Qian Sang's Homepage

Qian Sang

Staff Engineer
Western Digital
Irvine, CA
Phone: 949-672-6173
E-mail: qs2v AT virginia DOT edu

Education

Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, University of Virginia, 2012.
M.S., Computer Science, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY, 2007.
B.S., Automation, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China, 2004.

Research

Selected Publications

• Q. Sang and G. Tao, "Adaptive control of state-dependent piecewise linear systems," submitted to Systems & Control Letters.
• Q. Sang, Z. Lin, and S. T. Acton, "An erratic target grid-based tracker," submitted to Pattern Recognition.
• Q. Sang and G. Tao, "Adaptive control of piecewise linear systems with state feedback for output tracking," Asian Journal of Control, vol. 15, no. 4, pp. 933–-943, July 2013.
• Q. Sang and G. Tao, "Multivariable adaptive control of piecewise linear systems with applications to NASA Generic Transport Model," AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, vol. 35, no. 5, pp. 1559--1567, September-October 2012.
• Q. Sang and G. Tao, "Adaptive control of piecewise linear systems: the state tracking case," IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol. 57, no. 2, pp. 522--528, 2012.
• Q. Sang and G. Tao, "Gain margins of adaptive control systems," IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol. 55, no. 1, pp. 104--115, 2010.
• Q. Sang, G. Tao, and J. Guo, "Multivariable state feedback for output tracking MRAC for piecewise linear systems with relaxed design conditions," submitted to the 2014 American Control Conference.
• Q. Sang, Z. Lin, and S. T.Acton,, "An enhancement to the grid-based Bayesian array for erratic targets," Proceedings of SPIE 8657, Computational Imaging XI, 86570J, Burlingame, CA, 2013.
• Q. Sang and G. Tao, "Adaptive control of piecewise linear systems with output feedback for output tracking," Proceedings of the 51th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 5422--5427, Maui, HI, 2012.
• Q. Sang and G. Tao, "Multivariable state feedback for output tracking MRAC for piecewise linear systems," Proceedings of the 50th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control and European Control Conference (CDC-ECC 2011) , pp. 1784--1789, Orlando, FL, 2011.
• Q. Sang and G. Tao, "Adaptive control of piecewise linear systems: the output tracking case," Proceedings of the 2011 American Control Conference, pp. 2000--2005, San Francisco, CA, 2011.
• Q. Sang and G. Tao, "Adaptive control of piecewise linear systems with applications to NASA GTM," Proceedings of the 2011 American Control Conference, pp. 1157--1162, San Francisco, CA, 2011.
• Q. Sang and G. Tao, "Adaptive control of piecewise linear systems: the state tracking case," Proceedings of the 2010 American Control Conference, pp. 4040--4045, Baltimore, Maryland, 2010.
• Q. Sang and G. Tao, "Performance robustness of MRAC under reduced actuator effectiveness," Proceedings of the 2009 American Control Conference, pp. 4506--4511, St. Louis, Missouri, 2009.
• Q. Sang and G. Tao, "Gain margins of multivariable MRAC systems," Proceedings of the 47th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 702--707, Cancun, Mexico, 2008.
• Q. Sang and G. Tao, "Gain margins of model reference adaptive control systems," Proceedings of the 7th World Congress on Intelligent Control and Automation, pp. 2946-2951, Chongqing, China, 2008.

Reports

• "Video Data Mining and Target Tracking: A Model Adaptation and Feedback Control Approach," semi-annual reports to Army Research Office, 07/2011-08/2013.
• "Adaptive Control Techniques for Systems under Uncertainties with Aircraft Control Applications," monthly reports to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 01/2008-12/2010.
• "New Adaptive Control Technologies for Aircraft Flight Control under Adverse Flight Conditions,"' National Science Foundation Highlights, 12/2009.
• "Adaptive Sensor Failure Compensation for Aircraft Flight Control," National Science Foundation Highlights, 12/2008.

Awards and Affiliations

• Outstanding reviewer for Automatica, International Federation of Automatic Control, 2012-2013.
  
• Wilson Award for Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Virginia, 2009-2010.
  
• Northrop Grumman Graduate Student Travel Award, University of Virginia, 2009/2011.
  
• Student Travel Award, American Control Conference Organizing Committee, 2009-2011.
  
• International Students Academic Award, Eastern Kentucky University, 2007.
• Active Reviewer for IEEE, IFAC, AIAA, and ASME, journals and conferences.
  
• Member, IEEE, AIAA, AAAS, SPIE, Sigma Xi.
  

Teaching Experience

• University of Virginia
• ECE 4855: Control Laboratory (Fall 2007/2008/2009/2010)
• ECE7858: Digital Control Systems
• ECE4860: Digital Control Systems
• ECE2066: Science of Information
• APMA3080: Linear Algebra
• APMA2130: Ordinary Differential Equations
• APMA1090: Single Variable Calculus I


• University of Kentucky
• EE421G: Signal and Systems I
• EE422G: Signal and Systems II


• Eastern Kentucky University
• CSC191: Object-Oriented Programming II,
• CSC160: Introduction to Programming, Eastern Kentucky University
• CSC104: Computer Literature with Software Applications, Eastern Kentucky University

Courses

• University of Virginia
• ECE8825: Adaptive Control (F2011, Prof. Gang Tao)
• ECE726: Nonlinear Controls (S2009, Prof. Zongli Lin)
• ECE725: Multivariable Robust Control Systems (S2008, Prof. Tetsuya Iwasaki)
• ECE728: Digital Control Systems (F2007, Prof. Gang Tao)
• APMA641: Engineering Mathematics I (F2007, Prof. William W. Roberts, Jr.)


• University of Kentucky
• EE640: Stochastic Systems (S2007, Prof. Yuming Zhang)
• EE635: Digital Image Processing (S2007, Prof. Daniel Lau)
• EE572: Digital Control of Dynamic Systems (S2007, Prof. Bruce L. Walcott)
• EE699: Nonlinear Control Systems (F2006, Prof. Yuming Zhang)
• EE621: Electromagnetic Fields and Waves (F2006, Prof. Caicheng Lu)
• EE611: Deterministic Systems (F2006, Prof. Yuming Zhang)
• EE571: Feedback Control Design (F2006, Prof. Bruce L. Walcott)


• Eastern Kentucky University
• CSC707: 3D Model and Animation (S2007, Prof. Ka-Wing Wong)
• CSC825: Network Applications and Security (F2006, Prof. Shuangteng Zhang)
• CSC746: Artificial Intelligence (F2006, Prof. Ka-Wing Wong)
• CSC835: Software Engr. &s; Project Mgmt. II (S2006, Prof. Kuang-Nan Chang)
• CSC831: Data Structures and Algorithms (S2006, Prof. Chongkye Rhee)
• CSC815: Computer Administration and Security (S2006, Prof. Eugene F. Styer)
• CSC834: Software Engr. &s; Project Mgmt. I (F2005, Prof. Kuang-Nan Chang)
• CSC745: Theory of Database Systems (F2005, Prof. Ka-Wing Wong)
• CSC730: Concepts of Programming Systems (F2005, Prof. Chongkye Rhee)