Active Research Projects

1. AquaSWARM: Small Wireless Autonomous Robots for Monitoring of Aquatic Environments (NSF-IIS)

2. Electroactive Polymers as Artificial Muscles and Sensors: A Systems Perspective (NSF-ECCS; MSU; CRDF)

3. Highly Maneuverable Robotic Fish based on Biological Principles and Biomimetic Materials (ONR)

4. Nonlinear and Adaptive Control of Smart Material-Actuated System with Application to Nanopositioning (NSF-CMMI)

5. ORCHID: Harnessing Digital Evolution to Design High-Assurance Adaptive Systems (NSF-CCF)

6. Testbed for Evolving Adaptive and Cooperative Behavior Among Autonomous Systems (NSF-CNS)

7. Multivariable Control of Superconducting Particle Accelerator Cavities (NSCL)

Other Work of Dr. Tan (see the Publications page)

• Decentralized Coordination of Autonomous Swarms Using Tools from Statistical Physics

• Modeling of Microfabricated Linear Ball Bearings

• Modeling and Control of Magnetostrictive Actuators

• Computational Micromagnetics

• Almost Symplectic Integration of Hamiltonian Systems