Mahmut Reyhanoglu

Dr. Mahmut Reyhanoglu is a professor in the School of Engineering at Wentworth Institute of Technology (WIT). Prior to joining WIT, he held academic and administrative positions at various institutions, including serving as Professor and Director of Robotics Engineering at Columbus State University in Georgia, Glaxo-Wellcome Distinguished Professor and Chair of Engineering at the University of North Carolina at Asheville, and Professor and Program Chair of Engineering Physics at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida. His extensive research makes use of advanced mathematical techniques and models that arise from fundamental physical principles. His primary research interests are in the areas of nonlinear dynamical systems and control theory, with particular emphasis on applications to mechanical and aerospace systems, robotics and mechatronics. Dr. Reyhanoglu has edited 7 books, contributed to 7 book chapters, and authored/co-authored over 150 peer-reviewed journal/proceedings papers. He has served as an Associate Editor for both the IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control and the IEEE Control Systems Society Conference Editorial Board. He has also been a member of the International Program Committees for various conferences and contributed to the AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Technical Committee. Currently, he is as an editor for the International Journal of Aerospace Engineering and the MDPI Electronics Journal. Dr. Reyhanoglu has led several research projects as Principal Investigator (PI) for NASA FSGC and FAA-CST grants, and Co-PI of a project funded by DSO National Laboratories of Singapore. He collaborates regularly with Converter Source LLC as a consultant on NASA SBIR projects.

Dr. Reyhanoglu established a theoretical framework for a class of inherently nonlinear engineering control problems using tools from differential geometric control theory. He has applied his theoretical results to constrained dynamical systems, including wheeled mobile vehicles and space multibody systems. Dr. Reyhanoglu has directed his recent research efforts towards the control of underactuated mechanical and aerospace systems, including flexible robotic manipulators, autonomous marine vehicles, and space vehicles. His current research also includes the control of unmanned aerial vehicles, robotics and autonomous systems.
Dr. Reyhanoglu has been consistently named in Elsevier’s list of the top 2% of the World’s Leading Scientists in the Aerospace and Aeronautics field and in ScholarGPS that recognizes the top 0.5% of all scholars worldwide in the Aerospace and Aeronautical Engineering discipline.

For details regarding Dr. Reyhanoglu's research please visit:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/M_Reyhanoglu
https://scholargps.com/scholars/40844947947189/mahmut-reyhanoglu