Selected Research Publications

Articles in Journals:

  1. Tomizuka, M., M. S. Chen, S. Ren, and T. C. Tsao, "Tool Positioning for Noncircular Cutting with Lathe," American Society of Mechanical Engineers Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control, 109, 176-179, June 1987.

  2. Tsao, T. C. and M. Tomizuka, "Adaptive Zero Phase Error Tracking Algorithm for Digital Control," American Society of Mechanical Engineers Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control, 109, 349-354, Dec. 1987.

  3. Tomizuka, M., T. C. Tsao, and K. Chew, "Analysis and Synthesis of Discrete-Time Repetitive Controllers," American Society of Mechanical Engineers Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control, 111, 353-358, 1989.

  4. Chen, Y. Y. and T. C. Tsao, "A Description of the Dynamic Behavior of Fuzzy Systems," Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Transactions of Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 19:4, 745-755, 1989.

  5. Tsao, T. C., Y. Y. Chen, and M. Tomizuka, "Noncircular Turning of Workpieces with Sharp Corners," ASME Journal of Engineering for Industry, 112:2, 181-183, 1990.

  6. Tsao, T. C. and K. C. Pong, "Control of Radial Runout in Multi-Tooth Face Milling," Transactions of the North American Manufacturing Research Institute of SME, 183-190,1991.

  7. Tsao, T. C. and K. C. Pong, "Spindle Speed Regulation and Tracking in Interrupted Cutting," Transactions of the North American Manufacturing Research Institute of SME, 235-241,1992.

  8. Tsao, T. C., M. W. McCarthy, and S. G. Kapoor, "A New Approach to Stability Analysis of Variable Speed Machining Systems," International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture, 33:6, 791-808, 1993.

  9. Pang, S. T., T. C. Tsao, and L. A. Bergman, "Active and Passive Damping of Euler-Bernoulli Beams and Their Interactions," ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control, 115:3, 379-384, 1993.

  10. Rasmussen, J. D., T. C. Tsao, R. D. Hanson, and S. G. Kapoor, "Dynamic Variable Depth of Cut Machining Using Piezoelectric Actuators," International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture, 34:3, 379-392, 1994.

  11. Nemani, M., T. C. Tsao, and S. Hutchinson, "Multi-Rate Analysis and Design of Visual Feedback Servo Control System," ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control, 116:1, 45-55, 1994.

  12. Alter, D. M. and T. C. Tsao, "Two-Dimensional Exact Model Matching with Application to Repetitive Control," ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control, 116:1, 2-9, 1994.

  13. Tsao, T. C. and M. Tomizuka, "Robust Adaptive and Repetitive Digital Tracking Control and Application to a Hydraulic Servo for Noncircular Machining," ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control, 116:1, 24-32, 1994.

  14. Tsao, T. C., "Simple Stability Criteria for Nonlinear Time Varying Discrete Systems," Systems & Control Letters, 22, 223-225, 1994.

  15. Alter, D. M. and T. C. Tsao, "Stability of Turning Processes with Actively Controlled Linear Motor Feed Drives," ASME Journal of Engineering for Industry, 116, 298-307, 1994.

  16. Wu, J. W. and T. C. Tsao, "A Sufficient Stability Condition for Linear Conservative Gyroscopic Systems," ASME Journal of Applied Mechanics, 61, 715-717, 1994.

  17. Tsao, T. C. ,"Optimal Feed-Forward Digital Tracking Controller Design," ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control, 116, 583-592, 1994.

  18. Manayathara, T. J., T. C. Tsao, and J. Bentsman, "Rejection of Unknown Periodic Load Disturbances in Continuous Steel Casting Process Using Learning Repetitive Approach," IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, 4:3, 259-265, 1996.

  19. Alter, D. M. and T. C. Tsao, "Control of Linear Motors for Machine Tool Feed Drives: Design and Implementation of H8 Optimal Feedback Control," ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control, 118, 649-656, 1996.

  20. Aubrecht, J., A. Vakakis, T. C. Tsao, and J. Bentsman, "Experimental Study of Nonlinear Transient Motion Confinement in a System of Coupled Beams," Journal of Sound and Vibration, 195, 629-648, 1996.

  21. Ditman, J. B., L. A. Bergman, and T. C. Tsao, "The Design of Extended Bandwidth Shape Memory Alloy Actuators," Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, 7, 635-645, 1996.

  22. Srinivasan, K. and T-C. Tsao, "Machine Tool Feed Drives and Their Control - A Survey of the State of the Art," ASME Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, 119, 743-748, 1997.

  23. Alter, D. M. and T-C. Tsao, "Control of Linear Motors for Machine Tool Feed Drives: Experimental Investigation of Optimal Feedforward Tracking Control," ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control, 120, 137-142, March 1998.

  24. Hanson, R. D. and Tsu-Chin Tsao, "Reducing Cutting Force Induced Bore Cylindricity Error by Learning Control and Variable Depth of Cut Machining," ASME Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, Vol. 120, 547-554, August 1998.

  25. Furness, R. J., T. C. Tsao, J. S. Rankin, III, M. J. Muth, and K. Manes, "Torque Control for a Form Tool Drilling Operation," IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, Vol. 7, 22-30, Jan. 1999.

  26. Prell, A. P., T-C. Tsao, and L. A. Bergman, "Application of Repetitive Control to Vibration Attenuation in Engineering Structures," Journal of Vibration and Control, 5(5), 741-760, 1999.

  27. Anderson, Mark D., Tsu-Chin Tsao, and M. B. Levin, "Adaptive Lift Control of Camless Electrohydraulic Valvetrain,", SAE 1998 Transactions, Journal of Engines, (Also as SAE.Technical Paper 981029), Vol 107-3, Oct. 1999.

  28. Kim D. H., and Tsu-Chin Tsao, "Robust Performance Control of Electrohydraulic Actuators for Electronic Cam Motion Generation," IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, Vol. 8, 220-227, March 2000.

  29. Kim D. H., and Tsu-Chin Tsao, "A Linearized Electrohydraulic Servovalve Model for Valve Dynamics Sensitivity Analysis and Control System Design," ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control, Vol. 122, 179-187, March 2000.

  30. Sun, Z., and Tsu-Chin Tsao, "Adaptive Control with Asymptotic Tracking Performance And Its Application to an Electrohydraulic Servo System," ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control, Vol. 122, 188-195, March 2000.

  31. Tsao, T. C., Y. X. Qian, and M. Nemani, "Adaptive Repetitive Control Schemes for Asymptotic Tracking of Periodic Signals with Unknown Period," ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control, Vol. 122, 364-369, June 2000.

  32. McNab, R. J. and T-C. Tsao, "Receding Horizon Linear Quadratic Optimal Control for Multi-Axis Contour Tracking," ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control, Vol. 122, 375-381, June 2000.

  33. Hanson, R. D. and T-C. Tsao, "Periodic Sampling Interval Repetitive Control And Its Application to Variable Spindle Speed Non-Circular Turning Process," ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control, Vol. 122, 560-566, September 2000.

  34. Choi, C. T. and T-C. Tsao, "Synthesis of an H-infinity Controller with Preview Compensation," ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control, Vol. 123, 117-124. March 2001.

  35. Li, J-W. and T-C. Tsao, "Robust Performance Repetitive Control Design Using Structured Singular Values and Implementation," ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control, Vol. 123, 330-337. September 2001.

  36. Pesterev, A. V., Bergman, L. A., Tan, C. A., Tsao, T.-C., and Yang, B., "On Asymptotics of the Solution of the Moving Oscillator Problem," Journal of Sound and Vibration, Vol. 260, 519-536. 2003.

  37. Kim, B. S. and Tsao, T-C., "Robust Repetitive Controller Design with Improved Performance," Submitted ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control. (Accepted)

  38. Kim, B. S., Li, J. and Tsao, T-C., "Control of a Dual Stage Actuator System for Noncircular Cam Turning Process," Submitted to IEEE/ASME Trans. of Mechatronics. (Accepted).

  39. Lee, H. S., and Tsao, Tsu-Chin, 2002, "Repetitive Learning of Backstepping Controlled Nonlinear Electrohydraulic Material Testing System," Submitted to IFAC Journal of Control Engineering Practice (Accepted).

  40. Tai, Chun, Tsao, Tsu-Chin, Schörn, N. A., and Levin, M. B., "Increasing Torque Output From a Turbodiesel With Camless Valvetrain," SAE 2002 Transactions Journal of Engines. (Also as SAE Paper 2002-01-1108 ) (Accepted).

Articles Submitted to Journals but not yet published:

  1. Kim, B. S., and Tsao, Tsu-Chin, 2002, "An Integrated Feedforward Robust Repetitive Control Design for Tracking Near Periodic Time Varying Signals," submitted to IEEE Trans. Control System Technology,

Authors or Editors of Books/Chapters:

  1. Proceedings of the ASME Dynamic Systems And Control Division -2002 presented at the 2002 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress And Exposition, Nov, 2002, New Orleans, LA. Edited by Tsu-Chin Tsao


Articles in Conference Proceedings:

  1. Tomizuka, M., D. Dornfeld, M. S. Chen, and T. C. Tsao, "Noncircular Cutting with Lathe," 14th North American Manufacturing Research Conference, 201-206, May 1986.

  2. Tsao, T. C. and M. Tomizuka, "Adaptive Zero Phase Error Tracking Algorithm for Digital Control," American Society of Mechanical Engineers Winter Annual Meeting, pamphlet, Anaheim, CA, 1986.

  3. Tomizuka, M., M. S. Chen, S. Ren, and T. C. Tsao, "Tool Positioning for Noncircular Cutting with Lathe," American Control Conference, 1986.

  4. Tsao, T. C. and M. Tomizuka, "Hydraulic Servo System Design for Noncircular Machining," 16th North American Manufacturing Research Conference, Champaign, IL, 336-343, May 1988.

  5. Tsao, T. C. and M. Tomizuka, "Adaptive and Repetitive Digital Control Algorithms for Noncircular Machining," American Control Conference, Atlanta, 115-120, GA, June 1988.

  6. Tsao, T. C., Y. Y. Chen, and M. Tomizuka, "Machining Noncircular Workpieces with Sharp Corners by Turning," Symposium on Sensors and Controls for Manufacturing, American Society of Mechanical Engineers Winter Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, PED-Vol. 33, 151-156, Dec. 1988.

  7. Tomizuka, M., T. C. Tsao, and K. Chew, "Discrete-Time Domain Analysis and Synthesis of Repetitive Controllers," American Control Conference, Atlanta, GA, 860-866, June 1988.

  8. Chen, Y. Y. and T. C. Tsao, "A New Approach for the Global Analysis of Fuzzy Dynamic Systems," Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Control and Decision Conference, Austin, TX, 1415-1420, Dec. 1988.

  9. Tsao, T. C., J. Burke, and P. Ferreira, "Control of Radial Runout in Face Milling," Symposium on Control Issues in Manufacturing Processes, American Society of Mechanical Engineers Winter Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 99-105, Dec. 1989.

  10. Tsao, T. C. and M. Tomizuka, "Indirect Adaptive Feedforward Tracking Controllers," American Control Conference, 1-6, Pittsburgh, PA, June 1989; also reprinted in Advances in Adaptive Control, K. S. Narendra, R. Ortega, and P. Dorato, eds., 147-152, 1991.

  11. Wu, J. W. and T. C. Tsao, "Adaptive Identification of Conductivities in Heat Flows," Control of Systems with Inexact Dynamic Models, American Society of Mechanical Engineers Winter Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, DSC--Vol. 33, 31-35, Dec. 1991.

  12. Tsao, T. C. and K. C. Pong, "Repetitive Control of a Direct Drive Spindle for Face Milling," 1992 NSF Design and Manufacturing Systems Conference, Atlanta, GA, 1137-1140, Jan. 1992.

  13. Pang, S. T., T. C. Tsao, and L. A. Bergman, "Interaction Effects in the Hybrid Control of Euler-Bernoulli Beams," Ninth ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference, College Station, TX, 820-823, May 1992.

  14. Pang, S. T., T. C. Tsao, and L. A. Bergman, "Active and Passive Damping of Euler-Bernouli Beams and Their Interactions," American Control Conference, Chicago, IL, 2144-2149, June 1992.

  15. Tsao, T. C. and M. Nemani, "Asymptotic Rejection of Periodic Disturbances with Uncertain Period," American Control Conference, Chicago, IL, 2696-2699, June 1992.

  16. Alter, D. M. and T-C. Tsao, "Dynamic Control of Turning Process Using Direct Drive Linear Motor Actuators," American Control Conference, Chicago, IL, 379-383, June 1992.

  17. Alter, D. M., H. D. Hanson, J. A. Levand, M. Nemani, K. C. Pong, J. D. Rasmussen, and T. C. Tsao, "Dynamic Control of Direct-Drives for Precision Machining," 1993 NSF Design and Manufacturing Systems Conference, Charlotte, NC, 1521-1529, Jan. 1993.

  18. Tsao, T. C. and Y. X. Qian, "An Adaptive Repetitive Control Scheme for Tracking Periodic Trajectory with Unknown Period," American Control Conference, San Francisco, CA, 1736-1740, June 1993.

  19. Alter, D. M. and T. C. Tsao, "Implementation of a Direct-Drive Linear Motor Actuator for Dynamic Control of the Turning Process," American Control Conference, San Francisco, CA, 1971-1975, June 1993.

  20. Tsao, T. C. and K-C. Pong, "Application of Repetitive Control in Face Milling," Japan-USA Flexible Automation Symposium, San Francisco, CA, July 1992.

  21. Rasmussen, J. D., T. C. Tsao, R. D. Hanson, and S. G. Kapoor, "A Piezoelectric Tool Servo System for Variable Depth of Cut Machining," M. Jouaneh and S. S. Rangwala, eds., ASME Winter Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA, PED-Vol. 58, 119-130, Nov. 1992.

  22. Bergman, L. A., H. H. Hilton, and T. C. Tsao, "The Effect of Viscoelasticity on the Performance of Reaction Mass Actuators," Damping '93, San Francisco, CA, Feb. 1993.

  23. Jolly, T., T. C. Tsao, and J. Bentsman, "Rejection of Unknown Periodic Load Disturbances in Continuous Steel Casting Process Using Learning Repetitive Control Approach," International IEEE Symposium on Intelligent Control Systems, Chicago, IL, 36-41, Aug. 1993.

  24. Nemani, M., T. C. Tsao, and S. Hutchinson, "Multi-rate Analysis and Design of Visual Feedback Digital Servo Control System," Symposium on Mechatronics, ASME Winter Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, DSC-Vol. 50, 7-14, Nov. 1993.

  25. Ditman, J. B., L. A. Bergman, and T. C. Tsao, "The Design of Extended Bandwidth Shape Memory Alloy Actuators," Proceedings of the AIAA/ASME Adaptive Structures Forum, 35th AIAA Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference, Hilton Head, NC, 210-220, April 1994.

  26. Alter, D. M. and T. C. Tsao, "Exact 2-D Model Matching with Application to Repetitive Control," Proceedings of the Japan-USA Symposium on Flexible Automation, Kobe, Japan, 135-142, July 1994.

  27. Alter, D. M. and T. C. Tsao, "Dynamic Stiffness Enhancement of Direct Linear Motor Feed Drives for Machining," American Control Conference, Baltimore, MD, 3303-3307, July 1994.

  28. Tsao, T. C., "Optimal Feedforward Digital Tracking Controller Design," Proceedings of the Japan-USA Symposium on Flexible Automation, Kobe, Japan, 147-154, July 1994.

  29. Hanson, R. D. and T. C. Tsao, "Development of a Fast Tool Servo for Variable-Depth-of-Cut Machining," ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Chicago, IL, DSC-Vol. 55-2, 863-872, Nov. 1994.

  30. McNab, R. J. and T. C. Tsao, "Multi-Axis Contour Tracking: A Receding Horizon Linear Quadratic Optimal Control Approach," ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Chicago, IL, DSC-Vol. 55-2, 895-902, Nov. 1994.

  31. Furness, R. J. and T. C. Tsao, "Drilling Torque Regulation of a Form Tool," Proceedings of the 27th CIRP International Seminar on Manufacturing Systems, Ann Arbor, MI, 365-374, May 1995.
  32. Alter, D. M. and T. C. Tsao, "Optimal Feedforward Tracking Control of Linear Motors for Machine Tool Drives," American Control Conference, Seattle, WA, 210-214, June 1995.

  33. Furness, R. J. and T. C. Tsao, "Modeling and Control of a Form Tool Drilling Process," American Control Conference, Seattle, WA, 718-722, June 1995.

  34. Hanson, R. D. and T. C. Tsao, "Discrete-Time Repetitive Control of LTI Systems Sampled at a Periodic Rate," Proceedings of IFAC'96 World Congress, San Francisco, CA, vol. D, 13-18, June 1996.

  35. Hanson, R. D. and T. C. Tsao, "Compensation for Cutting Force Induced Bore Cylindricity Dynamic Errors - A Hybrid Repetitive Servo/Iterative Learning Process Feedback Control Approach," Proceedings of the Japan USA Symposium on Flexible Automation, Boston, MA, 1019-1026, July 1996.

  36. Alleyne, A., B. Bamieh, D. Block, S. Meyn, W. Perkins, R. S. Sreenivas, M. Spong, T. C. Tsao, and P. Voulgaris, "A Collegewide Laboratory-Based Program in Control System Technology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign," Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Kobe, Japan, Dec. 1996.

  37. Prell, A. P., T-C. Tsao, and L. A. Bergman, "Application of Repetitive Control to Vibration Attenuation in Civil Engineering Structures," Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on Structural Control, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 403-420, Dec. 1996.

  38. Tsao, T. C., "Control of Direct Spindle and Feed Drives for High-Speed Machining," Proceedings of the 1997 NSF Design and Manufacturing Grantees Conference, Seattle, WA, 203-204, Jan. 1997.

  39. McNab, R. J. and T-C. Tsao, "Frequency Response Based Feedforward Controller Design with Uncertainty Consideration," American Control Conference, Albuquerque, NM, 2726-2730, June 1997.

  40. Tsao, T-C., "Non-Circular Turning for Camshaft Machining - Fast Response Actuators, Sensors, and Motion Control for Cam Profile Tracking," Advanced Technology Program Motor Vehicle Manufacturing Technology Public Workshop, Publication No. NISTIR 6079, 55-63, Oct. 1997.

  41. Kim, D. H., M. D. Anderson, T. C. Tsao, and M. B. Levin, "Dynamics Model of a Springless Electrohydraulic Valvetrain," SAE Conference, Detroit, MI, Technical Paper 970248, Feb. 1997.

  42. Kim, D. H. and Tsu-Chin Tsao, "An Improved Linearized Model of Electrohydraulic Servovalves and Its Usage for Robust Performance Control System Design," American Control Conference, Albuquerque, NM, 3807-3808, June 1997.

  43. Kim, D. H. and Tsu-Chin Tsao, "Robust Performance Control of Electrohydraulic Actuators for Camshaft Machining," IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics '97, Tokyo, Japan, June 1997.

  44. Sun, Z. and T-C. Tsao, "Discrete Time Adaptive Control Design with Asymptotic Performance," Chinese Control Conference, Lushan, China, 745-748, Aug. 1997.

  45. Sun, Zongxuan and Tsu-Chin Tsao, "Adaptive Repetitive Control Design with Application to an Electrohydraulic Servo," ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Dallas, TX, FPST-Vol. 4/DSC-Vol. 63, 39-53, 33-38, Nov. 1997.

  46. Kim, D. H. and Tsu-Chin Tsao, "Robust Performance Control of Electrohydraulic Actuators for Camshaft Machining," ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Dallas, TX, FPST-Vol. 4/DSC-Vol. 63, 39-53, 33-38, Nov. 1997.

  47. Anderson, Mark D., Tsu-Chin Tsao, and M. B. Levin, "Adaptive Lift Control of a Camless Electrohydraulic Valvetrain," SAE International Congress and Exposition, Technical Paper 981029, Detroit, MI, Feb. 1998.

  48. Tsao, Tsu-Chin, and R. J. McNab, "Control and Stability of Multi-Axis Machining Using Linear Motor Feed Drives," Proc. NSF Design And Manufacturing Grantees Conference, 329-330, Monterrey, Mexico, Jan. 1998.

  49. Spong, M. , and T-C. Tsao, "Mechatronic Education at University of Illinois" Proceedings of IFAC'98 World Congress, Beijing, China, July 1998.

  50. Kim, D. H., Tsu-Chin Tsao, "Identification and Control of Electrohydraulic Actuator Modeled as a Linear Periodic System," Proc. American Control Conference, 823-827, Philadelphia, PA, June 1998.

  51. Anderson, Mark D., Tsu-Chin Tsao, and M. B. Levin, "Adaptive Lift Control of an Electrohydraulic Camless Valvetrain System," Proc. American Control Conference, 955-956 , Philadelphia, PA, June 1998.

  52. Tsao, Tsu-Chin, R. D. Hanson, Z. Sun, A. Babinski, "Motion Control of Non-Circular Turning Process for Camshaft Machining," Proc. Japan-U.S.A. Symposium on Flexible Automation, 485-489, Otsu, Japan, July, 1998.

  53. Flores, M. A., T-C. Tsao, "Supervisory Machining Control Implementation Using an Open Architecture CNC," Proc. Japan-U.S.A. Symposium on Flexible Automation, 1157-1164, Otsu, Japan, July, 1998.

  54. Li, Jianwu, T-C. Tsao, "Robust Performance Repetitive Control Design Using Structured Singular Values and Its Implementation," DSC-Vol. 64, Proc. the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division, 347-353, Anaheim, CA, Nov. 1998.

  55. Choi, Chintae, T-C. Tsao, "Synthesis of an H Controller with Preview Compensation," DSC-Vol. 64, Proc. the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division, 361-366, Anaheim, CA, Nov. 1998.

  56. McNab, R. J., T-C. Tsao, "Stability and Control of Linear Motor Feed Drives for the End Milling Process," DSC-Vol. 64, Proc. ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division, 471-478, Anaheim, CA, Nov. 1998.

  57. Jacobsen, M. P., T-C. Tsao, "Optimal Velocity Estimation of Slowly Moving System with Quantized Position Output," DSC-Vol. 64, Proc. ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division, 479-486 , Anaheim, CA, Nov. 1998.

  58. Li, Jianwu, T-C. Tsao, "A Two Parameter Robust Repetitive Control Design Using Structured Singular Values," Proc. 37th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 1230-1235, Tampa, FL, Dec. 1998.

  59. Babinski, A. and T-C. Tsao, "Input-Output Data Based Tracking Control," Proc. American Control Conference, 870-874, San Diego, CA, June 1999.

  60. Babinski, A. and T-C. Tsao, "Acceleration Feedback Design for Voice Coil Actuated Direct Drive," Proc. American Control Conference, 3713-3717, San Diego, CA, June 1999.

  61. Choi, Chintae, Tsao, Tsu-Chin; Matsubara, Atsushi; "Control of linear motor machine tool feed drives for end milling: Robust MIMO approach," Proc. American Control Conference, 3723-3727, San Diego, CA, June 1999.

  62. Li, Jianwu, T-C. Tsao, "Rejection of repeatable and non-repeatable disturbances for disk drive actuators," Proc. American Control Conference, 3615-3619, San Diego, CA, June 1999.

  63. Sun, Z., T-C. Tsao, "Adaptive tracking control by system inversion," Proc. American Control Conference, 29-33, San Diego, CA, June 1999.

  64. Sun, Z., T-C. Tsao, "Rejection of Disturbance with Nonlinear Dynamics in Discrete Time Domain," Proc. American Control Conference, 2573-2577, San Diego, CA, June 1999.

  65. Babinski, A., and T-C. Tsao, "Acceleration Feedback for Suppression of Friction Induced Limit Cycles in Direct Drives, Proc. DETC'99, ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference, Las Vegas, NV, September 1999.

  66. Sun Z., and T-C. Tsao, "Process Feedback Control of Non-Circular Turning for Camshaft Machining," DSC-Vol. 67, Proc. ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division, 949-956 ,Nashville, Tennessee, Nov. 1999.

  67. Prasetiawan E.A., Zhang R., Alleyne, A., T-C. Tsao, "Modeling and Control Design of a Powertrain Simulation Testbed," ASME Fluid Power Systems and Technology, FPST-Vol. 6, 139-146, Nashville, Tennessee, Nov. 1999.

  68. Kim, D. H., S. J. Moulton, and T-C. Tsao, "A Modified Tustin Transformation for Improved Controller Performance with Application to the Electrohydraulic Actuator," ASME Fluid Power Systems and Technology, FPST-Vol. 6, 125-130, Nashville, Tennessee, Nov. 1999.

  69. Tai, C., T-C. Tsao, and M. B. Levin, "Adaptive Nonlinear Feedforward Control of an Electrohydraulic Camless Valvetrain," Proc. American Control Conference, 1001-1005, Chicago, IL, June 2000.

  70. Tsao, T-C., and Z. Sun, "Tracking/Rejection of Exogenous Signals with Known Dynamics - from Periodic to Chaotic Signals," RESCCE, 2000 Japan-USA- Vietnam Workshop on Research and Education in Systems, Computation, and Control Engineering, 530-538, Hochiminh City, Vietnam, June 2000.

  71. Sun, Z., and T-C. Tsao, "A Multiresolution Tracking Control Design for Non-minimum Phase Systems, " Proc. American Control Conference, 477-481, Chicago, IL, June 2000.

  72. Tai, C., Stubbs, A. and T-C. Tsao, "Modeling and Controller Design of an Electromagnetic Engine Valve," Proc. American Control Conference, 2890-2895, Arlington, VA, June 2001.

  73. Tsao, T-C.,Tan, C-A., Pesterev, A., Yang, B. and Bergman, L. A. "Control Oriented Formulation for Structures Interacting with Moving Loads," Proc. American Control Conference, 441-446, Arlington, VA, June 2001.

  74. Kim, B. S. and Tsao, T-C., "Robust Repetitive Controller Design with Improved Performance," Proc. American Control Conference, 2027-2032, Arlington, VA, June 2001.

  75. Kim, B. S., Li, J. and Tsao, T-C., "Control of a Dual Stage Actuator System for Noncircular Cam Turning Process," Proc. American Control Conference, 2549-2554, Arlington, VA, June 2001.

  76. Sun, Z. and Tsao, T-C., "Control of Linear Systems with Nonlinear Disturbance Dynamics," Proc. American Control Conference, 3049-3054, Arlington, VA, June 2001.

  77. Pesterev, A. V., Bergman, L. A., Tan, C. A., Tsao, T.-C., and Yang, B., 2001, "On Equivalence of the Moving Mass and Moving Oscillator Problems," Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences, 18th Biennial Conference on Mechanical Vibration and Noise, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, Sept. 9-12, CD-ROM, Paper No. DETC01/VIB21518.

  78. Tai, Chun, and Tsu-Chin Tsao, "Quiet Seating Control Design of an Electromagnetic Engine Valve Actuator ," Proceedings of 2001 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, CD-ROM, Paper No. IMECE2001/DSC-24520, November 11-16, 2001, New York, NY.

  79. Tai, Chun, Tsao, Tsu-Chin, Schörn, N. A., and Levin, M. B., "Increasing Torque Output From a Turbodiesel With Camless Valvetrain", SAE Paper 2002-01-1108 presented in SAE World Congress, March 2002, Detroit, MI. Also in SAE World Congress 2002 Special Publications (SP-1692), ISBN: 0-7680-0960-X.

  80. Chen, Y., Tan, C. A., Bergman, L. A., and Tsao, T.-C., 2002, "Smart Suspension Systems for Bridge-Friendly Vehicles", Proceedings of the 9th SPIE Annual International Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials (Session on Smart Systems for Bridges, Structures, and Highways), San Diego, California, USA, March 17-21, Paper No. 4696-06.

  81. Tai, Chun, and Tsao, Tsu-Chin, 2002, "Control of Electromechanical Camless Valve Actuator, 2002, " Proceedings of the American Control Conference, 262-267, Anchorage, Alaska.

  82. Sun, Zongxuan, and Tsao, Tsu-Chin, 2002, "Disturbance Rejection for Nonlinear Systems," Proceedings of the American Control Conference, 3484-3489, Anchorage, Alaska.

  83. Lee, S. J., and Tsao, Tsu-Chin, 2002, "Nonlinear Backstepping Control of an Electrohydraulic Material Testing System," Proceedings of the American Control Conference, 4825-4830, Anchorage, Alaska.

  84. Kim, B. S., and Tsao, Tsu-Chin, 2002, "An Integrated Feedforward Robust Repetitive Control Design for Tracking Near Periodic Time Varying Signals," Proceedings of the Japan USA Symposium on Flexible Automation, 875-882, Hiroshima, Japan.

  85. Sun, Zongxuan, and Tsu-Chin Tsao, 2002 "Repetitive Control for Linear Time Varying Systems," Proceedings of the ASME Dynamic Systems And Control Division -2002, DSC-Vol. 71, 73-82, p resented at the 2002 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, November 17-22, New Orleans, LA.

  86. Lee, H. S., and Tsao, Tsu-Chin, 2002, "Repetitive Learning of Backstepping Controlled Nonlinear Electrohydraulic Material Testing System," Proc. 2nd IFAC Conference on Mechatronic Systems, 711-716, Berkeley, CA.

  87. Tai, Chun, Tsao, Tsu-Chin, M. B. Levin, G. Barta, and M.M. Schechter, "Using Camless Valvetrain for Air Hybrid Optimization," SAE Paper 2003-01-0038 presented in SAE World Congress, March 2003, Detroit, MI. Also in SAE World Congress 2003 Special Publications (SP-1752), ISBN: 0-7680-1175-2.

  88. Tai, Chun, and Tsao, Tsu-Chin, 2003, "Control of An Electromechanical Actuator for Camless Engine," Proceedings of the American Control Conference, 3113-3118, Denver, Colorado.

Published Abstracts:

  1. Li, Jianwu, T-C. Tsao, "A Robust Repetitive Control for Disk Drive Repeatable And Non-Repeatable Runout Rejection," Program and Extended Abstracts 12th Annual Symposium on Information Storage and Processing Systems, Santa Clara, CA, June 2001.

Unpublished Presentations:

Invited Seminars And Lectures

"Advanced Control for Manufacturing Processes," Moog Control Inc., East Aurora, NY, Aug. 29, 1990.

"Active Control of Manufacturing processes," University of Illinois Coordinate Science Laboratory, Dec. 5, 1991.

"Dynamic Control of Machining Processes Using Direct Drive Actuators," University of Washington, Dept. of Mech. Eng., Seattle, WA, May 19, 1992.

"Control of Linear Motors for High-Speed Precision Machining," National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, July 7, 1994.

"Control of Linear Motors for High-Speed Precision Machining," Ford Scientific Research Laboratory, Dearborn, MI, Aug. 9, 1994.

"Dynamic Compensation for Cutting Force Induced Bore Cylindricity Errors," University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, April 11, 1996.

"Motion Control of Non-Circular Turning Process for Camshaft Machining," University of California, San Diego, Nov. 1996.

"Advanced Motion Control of Machine Tool Feed Drives And Its Implementation by Open Architecture CNC," Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, December 17, 1996.

"Control of A fast Tool Servo for Variable Depth of Cut Machining and Dynamic Error Compensation," University of California, San Diego, January 31, 1997.

"Noncircular Turning For Camshaft Machining," National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, May 12, 1997.

"Cylinder Boring Compensation Technology," National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, May 14, 1997.

"Motion Control of Non-Circular Turning Process for Camshaft Machining," University of California, Los Angeles, October, 1997.

"Non-Circular Turning Process for Automotive Camshaft Machining," Boston University, April 1998."Digital Motion Control for Non-Circular Turning/Boring Process," MIT, October, 1998.

"Motion Control of Non-Circular Turning Process for Camshaft Machining," University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, February 1999.

"Variable Valve Timing System for Camless Engine Operation," CARAT (Cooperative Automotive Research for Advanced Technology) Forum, Department of Energy, Troy, MI, Sept. 1999.

"Sensing, Actuators, and Control for Non-Circular Turning Process," Federal Mogul Corp., Cawston, United Kingdom, Jan. 2000.

"Variable Valve Timing System for Camless Engine Operation," Federal Mogul Corp., Cawston, United Kingdom, Jan. 2000.

"Precision Motion Control for Non-Circular Turning Process," University of Washington, March, 2000.

"Adaptive Feedforward Control of an Electrohydraulic Valvetrain for Camless Engine Operation," University of Southern California, October 2000.

"Repetitive Control Design and Applications," University of California, Santa Barbara, November 2000.

"Advanced Sensing And Control for Direct-Drive Machine Tool Systems," VIVID-CNC 2001 Annual Meeting, Nagoya, Japan, July 2001.

"Precision Motion Control of Electrohydraulic Actuators," University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, September 2002.

"Design And Control of Camless Engine Valve Actuators," General Motors Research & Development Center, Warren, Michigan, November 2002.

Pesterev, A. V., Bergman, L. A., Tan, C. A., Tsao, T-C., and Yang, B., 2002, "Some Recent Results in Moving Load Problems with Application to Highway Bridges" (Keynote Lecture delivered by L. A. Bergman), 6th International Conference on Motion and Vibration Control (MOVIC), Saitama, Japan, August 2002.

Unpublished Reports:

Rasmussen, J. D., and Tsu-Chin Tsao, "Development of Computer Controlled Thread rollers," Technical Report UILU-ENG 92-4021, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Aug. 1992.

Tsao, Tsu-Chin, "Variable Air Volume Heating Ventilation and Air Condition (HVAC) Control system Model," Technical Report UILU-ENG 92-4032, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Dec. 1992.