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MADbook site released - (WorldScientific 2014: Modeling, Analysis and Design of Control Systems in MATLAB and Simulink)

July 9, 2014
Service website (http://mechatronics.ucmerced.edu/MADbook) for the textbook "Modeling, Analysis and Design of Control Systems in MATLAB and Simulink" (World Scientific 2014) By Dingyu Xue, Northeastern University, Shenyang, P R China, and YangQuan Chen, University of California,...

MESA Lab Manager Brandon Stark Attended FAA UAS COE Public Meeting May 28-29 in Washington DC.

June 3, 2014
MESA Lab Manager Brandon Stark Attended FAA UAS COE Public Meeting May 28-29 in Washington DC.   COE for UAS Public Meeting May 28-29 Download the Agenda (PDF) Download the Announcement In accordance with Public Law 101-508, the FAA plans to competitively select a Center of...

MESA Lab Manager Brandon Stark Will Attend UAS Summit on Challenges and Opportunities on the Road to Integration on June 10th, San Diego.

June 3, 2014
MESA Lab Manager Brandon Stark Will Attend UAS Summit on Challenges and Opportunities on the Road to Integration on June 10th, San Diego. http://www.auvsisandiego.com/uploads/CoE_UAS_Summit_Save_the_Date_6102014.pdf or this website http://www.unmannedcoe.com/ Brandon Stark serves as an invited...

ICUAS14 Tutorial: Emerging sUAS Technology for Precision Agriculture Applications (AgDroneTech14)

May 25, 2014
The details of this pre-conference tutorial can be found at http://uasconferences.com/ICUAS14_T1.pdf (5/27/2014, Orlando, FL) (Local PDF copy is here) http://www.icuas.com/committee.html The ICUAS14 webiste is http://uasconferences.com/ and the final program is at https://controls.papercept.net/...

Fractional Calculus Day at UC Merced 2014 Edition cum The Fourth AFC Workshop @ MESA LAB @ UC MERCED

May 25, 2014
June 2nd, 2014. Fractional Calculus Day at UC Merced 2014 Edition cum The Fourth AFC Workshop (Series) @ MESA LAB @ UC MERCED [Please see event flyer.doc] (Our 2013 FC Day at UC Merced is documented here http://mechatronics.ucmerced.edu/node/68) 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011 FC Day events can be...

AFC (Applied Fractional Calculus) Workshop Series started 04/21/2014

May 13, 2014
http://mechatronics.ucmerced.edu/AFC We target 100 seminars per year on AFC! Our research page on AFC is at http://mechatronics.ucmerced.edu/research/applied-fractional-calculus

Dr. Chen gave lightening talk at UC Berkeley Workshop on Groundtruth and Airwaves: Sensor Networks and Emerging Technology for Environmental Journalism

May 13, 2014
http://citris-uc.org/event/groundtruth-and-airwaves-sensor-networks-and-emerging-technology-for-environmental-journalism-apr-30/ Dr. Chen's recorded talk: The Era of Robotic Environmental Co-Journalists  

MESA Lab at the Merced Vernal Pools and Grassland Reserve

May 2, 2014
Dedication Ceremony for the Merced Vernal Pools and Grassland Reserve The MESA Lab was invited to be a part of the dedication ceremony for the Merced Vernal Pools and Grassland Reserve held on April 30th, 2014.  The 6,500 acre Reserve is home to the most extensive vernal pool landscape in the...

Congratulations to Jinlu Han, Calvin Coopmans and Austin Jensen for passing FINAL dissertation defense!

March 31, 2014
Dr. Chen made a trip to Utah State University from 3/23/2014 to 3/26/2014 for the following defenses: March 24, 11:30am-1:00pm, Jinlu Han.  "Cyber-Physical Systems With Multi-Uav Based Cooperative Source Seeking And Contour Mapping" March 24, 3:00pm-5:00pm, Cal Coopmans  ...

Drone Day demo flight at Cosumnes River Preserve 3/28/2014 by UC Merced MESA LAB.

March 31, 2014
Cosumnes River Preserve Drone demo (event flyer). Disclaimer: We were all running under pure RC mode by a human operator, NOT autonomous mode!) Picture (can you see three aircrafts in this photo?). Short movies on our water drone (do you see a joysticked "duck mode"?) Thank you Josh...

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