Michael Fisher

Assistant Professor
Email: michael.fisher@uwaterloo.ca
Location: EIT 3112
Phone: 519-888-4567 x31216
Biography
Michael Fisher is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ. His research is centered around dynamics, optimization, and control of complex systems. He received his PhD in electrical engineering: systems at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor in 2020, and a MSc. in mathematics from the same university in 2017. Prior to joining À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ he was a postdoctoral researcher with the Automatic Control Laboratory and the Power System Laboratory at ETH Zurich from 2020-2022. He was a finalist for the 2017 Conference on Decision and Control (CDC) Best Student Paper Award, and a recipient of the 2019 CDC Outstanding Student Paper Award.
Research Interests
- Optimal control
- Distributed control
- Ensemble control
- Nonlinear stability
- Hybrid dynamics
- Nonlinear control
- Complex systems
- Power systems
- Power electronics
Education
- 2020, Doctorate Electrical Engineering: Systems, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, United States
- 2017, Master of Science Mathematics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, United States
- 2014, Bachelor of Arts Mathematics, Physics, Swarthmore College, United States
Teaching*
- ECE 484 - Digital Control Applications
- Taught in 2022, 2023
- ECE 700 - Special Topics in Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Taught in 2024
- MTE 484 - Control Applications
- Taught in 2024
* Only courses taught in the past 5 years are displayed.
Graduate studies
- Currently considering applications from graduate students. A completed online application is required for admission; start the application process now.