Contact Information

nkottens-at-isis-dot-vanderbilt-dot-edu

Biography

Nicholas Kottenstette is currently a Research Scientist within the Institute for Software Integrated Systems at Vanderbilt University.  A senior member of IEEE, he holds a MS from the Mechanical Engineering Department at MIT and a PhD in Electrical Engineering from The University of Notre Dame.  He is a (co)-author of over twenty publications and (co)-inventor of numerous products resulting in 11 US patents related to the design and control of (networked) embedded systems. Using passivity-based fundamentals to approach digital-networked control design of cyber-physical systems, he is tackling challenging problems including high confidence embedded system design of (quad-rotor) aircraft, coordinated networked control of aircraft and robotic systems.  In addition, he is developing fundamentals related to the design of resilient cyber physical systems.

Publications

Most up to date list available at : www.isis.vanderbilt.edu/biblio/author/168

Cyber Physical Systems: ( https://wiki.isis.vanderbilt.edu/CPS/index.php/Publications )

• N. Kottenstette, H. LeBlanc, E. Eyisi, and X. Koutsoukos, “Multi-rate networked control of conic systems,” Institute for
  Software Integrated Systems, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, Technical Report ISIS-09-108, 09/2009 http://www.isis.vanderbilt.edu/node/4120 .
• N. Kottenstette, X. Koutsoukos, J. Hall, P. J. Antsaklis, J. Sztipanovits, “Passivity-Based Design of Wireless Networked Control Systems for Robustness To Time-Varying Delays”, 29^th IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium (RTSS 2008), Barcelona, Spain, December, 2008.
• N. Kottenstette, J. Hall, X. Koutsoukos, J. Sztipanovits, P. J. Antsaklis “Design of Networked Control Systems Using
  Passivity”, (under review) Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems Special Issue - Distributed Cyber-Physical Systems.
• N. Kottenstette, X. Koutsoukos, J. Hall, J. Sztipanovits, P. J. Antsaklis “Passivity-Based Design of Wireless Networked Control Systems Subject to Time-Varying Delays”, Technical Report, ISIS-08-904, Institute For Software Integrated Systems Vanderbilt University August, 2008.
• X. Koutsoukos, N. Kottenstette, J. Hall, J. Sztipanovits, P. J. Antsaklis, “Passivity-Based Control Design of Cyber-Physical Systems” International Workshop on Cyber-Physical Systems - Challenges and Applications (CPS-CA’08), Santorini Island, Greece, June 2008.

High Confidence Systems:

• N. Kottenstette, J. Porter “Digital Passive Attitude and Altitude Control Schemes for Quadrotor Aircraft”, Technical Report, ISIS-08-911, Institute For Software Integrated Systems Vanderbilt University, November, 2008 ( https://wiki.isis.vanderbilt.edu/hcddes/images/3/36/Uav_tr.pdf ).
• N. Kottenstette, P. J. Antsaklis "Time Domain and Frequency Domain Conditions For Passivity", ISIS Technical Report, ISIS-2008-002, ISIS Lab University of Notre Dame, November, 2008 ( http://www.nd.edu/~isis/techreports/isis-2008-002.pdf isis-2008-002.pdf ).

Networked Control Systems:

• Kottenstette, N., and N. Chopra, "Lm2-stable digital-control networks for multiple continuous passive plants", Technical Report, Nashville, TN, Institute for Software Integrated Systems, Vanderbilt University, pp. 1-14, 04/2009.
• N. Kottenstette, P. J. Antsaklis, “Wireless Digital Control of Continuous Passive Plants Over Token Ring Networks”. (International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control - Special Issue on Control with Limited Information).
• Kottenstette N., Hall J., Koutsoukos X., Antsaklis P., Sztipanovits J., "Digital Control of Multiple Discrete Passive Plants Over Networks", Technical Report, Nashville, TN, Institute for Software Integrated Systems, Vanderbilt University, pp. 1-14, 03/2009 power_junction_tr.pdf
• Kottenstette N., Hall J., Koutsoukos X., Antsaklis P., Sztipanovits J., "Digital Control of Multiple Discrete Passive Plants Over Networks", (under review in Int. J. of Systems, Control and Communications Special Issue on “Progress in Networked Control Systems”), pp. 1-15, submitted: 03/2009
• N. Kottenstette, P. J. Antsaklis, “Wireless Control Systems Subject to Actuator Constraints”, 47^th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC 2008), Cancun, Mexico, December, 2008.
• N. Kottenstette, P. J. Antsaklis, “Control of Multiple Networked Passive Plants With Delays and Data Dropouts”, 2008 American Control Conference (ACC 2008), Seattle, WA, June, 2008.
• N. Kottenstette, P. J. Antsaklis, “Design of Digital Control Networks for Continuous Passive Plants Subject To Delays and Data Dropouts”. (to submit IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control)
• N. Kottenstette, P. J. Antsaklis, “Stable Digital Control Networks for Continuous Passive Plants Subject to Delays and Data Dropouts,” Proceedings of the 46^th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, December 2007.
• N. Kottenstette, P. J. Antsaklis, “Communication in automation, including networking and wireless,” in Springer Handbook of Automation, editor Shimon Nof. ( http://www.nd.edu/~pantsakl/publications/2008-02-18-additions/373-Handbo... )
• N. Kottenstette and P. J. Antsaklis, "Digital Control Networks for Continuous Passive Plants Which Maintain Stability Using Cooperative Schedulers", ISIS Technical Report ISIS-2007-002, March 2007 ( http://www.nd.edu/~isis/techreports/isis-2007-002.pdf ).
• N. Kottenstette and P. J. Antsaklis, “neclab: The networked embedded control lab,” in Workshop on Networked Embedded Sensing and Control, Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences, Springer, October 2005.

US Patents:

1. 7,136,767: Apparatus and method for calibration of mass flow controller ( http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/7136767.html )
2. 7,120,542: Flow monitoring system ( http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/7120542.html )
3. 7,007,707: Mass flow ratio system and method ( http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/7007707.html )
4. 7,004,191: Apparatus and method for mass flow controller with embedded web server ( http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/7004191.html )
5. 6,948,508: Apparatus and method for self-calibration of mass flow controller ( http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/6948508.html )
6. 6,932,098: Apparatus and method for pressure fluctuation insensitive mass flow control ( http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/6932098.html )
7. 6,868,862: Apparatus and method for mass flow controller with a plurality of closed loop control
   code sets ( http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/6868862.html )
8. 6,868,723: Thermal anemometry mass flow measurement apparatus and method ( http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/6868723.html )
9. 6,810,308: Apparatus and method for mass flow controller with network access to diagnostics ( http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/6810308.html )
10. 6,766,260: Mass flow ratio system and method ( http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/6766260.html )
11. 6,712,084: Apparatus and method for pressure fluctuation insensitive mass flow control ( http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/6712084.html )