Oriented Co-Design of Motors and Motions for a 6DOF Robot Manipulator", accepted at 2025 IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE).

• "Bayesian Uncertainty Modeling and Risk-Aware Optimization for Unknown Systems" from NASA and DNV Challenge on Optimization Under Uncertainty 2025 accepted at the  European Safety and Reliability (ESREL) and Society for Risk Analysis Europe (SRA-E ) conference (overall score: 7th out of 40 teams)

Reviewer invitation:

• Nyi Nyi Aung:

  • IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications (CCTA) 2025

  • IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering

  • Optimal Control Applications and Methods

• Karan Baker:

  • IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications (CCTA) 2025

  • ASME Journal of Vibration and Acoustics

Awards:

• Dr. Stein receives the Longwell Teaching Award

• GSA Travel Award for CCTA 2025 for Karan Baker

• LaSPACE Graduate Student Research Assistance (GSRA) Award for Karan Baker

• LaSPACE Undergraduate Research Assistantship (LURA) Award for Dutch Dunphy

• LaSPACE Undergraduate Research Assistantship (LURA) Award for Yousuf Atteia

Lab participates in High School Summer Research (HSSR) Program at LSU

New undergraduate students Darren Johnson, Grant Gueho, Abigail Lawlor, and James Sirois onboarded in Fall 25

New undergraduate students Dutch Dunphy, Mark Mills, Carter Burdette, Neil Muralles, and Bradley Wight onboarded in Spring 25

New undergraduate student Yousuf Atteia onboarded

New PhD student Karan Baker onboarded

Dr. Adrian Stein joined the MIE Department at LSU as an Assistant Professor