Department of Mechanical Engineering

Alexander Leonessa


Alexander Leonessa



Assistant Professor
Mechanical Engineering

540-231-3268

leonessa@vt.edu



Education Research
Teaching
Experience
Honors
Publications


Education

Ph.D. Aerospace Engineering Georgia Tech
Atlanta, GA 		1999
M.S. Applied Mathematics Georgia Tech
Atlanta, GA 		1999
M.S. Aerospace Engineering Georgia Tech
Atlanta, GA		 1997
B.S. Aeronautical Engineering University of Rome
"La Sapienza"
Rome, Italy		 1993

 

Research

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Teaching Activities

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Experience

Assistant Professor Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
Virgnia Tech
Blacksburg, vA		 2007 - present
Assistant Professor Mechanical, Material and Aerospace Engineering
University of Central Florida
Orlando, FL		 2003 - 2007
Assistant Professor Department of Ocean Engineering
Florida Atlantic Univesrity
Boca Raton, FL		 2000 - 2003
Research Assistant School of Aerospace Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA		 1995 - 1999
Maintenance Supervisor Engineering Alitalia Airline
Rome, Italy		 1995 - 1996
Lieutenant Officer Italian Navy - Coast Guard
Italy		 1993 - 1994

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Honors

  • Pi Tau Sigma, Advisor of the Year, April 2006

  • Golden Apple Academic Inspiration Award, April 2005

  • Pi Tau Sigma, Advisor of the Year, April 2005

  • Researcher of the Year Award, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL April 2002

  • Student Best Paper Award Finalist, IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Tampa, FL, December 1998

  • Best Paper of Session Award, American Control Conference, Albuquerque, NM, June 1995

  • Best Dissertation Award, "La Sapienza" University, Rome, Italy, April 1993

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Publications

Journal Articles and Books

  • G. de Matteis, L. de Socio and A. Leonessa "Solution of Aircraft Inverse Problems by Local Optimization" AIAA J. Guid., Contr., and Dyn., Vol. 18, No. 3 pp.567-571

  • G. de Matteis, L. de Socio and A. Leonessa "Optimal Inverse Analysis of Vectored Thrust Maneuvering," Int. J. Turbo & Jet-Engines, Vol. 15, No. 3 pp.165-174

  • A. Leonessa, V. Chellaboina and W. M. Haddad "Multi-Mode Control of Axial Compressors via Stability-Based Switching Controllers," AIAA J. Prop. and Power, Vol. 15, No. 2 pp.364-367

  • W. M. Haddad, A. Leonessa, V. Chellaboina and J. L. Fausz "Nonlinear Robust Disturbance Rejection Controllers for Rotating Stall and Surge in Axial Flow Compressors," IEEE Trans. Contr. Syst. Tech., Vol. 7, No. 3 pp. 391-398

  • W. M. Haddad, A. Leonessa, J. R. Corrado and V. Kapila "State Space Modeling and Robust Reduced-Order Control of Combustion Instabilities," J. Franklin Inst., Vol. 336, No. 8 pp. 1283-1307

  • V. Chellaboina, A. Leonessa and W. M. Haddad "Generalized Lyapunov and Invariant Set Theorems for Nonlinear Dynamical Systems," Sys. Contr. Lett., Vol. 38, No. 4-5 pp. 289-295

  • A. Leonessa, W.M. Haddad, and V. Chellaboina "Nonlinear Robust Hierarchical Control for Nonlinear Uncertain Systems," J. Math. Prob. Engin. ., Vol. 5, No. 6 pp. 499-542

  • W. M. Haddad, V. Chellaboina, J. L. Fausz and A. Leonessa "Optimal Nonlinear Robust Control for Nonlinear Uncertain Systems," Int. J. Contr., Vol. 73, No. 4 pp. 329-342

  • A. Leonessa, V. Chellaboina and W. M. Haddad, "Robust Stabilization of Axial Flow Compressors with Uncertain Pressure-Flow Maps," IEEE Trans. Contr. Syst. Tech., Vol.8, No. 3 pp. 466-473

  • A. Leonessa, W. M. Haddad and H. Li "Globally Stabilizing Switching Controllers for a Centrifugal Compressor Model with Spool Dynamics," IEEE Trans. Contr. Syst. Tech., Vol. 8, No.3 pp. 474-482

  • A. Leonessa, W. M. Haddad and V. Chellaboina "Hierarchical Nonlinear Switching Control Design with Applications to Propulsion Systems," Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences Series, Vol. 255 Springer-Verlag, London (UK)

  • A. Leonessa, W. M. Haddad and V. Chellaboina "Nonlinear System Stabilization via Hierarchical Switching Control," IEEE Trans. Autom. Contr., Vol. 46, No. 1 pp. 17-28

  • W. M. Haddad, J. R. Corrado and A. Leonessa "Fixed-Order dynamic Compensation for Axial Flow Compression Systems," IEEE Trans. Contr. Syst. Tech., Vol. 10, No. 5 pp.727-734

  • T. Hayakawa, W.M. Haddad, and A. Leonessa "A Lyapunov-Based Adaptive Control Framework for Discrete-Time Nonlinear Systems with Exogenous Disturbances," Int. J. Contr., Vol. 77, No. 3 pp. 250-263

  • J. VanZwieten, F.R. Driscoll, A. Leonessa, G. Deane "Design of a prototype ocean current turbine - Part I: mathematical modeling and dynamics simulation," Ocean Engineering, Accepted

  • J. VanZwieten, F.R. Driscoll, A. Leonessa, G. Deane "Design of a Prototype Ocean Current Turbine - Part II: Flight Control System," Ocean Engineering, Accepted

  • A. Leonessa, T. VanZwieten and Y. Morel "Neural Network Model Reference Adaptive Control of Marine Vehicles," Current Trends in Nonlinear Systems and Control, pp. 421-440, Birkhäuser, Boston 2006

Conference Papers

  • W. M. Haddad, V. Chellaboina, J. L. Fausz and A. Leonessa "Optimal Nonlinear Robust Control for Nonlinear Uncertain Cascade Systems" Proc. Amer. Contr. Conf., pp.403-407

  • A. Leonessa, V. Chellaboina, and W. M. Haddad "Globally Stabilizing Controllers for Multi-Mode Axial Flow Compressors via Equilibria- Dependent Lyapunov Functions" Proc. Amer. Contr. Conf., pp.993-997

  • W. M. Haddad, A. Leonessa, J. R. Corrado, and V. Kapila, "State Space Modeling and Robust Reduced-Order Control of Combustion Instabilities" Proc. Amer. Contr. Conf., pp. 3125-3129


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