Warren E. Dixon

Dr. Warren Dixon received his Ph.D. degree in 2000 from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering from Clemson University. After completing his doctoral studies he was selected as an Eugene P. Wigner Fellow at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) where he worked in the Robotics and Energetic Systems Group. In 2004, Dr. Dixon joined the faculty of the University of Florida in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department. Dr. Dixon's main research interest has been the development and application of Lyapunov-based control techniques for uncertain nonlinear systems. He has published 4 books, an edited collection, 6 chapters, and over 180 refereed journal and conference papers. His work has been recognized by the 2009 American Automatic Control Council (AACC) O. Hugo Schuck Award, 2006 IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (RAS) Early Academic Career Award, an NSF CAREER Award (2006-2011), 2004 DOE Outstanding Mentor Award, and the 2001 ORNL Early Career Award for Engineering Achievement. Dr. Dixon is a senior member of IEEE. He serves on the IEEE CSS Technical Committee on Intelligent Control, is a primary member of the ASME DSC Division Mechatronics Technical Committee, is a member of numerous conference program committees, and serves on the conference editorial board for the IEEE CSS and RAS and the ASME DSC. He served as an appointed member to the IEEE CSS Board of Governors for 2008. He is currently an associate editor for IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics: Part B Cybernetics, Automatica, International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, and Journal of Robotics.