• Professor Emeritus, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Educational Background

  • Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Rice University – 1970
  • B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Rice University – 1966
  • B.A., Mechanical Engineering, Rice University – 1965

Selected Publications

  • A Compensation Scheme for the Desensitization of Multivariable Regulator Eigenvalues," Proc. of the National Engineering Consortium Forum on Alternatives for Linear Multivariable Control, Chicago, October 13-14, 1977.
  • Output Feedback Stabilization Using a Global Method for Solving Polynomial Inequalities," IEEE Trans. Automatic Control, L.F. Miller and R.G. Cochran, February 1977.
  • On the Sensitivity of C.C.D. Transversal Filter Response to Charge Retention," IEEE Trans. on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing, H. Sundberg and R.K. Cavin, III, February 1977.
  • Model Following with Partial State Feedback," IEEE Trans. Automatic Control, C. Thisayakorn and R.K. Cavin, III, December 1976.
  • Necessary Conditions for a Class of Smooth Second Order Distributed Systems," IEEE Trans. Automatic Control, R.K. Cavin, III and S.C. Tandon, June 1976.