Dr. Qing Hui
Contact Information
Dr. Qing Hui
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Texas Tech University
Lubbock, TX 79409-1021
Tel: (806)742-3563 x 238
Fax: (806)742-3540
Email: qing.hui@ttu.edu
Link to Dr. Hui's Web Page, CV
Link to Control Science and Engineering Lab (CSEL)
Education
- Ph.D., Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 2008
- M.S., Applied Mathematics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 2005
- M.E., Automotive Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 2002
- B.E., Aerospace Engineering, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, China, 1999
Professional Experiences
- Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, 08/2008-present
- Graduate Research Assistant, School of Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 08/2002-08/2008
- Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant, State Key Lab for Automotive Safety and Energy, Department of Automotive Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 09/1999-06/2002
Research Interests
- Coordinated control and decentralized control of large-scale networked systems
- Modeling, analysis, and control design for energy systems
- Transient stabilization of multimachine power systems via hybrid control
- Control of spatially distributed systems using dynamical systems theory
- Network flow and congestion control based on hybrid and impulsive systems approach
Courses Offered
- ME 4334 Feedback Control of Dynamic Systems (Fall 2008, Spring 2009, Fall 2009, Spring 2010)
Professional Membership
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
- Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)
Publications
Books
- W. M. Haddad, V. Chellaboina, and Q. Hui, Nonnegative and Compartmental Dynamical Systems, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2010
Book Chapters
- V. Chellaboina, W. M. Haddad, J. Ramakrishnan, and Q. Hui, "Direct adaptive control of nonnegative and compartmental dynamical systems with time delay," in Biology and Control Theory: Current Challenges, I. Queinnec, S. Tarbouriech, G. Garcia, and S.-I. Niculescu, Eds., Springer-Verlag, pp. 291-316, 2007
Refereed Journal Papers (Selected from Recent 3 Years)
- Q. Hui, W. M. Haddad, and S. P. Bhat, "On robust control algorithms for nonlinear network consensus protocols," International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, vol. 20, no. 3, pp. 269-284, 2010
- Q. Hui, W. M. Haddad, and S. P. Bhat, "Semistability, finite-time stability, differential inclusions, and discontinuous dynamical systems having a continuum of equilibria," IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol. 54, no. 10, pp. 2465-2470, 2009
- Q. Hui and W. M. Haddad, "H2 optimal semistable stabilization for discrete-time dynamical systems with applications to network consensus," International Journal of Control, vol. 82, no. 3, pp. 456-469, 2009
- Q. Hui, W. M. Haddad, and S. P. Bhat, "Finite-time semistability and consensus for nonlinear dynamical networks," IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol. 53, no. 8, pp. 1887-1900, 2008
- Q. Hui and W. M. Haddad, "Distributed nonlinear control algorithms for network consensus," Automatica, vol. 44, no. 9, pp. 2375-2381, 2008
- V. Chellaboina, W. M. haddad, Q. Hui, and J. Ramakrishnan, "On system state equipartitioning and semistability in network dynamical systems with arbitrary time-delays," Systems and Control Letters, vol. 57, no. 8, pp. 670-679, 2008
- W. M. haddad, V. Chellaboina, Q. Hui, and S. G. Nersesov, "Energy- and entropy-based stabilization for lossless dynamical systems via hybrid controllers," IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol. 52, no. 9, pp. 1604-1614, 2007
The complete list of my journal publications can be found at http://www.webpages.ttu.edu/qhui/
Refereed Conference Papers (2009)
- Q. Hui, "Hybrid consensus protocols: An impulsive dynamical system approach," The 48th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Shanghai, China, December 2009
- Q. Hui, "Finite-time rendezvous algorithms for mobile autonomous agents," The 48th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Shanghai, China, December 2009
- Q. Hui and J. M. Berg, "Semistability theory for spatially distributed systems," The 48th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Shanghai, China, December 2009
- Q. Hui, "On the stability and robustness of switched systems," 2009 European Control Conference, Budapest, Hungary, August 2009
- Y. Tang, X. Luo, Q. Hui, and R. K. C. Chang, "On generalized low-rate denial-of-quality attack against internet services," The 17th International Workshop on Quality of Service, Charleston, SC, July 2009
- W. M. Haddad and Q. Hui, "Dissipativity theory for discontinuous dynamical systems: Basic input, state, and output properties, and finite-time stability of feedback interconnections," The 17th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, Thessaloniki, Greece, June 2009
- Q. Hui and W. M. Haddad, "On semistability of nonlinear switched systems," The 17th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, Thessaloniki, Greece, June 2009; also in The 48th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Shanghai, China, December 2009
- Q. Hui, "Distributed semistable LQR control for discrete-time dynamically coupled systems," SIAM Conference on Control and Its Applications, Denver, CO, July 2009
- Q. Hui and W. M. Haddad, "Uniform semistability for time-varying dynamical systems and network consensus with time-dependent communication links," 2009 American Control Conference, St. Louis, MO, June 2009
- Q. Hui and W. M. Haddad, "Semistability of switched linear systems," 2009 American Control Conference, St. Louis, MO, June 2009
- Q. Hui and W. Qiao, "Stabilization of multimachine power systems via hybrid control," 2009 American Control Conference, St. Louis, MO, June 2009
The complete list of my conference publications can be found at http://www.webpages.ttu.edu/qhui/
Theses and Technical Reports
- Q. Hui, "Nonlinear dynamical systems and control for large-scale, hybrid, and network systems," Ph.D. dissertation, Sch. Aero. Engr., Georgia Inst. Technol., Atlanta, GA, 2008
- Q. Hui, "Thermodynamic stabilization via energy dissipating hybrid controllers," M.S. thesis, Sch. Math., Georgia Inst. Technol., Atlanta, GA, 2005
- Q. Hui, "Finite-time rendezvous algorithms for mobile autonomous agents," Contr. Sci. Engr. Lab, Dept. Mech. Engr., Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock, TX, Tech. Rep. CSEL-02-09, Feb. 2009
- Q. Hui, "On the stability and robustness of switched systems," Contr. Sci. Engr. Lab., Dept. Mech. Engr., Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock, TX, Tech. Rep. CSEL-11-09, Nov. 2009
- Q. Hui, "Semistability of nonlinear systems having a continuum of equilibria and time-varying delays," Contr. Sci. Engr. Lab., Dept. Mech. Engr., Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock, TX, Tech. Rep. CSEL-01-10, Jan. 2010