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Walter J. Grantham
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Nonlinear and Optimal Control Systems
- Differential Games and Game Theory
- Optimization
- Control of Chaotic Systems
- Parallel and Distributed Optimization and Control
- Modeling, Simulation, and Control Applications:
- Trajectory Following Optimization Using Differential Equations
- Optimization Using Radial Basis Function Response Surface Models
- Optimization of Explosion Models
- Optimal Chaotic Control Systems
- Chaos in Discrete-Time Feedback Control Systems
- Microburst Wind Shear Modeling
- Aeroassisted Orbital Transfer
- Biological and Renewable Resource Systems
- Aircraft and Missile Trajectory Optimization
- Coal Dust Flame Propogation
- Optimal Control of Solar Collectors
- Alaskan Gas Well Corrosion
Publications
Graduate Students
CLASSES
- ME 544 Optimization and Game Theory
- ME 542 Nonlinear and Optimal Control Systems
- ME 540 Advanced Dynamics
- ME 481 Control Systems
- ME 348 Dynamic Systems
- ME 349 Dynamic Systems Laboratory
- ME 313 Engineering Analysis
- ME 212 Dynamics
SOFTWARE
Livermore ODE solver (stiff, nonstiff, root finder)
Nonlinear Optimization
- Sequential Quadratic Programming (Fortran) sqp.zip
- Sequential Quadratic Programming with Constraints DONLP2
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