Hashem Ashrafiuon, PhD
Professor of Mechanical Engineering; Director of the Center for Nonlinear Dynamics & Control | College of Engineering | Villanova University
Villanova, PA, UNITED STATES
Hashem Ashrafiuon, PhD, is an expert on robotics, autonomous vehicles, and nonlinear dynamics and control.
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Areas of Expertise (7)
Autonomous Vehicles
Multibody Dynamics
System Dynamics
Robotics
Advanced Dynamics
Drones
Engineering Education
Biography
Hashem Ashrafiuon is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Director of the Center for Nonlinear Dynamics & Control at Villanova College of Engineering, where his areas of expertise include drone technology, robotics, autonomous vessels for air, land, and sky, and nonlinear dynamics. Dr. Ashrafiuon also directs the Center’s Unmanned Surface and Underwater Vehicles Laboratory, which he founded in 2008.
Education (3)
State University of New York: PhD
State University of New York: MS
State University of New York: BS
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Drone Ecosystem - Beginning of What's Possible
Flarrio
2017-08-02
“Drones are currently employed as individual agents in surveillance, forest fire detection, rail safety, etc. However, their future lies in multi-drone coordinated autonomous operations for more effective and diverse applications.” - Dr. Hashem Ashrafiuon
What to Expect from Drones
Flarrio online
2016-05-02
"Demands for safe and versatile operations will move drone technology toward collaborative missions between drones or with human operators. Such teamwork can exponentially expand drone capabilities and applications otherwise unattainable." - Dr. Hashem Ashrafiuon
New EEG Technology Makes for Better Brain Reading
Psychology Today online
2014-09-18
Low isn’t the only one pushing the boundaries of EEG technology using single electrode devices. Hashem Ashrafiuon, a mechanical engineering professor at Villanova University’s College of Engineering has developed similar technology. His work is being used in sports helmets that can instantly diagnose concussions by detecting large changes in brain waves that occur immediately after impact.
Select Academic Articles (5)
Robust Tracking Control of Quadrotors based on Differential Flatness: Simulations and Experiments
IEEE/ASME Transactions on MechatronicsPoultney, A., Kennedy, C., Clayton, G., and Ashrafiuon, H.,
2018
Guidance and Attitude Control of Rockets With Fixed Impulsive Forces
American Control Conference (ACC), 2017Hashem Ashrafiuon
2017
Asymptotic Solution and Trajectory Planning for Open-Loop Control of Mobile Robots
Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and ControlAlan Whitman, Garrett Clayton, Alexander Poultney, Hashem Ashrafiuon
2017
A Portable Integrated System to Control an Active Needle
International Society for Optics and PhotonicsBardia Konh, Mahdi Motalleb, Hashem Ashrafiuon
2017
Trajectory Tracking Control of Planar Underactuated Vehicles
IEEE Transactions on Automatic ControlHashem Ashrafiuon, Sergey Nersesov, Garrett Clayton
2016
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