Douglas Isenberg

Title
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Email
Department
Mechanical Engineering Department
College
College of Engineering

Areas of Expertise

System theory, Robot dynamics and control, Application of unit-quaternions to problems in kinematics, dynamics, and control.
Douglas  Isenberg


  • Ph.D. - Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical Engineering, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
  • M.S. - Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
  • B.S. - Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

AE325/326 - Experimental Space System Engineering Laboratory

AE430 - Control System Analysis and Design

CEC222 - Digital Circuit Laboratory

ECGR3111 - Signals and Systems (UNCC)

EE328 - Feedback Control Systems (USA)

EE334 - Electrical Engineering for Mechanical Engineers

EE372 - Introduction to Communication Systems (USA)

EE526 - Introduction to Robotics (USA)

EGR101 - Introduction to Engineering

EGR115 - Introduction to Computing for Engineers

ME302 - Introduction to Robotics I

ME302L - Introduction to Robotics I Laboratory

ME404 - Mechatronics

ME404L - Mechatronics Laboratory

ME406 - Robotics II

ME406L - Robotics II Laboratory

ME407 - Preliminary Design of Robotic Systems

ME420 - Detailed Design of Robotic Systems

ME495D - Identification and Control of Sampled Data Systems

ME495H - Introduction to Robot Operating System

UNIV101 - College Success



D.R. Isenberg, “Transposed Jacobian Control of a Mobile Robot, Proceedings: Florida Conference on Recent Advances in Robotics, Daytona Beach, FL (remote), 2022

D.R. Isenberg, “Analytical Inverse Kinematic Solutions for End-Effector Positioning and Pointing Applied to Revolute Manipulators with Spherical Wrists”, Proceedings: IEEE SoutheasCon, Atlanta, GA (remote), 2021

N. Shawki, G. Lazarous, D.R. Isenberg, “Stability and Performance Analysis of a Payload-Manipulating Robot Without Adaptive Control”, International Journal of Robotics and Automation, Vol. 35, No. 1, 2020

D.R. Isenberg, “Pointing Orientations for Manipulator End-Effectors”, Proceedings: International Conference on Systems Engineering, Las Vegas, NV (remote), pp.71-80, 2020

M. Fusco, D.R. Isenberg, X. Pickard, “Development of a High Altitude Balloon Controlled Ascent System”, Proceedings: IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, MT, 2020 (Track 5: “Observation Systems and Technologies” Best Paper Award)

A. Worthington, T. Anderson, L. Lucchese, M. Markham, L.M. de Vasconcelos, D.R. Isenberg, “Development and Monte-Carlo Sensitivity Analysis of Identical Planar Space Robots for the Purpose of Validating the Recreation of On-Orbit Motion”, Proceedings: IEEE SoutheastCon, Huntsville, AL, 2019

A. Crammond, C. Boggio, J.C. Delinger, S.I. Jones, A. Katafiasz, D.R. Isenberg, “Commanding an Anthropomorphic Robotic Hand with Motion Capture Data”, Proceedings: IEEE SoutheastCon, Hunstville, AL, 2019

N. Muraleedharan, I. Gentilini, D.R. Isenberg, “Experimental Validation of a Planar Free-Floating Emulator via Model-free Force-Feedback Control”, Proceedings: IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation, Changchun, China, 2018, pp. 1895-1901

D.R. Isenberg, “A Task Space Control Law for Free-Floating Space Robots”, Proceedings: International
Conference on Systems Engineering
, Las Vegas, NV, 2017

D.R. Isenberg, “A Potential Field Inspired Approach to Attitude Motion Planning with Unit-Quaternions”,
Proceedings: IEEE SoutheastCon, Charlotte, NC, 2017

N. Muraleedharan, D. Cohen, D.R. Isenberg, “Omnidirectional Locomotion Control of a Pendulum Driven
Spherical Robot”, Proceedings: IEEE SoutheastCon, Norfolk, VA, 2016

D.R. Isenberg, “Control of Systems with Pfaffian Constraints: Motivation for Kane's Formulation”,
Proceedings: IEEE SoutheastCon, Norfolk, VA, 2016

N. Muraleedharan, D.R. Isenberg, I. Gentilini, “Recreating Planar Free-Floating Environment on Earth via Force-Feedback Control”, Proceedings: IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, MT, 2016













Instrumentation and Controls Engineer I, Areva NP, Charlotte, NC, 2006

Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 2010-2011

Assistant Professor, Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, 2011-2016

Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of South Alabama, 2016-2017

Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, 2017-2018

Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, 2018-present


IEEE - Member