CURRICULUM VITA[SCS1]

Name / Edwin E. Yaz
Academic Rank / Professor / Status / Full Time -tenured[SCS2]
Degree / Field / Institution / Year
BS / Electrical Engineering / BosphorusUniversity, IstanbulTurkey / 1976
MS / Electrical Engineering / BosphorusUniversity, IstanbulTurkey / 1979
PhD / Electrical Engineering / BosphorusUniversity, IstanbulTurkey / 1982
Years of service at Marquette / 5 years
Date of original appointment / August 2001 - Professor
Dates of advancement in rank / NA
Other related experience – teaching, industrial, etc.
2001-2002 / University Professor, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR[SCS3]
1991-2001 / Professor of Electrical Engineering, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
1/1992-8/1992 / Visiting Professor, Space Systems Control Laboratory, PurdueUniversity, W. Lafayette, IN
1987-1991 / Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
1985-1987 / Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
Fall 1984 / Research Fellow, Coordinated Science Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL
1982-1984 / Researcher, Applied Mathematics Division, Marmara Research Institute and the Research Institute for Basic Sciences, Turkey
Consulting (last five years): none
Patents: none

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State(s) in which registered / Professional Engineer, Arkansas (1986 - present)
Selected[SCS5]Principal publications (last five years)[SCS6]
● / E. E. Yaz, “Discussion on the Application of Logarithmic-Based Parameter and Upper Bounding Estimation Rules to Adaptive-Robust Control of Robot Manipulators,” European Journal of Control(Invited Paper, in press, 2006).
● / C.S. Jeong, E. E. Yaz, A. Bahakeem, Y.I. Yaz, , “Nonlinear Observer Design with General Criteria”Int. Journal of Innovative Computing, Information and Control (in press, 2006).
● / E. E. Yaz, C.S. Jeong, Y.I. Yaz, “An LMI Approach to Discrete-Time Observer Design with Stochastic Resilience,” Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics, vol. 188, pp. 246-255, 2006.
● / F. Hounkpevi, E. E. Yaz “Third Party Demodulation of a Chaotic Communication Scheme Using Adaptive Estimation via Parallel Processing,” Proc. of 2006 American Control Conf., Minneapolis, MN 2006 (to appear).
● / E. E. Yaz, C.S. Jeong, Y.I. Yaz, A. Bahakeem,"Resilient Design of Discrete-Time Observers with General Criteria Using LMIs" Journal of Mathematical and Computer Modeling, vol.42, pp. 931-938, 2005.
● / H. Ruan, E. E. Yaz, T. Zhai,“Current Output Filter for State Estimation of Nonlinear Stochastic Systems with Linear Measurement,” Int. Journal of Innovative Computing, Information and Control, vol.2, pp.277-287, 2005.
● / H. Ruan, E. E. Yaz, T. Zhai, Y.I. Yaz,“A Generalization of Tent Map and its Use in EKF Based Chaotic Parameter Modulation/Demodulation”,Proc. of 2004 IEEE Conf. on Decision and Control,Bahamas, pp. 2071-2075, 2004.
● / T. Zhai, E. E. Yaz, H. Ruan, Y.I. Yaz, “Performance Evaluation of Extended Kalman Filter based State Estimation for First Order Nonlinear Dynamic Systems,” Proc. of 2003 IEEE Conf. on Decision and Control, Maui, HI, pp. 1386-1391, 2003.
● / E. E. Yaz and Y.I. Yaz, “Optimal Dissipative Control of a Class of Discrete-Time Nonlinear Stochastic Systems with General Criteria,” European Journal of Control, Special Issue on Dissipativity of Dynamical Systems: Application in Control, vol.8, pp. 445-452, 2002.
● / E. E. Yaz and Y. I. Yaz “A Reduced Order Stochastic Observer Approach to Optimal State Estimation with Noise-Free Measurements,” Optimal Control: Applications and Methods, vol.22, pp. 151-156, 2001.
● / E. E. Yaz and Y.I. Yaz, “State Estimation of Uncertain Nonlinear Stochastic Systems with General Criteria,” Applied Mathematics Letters, vol. 14, pp. 605-610, 2001.
Scientific and professional societies of which a member
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) (SM), ASEE
SelectedHonors and awards
2001 / 2001 IEE Coales Premium Award for the paper “Stochastic Stability of the Continuous - Time Extended Kalman Filter” that appeared in IEE Control Theory and Applications in 2000.
2000 / 2000/2001 University of Arkansas, Electrical Engineering Outstanding Researcher Award.
2001 / Best Presentation Award in the Nonlinear Observers Session at 2001 American Control Conference, Arlington, VA.
1999 / 1999 Eta Kappa Nu Electrical Engineering Outstanding Instructor Award.
1996 / 1995/1996 University of Arkansas, Faculty Distinguished Research Achievement Award.
Institutional service (last five years)
2001-present / Chair, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
2005 - present / Member, MarquetteUniversity Planning Council
2005-present / Member, MarquetteUniversity Mission Week Steering Committee
2003-2005 / Member, MarquetteUniversity Strategic Technology Advisory Council
2002-present / Faculty Co-advisor to the MarquetteUniversity Solar Boat Race Team
2001-present / Chair, Dr. R. J. Niederjohn Academic Excellence Scholarship Award Committee
2001-present / Chair, MU Department of EECE Tenure and Promotion Committee
2004-present / Chair, GAANN Fellowship Advisory Committee, (Member 2001-2004)
2000, 2001 / Member, Selection Committee for the University of Arkansas Baum Teaching
and Alumni Teaching/Research/Service Awards
Professional service (last five years)
2004-present / Associate Editor at-Large, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 2004-present.
1994-present / Associate Editor, IEEE Control Systems Society Conferences
2004-present / Associate Editor, Int. Journal of Innovative Computing & Information Control
2001-present / Member, IASTED (Int. Assoc. of Science and Technology for Development)
Technical Committee on Control
1994-1998 / Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control
1986 - present / Reviewer for (1) Zentralblatt fur Mathematik (Berlin, Germany)
(2) Mathematical Reviews (Ann Arbor, MI)
Professional development activities in the last five years[SCS7]
2005 / Attended “Practical and Feasible Ways to Assess and Improve Student Learning in Departments”, presented by Barbara Walvoord, MarquetteUniversity, May 18, 2005.
2005 / ReceivedLeadership Certificate: conferred upon completing sixteen hours of class-work offered by MarquetteUniversity, April 2005.

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