Publications on Broad Interests and Issues

  1. F. N. Chowdhury, K. Hoo and B. Pasik-Duncan, “Innovative Strategies for Retention of Women Engineers in Academia: Conversation with Successful Role Models”, in Gender Possibilities, Ed. B. Rechska (Accepted for publication), 2007
  2. F. N. Chowdhury, “Remembering Engineering Education in Moscow”, IEEE Control Systems Magazine, Aug. 2006 (Revised from a previous article from 1999)
  3. R. Sundararajan and F. N. Chowdhury, “Incorporating Research into Undergraduate Courses: A Case Study”, Proc. ASEE Gulf SouthWest Conference, College Station, TX, March 2001
  4. F. N. Chowdhury, “Do Seminar Courses Help Improve Undergraduate Students’  Communications Skills?” Proc. ASEE Gulf SouthWest Conference, Dallas, TX, June 1999
  5. F. N. Chowdhury, “Remembering Engineering Education in Moscow”, Graduate Colloquium Series, Univ. of LA Press,  Lafayette, Nov. 1999
  6. F. N. Chowdhury, “Interdisciplinary Course on Neural Networks at the Graduate Level”, Proc. ASEE Annual Meeting, Milwaukee, WI, June 1997
  7. Book Chapter in She Does Math, Ed. M. Parker, Mathematical Association of America, 1995

Research Publications

  1. F. N. Chowdhury and H. Gong, “A Two-stage Modeling Approach to Fault Detection in Nonlinear Systems”, Invited Session Regular Paper, International Federation for Automatic Control World Congress 2008 (Submitted)
  2. W. Chen and F. N. Chowdhury, “Analysis and Detection of Incipient Faults in Post-fault Systems Subject to Adaptive Fault-tolerant Control”, Int. J. Adaptive Control and Signal Processing, 2007 (Accepted)
  3. F. N. Chowdhury and W. Chen, “A Modified Approach to Observer-based Fault Detection,” Proc. IEEE Conference on Control Applications, Oct. 2007
  4. F. N. Chowdhury and W. Chen, “Fault Detection in Dynamic Systems: A New Approach via Total Measurable Fault Information,” Proc. 2007 IEEE Conference on Control Applications, Oct. 2007
  5. A. Fekih and F. N. Chowdhury, “A Fault Tolerant Control Design for a Class of Nonlinear Systems”, International Journal of Systems Science, 2006 (Under Review)
  6. F. N. Chowdhury and W. Chen, “A Dual-loop Scheme for Fault-tolerance and Early Fault Detection.” IET Control Theory and Applications, Vol. 1, No. 4 (925–932), 2007
  7. K. Zhou, J. L. Aravena, X-R. Li and F. N. Chowdhury, “Fault Tolerant Safe Flight Controller Bank”, Control Engineering Practice, 2007 (In Press)
  8. W. Chen and F. N. Chowdhury, “Simultaneous Identification of Time-varying Parameters and Estimation of System States using Iterative Learning Observer.” International Journal of Systems Science, Vol. 38 No. 1 (39–45), Jan. 2007
  9. F. N. Chowdhury, “Fault Detection in Closed Loop Adaptive Systems”, IEEE Mountain Workshop on Adaptive and Learning Systems (SMCals 2006), Logan, Utah, July 2006
  10. W. Chen and F. N. Chowdhury, “Detection of Incipient Faults in Systems subject to Adaptive Fault-Tolerant Control.” Proc. 6th IFAC Symposium on Fault Detection, Supervision and Safety of Technical Processes (Safeprocess’06), Beijing, China, Aug. 2006
  11. F. N. Chowdhury and W. Chen, “Fault Monitoring in the Presence of Fault-tolerant Control,” 6th IFAC Symposium on Fault Detection, Supervision and Safety of Technical Processes (Safeprocess’06), Beijing, China, Aug. 2006.
  12. A. Fekih, Hao Xu and F. N. Chowdhury, “Two Neural-Net Learning Methods for Model Based Fault Detection”, 6th IFAC Symposium on Fault Detection, Supervision and Safety of Technical Processes (Safeprocess’06), Beijing, China, Aug. 2006
  13. H. Gong, H. Xu and F. N. Chowdhury, “A Neuro-augmented Observer for a Class of Nonlinear Systems”, Proc. Int. Joint Conf. Neural Networks (IJCNN), Vancouver, CA, July 2006
  14. W. Chen and F. N. Chowdhury, “Model Reference Iterative Learning Control,” Proc. American Control Conference, (1654-1658), Minneapolis, MN, June 2006
  15. A. Fekih and F. N. Chowdhury, “A Robust Fault Tolerant Control Strategy for a Class of Nonlinear Uncertain Systems”, Proc. American Control Conference, Minneapolis, MN, June 2006
  16. F. N. Chowdhury, B. Jiang and C. M. Belcastro, “Reduction of False Alarms in Fault Detection Problems”, Int. J. Innovative Computing, Information and Control, Vol. 2, No. 3 (481 – 489), June 2006
  17. F. N. Chowdhury, “Remembering Engineering Education in Moscow”, IEEE Control Systems Magazine, Aug. 2006 (Revised from a previous article from 1999)
  18. U. Kotta, F. N. Chowdhury and S. Nomm, “On Realizability of Neural Networks-based Input-output Models”, Automatica, Vol. 42 (1211 – 1216), 2006
  19. Z. Mao, B. Jiang and F. N. Chowdhury, “Fault Accommodation for a Class of Nonlinear Flight Control Systems”, Proc. 1st Int.  Symp. Systems and Control in Aerospace and Astronautics, Harbin, China, Jan. 2006
  20. A. Fekih and F. N. Chowdhury, “Subsystem Modeling using Neural Networks for Fast Fault detection in B747 Aircraft”, Proc. 12th IEEE Int.Conf. Electronics, Circuits and Systems, (482-486), Tunisia, December  2005
  21. A. Fekih and F. N. Chowdhury, “Output Feedback Control of Induction Motors”, Electric Machines and Power Systems Journal, Taylor & Francis Inc., Vol. 33, No. 11 (1211-1227), November 2005
  22. A. Fekih and F. N. Chowdhury, “A Fault Tolerant Control Design for Induction Motors”, Proc. Int. Conf. Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Vol. 2 (1320 – 1325), Hawaii, Oct. 2005
  23. B. Jiang and F. N. Chowdhury, “Fault Estimation and Accommodation for Linear MIMO Discrete-Time Systems”, IEEE Trans. Control Systems Technology, Vol.13, No.3 (493-499), April 2005
  24. B. Jiang and F. N. Chowdhury, “Parameter Fault Detection and Estimation of a Class of Nonlinear Systems”, Journal of the Franklin Institute, Vol. 342, No. 7 (725 – 736), 2005
  25. C. M. Belcastro, F. N. Chowdhury, Q. Cheng, J. Michels, P. Varshney, “Distributed Detection with Data Fusion for Aircraft Control System Malfunction  Monitoring ”, (Invited Session), Proc. AIAA Guidance and Navigation Conference, San Francisco, CA, Aug. 2005
  26. J. L. Aravena, K. Zhou, F. N. Chowdhury and X-R. Li, “Integrated Failure Accommodation Methods”, (Invited Session), Proc. AIAA Guidance and Navigation Conference, San Francisco, CA, Aug. 2005
  27. F. N. Chowdhury, C. M. Belcastro and B. Jiang, “Fault Detection: the Effect of Unknown Distribution of Residuals”, Proc. Digital Avionics Systems Conference, Salt Lake City, UT, Oct. 2004
  28. F. N. Chowdhury and B. Jiang, “A New Technique for Fast Detection of Progressive Faults”, Proc. American Control Conference, Boston, MA, July 2004
  29. B. Jiang and F. N. Chowdhury, “Observer-Based Fault Diagnosis for a Class of Nonlinear Systems”, Proc. American Control Conference, Boston, MA, July 2004
  30. A.  Fekih and F. N. Chowdhury, “On Nonlinear Control of Induction Motors: Comparison of Two Approaches”, Proc. American Control Conference, Boston, MA, July 2004
  31. F. N. Chowdhury,  “A New Approach to Real-time Training of Dynamic Neural Networks”, International Journal of Adaptive Control and Signal Processing, Vol. 17, No. 6 (509 – 521)  August 2003
  32. F. N. Chowdhury, “Probabilistic Analysis of a Parameter Jump Detection Algorithm”, IFAC Workshop on Control Applications of Optimization, Visegrad, Hungary, June 2003
  33. M. Luo, F. N. Chowdhury and J. L. Aravena, “Pseudo-power Signatures for Aircraft Fault Detection and Identification”, Proc. Digital Avionics Systems Conference, Oct. 2002
  34. F. N. Chowdhury, K. N. Rao and V. G. Siddhanti,  “Obtaining State-space Models from Experimental Data”, Proc. IEEE Conf. on Control Applications, Glasgow, UK, Sept. 2002
  35. F. N. Chowdhury, “Modeling and Analysis of Fluorescence Decay Data Using State-Space Methods”, Proc. IEEE Conf. Control Applications, Glasgow, UK, Sept. 2002
  36. Ü. Kotta, S. Nõmm, F. N. Chowdhury, “On a New Type of Neural-network-based Input-output Model: the ANARMA Structure”, Proc. 5th IFAC Symp. on Nonlinear Control Systems, (1623-1626), St. Petersburg, Russia, 2001
  37. J. L. Aravena and F. N. Chowdhury, “Fault Detection in Flight-critical Systems”, Proc. IEEE/AIAA Digital Avionics Systems Conference, Daytona Beach, Fl, Oct. 2001
  38. F. N. Chowdhury, “A Novel Method for On-line Training of Dynamic Neural Networks”, Proc. IEEE Conf. Control Applications, Mexico City, Mexico, Sept. 2001
  39. F. N. Chowdhury, “Closed-loop Data-driven Control of Uncertain Dynamic Systems”, Proc. IEEE Conf. Control Applications, Mexico City, Mexico, Sept. 2001 
  40. F. N. Chowdhury, U. Kotta and S. Nomm, “On Realizability of Neural-networks-based Input-output Models”, Proc. 3rd Int. Conf. on Differential Equations and Applications, St. Petersburg, Russia, June 2000
  41. F. N. Chowdhury and L. D. Carrier, “Adaptive Parameter Estimation of Multi-input Multi-output systems”, Proc. IEEE/AIAA Digital Avionics Systems Conference, Philadelphia, PA, Oct. 2000 (“best paper of the session” award)
  42. F. N. Chowdhury, “Goal-oriented Identification for Safe Operation of Engineering Systems”, Proc. American Control Conference, Chicago, June 2000
  43. F. N. Chowdhury, “System Identification: Resolving the Conflict Between Control and Fault Detection”, IFAC SAFEPROCESS, Budapest, Hungary, June 2000
  44. F. N. Chowdhury, S. Reddy and J. Derouen, “Direct Adaptive Control of Unknown Dynamic Systems”, Proc. IEEE Southeastern Symposium on System Theory, March 2000
  45. S. Pindi, L. Carrier, J. Derouen and F. N. Chowdhury, “Adaptive Parameter Estimation of a Flight System Using the Random Walk Kalman Filter”, Proc. IEEE Southeastern Symposium on System Theory, March 2000
  46. J. Judice, G. Garcia, Z. Fadli and F. N. Chowdhury, “Controller Integrity During Adverse Flying Conditions”, Proc. IEEE Southeastern Symposium on System Theory, March 2000
  47. F. N. Chowdhury, “Input-Output Modeling of Nonlinear Systems with Time-varying Linear Models”, IEEE Trans. Automatic Control, Vol. 45, No. 7 (1355 - 1358), July 2000
  48. F. N. Chowdhury, “Ordinary and Neural Chi-Squared Tests for Fault Detection in Multi-output Stochastic Systems”, IEEE Trans. Control Systems Technology, Vol. 8, No. 2 (372 – 379), March 2000
  49. E. Lobo and F. N. Chowdhury, “Time-Lagged Recurrent Neural Networks for Input-Output Modeling”, Proc. IEEE Southeastern Symposium on Systems Theory (SSST99) (159 – 163), March 1999
  50. J. Ibert, J. Istre, and F. N. Chowdhury, “Applied Modeling and Simulation of Underground Storage Tanks Volumetric Leak Detection”, Proc. IEEE Southeastern Symposium on Systems Theory (SSST99) (46 – 50), March 1999
  51. X. Pei and F. N. Chowdhury, “Unsupervised Neural Networks for Fault Detection and Classification in Dynamic Systems”, Proc. IEEE Conference on Control Applications, Hawaii, Aug. 1999
  52. F. N. Chowdhury, “Real-time  Fault Detection in Dynamic Systems: Neural Networks as Extrapolative Models”, in Theory and Practice of Control and Systems: Proc. 6th IEEE Mediterranean Conference, Alghero, Italy, June 1998; edited volume published by World Scientific Publishing Co. Ltd., Jan. 1999
  53. C. Aissi and F. N. Chowdhury, “An Iterative Identification and Control Algorithm for Discrete-Time Systems with Unknown Dynamics", Proc. IEEE Southeastern Symposium on Systems Theory (SSST99) (280 – 283), March 1999
  54. F. N. Chowdhury and J. L. Aravena, “A Modular Methodology for Fast Fault Detection and Classification in Power Systems”, IEEE Trans. Control Systems Technology, Vol. 5 No. 2 (623-634), Sept. 1998
  55. F. N. Chowdhury, E. Lobo, X. Pei, and R. Thangavelu, “A Neurostatistical Method for Fault Detection in Stochastic Systems”, Proc. IEEE Conference on Control Applications, Vol. 1 (283-287), Sept. 1998
  56. F. N. Chowdhury, “Fault Detection in Multi-output Stochastic Systems: Statistical And Neural Approaches”, Proc. IEEE Southeastern Symposium on Systems Theory (SSST98), (525-529), March 1998
  57. A. Mu'awin and F. N. Chowdhury, “Extrapolative Models of Dynamic Systems: Neural Networks vs. Kalman Filters”, Proc. Southeastern Symposium on Systems Theory (SSST'97),  (315-319), IEEE Computer Society Press, March 1997
  58. F. N. Chowdhury, “Kalman Filter with Hypothesis Testing: A Tool  for Estimation of Uncertain Parameters”, Circuits, Systems, and Signal Processing, Vol. 15, No. 3 (291 - 311), April 1996
  59. J. L. Aravena and F. N. Chowdhury, “A New Approach to Fast fault Detection in Power Systems”, Proc. 8-th Int. Conf. On Intelligent Systems Applications to Power Systems (ISAP'96), (328 - 332), Feb. 1996
  60. F. N. Chowdhury, “A Neural Approach to Data Fusion” (Invited), Proc. American Control Conf., Vol. 3 (1693 - 1697), June 1995
  61. Q. Chen, F. N. Chowdhury, K. Maskos, and M. D. Barkley, “Time-resolved Fluorescence Studies of Tomaymycin Bonding to DNA”, Biochemistry, Vol. 33 (8719 - 8727), 1994
  62. F. N. Chowdhury, “On-line Fault Detection in Multi-output Systems Using Kalman Filter and Neural Network”, Proc. American Control Conference, Vol. 2 (1729 - 1731), June 1994
  63. S. J. Kim, F. N. Chowdhury, W. Stryjewski, E. S. Younathan, and M. D. Barkley, ‘Time-resolved Fluorescence of the Single Tryptophan of Bacillus Stearothermophilus Phosphofruktokinase”, Biophysical Journal, Vol. 65 (215 - 226), July 1993
  64. F. N. Chowdhury, “Jumps in Observation Noise Statistics: Effects on Parameter Estimates”, Proc. IEEE Conf. On Decision and Control, Vol. 1 (271 - 273), San Antonio, TX, Dec. 1993
  65. F. N. Chowdhury, “Neural Networks for Stochastic System Identification”, Proc. World Congress on Neural Networks (WCNN'93), Vol. IV (684 - 689), Portland, OR, July 1993
  66. F. N. Chowdhury, “Distributed Decision Making with Neural Networks”, Proc. IEEE Southeastern Symposium on System Theory, Charlotte, NC, April 1993
  67. F. N. Chowdhury and J. L. Aravena, “Application of Discrete Filters to Continuous Systems”, Proc. IEEE Southeastern Symposium on System Theory, Birmingham,  AL, Vol. 2 (804 - 807), April 1992
  68. Q. Chen, F. N. Chowdhury, W. Stryjewski, and M. D. Barkley, “Internal motions of DNA probed by Tomaymycin”, abstract, Biophysical Journal , Vol. 61, Part. 2, Feb., 1992
  69. F. N. Chowdhury, J. P. Christensen, and J. L. Aravena, “Power System Fault Detection and State Estimation Using Kalman Filter with Hypothesis Testing”, IEEE Trans. Power Delivery, Vol. 6 (1025 - 1029), July 1991
  70. F. N. Chowdhury, Z. S. Kolber, and M. D. Barkley, “Monte Carlo Convolution Method for Simulation and Analysis of Fluorescence Decay Data”, Review of Scientific Instruments, Vol. 62, No. 1 (47 -52), Jan. 1991
  71. F. N. Chowdhury and J. L. Aravena, "On-line detection and estimation of parameter jumps", Proc. IEEE Southeastern Symposium on System Theory, Vol. 2 (701 - 705), New Orleans, LA, April, 1990
  72. M. D. Barkley, F. N. Chowdhury, and K. Maskos, “Distribution of Tomaymycin bonded to DNA”, abstract, Biophysical Journal , Vol. 57, No. 2, Part 2, Feb., 1990
  73. F. N. Chowdhury and J. L. Aravena, “Fast Tracking of Time Varying Parameters”, Proc. Int. Assoc. for Sc. and Tech. Ed. and Dev. (IASTED), Dec. 1986