GERALD COOK
POSITION: Earle C. Williams Professor
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030
Telephone: (703) 993‑1699 E-mail
PERSONAL: Born - Hazard, Kentucky
Citizenship ‑ U.S.A.
Marital Status ‑ Married
Health ‑ Excellent
Home Address ‑ 4821 Fox Chapel Road, Fairfax, VA 22030
Home Telephone ‑ (703) 385‑8094
EDUCATION:
Sc. D. (electrical engineering) Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1965
M. S. (electrical engineering) Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1962
B. S. (electrical engineering) Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1961
(with honors)
SECURITY CLEARANCE: Secret (latest update 2004)
EXPERIENCE:
Earle C. Williams Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, 1985‑
Chairman of Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, 1990-1998
George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia
Chairman, Department of Electrical and Biomedical Engineering, and
Professor of Electrical Engineering, 1981‑1985
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee
Visiting Professor, Control Engineering Laboratory, 1979‑1980
Technical University of Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark
Professor and Director, Computer and Control Laboratory, 1978‑1979; 1980‑1981
Professor of Electrical Engineering, 1973‑1981
Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, 1968‑1973
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
EXPERIENCE: (cont’d)
Research Associate ‑ F.J. Seiler Research Lab., 1965‑1966
Assistant Professor of Astronautics, 1966‑1968
U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Lecturer, Department of Electrical Engineering, 1966‑1968
University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Guidance Analyst ‑ Apollo Project, 1963‑1965
M.I.T. Instrumentation Laboratory, Cambridge, Massachusetts
CURRENT AREAS OF EMPHASIS:
Modern Controls, Robotics, Estimation and Identification, Landmine Detection
CONSULTING:
Kaman Corporation, Nuclear Division, Philip Morris Tobacco Company,
Melpar Corporation, US Army Foreign Science and Technology Center,
Babcock and Wilcox Research Center, DEES Hyraulic Corporation,
QUEST Research Corporation, Omnimii Incorporated, TASC, TRW, SAIC,
Sverdrup Technology Inc., Alion Corp.
ADVISORY BOARD:
Committee of 100, College of Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA
SOCIETIES, HONORS AND AWARDS:
Life Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
IEEE Centennial Medal, 1984
Mittelmann Achievement Award, IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, 1989
Department of Army, Certificate of Achievement, 1981
Recipient of Eta Kappa Nu Teaching Award, Virginia Chapter, UVA, 1974
Outstanding Research Award, Southeastern Section, ASEE, 1971
Technical Achievement Award, USAF Office of Aerospace Research, 1968
Junior Officer of the Year, F.J. Seiler Res. Lab., US Air Force Academy, 1967
National Science Foundation Fellow, 1961‑1964
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Member Sigma Xi
Member Eta Kappa Nu
Member Phi Kappa Phi
Member Tau Beta Pi
Member Omicron Delta Kappa
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
Registered Professional Engineer, Commonwealth of Virginia
Life Member, Administrative Committee, IEEE-IES
Editor-in-Chief, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 1983‑1990
President, IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, 1981-1983
Vice President for Technical Activities, IEEE‑IES, 1978‑1981
Secretary, IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, 1974‑1977
Chairman, Education Committee, IEEE‑IES, 1976‑1979
Associate Editor, IEEE Trans. on IES, 1973‑1979
Chairman, Central VA. Section IEEE, 1976‑1977
Chairman, Automatic Control Chapter, Central VA Section IEEE, 1969‑70
Branch Counselor, UVA Student Chapter IEEE, 1969‑1971
RESEARCH SPONSORS:
NASA, NSF, NIH, Naval Surface Weapons Laboratory, Army Engineers Topographic Laboratory, Ballistic Missile Defense System Command, General Electric, Teledyne Avionics, Sperry Corporate Technology Center, Virginia Center for Innovative Technology, Night Vision Laboratory of US Army
BOOKS PUBLISHED:
Gerald Cook, Mobile Robots: Navigation, Control and Remote Sensing, John Wiley and Sons Inc, Hoboken, NJ, June 2011, ISBN 978-0-470-63021-1, 307 pages
PUBLICATIONS IN TECHNICAL JOURNALS:
Kansal, Smriti and Cook, G. “Modeling Uneven Terrain for Geo-location of Mines Detected via Vehicular Mounted Sensors” International Journal on Systems and Science, Vol. 36, No. 9 (15 July, 2005) pp559-571
Kansal, Smriti and Cook, G. “Use of Fiducials and Un-surveyed Landmarks as Geo-location Tools in Vehicular Based Landmine Search” IEEE Trans. On Geoscience and Remote Sensing Vol. 43, No. 6 (June ’05) pp 1432-1439
Jakkidi, S. and Cook, G. “Landmine Geo-location; Dynamic Modeling and Target Tracking” IEEE Trans on Aerospace and Electronics, Vol.41 No. 1 (Jan. ’05) pp 51-59
Kansal, S. and Cook, G. “Use of a Sinusouidal Series for Modeling Discrete Windowed Data as an Alternative to Interpolation” IEEE Trans on Industrial Electronics, Vol. 51, No. 4 (Aug '04) pp. 903-909.
Hartley, T. T., Veilette, R. J. and Cook, G., "Techniques in Deadbeat and One-step-ahead Control," Control and Dynamic Systems; Digital Control Systems Implementation and Computational Techniques, Vol. 79, pp. 117-157, 1996 Academic Press
Benson, Brian, Sage, Andrew P. and Cook, G. "Emerging Technology Evaluation Methodology: with Application to Micro Electro Mechanical Systems," IEEE Transactions an Engineering Management, Vol. 40, No. 2 (May 1993) pp.114-123.
Cook, G. "Discussion of 'Pre-shaping Command Inputs to Reduce System Vibration'" Transactions of the ASME, Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control, Vol. 115, No. 2 (June 1993)
Hartley, T. T. and Cook, G. "One-Step-Ahead Control with Improved Sensitivity Robustness," IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, Vol. 39, No. 3 (June '92) pp. 268-272.
Lei Zhou and Cook, G. "Path Planning for Robots with Redundant Degrees of Freedom," IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, Vol. 38, No. 6 (pp. 413-420 Dec. 1991).
Cook, G., "Comments on Johnson's Unreachable Poles Remedy", International Journal of Control, Vol. 51, No. 4 (pp. 949-951 Apr. 1990)
Pal, S., Stephanou, H. E., and Cook, G., "Optimal Control of A Single Link Flexible Manipulator," Journal of Intelligent and Robotic System, Vol. 2, 1989 pp. 187-199
Yen, K.K., Cook, G. and Beale, G. O., "Parameter Space Study of Algorithms Using Stale Data," Transactions of the Society for Computer Simulation, Vol. 5, No. 4 (Oct. 1988 pp. 229-241.)
Cook, G., "Counter Examples to Johnson's LQR Propriety Limits," International Journal of Control, Vol. 48, No. 2 (Aug. 1988) pp. 823‑825.
Hartley, T., Beale, G. O. and Cook, G., "Multi-rate Input Sampling for Real‑Time Runge‑Kutta Simulation," IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics Vol. 34, No. 3 (Aug. 1987) pp. 387‑390.
Zheng, Fang‑Jing and Cook, G., "Energy Optimal Control for Steel Rolling," IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, Vol. 32, No. 4 (November 1985), pp. 388‑92.
Beale, G. O. and Cook, G., "Non‑Iterative System Identification Applied to Wind Tunnel Valve Control," IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, Vol. 32, No. 1 (February 1985), pp. 71‑77
Cook, G., "Message from the Past President‑A Brief History of the Industrial Electronics Society of IEEE," IEEE Transactions on Industrial Eelctronics, Vol. 31, No. 1 (February 1984) pp. 1‑2.
Cook, G., and Beale, G. O., "Application of Least Squares Parameter Identification with Fixed‑Length Data Window to the Steel Bending Process," IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, Vol. 30, No. 4 (November 1983) pp. 334‑39.
Cook, G., Trostmann, E. and Hansen, N.E., "General Scheme for Automatic Control of Continuous Bending of Beams," Measurement and Control for Batch Manufacturing, edited by D. E. Hardt, ASME Press, N.Y., N.Y., 1982, pp. 1‑16.
Price, M. G., and Cook, G., Identification/Observation Using An Extended Luenberger Observer," IEEE Transaction on Industrial Electronics, Vol. 29, No. 4 (November 1982), pp. 279‑87.
Yen, K., and Cook, G., "Discrete Time Simulation Using Parallel Processing; New Integration Algorithms," IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, Vol. 29, No. 3 (August 1982), pp. 217‑20.
Trostmann, E., Hansen, N.E., and Cook, G., "General Scheme for Automatic Control of Continuous Bending of Beams," Transactions of the ASME, Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control, Vol. 104, No. 2 (June 1982), pp. 173‑179.
Cook, G., Jacobson, I.D., Change, R.C., and Melton, R., "Methodology for Multi Aircraft Minimum Noise Impact Trajectories," IEEE Transactions on Aerospace Electronics, Vol. 18, No. 1 (January 1982), pp. 131‑46.
Yen, K., and Cook, G., "An Improved Local‑Linearization Algorithm for Solving the Quaternion Equations," AIAA Journal on Guidance and Control, Vol. 3, No. 5 (September‑October 1980), pp. 468‑71.
Aylor, J.H., Ramey, R.L, and Cook, G., "Design and Application of a Microprocessor PID Predictor‑Controller, IEEE Transactions on IECI, Vol. 27, No. 3 (August 1980), pp. 133‑37.
Cook, G., and Lin, C.F., "Comparison of a Local‑Linearization Algorithm with Standard Numerical Integration Methods for Real‑Time Simulation," IEEE Transactions on IECI, Vol. 27, No.3 (August 1980), pp. 129‑32.
Moon, C.W., Mullins, R.S., and Cook, G., "Electric Vehicles and Computer Control," Mundo Electronico, No. 93 (February 1980), pp. 143‑46.
Witt, R.M., Price, M. G., Thompson, P.M., and Cook, G., "Minimum‑Noise Aircraft Landing Trajectories," Mundo Electronico, No. 91 (December 1979), pp. 81‑86.
Witt, R.M., and Cook, G., "A Performance Measure for Evaluating Noise Effects During Landing," IEEE Transactions on Aerospace Electronic Systems, Vol. AES 14, No.5 (September 1978), pp. 789‑95.
Beale, G.O., and Cook, G., "Optimal Digital Simulation of Aircraft Via Random Search Techniques," AIAA Journal of Guidance and Control, Vol. 1, No. 4 (July‑August 1978), pp. 237‑41. Also in PAKETHAR TEXNKA KOCMOHABTNKA, Vol. 16, No. 9 (September 1978), pp.197‑203.
Cook, G., and Price, M.G., "Comment on a Comparison of the Smith Predictor and Optimal Design Approaches for Systems with Delay in the Control," IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics and Control Instrumentation, Vol. 25, No. 2 (May 1978), pp. 180‑81.
Price, M.G., and Cook, G., "Error‑Step Size Trade‑Offs for Pade Approximants to Exponentials," IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics and Control Instrumentation,, Vol. 25, No. 1 (February 1978), pp. 24‑25.
Beale, G. O., and Cook, G., "Frequency Domain Synthesis of Discrete Representations," IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics and Control Instrumentation, Vol. 23, No. 4 (November 1976), pp. 438‑43.
Cook, G., and Thomasson, F. Y., "Control Design for Linear Tracking Combined with Perfect Following," IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics and Control Instrumentation, Vol. 23, No. 4 (November 1976), pp. 400‑05.
Barkana, A., and Cook, G., "A System for Extracting Graphical Data Using a Mobile Optical Array," ISA Transactions, Vol. 14, No. 4 (1976), pp. 368‑78.
Barkana, A., and Cook, G., "An Aircraft Noise Pollution Model for Use in Near‑Terminal Flight‑Trajectory Optimization," IEEE Transactions on Aerospace Electronic Systems, Vol. 12, No. 2 (March 1976), pp. 109‑16.
Oakes, O.J., Jr., and Cook, G., "Piecewise Linear Control of Non‑Linear Systems," IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics and Control Instrumentation, Vol. 23, No. 1 (February 1976), pp. 56‑63.
Cook, G., and Lee, Y.C., "Use of Kalman Filtering for Data Resolution Enhancement," IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics and Control Instrumentation, Vol. 22, No.4 (November 1975), pp. 497‑500.
Wernli, A., and Cook, G., "Suboptimal Control for the Non‑Linear Quadratic Regulator Problem," Automatica, Vol. 11 No. 1 (January 1975), pp. 75‑84.
Cook, G., and Dawson, D. E., "Optimum Constant‑Gain Filters," IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics and Control Instrumentation, Vol. 21, No. 3 (August 1974), pp. 159‑63.
Demas, G. D., Barkana, A., and Cook, G., "Experimental Verification of the Improvement of Resolution when Applying Perturbation Theory to a Quantizer," IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics and Control Instrumentation, Vol. 20, No. 4 (November 1973), pp. 236‑39.
Cook, G., "Some Practical Limitations on the Use of Perturbation Signals for Resolution Enhancement," IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics and Control Instrumentation, Vol. 20, No. 3 (August 1973),pp. 114‑17.
White, R.R., and Cook, G., "Use of Piecewise Linearization for Suboptimal Control of Non‑Linear Systems," International Journal of Control, Vol. 18, No. 2 (August 1973), pp. 385‑97.
Barkana, A., Cook, G., and McVey, E.S., "A Solid‑State Relay," IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics and Control Instrumentation, Vol. 20, No. 2 (May 1973), pp. 93‑97.
Eads, B.G., and Cook, G., "Design and Application of a Time Optimum Controller for a Class of Non‑Linear Processes," IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics and Control Instrumentation, Vol. 20, No. 2 (May 1973), pp. 93‑97.
Thomasson, F.Y., and Cook, G., "On the Linear Regulator with Cross Terms in the Performance Index," International Journal of Control, Vol. 17, No. 5 (May 1973), pp. 117‑19.
Thomasson, F.Y., and Cook, G., "Solving Flight‑Path Optimization Problems on a Mini‑Computer," Astronautica Acta, Vol. 18, No. 1 (February 1973), pp. 45‑51.
Aylor, J.H., Parrish, E.A., and Cook, G., "Optimum Design of a Position Detection System with a Sinusoidal Perturbation Signal, IEEE ‑ IECI, Vol. 1, No. 4 (November 1972), pp. 114‑19.
Thomasson, F.Y., and Cook, G., "Comparison of Constant Lift‑Coefficient Climbs with Flight‑Manual Climbs for a Jet Transport," AIAA Journal of Aircraft, Vol. 8, No.10 (October 1971), pp. 810‑12.
Shields, V.C., and Cook, G., "Application of an Approximate Time Delay to a Posicast Control System," International Journal of Control, Vol. 14, No. 4 (October 1971).
Cook, G., "A Systematic Procedure for Writing and Solving Equations of Sampled‑Data Systems," International Journal of Control, Vol. 13, No. 13 (March 1971), pp. 491‑96.
Cook, G., "The Singular Control Problem and Approximate Solutions," IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Vol. AC‑16, No. 1 (February 1971), pp. 52‑56.
Pracht, C.P., and Cook, G., "An Alternate Realization of the Near‑Ideal Prediction," IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Vol. AC‑15, No. 6 (December 1970), pp. 698‑99.
Thomasson, F.Y., and Cook, G., "Synthesis of A Near Time‑Optimal Controller for Certain Second‑Order Linear Systems Having Delay in the Control Action," IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics and Control Instrumentation, Vol. IECI‑17, No. 6 (November 1970), pp. 403‑06.
Stanaway, J.J., Jr., and Cook, G., "Experimental Verification of Signal Perturbation Applied to the Accuracy of Position Detection," IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics and Control Instrumentation, Vol. IECI‑17, No. 5 (August 1970), pp. 369‑74.
Cook, G. "Use of a Digital Computer to Determine Correct‑Size Compensating Elements for a Pre‑Specified Circuit Configuration," IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics and Control Instrumentation, Vol. IECI‑16, No. 2 (September 1969), pp. 157‑60.
DeDoes, D. H., Shaefer, J. F., Morgan, B. S., Jr., and Cook, G., "Procedures to Check the Adjoint Equations When Using the Methods of Steepest Ascent," IEEE Transactions on Automatic Controls, Vol. AC 14, No. 3 (June 1969), pp. 301‑03.
Cook, G., and Funk, J.E., "The Quadratic Control Problem with an Energy Constraint, Approximate Solutions," Automatica, Vol. 4, No. 5 (November 1968), pp. 351‑64.