CURRICULUM VITA
Dr. Michael P. Polis
ADDRESS
Office: Home:
Department of Electrical and 1125 Bishop Rd.
Systems Engineering Grosse Pte. Park, MI 48230
Oakland University Phone: 313-886-5089
Rochester, MI 48309-4478
Phone: 248-370-2743
Fax: 248-370-4261
E-mail:
EDUCATION
Ph.D. January 1972, Electrical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN. Major in Automatic Control, Minor in Mathematics. Thesis Title: "On Problems of Parameter Identification for Distributed Systems with Results Using Galerkin's Criterion." Thesis Advisor: R.E. Goodson.
M.S.E.E. January 1968, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN. Major in Automatic Control, Minor in Mathematics.
B.S.E.E. May 1966, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Professor: January 2001 - Present, Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering, Oakland University, Rochester, MI.
Professor and Dean: August 1993 - January 2001, School of Engineering and Computer Science, Oakland University, Rochester, MI.
Consultant: December 1994 - December 1997, Ameritech Michigan, Detroit, MI.
Professor and Chair: August 1987 - August 1993, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI.
Expert Witness: January 1989 - present, Various Law Firms in Michigan.
Consultant: February 1989 - June 1992, Michigan Bell Telephone Co., Detroit, MI.
Adjunct Professor: September 1986 - September 1992, Department of Electrical Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, Automatic Control Section, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Program Director: September 1983 - August 1987, The National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C., Division of Electrical Computer and Systems Engineering, Systems Theory and Operations Research Program.
Professor: May 1982 - Sept. 1986, Department of Electrical Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, Automatic Control Section, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Associate Professor: June 1977 - May 1982, Department of Electrical Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, Automatic Control Section, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Consultant: March 1981 - June 1983, ICAM Technologies Inc., Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Consultant: April 1979 - January 1981, Sidbec Dosco Inc., Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Consultant: June 1979 - January 1980, Transportation Research and Development Centre, Transports Canada, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Visiting Research Associate: May 1978 - August 1978, Laboratoire d'Automatique et d'Analyse des Systemes, Toulouse, France.
Consultant: January 1976 - March 1978, Quebec Bureau of Planning and Development, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.
Assistant Professor: September 1973 - June 1977, Department of Electrical Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, Automatic Control Section, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Consultant: July 1973 - June 1977, Metropolitan Transit Bureau, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Research Associate: March 1973 - September 1973, Department of Electrical Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, Automatic Control Section, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Post-Doctoral Fellow: January 1972 - March 1973, Department of Electrical Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, Automatic Control Section, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Graduate Instructor: September 1966 - December 1971, Electrical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.
Consultant: May 1968 - January 1969, Kelly Scientific Corp., Washington. D.C.
Engineer: Summer 1966, Monsanto Corp., Springfield, MA.
Student Engineer: Summers 1964 & 1965, Florida Power and Light Corp., Miami, FL.
HONORS AND ACTIVITIES
I am Co-organizing with V. Agoshkov and I Sivergina, three invited sessions on “Control and Inverse Problems for Distributed Parameter Systems" that will be presented at the 22nd IFIP TC7 Conference on System Modeling and Optimization, Turin, Italy, July 18-22, 2005.
Member Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada Special Research Opportunities (SRO) College of Reviewers – Members of this group are called upon to review SRO proposals for NESRC (April 2004 - present).
Co-organizer with I. Sivergina of the Minisymposium “Controllability and Inverse Problems for Distributed Parameter Systems” held at the 21st IFIP TC 7 Conference on System Modeling and Optimization, Sophia Antipolis, France, July 21-25, 2003.
Member, Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) Panel, National Science Foundation, October 22-23, 2001.
Member, Collaborative Research Opportunities Grant Selection Committee, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (January 2000 – November 2001).
Co-General Chair, 2nd IEEE Electro/Information Technology Conference, Oakland University, Rochester, MI, June 6-8, 2001.
Member, Information Technology Research - Small Grants Panel, National Science Foundation, April 17-18, 2001.
Elected Member of the Board of Governors, IEEE Control Systems Society (January 1998 - December 2000).
Member, Information Technology Research Panel, National Science Foundation, February 7-8, 2000.
Member, Expert Panel Review Committee - Canadian Microelectronics Corporation, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, August 1999.
Member of the selection committee for the Tau Beta Pi National Outstanding Advisor Award (1997 - 1999).
General Chairman, 18th IFIP TC7 Conference on System Modelling and Optimization, Detroit, MI, July 22-25, 1997.
Visiting Deans Program 1996 Awardee, Society of Automotive Engineers, Sponsored by the Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award Program.
Member, Collaborative Project Grants Program Grant Selection Committee, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (May 1994 – December 1995).
Elected Member of the Board of Governors, IEEE Control Systems Society (January 1993 - December 1995).
Distinguished Member, IEEE Control Systems Society, 1993 - present
General Chairman, 36th Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, Detroit, MI, August 16-18, 1993.
Editor for Conference Publications, IEEE Control Systems Society (July 1992 - June 1993)
Vice President Membership Activities, IEEE Control Systems Society (Jan. 1990 – Dec. 1991).
Member, Industrial Engineering Grant Selection Committee, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (September 1989 - August 1992).
Associate Editor At Large for the IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control (January 1989 - December 1992).
Member, Steering Committee, Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (April 1988 - 1996)
General Chairman, 27th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Austin, TX, Dec. 7-9, 1988.
Elected Member of the Board of Governors, IEEE Control Systems Society (Jan. 1986 - Dec.1988).
Chairman, Education Technical Committee, IEEE Control Systems Society (Jan. 1985 - Dec. 1986).
Program Chairman, 23rd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Las Vegas, NV, December 12-14, 1984.
Member of the Program Committee of:
19th IFIP TC7 Conference on System Modelling and Optimization, Cambridge, UK,
12-16 July 1999.
26th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Los Angeles, CA, December 11-13,
1986.
24th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Fort Lauderdale, FL, December 11
-13, 1985.
23rd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Las Vegas, NV, December 12-14,
1984.
22nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, San Antonio, TX, December 14-16,
1983.
Member of the International Program Committee for the following Conferences:
5th IFAC Symposium on Control of Distributed Parameter Systems, Perpignan, France, June 26-29, 1989.
4th IFAC Symposium on the Control of Distributed Parameter Systems, Pasadena, CA, June 30 - July 3, 1986.
3rd IFAC Symposium on the Control of Distributed Parameter Systems, Toulouse, France, June 29 - July 2, 1982.
6th IFAC Symposium on Identification and System Parameter Estimation, Washington, DC, June 7-11, 1982.
Finance Chairman, 22nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, San Antonio, TX, December 14-16, 1983.
Member of the Canadian NRC Associate Committee on Automatic Control (July 1982 – June 1983).
Member of the Board of Directors of the Canadian Industrial Computer Society (January 1982 - December 1982).
Member of the IEEE Control Systems Society ADCOM (January 1982 – December 1982).
Member of the CAD/CAM Technology Advancement Council (May 1981 – December 1984). This Council sponsored by, and advised the Canadian Department of Industry Trade and Commerce.
Associate Editor for Applications for the IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control (January 1981- December 1982).
Publications Chairman, 19th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Albuquerque, NM, December 10-12, 1980.
Member of the Organizing Committee, 3rd IFAC Symposium on Automation in Mining, Mineral and Metal Processing, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, August 1980.
Co-Author of the paper (* in List of Publications) named "Best Paper IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control 1974 - 1975."
Senior Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
Member of Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu, Sigma Tau, and Sigma Xi.
National Research Council of Canada Post Doctoral Research Fellowship (1972-1973).
Vice President of the Electrical Engineering Graduate Student Association at Purdue University (1970).
Schlumberger Foundation Fellowship (1969-1971).
NASA Traineeship (1967-1969).
Deans List, University of Florida (5 semesters).
Phi Eta Sigma - Freshman Honor Society.
Alpha Epsilon Pi - Social Fraternity.
PERSONAL DATA
Citizenship: United States
Place of Birth: New York, NY.
Marital Status: Married 5/28/66, Wife; Claudette Martin holds a degree in
Medical Technology from the University of Montreal. Children;
Melanie, Pascal, Karine
Languages: French, English
REFERENCES
References and additional information will be furnished on request.
FURTHER INFORMATION - PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Professor: January 2001 - Present, Oakland University, Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering, Rochester, MI 48309-4478. Duties entail teaching of an undergraduate circuit course, an undergraduate systems course, and supervision of graduate students. Research interests included identification, estimation and control of distributed parameter systems, and studies of transportation systems.
Professor and Dean: August 1993 - January 2001, Oakland University, School of Engineering and Computer Science, Rochester, MI 48309-4478. In Fall 2000 the School had 45 full-time faculty lines, and enrolled some 1,400 undergraduate and 650 graduate students. The School is composed of three departments; Electrical and Systems Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science and Engineering. New research funding increased from $250K in 1993 to $4.2M in 2000. In the same time period donations increased from $60K to $750K.
Professor and Chair: August 1987 - August 1993, Wayne State University, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Detroit, MI 48202. The position involved administering an academic department of twenty-three full-time faculty, twenty-one graduate teaching assistants, support staff, visiting faculty, graduate research assistants and part-time student assistants. The Electrical and Computer Engineering Department was the largest department in the College of Engineering and enrolled some 600 undergraduate and 400 graduate students. The new research funding entering the department in 1993 was over 1.7 million dollars.
Expert Witness: January 1989 - present, Various Law Firms in Michigan. The worked involved giving expert opinion on cases where electrical systems were suspected to be the cause of property damage or injuries sustained by individuals.
Consultant: (Part Time) February 1989 - June 1992, Michigan Bell Telephone Co., Detroit, MI. The consulting involved several studies related to policy issues faced by the company. One study concerned technical questions related to the Modification of Final Judgement Restrictions placed on the Bell operating companies and others concerned ownership of Cable Television and other media services in Michigan.
Program Director: September 1983 - August 1987, The National Science Foundation, Division of Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering, 1800 G Street, NW, Washington, DC 20550. From 1983 - 1986 I was on leave from Ecole Polytechnique to the NSF. Then, I became a permanent staff member. I was Program Director for the Systems Theory and Operations Research (STOR) Program. I managed a yearly budget of approximately $5,000,000 that was awarded as grants to University researchers working in the areas of control and systems theory and/or operations research.
Professor: September 1973 - September 1986, Ecole Polytechnic, Department of Electrical Engineering, Automatic Control Division, Campus de l'Universite de Montreal, Case Postale 6079, Succursale "A", Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3C 3A7. Duties entailed teaching of undergraduate circuits courses, a graduate course in multivariable systems, and supervision of graduate students. From 1977 to 1983 I was director of a CAD research laboratory. Research interests included identification, estimation and control of distributed parameter systems, studies of transportation systems, optimization, and optimal control, as well as computer aided design.
Consultant: (Part Time) March 1981 - June 1983, ICAM Technologies Corporation, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The consulting involved studies into automating the manufacturing operations of a pharmaceutical firm and a firm producing photo-electric cells.
Consultant: (Part Time) April 1979 - January 1981, Sidbec-Dosco, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The consulting involved the development and optimization of a computer model of the vertically integrated company. The model was designed to aid in yearly planning of production and sales of semifinished products at each level of the company.
Consultant: (Part Time) June 1979 - January 1980, Transportation Research and Development Centre, Transports Canada, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The work involved development of an interactive hybrid computer based method for designing a signaling system for a metro or high speed rail network.
Visiting Research Associate: May 1978 - August 1978, LAAS, Toulouse, France. The group on distributed parameter systems at LAAS invited me for the summer to work on identification problems in Distributed Parameter Systems.
Consultant: (Part Time) January 1976 - March 1978, L'Office de Planification et de Development du Quebec. The consulting involved a project on technological forecasting in the area of transportation (for Quebec over a twenty year planning horizon).
Consultant: (Part Time) June 1973 - June 1977, Metropolitan Transit Bureau, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The consulting involved the optimization of tunnel trajectories and the development and implementation of a computer algorithm for designing the automatic signaling system for the Montreal Metro network.
Post Doctoral Fellow and Research Associate: January 1972 - March 1973, Department of Electrical Engineering, Section Automatique, Communication, Informatique, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, 6079, Succursale "A", Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Supervisor: Dr. Jules O'Shea. The research involved studies of transportation systems, economic systems analysis, and development of identification and estimation algorithms for distributed systems. Also, consulting work was done on a project involving the automation and modeling of a mineral extraction plant.
Graduate Instructor: (Half Time) 1966 - 1971, Department of Electrical Engineering, Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana. Supervisor: Dr. A. L. Shelley. Duties entailed teaching undergraduate Electrical Engineering courses. Some of the subjects taught included analog computation, digital logic, machines, feedback amplifiers, and Hybrid Computation.
Consultant: (Quarter Time) May 1968 - January 1969, Kelly Scientific Corporation, 4708 Wisconsin Avenue, NW, Washington, DC. Supervisor: Dr. G. R. Cooper. This work was done at Purdue. The project involved a preliminary study to determine methods of uniquely identifying motor vehicles traveling on the nation's highways.
Engineer: Summer 1966, Monsanto Corporation, Springfield, Mass. Supervisor: Mr. A. M. Sikes. Work was done in the plant electrical engineering and instrumentation groups. Assignments included system design of standby electrical generating capacity to provide emergency power to critical equipment in the event of total power failure. Also, specification and design of instrumentation to control pilot plant production of a new type polymer.
Student Engineer: Summers 1964 and 1965, Florida Power and Light Corporation, Miami, Florida. Work was done in the High Power Transmission Department. Duties included design of transmission lines to route power over long distances.
PATENTS
G. Liu, H. Hoang, P. Siy, M. P. Polis, "N-bit Parallel A/D Converter Utilizing N Comparators", U.S. Patent No. 4,965,579.
G. Liu, B. Wang, M.P. Polis, "Solid State Power Transformer Circuit", U.S. Patent No. 5,119,285.
PUBLICATIONS
1. Thesis
"On Problems of Parameter Identification for Distributed Systems with Results Using Galerkin's Criterion." Ph.D. Dissertation, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, U.S.A., Jan. 1972, 133 p.
2. Journals
I. Sivergina and M.P. Polis, "The Local Null Controllability of a Nonlinear Thermoelastic Contact Problem", Journal of Applied Mathematics and Optimization, 51, 1, pp. 107-122, 2005.
I. Sivergina, M. Polis and I. Kolmanovsky, "Source identification for parabolic equations", Mathematics, Control, Signals and Systems, 16, 2&3, pp. 141-157, 2003.
I. Siverguina and M. P. Polis, ‘Comments on “Model-Based Solution Techniques for the Source Localization Problem”,’ IEEE Trans. Control Systems Technology, 10, 4, p. 633, 2002.
A. Dontchev, M. P. Polis and V. Veliov, "A Dual Approach to Deterministic Parameter Identification," IEEE Trans. Automatic Control, 45, 7, pp. 1341-1346, 2000.
A. Dontchev, M. P. Polis and V. Veliov, "On the Effect of Neglecting Sensor Dynamics in Parameter Identification Problems," SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization, 38, 4, pp. 1309-1321, 2000.
J. Sun, A. W. Olbrot and M. P. Polis, "Robust Stabilization and Robust Performance Using Model Reference Control and Modelling Error Compensation," IEEE Trans. Automatic Control, 39, 3, pp. 630-635, 1994.
A. W. Olbrot, M. P. Polis and C. U. T. Igwe, "A Comment on "Vertex Implications of Stability for a Class of Delay-Differential Interval System," IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems, 39, 1, pp. 68-70, 1992.
M. Fu, A.W. Olbrot, and M.P. Polis, "The Edge Theorem and Graphical Tests for Robust Stability of Neutral Time-delay Systems," Automatica, 27, 4, pp. 739-741, 1991.
M. Fu, A.W. Olbrot, and M.P. Polis, "Introduction to the Parametric Approach to Robust Stability," IEEE Control Systems Magazine, 9, 5, pp. 7-11, 1989.
M. Fu, A.W. Olbrot, and M.P. Polis, "Robust Stability for Time-Delay Systems: the Edge Theorem and Graphical Tests," IEEE Trans. Automatic Control, 34, 8, pp. 813-820, 1989.
M. Fu, A.W. Olbrot, and M.P. Polis, "Comments on "Optimal gain for proportional-integral-derivative feedback"," IEEE Control Systems Magazine, 9, 1, pp. 100-101, January 1989.
M.C. Delfour, J. Lagnese, M.P. Polis, "Stabilization of hyperbolic systems using concentrated sensors and actuators," IEEE Trans. Automatic Control, AC-31, 12, pp. 1091-1096, 1986.
R. Datko, J. Lagnese and M.P. Polis, "An example on the effect of time delays in boundary feedback stabilization of wave equations," SIAM J. Control and Optimization, 24, 1, pp. 152-156, 1986.
M. Cordesses, M. Amouroux and M.P. Polis, "Sur des conditions d'identifiabilite des parametres d'un systeme distribue de type parabolique," R.A.I.R.O. Automatique/ Systems Analysis and Control, 15, 4, pp. 69-81, 1981.
M. Cordesses, M.P. Polis and M. Amouroux, "On identifiability of parameters in a class of parabolic distributed systems," IEEE Trans. Automatic Control, AC-26, 2, pp. 474-477, 1981.
A. Janelle and M.P. Polis, "Interactive hybrid computer design of a signaling system for a Metro network," IEEE Trans. Systems Man and Cybernetics, SMC-10, 9, pp. 555-565, 1980.
E. Haurie and M.P. Polis, "Teaching introductory circuits using the theory of distributions and the convolution algebra," IEEE Trans. on Education, E-21, 2, pp. 59-65, 1978.
J.P. Combot and M.P. Polis, "Gestion optimale des systemes hydrothermiques a l'aide de la methode GRG," Les annales des sciences mathematiques du Quebec, 1, 2, pp. 183-194, 1977.
A. Haurie and M.P. Polis, "Comments on a nonlinear control problem with linear feedback solution," IEEE Trans. Automatic Control, AC-21, 6, pp. 885-886, 1976.
M.P. Polis and R.E. Goodson, "Parameter Identification In Distributed Systems: A Synthesizing Overview," Proceedings IEEE, 64, 1, pp. 45-61, 1976.
* H.H. Hoang, M.P. Polis, A. Haurie, "Reducing energy consumption through trajectory optimization for a Metro network," IEEE Trans. Automatic Control, AC-20, 5, pp. 590-595, 1975.
M.P. Polis, R.E. Goodson, M.J. Wozny, "On parameter identification for distributed systems using Galerkin's criterion," Automatica, 9, 1, pp. 53-64, 1973.
3. Books
V.V. Mitin, D.A. Romanov and M.P. Polis, “Modern Advanced Mathematics for Engineers,” John Wiley & Sons, New York, 308p, 2001
4. Book Chapters
M.C. Delfour and M.P. Polis, "On Issues Related to Stabilization of Large Flexible Structures", in Frontiers in Applied Mathematics, Vol. 11, Control and Estimation in Distributed Parameter Systems, Ed. H. T. Banks, SIAM, pp. 41-84, 1992.