Mechanical Engineering Faculty Profile:

Dr. Nikhil Chopra
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Joint Appointment with the Institute for Systems Research

Control theory, robotics, bilateral teleoperation and synchronization theory
(301) 405-7011 |  nchopra@umd.edu | website | Room 2149, Building 088, Glenn L. Martin Hall

Vita
Dr. Chopra's research interests are in developing a fundamental understanding of synchronization and control of networked dynamical systems interacting over unreliable communication networks. This work is important in practical applications such as semi-autonomous telerobotic networks, robot networks and unmanned air vehicles.

Education
Bachelor of Technology (Honors), Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India - 2001
Ph.D., Systems and Entrepreneurial Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2006.
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Coordinated Science Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2006-2007.

Representative Publications
N. Chopra and M.W. Spong, On Exponential Synchronization of
Kuramoto Oscillators, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control,
Conditionally Accepted, 2007.

N. Chopra, P. Berestesky, and M.W. Spong, Bilateral Teleoperation
over Unreliable Communication Networks, IEEE Transactions on
Control Systems Technology, To Appear, 2007.

N. Chopra and M.W. Spong, Passivity-Based Control of Multi-Agent
Systems, in Advances in Robot Control, From Everyday Physics
to Human-Like Movements, Sadao Kawamura and Mikhail Svinin, Eds.,
pp. 107-134, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 2006.

N. Chopra, M.W. Spong, and R.Lozano, Synchronization of
Bilateral Teleoperators with Time Delay, Automatica,
Provisionally accepted, 2007.

N. Chopra, M.W. Spong, R. Ortega, and N.E. Barabanov, On
Tracking Performance in Bilateral Teleoperation, IEEE Transactions
on Robotics, Vol. 22, pp. 861-866, 2006.

Scientific and Professional Membership
Co-Chair, IEEE RAS Technical Committee on Telerobotics, Reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, IEEE Transactions on Robotics, IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, Automatica, SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization, Asian Journal of Control and Mechatronics

Honors and Awards
William A. Chittenden Award for outstanding graduate research and the Vodafone Graduate Fellowship in 2003

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