Associate Professor
3-189 CST
makan@syr.edu
315.443.4406
Degree(s):
- BSc in Electrical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Iran, 1998.
- MSc in Control Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, 2000
- PhD in Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2006
Areas of Expertise:
- Convex optimization
- Complex networks
- Dynamical systems
- Control theory
Makan Fardad has expertise in convex optimization and its applications in the areas of distributed control, signal processing, and social networks.
Honors:
- Dean’s Award for Excellence in Engineering Education, 2015.
- Recipient of 3 National Science Foundation Awards, 2009, 2013, 2015.
Selected Publications:
Fardad, F. Lin, and M. R. Jovanovic, “Design of Optimal Sparse Interconnection Graphs for Synchronization of Oscillator Networks,” IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol. 59, pp. 2457-2462, 2014.
Lin, M. Fardad, and M. R. Jovanovic, “Algorithms for Leader Selection in Stochastically Forced Consensus Networks,” IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol. 59, pp. 1789-1802, 2014.
Lin, M. Fardad, and M. R. Jovanovic, “Design of Optimal Sparse Feedback Gains via the Alternating Direction Method of Multipliers,” IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol. 58, pp. 2426-2431, 2013.
Lin, M. Fardad, and M. R. Jovanovic, “Optimal Control of Vehicular Formations with Nearest Neighbor Interactions,” IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol. 57, pp. 2203-2218, 2012.
Fardad and M. R. Jovanovic, “Design of Optimal Controllers for Spatially Invariant Systems with Finite Communication Speed,” Automatica, vol. 47, pp. 880-889, 2011.