Nick Ploplys
In my two years with the Alleyne Research Group (ARG), I had the privilege
of starting the CLOWN project (Closed Loop Over a Wireless Network) and
seeing this research through to the successful implementation of a wireless
control loop on two physical plants. The first of these plants, a
Krusty the Clown doll modified by group members Doug Bristow and Don Carter
into a Furuta pendulum, is shown above. I'll miss you, Krusty.... and
the rest of the ARG too.
Contact Info
11350 Marks Drive
Conifer, CO,
80433
303-838-1222
nploplys@illinoisalumni.org
Last
Updated: July 28,2003 Education
M.S. - Mechanical & Industrial
Engineering. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. August 2003.
B.S. - Mechanical & Industrial
Engineering. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. May 2001.
Publications at
ARG
N. J. Ploplys, “Wireless Feedback Control of Mechanical Systems,”
Masters Thesis, Dept. of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2003.
N. J. Ploplys, and A. G. Alleyne, “UDP Communications for Distributed Wireless Control,”
Proceedings of the 2003 American Control Conference, pp.
3335-3340.
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