Luis G. Crespo

100 Exploration Way, Hampton, VA, 23681, USA
Tel: +1 (757) 864 8444

Fax: +1 (757) 864 7797
Email:    lgcrespo@nianet.org

Personal Website Address: http://research.nianet.org/~lgcrespo/

Research Interests

·         Dynamics and vibrations

·         Stochastic Control

·         Adaptive Control

·         Uncertainty-based methods for reliability analysis and robust design

·         Control verification and validation

Current Research

·         Integrated Resilient Aircraft Control - NASA Langley Research Center : Adaptive control in the presence of actuator anomalies, control verification and validation

·         Fundamental Aerodynamics Program - NASA :  Adaptive control of a hypersonic aircraft

Publications

·         Matsutani, M., Annaswamy A. M., Crespo L. G.;  Application of a Novel Adaptive Reset Controller to the GTM, AIAA Guidance Navigation and Control Conference 2010, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

·         Gibson, T., Matsutani, M., Crespo, L. G., Annaswamy A. M.;  Internal Algorithm Monitors for Adaptive Systems, AIAA 2010 Infotech Conference, Atlanta, GA, USA.

·         Crespo L. G., Giesy D. P., Kenny S. P.;  Reliability-based Analysis and Design via Failure Domain Bounding, Structural Safety, 31, 2009, 306-315.

·         Kenny S. P., Crespo L. G., Giesy D. P.;  Dimensionality Reduction for Uncertain Dynamic Systems, International Journal of Numerical Methods in Engineering, Special issue on Uncertainty Quantification and Prediction Science, 2009.

·         Crespo, L. G., Matsutani, M., Jang, J., Gibson, T., Annaswamy A. M.;  Design and Verification of an Adaptive Controller for the Generic Transport Model, AIAA-2009-5618, AIAA Guidance Navigation and Control Conference 2009, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

·         Gibson, T. G., Crespo, L. G., Annaswamy A. M.;  Adaptive Control of Hypersonic Vehicles in the Presence of Modeling Uncertainties, American Control Conference 2009, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.

·         Crespo L. G., Kenny S. P., Giesy D. P.;  Sampling-based Strategies for the Estimation of Probabilistic Sensitivities, AIAA-2009-2283, AIAA Conference in Non-deterministic Approaches, Palm Springs, California, 4-7 May 2009.

·         Giesy D. P., Crespo L. G., Kenny S. P.;  Approximation of Failure Probability Using Conditional Sampling, AIAA-2008-5946, AIAA/ISMO Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization Conference, British Columbia, Canada, 10-12 September 2008.

·         Crespo L. G., Giesy D. P., Kenny S. P.; Robustness Analysis and Robust Design of Uncertain Systems, AIAA Journal, Volume 46, Number 2 (February), 2008.

·         Crespo L. G., Kenny, S. P.; Reliability-Based Control Design for Uncertain Systems , AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics 2005, Vol 28, No.4.