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

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  • 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

CEC222 - Digital Circuit Laboratory

ECGR3111 - Signals and Systems (UNCC)

EE328 - Feedback Control Systems (USA)

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

ME404 - Mechatronics

ME404L - Mechatronics Laboratory

ME406 - Robotics II

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, J.K, Weisshaupt, B.M. Rookaird, J.M. Smith, B.H. Winterling, “Identifying the Thermal
Parameters and Controlling the Temperature of High-Altitude Balloon Payloads”, Proceedings: 3rd Annual
Academic High-Altitude Conference, Nashville, TN, 2012, pp. 1-14

D.R. Isenberg, “On the Error-Quaternion,Quaternion-Difference, and Control Effort of Quaternion Based
Attitude Control Laws”, Proceedings: 22nd International Conference on Systems Engineering, Coventry,
England, 2012, pp. 100-105

D.R. Isenberg, J. Crabtree, “Analysis of Post-Balloon Burst Gondola Collisions”, Proceedings: AIAA Balloon
Systems Technology Conference, Dayton Beach, FL, 2013

J. Meduvsky, M. Howeth, C. Katan, D.R. Isenberg, “Validation Results of Pressure Independent First-Order
Thermal Models of High-Altitude Balloon Gondolas”, Proceedings: 4th Annual Academic High-Altitude
Conference, Upland, IN., 2013

Y.H. Amengonu, Y.P. Kakad, D.R. Isenberg, “The Control Moment Gyroscope Inverted Pendulum”, Advances
in Systems Science, Vol. 240, 2014, pp. 109-118

A. Jain, D.R. Isenberg, “A Low-Cost Attitude Determination System using Multiple Sensors for High-Altitude
Balloon Flights”, Proceedings: 5th Annual Academic High-Altitude Conference, Grand Forks, ND, 2014

D.R. Isenberg, “Sensorless Force Estimation for a Two-LinkManipulator Based Upon Linear Dynamics ”,
Progress in Systems Engineering: Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Systems Engineering,
Las Vegas, NV, 2015, pp. 315-322

D.R. Isenberg, “Target Rendezvous with a Space Robot using Relative Position and Attitude Measurements”,
Proceedings: IEEE SoutheastCon, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, 2015

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

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

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

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

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