Abstract: This project focuses on modern buildings as a natural expression of a cyber-­‐physical system, with many features that are typical to such systems. Modern buildings exhibit a tight integration of sensing, computation, and actuation within multiple physical domains. For example, larger buildings usually contain a sensor network, with a variety of sensors that measure power flow, temperature, relative humidity, carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide.

Abstract: Teaching the methodologies of Cyber Physical System (CPS) design requires good examples that are easy to understand and tools that are commonly used in practice. This paper presents our experiences during the practical execution of model-driven design processes applying a range of state-of-the-art design tools for a novel and simple example from the CPS domain. The Falling Ball example has several properties that support teaching basic design principles of CPSs.

Abstract: Critical physical infrastructures, such as electrical grids and water networks etc., are increasingly controlled through a distributed cyber-systems which make it vulnerable to attacks. This project is devoted to developing the foundations of security of such cyber-physical systems.

Abstract: This project addresses the design of cyber-physical systems that respond to behavioral disturbances introduced by human users. The primary motivating example of this research is the design of “artificial pancreas” algorithms for the control of blood glucose in patients with Type 1 diabetes who require external insulin throughout the day to maintain glucose homeostasis.

Abstract: The principal objective of this project is the development of novel control architectures and computationally efficient controller design algorithms for distributed cyber-­‐physical systems with decentralized information infrastructures and limited communication capabilities. We are interested in distributed cyber-­‐ physical systems where the system components are able to communicate with one another. Cooperative active safety in Intelligent Transportation Systems is our focus cyber-­‐physical application.

Abstract: Design of cyber-physical systems today relies on executable models. Designers develop models, simulate them, find defects, and improve their designs before the system is built, thus greatly reducing the design costs.

Abstract: Polymer thin films containing high-density arrays of nanotubes as through channels are  very desirable as environmentally friendly and  efficient  selective  transport  systems.  However, successful design and synthesis of polymer membranes that can be processed in solution and have precise subnanometer diameter pores, vertical channel alignment, and tunable pore interior chemistry similar to biological transmembrane  proteins  has  remained  challenging  to  produce.

Abstract: The objective of this inter-disciplinary research is to develop new wireless technologies that transform the streets of a city into a hybrid transportation/communication system, called the Intelligent Road (iRoad), where autonomous wireless devices are co-located with traffic signals, forming a wireless network that fuses transportation data from all over the city to support a wide range of new applications.

Abstract: Advanced autonomous transportation technologies must become robust, affordable and maintainable before safe and wide public adoption. The following research challenges of cyber-physical systems must be overcome before autonomous vehicles become practical:

Abstract: The design of bug-free and safe medical device software is challenging, especially in complex implantable devices that control and actuate organs who’s response is not fully understood. Safety recalls of pacemakers and implantable cardioverter defibrillators between 1990 and 2000 affected over 600,000 devices. Of these, 200,000 or 41%, were due to firmware issues (i.e. software) that continue to increase in frequency [1].