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Dr. Christopher Nielsen is a Professor and the Associate Chair for Graduate Studies in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ.

Dr. Nielsen’s research focuses on nonlinear control systems, motion control for nonlinear systems, methods for stabilizing sets in the state space of a system, output feedback control, geometric control, and Computer-Aided Design (CAD) for nonlinear controllers. His research is supported by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada.

Dr. Nielsen has authored or co-authored numerous journal articles published in prestigious journals, including IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Automatica, and the SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization, among others.

• Nonlinear control systems
• Motion control
• Geometric control
• Multi-agent systems
• Mechatronics & Control
• Advanced robotics
• Controls and precision tooling
• Autonomous vehicles

• 2009, Doctorate Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto, Ontario
• 2004, Master's Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto, Ontario
• 2002, Bachelor's Electrical Engineering, University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ, Ontario

• ECE 380 - Analog Control Systems
  • Taught in 2020, 2025
• ECE 484 - Digital Control Applications
  • Taught in 2021
• ECE 682 - Multivariable Control Systems
  • Taught in 2021, 2023, 2024
• ECE 688 - Nonlinear Systems
  • Taught in 2023, 2025
• MATH 213 - Signals, Systems, and Differential Equations
  • Taught in 2020
• SE 380 - Introduction to Feedback Control
  • Taught in 2020

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• Gonzalez G.A., Nielsen C., and Bortoff Z., Attractivity of unstable equilibria for a controlled Chen system via small output feedback, Chaos, Solitons and Fractals, Volume 127, Argentina, 2022.
• Wang Y.F., Nielsen C., and Smith S.L., A Pursuit Evasion Approach for Avoiding an Inattentive Human in the Presence of a Static Obstacle, Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Volume 127, 4627-4633, Canada, 2022.
• Lovi A., Fidan B., and Nielsen C., Multiple Model Reference Adaptive Tracking Control of Multivariable Systems with Blending, Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Volume 127, 1362-1367, Canada, 2022.
• Dubay S., Melek W., and Nielsen C., Path Following Control for Human-Robot Collaborative Tasks, 2022 17th International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision, ICARCV 2022, 931-936, Canada, 2022.
• D'Souza R.S., and Nielsen C., An exterior differential characterization of single-input local transverse feedback linearization, Automatica, Volume 127, Canada, 2021.
• McCarthy P.J., and Nielsen C., Global Sampled-Data Regulation of a Class of Fully Actuated Invariant Systems on Simply Connected Nilpotent Matrix Lie Groups, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Volume 67, 436-442, Canada, 2022.
• D'Souza R.S., Louwers R., and Nielsen C., Piecewise Linear Path following for a Unicycle Using Transverse Feedback Linearization, IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, Volume 29, 2575-2585, Canada, 2021.
• D'Souza R.S., and Nielsen C., Path Following Control Design for a Gliding Missile, IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, Volume 58, 485-495, Canada, 2022.
• Mccarthy P.J., and Nielsen C., Global Synchronization of Sampled-Data Invariant Systems on Exponential Lie Groups, IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems, Volume 7, 1080-1089, Canada, 2020.
• D'Souza R.S., and Nielsen C., Piecewise-Linear Path Following for a Unicycle using Transverse Feedback Linearization, Proceedings of the American Control Conference, Volume 127, 5250-5255, Canada, 2020.