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Islam I. Hussein 
Assistant Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Address
100 Institute Road
Room HL 243
Worcester, MA 01609
Office 
1.508.831.6631
Fax 
1.508.831.5680
e-mail 
ihussein at wpi dot edu

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Recent News

  • 09.04.2009 Islam becomes a member of the American Astronautical Society's Space Surveillance Technical Committee --the first such technical committee world-wide. The committee emphasizes international cooperation in the area of space surveillance. More can be found here.
  • 08.31.2009 Islam attends the 2009 AMOS conference.
  • 05.07.2009 Islam receives a 2009 ASEE/AFRL Summer Faculty Fellowship. Under this fellowship, he spends the summer of 2009 at AFRL in Albuquerque, NM, conducting research on space-augmented space surveillance networks.

Background

I am an assistant professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. I received my bachelors degree in mechanical engineering from the American University in Cairo, Egypt, in 2000. I joined the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, in 2000 and obtained my masters degrees in Aerospace Engineering and Applied Mathematics in 2002 and my PhD in Aerospace Engineering in 2005. I was a postdoctoral research associate at the Coordinated Science Laboratory at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. My research interests are in nonlinear dynamics and control, optimal control theory, dynamic awareness coverage control of sensor-equipped unmanned autonomous underwater vehicles, multiple spacecraft design, optimization and control for high resolution imaging, and robotic systems.

Laboratories

  • Control and Navigation of Multi-Vehicle System (CaN MuVe)
  • sub@WPI
  • boat@WPI

Teaching

Graduate Students

Current
Ms. Yue Wang
Mr. Russell Morin
Mr. Maulik Kapadia

Undergraduate Students

Current
Stephanie Herpich
Scott Duncan
Daniel Bryand
Former
Nathaniel Rosenblad
Christopher Thein

Journal Publications

(Accessing published papers may require subscription.)

  1. Y. Wang and I. Hussein. Awareness Coverage Control Over Large Scale Domains with Intermittent Communications. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 2009. Conditionally accepted, under final review.
  2. I. Hussein and H. Schaub. Stability and Control of Relative Equilibria for the Three-Spacecraft Coulomb Tether Problem. Acta Astronautica, Vol. 65, No. 5-6, pp. 738-754, 2009.
  3. H. Schaub and I. Hussein. Stability and reconfiguration analysis of a circularly spinning 2-craft Coulomb tether. IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, 2009. To appear.
  4. I. Hussein, A. Sanyal, M. Leok and A. M. Bloch. Geometric Structure-Preserving Optimal Control of a Rigid Body. Journal of Dynamical and Control Systems, Vol. 15, No. 3, pp. 307-330, 2009.
  5. M. Demetriou and I. Hussein. Estimation of spatially distributed processes using mobile spatially distributed sensor network. SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization, V. 48, No. 1, pp. 266-291, 2009.
  6. I. Hussein and A. M. Bloch. Optimal Control of Nonholonomic Under-Actuated Mechanical Systems. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Vol. 53, No. 3, pp. 668-682, 2008.
  7. I. Hussein, D. J. Scheeres and D. C. Hyland. Optimal formation design for imaging and fuel usage. Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics, Vol. 30 No.5, pp. 1511-1515, 2007.
  8. I. Hussein, A. M. Bloch, D. J. Scheeres, D. C. Hyland and N. H. McClamroch. Optimal motion planning for dual-spacecraft interferometry. IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, Vol. 43, No. 2, pp. 723-737, 2007.
  9. I. Hussein and D. Stipanović. Effective Coverage Control for Mobile Sensor Networks with Guaranteed Collision Avoidance. IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, Special Issue on Multi-Vehicle Systems Cooperative Control with Applications, Vol. 15, No. 4, pp. 642-657, 2007.
  10. I. Hussein and A. M. Bloch. Dynamic coverage optimal control for multiple spacecraft interferometric imaging. Journal of Dynamical and Control Systems, Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 69-93, January 2007.
  11. I. Hussein and H. Schaub. The Three-Spacecraft Coulomb Tether Problem. Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy, Vol. 96, pp. 137-157, 2006.
  12. I. Hussein and D. J. Scheeres. J2 correction for a class of Earth-orbiting interferometric observatories. Journal of the Astronautical Sciences, Vol. 53, No. 2, 2005.
  13. B. Gillespie, V. Patoglu, I. Hussein and E. Westervelt. On-line symbolic constraint embedding for simulation of hybrid dynamical systems. Journal of Multibody System Dynamics. Vol. 14, No. 3-4, pp. 387-417, November 2005.
  14. I. Hussein, D. J. Scheeres, and D. C. Hyland. Interferometric observatories in earth orbit. Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics, Vol. 27, No. 2, pp. 297–301, 2004.

Conference Papers

(Accessing published papers may require subscription.)

  1. Y. Wang, J. Su, I. Hussein and Alexander M. Wyglinski. Price-Based Information Routing in Complex Satellite Networks for Space-Based Situational Awareness. Advanced Maui Optical and Space Surveillance Technical Conference, Maui, HI, September 2009.
  2. I. Hussein. An Individual-Based Evolutionary Dynamics Model for Networked Social Behaviors. Proceedings of the American Control Conference, St. Louis, MO, June 2009.
  3. Y. Wang and I. Hussein. Bayesian-Based Decision Making for Object Search and Characterization. Proceedings of the American Control Conference, St. Louis, MO, June 2009.
  4. M. French, U. Tekin, R. David, B. Habin, A. Kejriwal, W. R. Mihalson and I. Hussein. Design of Autonomous Underwater Vehicle and Optimization of Hydrodynamic Properties and Control. AIAA Region I-NE Student Conference, Worcester, MA, March 2009.
  5. Y. Wang and I. Hussein. Space-Based Space Situational Awareness with Guaranteed Orbit Coverage. Advanced Maui Optical and Space Surveillance Technologies Conference, Maui, HI, September 2008.
  6. I. Hussein and A. M. Bloch. Stability and Control of Relative Equilibria of Three-Spacecraft Magnetically Tethered Systems. AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Meeting, Honolulu, HI, August 18-21, 2008.
  7. Y. Wang and I. Hussein. Underwater Acoustic Imaging Using Multiple Autonomous Vehicles. IFAC Workshop on Navigation, Guidance and Control of Underwater Vehicles, Killaloe, Ireland, April 2008. Invited paper.
  8. Y. Wang, I. Hussein, and R. S. Erwin. Awareness-based decision making for search and tracking. Proceedings of the American Control Conference, Seattle, WA, 2008, pp. 3169-3175. Invited paper.
  9. Y. Wang and I. Hussein. Awareness coverage control over large scale domains with intermittent communications. Proceedings of the American Control Conference, Seattle, WA, 2008, pp. 4370-4375.
  10. I. Hussein. Kalman filtering with optimal sensor motion planning. Proceedings of the American Control Conference, Seattle, WA, 2008, pp. 3548-3553.
  11. I. Hussein and A. M. Bloch. Stability and Control of a Two-Craft Magnetic Constellation. AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting, Galveston, TX, January 27--31, 2008. Paper No. 08-189.
  12. I. Hussein, D. Stipanović, and Y. Wang. Reliable coverage control using heterogeneous vehicles. Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, New Orleans, LA, 2007, pp. 6142-6147.
  13. I. Hussein and H. Schaub. Stability and Control of Relative Equilibria for the Three-Spacecraft Coulomb Tether Problem. AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, Mackinac Island, MI, August, 19–23, 2007. Paper No. 07-269.
  14. Y. Wang and I. Hussein. Cooperative vision-based multi-vehicle dynamic coverage control for underwater applications. Proceedings of the IEEE Multiconference on Systems and Control, 2007, pp. 82-87. Invited paper.
  15. I. Hussein and H. Schaub. Stability and reconfiguration analysis of a circularly spinning 2-craft Coulomb tether. Proceedings of the IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, MT, 2007, pp. 1-11.
  16. I. Hussein and D. Stipanović. Effective coverage control using dynamic sensor networks with flocking and guaranteed collision avoidance. Proceedings of the American Control Conference, New York, NY, 2007, pp. 3420–3425. Invited paper.
  17. I. Hussein, A. M. Bloch, and F. Zeitz. Optimal motion planning for UAV radar evasion. Proceedings of the American Control Conference, New York, NY, 2007, pp. 1067–1072. Best session paper.
  18. I. Hussein. A Kalman filter-based control strategy for dynamic coverage control. Proceedings of the American Control Conference, New York, NY, 2007, pp. 3271–3276.
  19. I. Hussein and M. A. Demetriou. Estimation of distributed processes using mobile spatially distributed sensors. Proceedings of the American Control Conference, New York, NY, 2007, pp. 2756–2761. Invited paper.
  20. I. Hussein. Cooperative effective coverage control using dynamic sensor networks with guaranteed collision avoidance and network connectivity. Proceedings of the IASTED Conference on Control and Applications, Montreal, PQ, Canada, 2007, paper No. 568–052. Invited paper.
  21. S. R. Lindemann, I. Hussein and S. M. LaValle. Real Time Feedback Control for Nonholonomic Mobile Robots With Obstacles. Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, San Diego, CA, 2006, 2406-2411.
  22. I. Hussein and D. M. Stipanović. Effective Coverage Control for Mobile Sensor Networks. Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, San Diego, CA, 2006, pp. 2747–2752.
  23. I. Hussein, A. Sanyal, M. Leok and A. M. Bloch. A Discrete Variational Integrator for Optimal Control Problems on SO(3). Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, San Diego, CA, 2006, pp. 6636-6641. [arXiv.org]
  24. I. Hussein and A. M. Bloch. Optimal Control of Nonholonomic Under-Actuated Mechanical Systems. Proceedings of the American Control Conference, Minneapolis, MN, 2006, pp. 5590–5595.
  25. I. Hussein and H. Schaub. The Three-Spacecraft Coulomb Tether Problem. Proceedings of the Space Flight Mechanics Meeting, Tampa, FL, 2006.
  26. I. Hussein and A. M. Bloch. Constrained optimal trajectory tracking on the group of rigid body motions. Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Seville, Spain, 2005, pp. 2152-2157.
  27. I. Hussein, D. J. Scheeres and D. C. Hyland. Optimal formation control for imaging and fuel usage with terminal imaging constraints. Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Control Applications, Toronto, ON, Canada, 2005, 352-357.
  28. I. Hussein and A. M. Bloch. Optimal control of under-actuated systems with application to Lie groups. Proceedings of the American Control Conference, Portland, OR, 2005, pp. 1472-1477.
  29. I. Hussein and A. M. Bloch. Dynamic coverage optimal control for interferometric imaging spacecraft formations (part II): The nonlinear case. Proceedings of the American Control Conference, Portland, OR, 2005, pp. 2391-2396.
  30. I. Hussein, A. M. Bloch, D. J. Scheeres, D. C. Hyland and N. H. McClamroch. Optimal fuel-image motion planning for a class of dual spacecraft formations. Proceedings of the American Control Conference, Portland, OR, 2005, pp. 2405-2410.
  31. I. Hussein, D. J. Scheeres and D. C. Hyland. Optimal formation control for imaging and fuel usage. Proceedings of the Space Flight Mechanics Meeting, Copper Mountain, CO, 2005, paper AAS 05-160.
  32. I. Hussein and A. Bloch. Dynamic coverage optimal control for interferometric imaging spacecraft formations. Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Paradise Island, Bahamas, 2004, pp. 1812-1817.
  33. I. Hussein and A. Bloch. Optimal control on Riemannian manifolds with potential fields. Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Paradise Island, Bahamas, 2004, pp. 1982-1987.
  34. I. Hussein and A. Bloch. Dynamic interpolation on Riemannian manifolds: An application to interferometric imaging. Proceedings of the American Control Conference, Boston, MA, 2004, pp. 413-418. Best Student Paper Award Finalist.
  35. I. Hussein and D. J. Scheeres. Effects of orbit perturbations on a class of Earth-orbiting interferometric observatories. Proceedings of the Space Flight Mechanics Meeting, Maui, HI, 2004, paper AAS 04-210.
  36. I. Hussein, D. J. Scheeres, and D. C. Hyland. Control of a satellite formation for imaging applications. Proceedings of the American Control Conference, Denver, CO, 2003, pp. 308-–313. Best Student Paper Award Finalist.
  37. I. Hussein, D. J. Scheeres, and D. C. Hyland. Formation path planning for optimal fuel and image quality for a class of interferometric imaging missions. Proceedings of the Space Flight Mechanics Meeting, Ponce, Puerto Rico, 2003, paper AAS 03-174.
  38. I. Hussein, D. J. Scheeres, and D. C. Hyland. Interferometric observatories in Earth orbit. Proceedings of the Space Flight Mechanics Meeting, Ponce, Peurto Rico, 2003, paper AAS 03-172.
  39. I. Hussein, S. L. Lacy and D. S. Bernstein. Data compression for subspace-based identification using periodic and non-periodic inputs. Proceedings of the American Control Conference, Anchorage, AK, 2002, pp. 3313--3318.

PhD Thesis

I. Hussein. Motion planning for multi-spacecraft interferometric imaging systems. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Michigan, 2005.

Abstract (pdf)
Full Dissertation (pdf)

List of Collaborators

Erdos Number: 4

  1. P. Erdos, F. Harary, and W. T. Tutte. On the dimension of a graph. Mathematika, 12, 118-122, 1965.
  2. D. E. Cohen, F. Harary and Y. Kodama. On the embedding of complete graphs in orientable surfaces. Mathematika 10, 79-83, 1963.
  3. A. M. Bloch, R. W. Brokett, Y. Kodama, and T. Ratiu. Hamiltonian systems, transformation groups and spectral transform methods (Montreal, PQ, 1989), 97--102, Universite de Montréal, Montreal, QC, 1990.
  4. I. Hussein, A. M. Bloch, D. J. Scheeres and N. H. McClamroch. Optimal fuel-image motion planning for a class of dual spacecraft formations. IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems. Accepted with revisions.

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