Paul Kawka

Paul Kawka was a member of the Alleyne Research Group from August 2002 to August 2006.  During his tenure, Paul studied strategies for analyzing and improving the performance of wireless servo systems.  Paul is currently a mechatronics and controls engineer in global upstream development for Procter and Gamble's baby care business. 

Contact Info

7425 Country Village Dr. #25
Cleves, OH 45002

home: 513-353-1489

work: 513-945-0823

pakawka at gmail dot com

Education

Ph. D. (controls) - Mechanical Engineering.  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2006
M.S. (heat transfer) - Mechanical Engineering.  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2000
B.S. with highest honors - Mechanical Engineering. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1998

Research Publications/Submissions

Kawka, P.A., and Alleyne, A.G., “Robust Wireless Servo Control using a Discrete-Time Uncertain Markovian Jump Linear Model,” submitted to IEEE's Transactions on Control System Technology, 2006.

Kawka, P.A., and Alleyne, A.G., “Stability Analysis for Wireless Servo Control Loops with Markov Losses,” submitted to IEEE's Transactions on Control System Technology, 2006.

Kawka, P.A., and Alleyne, A.G., “Dropout Compensation Analysis for Wireless Servo Applications," submitted to ASME's Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control, 2006

Kawka, P.A., "Controller Analysis and Synthesis for Wireless Servo Systems," Ph.D. Thesis, Dept. of Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2006.

Kawka, P.A., and Alleyne, A.G., “Stability and Performance of Packet-Based Feedback Control over a Markov Channel,” Proceedings of the American Control Conference (ACC06), Minneapolis, MN, June 2006, pp. 2807-2812.

Kawka, P. A., and Alleyne, A. G., “Discussion on: ‘Development and Experimental Verification of a Mobile Client-Centric Networked Controlled System,’” European Journal of Control, Vol. 11, No. 2, 2005.

Kawka, P. A., and Alleyne, A. G., “Stability and Feedback Control of Wireless Network Systems,” Proceedings of the American Control Conference (ACC05), Portland, OR, June 2005, pp. 2953-2959.

Kawka, P. A., Ploplys, N. J., and Alleyne, A. G., “UDP Network Communications for Wireless Control with Loop Coordination,” Proceedings of the 2004 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and RD&D Expo (IMECE2004), Anaheim, CA, Nov, 2004.

Kawka, P. A., and Alleyne, A. G., “Wireless Servo Control for Electro-Hydraulic Positioning,” Proceedings of the 2004 Bath Workshop on Power Transmission and Motion Control (PTMC2004), Bath, U.K., Sept. 2004, pp. 159-172.

Ploplys, N., Kawka, P. and Alleyne, A., “Closed-Loop Control over Wireless Networks,” IEEE Control Systems Magazine, Jun. 2004, pp. 58-71.

Kawka, P. A., and Buckius, R. O., “Optical Properties of Polyimide Films in the Infrared,” International Journal of Thermophysics, Vol. 22, No. 2, March 2001, pp. 517-534.

Kawka, Paul A., “An Experimental, Theoretical, and Numerical Investigation of Directional Scattering from Configured Surfaces Including Polyimide Films,” Master’s Thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, 2000.

Tang, K., Kawka, P. A., and Buckius, R.O., “Geometric Optics Applied to Rough Surfaces Coated with an Absorbing Thin Film,” Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, Vol. 13, 1999, pp. 169-176.

Last Updated: September 9, 2006