Kadriye Merve Dogan

Title
Assistant Professor
Email
Department
Aerospace Engineering Department
College
College of Engineering

Areas of Expertise

​adaptive control, robust control, distributed control, robotics, autonomous vehicles, and multiagent systems
Kadriye Merve Dogan

K. Merve Dogan received a Master of Science degree in the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering at the Izmir Institute of Technology in 2016 and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of South Florida in 2020.  Her research expertise includes adaptive control, robust control, distributed control, robotics, autonomous vehicles, and multiagent systems.

  • Ph.D. - Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering, University of South Florida
  • AE 627: Adaptive Control
  • AE 800: Dissertation
  • AE 432: Flight Dynamics and Control
  • AE 523: Linear Systems
  • AE 700: Thesis
AE432 – Flight Dynamics and Control

Journal Papers:

2024 [17] A. Kurttisi†, K. M. Dogan & B. Gruenwald, “A Novel Distributed Adaptive Controller for Multi-Agent Systems with Double-Integrator Dynamics: A Hedging-Based Approach,” Special Issue Networked Robotics and Control Systems, MDPI, Electronics.


2024 [16] I. A. Aly†, A. Kurttisi†, & K. M. Dogan, “Coordination of Multi-Agent Systems in the Presence of Unknown Heterogeneous Actuation Efficiency and Coupled Dynamics: Distributed Approaches,” International Journal of Systems Science.

2024 [15] A. T. Koru, A. Ramirez, S. B. Sarsilmaz, R. Sipahi, T. Yucelen & K. M. Dogan, “Containment Control of Multi-Human Multi-Agent Systems Under Time Delays,” IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics: Systems.

2024 [14] I. A. Aly & K. M. Dogan, “Discrete-Time Adaptive Control for Uncertain Scalar Multiagent Systems with Coupled Dynamics: A Lyapunov-Based Approach,” Special Issue Networked Robotics and Control Systems, MDPI, Electronics.

2023 [13] I. A. Aly, K. M. Dogan, T. Yucelen & J. A. Muse, “Distributed Adaptive Control Architectures for Uncertain Multiagent System in the Presence of Coupled Dynamics,” International Journal of Control.

2023 [12] M. Deniz, K. M. Dogan, and T. Yucelen, “A distributed adaptive architecture with nonlinear reference model for safe finite-time control of uncertain multiagent systems,” International Journal of Systems Science.

2022 [11] K. M. Dogan, A. Kurttisi, T. Yucelen, and A. T. Koru, “A Projection Operator-Based Discrete-Time Adaptive Architecture for Control of Uncertain Dynamical Systems with Actuator Dynamics,” IEEE Control Systems Letters.

2021 [10] S. Ristevski, K. M. Dogan, T. Yucelen & J. A. Muse, “Output Feedback Adaptive Control of Uncertain Dynamical Systems with Actuator Dynamics,” Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics.

2021 [9] K. M. Dogan, T. Yucelen & J. A. Muse, “Adaptive Control Systems with Unstructured Uncertainty and Unmodeled Dynamics: A Relaxed Stability Tradeoff,” International Journal of Control. 

2021 [8] K. M. Dogan, T. Yucelen & J. A. Muse, “An Asymptotic Decoupling Approach for Adaptive Control with Unmeasurable Coupled Dynamics,” International Journal of Adaptive Control and Signal Processing. 

2020 [7] K. M. Dogan, T. Yucelen, W. M. Haddad & J. A. Muse, “Improving Transient Performance of Discrete-time Model Reference Adaptive Control Architectures,” International Journal of Adaptive Control and Signal Processing. 

2019 [6] B. C. Gruenwald, T. Yucelen, K. M. Dogan & J. A. Muse, “Expanded Reference Models for Adaptive Control of Uncertain Systems with Actuator Dynamics,” Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics. 

2019 [5] T. Yucelen, B. C. Gruenwald, K. M. Dogan, A. Chakravarthy, & A. Menon, “Adaptive Control of Coupled Dynamical Systems: A Mixed State and Output Feedback Framework with Stability and Performance Guarantees,” International Journal of Control. 

2019 [4] K. M. Dogan, B. C. Gruenwald, T. Yucelen & J. A. Muse, “Adaptive Architectures for Control of Uncertain Dynamical Systems with Actuator and Unmodeled Dynamics,” International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control. 

2019 [3] K. M. Dogan, B. C. Gruenwald, T. Yucelen, J. A. Muse & E. A. Butcher, “Distributed Adaptive Control and Stability Verification for Linear Multiagent Systems with Heterogeneous Actuator Dynamics and System Uncertainties,” International Journal of Control. 

2018 [2] K. M. Dogan, B. C. Gruenwald, T. Yucelen & J. A. Muse, “Relaxing the Stability Limit of Adaptive Control Systems in the Presence of Unmodeled Dynamics,” International Journal of Control. 

2017 [1] K. M. Dogan, E. Tatlicioglu, E. Zergeroglu & K. Cetin, “Learning Control of Robot Manipulators in Task Space,” Asian Journal of Control.


Conference Papers:


2024 (accepted) [63] E. Sarioglu and K. Merve Dogan, “Adaptive Control Allocation for Uncertain Systems with Unknown Effector Degradation,” American Control Conference, Toronto, Canada.

2024 (accepted) [62] A. Kurttisi, K. M. Dogan, E. Sarioglu, & M. Deniz, “Command Governor Mechanism for Uncertain Multi-agent Systems with Actuator Dynamics,” American Control Conference,
Toronto, Canada.

2024 (accepted) [61] E. Sarioglu, A. Kurttisi, K. Merve Dogan, P. Hruswicki, K. Collins, R. Prazenica, C. Kuskie “Development of a Control Allocation Method for a Quadrotor Using Variable RPM and Collective Pitch Control,” VFS Forum 80, Montreal, Canada.

2024 [60] T. Vongkunghae, I. A. Aly & K. M. Dogan, “Model Reference Adaptive Control for an Uncertain Modular Robotic System Subject to Unknown Physical Interconnections,” in Scitech 2024 Forum, AIAA, Orlando, FL, 2024.

2024 [59] A. Kurttisi, E. Sarioglu & K. M. Dogan, “Formation Control of Uncertain Multi-agent Systems with Non-Identical Actuation Capacities,” in Scitech 2024 Forum, AIAA, Orlando, FL, 2024.

2023 [58]  I. A. Aly, and K. Merve Dogan, “Discrete-Time Adaptive Control Algorithm for Coordination of Multiagent Systems in the Presence of Coupled Dynamics,” IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots, Detroit, Michigan.

2023 [57] I. A. Aly, A. Kurttisi, and K. Merve Dogan, “Discrete-Time Model Reference Adaptive Control of Uncertain Dynamical Systems in the Presence of Coupled Dynamics,” IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications, Bridgetown, Barbados.

2023 [56] M. Deniz, K. Merve Dogan, T. Yucelen, and Y. Wan, “Quantifiable Convergence Time in Stabilization of Uncertain Dynamical Systems with a Sliding Mode Adaptive Control Architecture,” IEEE American Control Conference, San Diego, CA. 2023 

2023 [55] I. A. Aly, A. Kurttisi, and K. Merve Dogan, “An Observer-Based Distributed Adaptive Control for Assigning Different Positions to the Agents in the Presence of Uncertainties and Coupled Dynamics,” IEEE American Control Conference, San Diego, CA. 7/17 2023 

2023 [54] A. Kurttisi, E. Sarioglu & K. M. Dogan, “Experimental Results on Composing Cooperative Behaviors in Networked Mobile Robots through Learning and Guidance Commands,” in Scitech 2023 Forum, AIAA, National Harbor, MD, 2023. 2023 

2023 [53] J. Zelina, I. A. Aly, K. M. Dogan & R. Prazenica, “Adaptive Stabilization of MultiRotor Systems with Actuator Limits and Transient Mass Distribution,” in Scitech 2023 Forum, AIAA, National Harbor, MD, 2023. 2023 

2023 [52] C. Rowan and K. M. Dogan, “Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) in the Evaluation of Handling Qualities,” in Scitech 2023 Forum, AIAA, National Harbor, MD, 2023. 2023 

2023 [51] A. Kurttisi, S. M. Perera, and K. M. Dogan, “An Efficient Algorithm to Determine Polynomial Trajectories and Adaptive Control of a Quadcopter,” in Scitech 2023 Forum, AIAA, National Harbor, MD, 2023. 2023 

2023 [50] M. Leomanni, F. Ferrante, N. Cartocci, G. Costante, M. L. Fravolini, K. M. Dogan, and T. Yucelen “Robust Output Feedback Control of a Quadrotor UAV for Autonomous Visionbased Target Tracking,” in Scitech 2023 Forum, AIAA, National Harbor, MD, 2023. 2023 

2023 [49] A. Kurttisi, K. M. Dogan, and A. T. Koru, “Adaptive Control for Multirotor Attitude Control in the Presence of Actuation Delay and Unknown Actuator Efficiency,” in Scitech 2023 Forum, AIAA, National Harbor, MD, 2023. 2023 

2023 [48] I. A. Aly, S. Comeaux, K. M. Dogan, E. Tatlicioglu, and E. Zergeroglu, “On Adaptive Control of Robotic Manipulators with Actuator Deficiencies,” in Scitech 2023 Forum, AIAA, National Harbor, MD, 2023. 2023 

2023 [47] I. A. Aly, S. Comeaux, and K. M. Dogan, “Distributed Adaptive Control of Multiagent System with State and Control Dependent Coupled Dynamics,” in Scitech 2023 Forum, AIAA, National Harbor, MD, 2023. 

2022 [46] A. Kurttisi, I. A. Aly, and K. M. Dogan, “Coordination of Uncertain Multiagent Systems with Non-Identical Actuation Capacities,” IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (Cancun, Mexico).

2022 [45] K. M. Dogan, A. Kurttisi, T. Yucelen, and A. T. Koru, “A Projection Operator-Based Discrete-Time Adaptive Architecture for Control of Uncertain Dynamical Systems with Actuator Dynamics,” IEEE Control Systems Letters with IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (Cancun, Mexico) option.

2022 [44] K. M. Dogan, T. Yucelen, Islam A. Aly & J. A. Muse, “Further Results on Multiagent Distributed Adaptive Control Systems with Unmeasurable Coupled Dynamics,” in American Control Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, 2022.

2022 [43]  J. Zelina, K. M. Dogan, R. Prazenica & T. Henderson, “Adaptive Control for Time Varying Systems with Actuator Dynamics and Sensor Noise,” in Scitech 2022 Forum, AIAA, San Diego, California.

2022 [42] N. Cartocci, A. Monarca, G. Costante, M. L. Fravolini, K. M. Dogan & T. Yucelen, “Linear Control of a Nonlinear Aerospace System via Extended Dynamic Mode Decomposition,” in Scitech 2022 Forum, AIAA, San Diego, California.

2022 [41] S. Ristevski, A. T. Koru, K. M. Dogan, T. Yucelen & J. A. Muse, “Experimental Results of a Model Reference Adaptive Control Architecture in the Presence of Unmodeled Dynamics,” in Scitech 2022 Forum, AIAA, San Diego, California.

2022 [40] I. A. Aly & K. M. Dogan, “Uncertain Multiagent System in the Presence of Coupled Dynamics: An Asymptotic Convergence,” in Scitech 2022 Forum, AIAA, San Diego, California.

2021 [39] K. M. Dogan & T. Yucelen, “Distributed Adaptive Control for Uncertain Multiagent Systems with User-Assigned Laplacian Matrix Nullspaces,” in  IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications (CCTA), San Diego, California (virtual).

2021 [38] K. M. Dogan, T. Yucelen & J. A. Muse,  “On Scheduling Actuator Data Transmission in Discrete-Time Networked Adaptive Systems,” in  American Control Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana (virtual).

2021 [37] M. Fravolini, N. Cartocci, T. Yucelen & K. M. Dogan, “A Safe Learning Adaptive Neuro Controller for Uncertain Aircraft Dynamics,” in AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, Nashville, TN (virtual). 

2021 [36] K. M. Dogan, T. Yucelen & J. A. Muse, “Stability Verification for Uncertain Multiagent Systems in the Presence of Heterogeneous Coupled and Actuator Dynamics,” in AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, Nashville, TN (virtual). 

2020 [35] K. M. Dogan, T. Yucelen & J. A. Muse, “Further Results on Performance Guarantees in Adaptive Control of Uncertain Systems with Unmodeled Dynamics,” ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (virtual). 

2020 [34] K. M. Dogan, T. Yucelen & J. A. Muse, “Adaptive Control with Unmeasurable Coupled Dynamics: An Asymptotic Decoupling Approach,” in American Control Conference, Denver, Colorado. 

2020 [33] K. M. Dogan, T. Yucelen, S. Ristevski & J. A. Muse, “Distributed Adaptive Control of Uncertain Multiagent Systems with Coupled Dynamics,” in American Control Conference, Denver, Colorado. 

2020 [32] S. Ristevki, K. M. Dogan, T. Yucelen & J. A. Muse, “A New Event-Triggering Approach for Scheduling Guidance Data Transmissions in Networked Control Systems,” in American Control Conference, Denver, Colorado. 

2020 [31] K. M. Dogan, T. Yucelen & J. A. Muse, “Performance Guarantees in Adaptive Control of Uncertain Systems with Unmodeled Dynamics,” in AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, Orlando, FL. 

2020 [30] K. M. Dogan, S. Ristevski, T. Yucelen & J. A. Muse, “On Suppressing the Effect of Measurement Noise in Model Reference Adaptive Control,” in AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, Orlando, FL. 

2020 [29] A. T. Koru, E. Arabi, K. M. Dogan, T. Yucelen, R. Sipahi & Y. Yildiz, “Set-Theoretic Model Reference Adaptive Control for Performance Guarantees in Human-in-the-Loop Systems; A Pilot Study,” AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, Orlando, FL. 

2020 [28] K. Cespedes, K. M. Dogan, E. Yildirim, T. Yucelen, B. C. Gruenwald & A. Chakravarthy, “Experimental Results of a Model Reference Adaptive Control Approach on an Interconnected Uncertain Dynamical System,” AIAA Intelligent Systems Conference, Orlando, FL. 

2020 [27] S. Ristevski, K. M. Dogan, T. Yucelen & J. A. Muse, “Output Feedback Model Reference Adaptive Control in the Presence of Actuator Dynamics,” AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, Orlando, FL. 

2020 [26] M. Fravolini, K. M. Dogan & T. Yucelen, “Quantification of Tolerable Parametric and Dynamic Uncertainty for Robust Model Reference Adaptive Control Systems,” AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, Orlando, FL. 

2019 [25] S. Ristevski, K. M. Dogan, T. Yucelen & J. A. Muse, “Transient Performance Improvement in Reduced-order Model Reference Adaptive Control Systems,” IFAC Workshop on Adaptive and Learning Systems, Winchester, United Kingdom. 

2019 [24] K. M. Dogan, T. Yucelen & J. A. Muse, “Hedging Approach for Scheduling Actuator Data Transmission in Networked Adaptive Control Systems,” IFAC Workshop on Adaptive and Learning Systems, Winchester, United Kingdom. 

2019 [23] K. M. Dogan, T. Yucelen & J. A. Muse, “Adaptive Control of Dynamical Systems with Unstructured Uncertainty and Unmodeled Dynamics,” in American Control Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 

2019 [22] K. M. Dogan, T. Yucelen, B. C. Gruenwald & J. A. Muse, “Further Results on Model Reference Adaptive Control in the Presence of Actuator and Unmodeled Dynamics,” in American Control Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 

2019 [21] B. C. Gruenwald, T. Yucelen, K. M. Dogan & J. A. Muse, “On Adaptive Control of Uncertain Dynamical Systems in the Presence of Actuator Dynamics and Amplitude Saturation Limits,” in American Control Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 

2019 [20] A. T. Koru, T. Yucelen, R. Sipahi, A. Ramirez & K. M. Dogan, “Stability of Human-in the-Loop Multiagent Systems with Time Delays,” in American Control Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 

2019 [19] K. M. Dogan, T. Yucelen, E. Yildirim & J. A. Muse, “Experimental Results of a Model Reference Adaptive Control Law on an Uncertain System with Unmodeled Dynamics,” in AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, San Diego, California. 

2018 [18] K. M. Dogan, T. Yucelen, B. C. Gruenwald & J. A. Muse, “Stability Conditions for Adaptive Control of Uncertain Dynamical Systems with Actuator and Unmodeled Dynamics,” in American Control Conference, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 

2018 [17] K. M. Dogan, B. C. Gruenwald, T. Yucelen, J. A. Muse & E. A. Butcher, “Stable Distributed Adaptive Systems for Control of Linear Multiagent Systems in the Presence of Heterogeneous Actuator Dynamics and Unknown Parameters,” in American Control Conference, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 

2018 [16] B. C. Gruenwald, T. Yucelen, K. M. Dogan & J. A. Muse, “An Adaptive Architecture for Control of Uncertain Dynamical Systems with Unknown Actuator Bandwidths,” IFAC Workshop on Networked and Autonomous Air and Space Systems, Santa Fe, New Mexico. 

2018 [15] K. M. Dogan, B. C. Gruenwald, T. Yucelen & J. A. Muse, “Robustness of an Adaptive Control Law to Uncertain Input Dynamics,” in AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, Kissimmee, Florida. 

2018 [14] K. M. Dogan, B. C. Gruenwald, T. Yucelen & J. A. Muse, “A Generalization of Fundamental Stability Limit of Model Reference Adaptive Controllers in the Presence of a Class of Nonlinear Unmodeled Dynamics,” in AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, Kissimmee, Florida. 

2018 [13] B. C. Gruenwald, T. Yucelen, K. M. Dogan & J. A. Muse, “A New Adaptive Control Architecture for Uncertain Dynamical Systems with Actuator Dynamics: Beyond Pseudo-Control Hedging,” in AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, Kissimmee, Florida. 

2018 [12] B. C. Gruenwald, T. Yucelen, K. M. Dogan & J. A. Muse, “Computing the Stability Limits of Pole-Zero Actuator Dynamics on Adaptive Control Laws for Aerospace Applications,” in AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, Kissimmee, Florida. 

2017 [11] B. C. Gruenwald, K. M. Dogan, T. Yucelen & J. A. Muse, “A Model Reference Adaptive Control Framework for Uncertain Dynamical Systems with High-Order Actuator Dynamics and Unknown Actuator Outputs,” ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, Tysons, Virginia. 

2017 [10] J. D. Peterson, G. D. L. Torre, T. Yucelen, D. Tran, K. M. Dogan & D. McNely, “Resilient Control of Linear Time-Invariant Networked Multiagent Systems,” ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, Tysons, Virginia. 

2017 [9] K. M. Dogan, B. C. Gruenwald, T. Yucelen, J. A. Muse & E. A. Butcher, “Distributed Adaptive Control of Networked Multiagent Systems with Heterogeneous Actuator Dynamics,” in American Control Conference, Seattle, Washington. 

2017 [8] K. M. Dogan, T. Yucelen, B. C. Gruenwald & J. A. Muse„ “On the Stability of Adaptive Control Systems in the presence of Control and State Dependent Unmodeled Dynamics,” in AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, Grapevine, Texas. 

2017 [7] K. M. Dogan, K. Rajagopal, & S.N. Balakrishnan “Cost Detectability and Stability of Multiple Model–based Adaptive Controllers Using Data–Driven Control Theory,” in AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, Grapevine, Texas. 

2016 [6] K. M. Dogan, T. Yucelen, B. C. Gruenwald & J. A. Muse, “On Model Reference Adaptive Control for Uncertain Dynamical Systems with Unmodeled Dynamics,” in IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Las Vegas, Nevada. 

2016 [5] M. L. Fravolini, T. Yucelen, B. C. Gruenwald, M. Dogan & M. R. Napolitano, “Comparison of Robust and Probabilistic LMI-based Design of Adaptive Flight Controllers with Uncertain Input Dynamics,” in AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, San Diego, California, USA. 

2015 [4] K. M. Dogan, E. Tatlicioglu & E. Zergeroglu, “Operational/Task Space Learning Control of Robot Manipulators with Dynamical Uncertainties,” Multi-Conference on Systems and Control, Sydney, Australia. 

2015 [3] K. M. Dogan, E. Tatlicioglu, E. Zergeroglu & K. Cetin, “Lyapunov Based Output Feedback Learning Control of Robot Manipulators,” American Control Conference, Chicago IL, USA.

2015 [2] K. M. Dogan, M. Deniz, M. I. C. Dede & E. Tatlicioglu, “Compensating for Variable Time Delays in the Communication Line of Bilateral Direct Teleoperation and Model-Mediation Techniques,” National Conference on Automatic Control, Denizli, Turkey (in Turkish). 

2014 [1] M. Deniz, K. M. Dogan, E. Tatlicioglu & A. Bayrak, “Design and Implementation of Robust Control for TRMS,” National Conference on Automatic Control, Kocaeli, Turkey (in Turkish).


Member:

- American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

Technical Committee (TC):

- AIAA Intelligent Systems TC

- IEEE TC Aerospace Control

- IEEE TC Intelligent Control

- Aerospace Control and Guidance Systems Committee 

Associate Editor:

-Associate Editor for the Invited Sessions Track at AIAA SciTech, 2022

- Associate Editor for the IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, 2022

- Associate Editor for the IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, 2021

[2023] Recipient for the AF STTR Phase 1 grant through ControlX (May 2023).


[2023] Recipient for the AF SBIR Phase 2 grant through ControlX (March 2023).


[2023] Recipient for the FAA Phase 2 grant (February 2023).


[2022] Recipient for the 2022 Dave Ward Memorial Lecture Award from the Aerospace Control and Guidance Systems Committee (ACGSC).


[2022] Recipient for the SpaceWERX Phase I STTR grant through Modularity Space (August 2022).


[2022] Recipient for the SpaceWERX Phase I STTR grant through ControlX (July 2022).


[2022] Recipient for the Faculty Innovative Research in Science and Technology (FIRST) Supplemental Program Award of the ERAU.


[2021] Recipient for the 2021 AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, Excellent Reviewer.


[2021] Recipient for the 2021 Florida Space Grant Consortium (FSGC) Grant of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.


[2021] Recipient for the 2021 Faculty Innovative Research in Science and Technology (FIRST) Program Award of the ERAU.


[2020] Recipient for the 2020 Outstanding Dissertation Award, USF.


[2019] Student best paper award; Adaptive and Learning Control Systems, IFAC, Winchester, UK.


[2019] “Learning control of robot manipulators in task space,” co-authored by K. M. Dogan, E. Tatlicioglu, E. Zergeroglu, and K. Cetin is listed in the Top 20Most Read Papers; Asian Journal of Control.


[2019] Best session presentation; in AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, 2019, San Diego, California.