Kevin M. Passino

Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Director of the Center for Energy, Sustainability, and Environment (CESE) Research areas Graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, visiting scholars Funded projects Presentations Publications Books (2 free downloads) Courses taught/teaching Distributed dynamical systems laboratory Education and curriculum development Workshops/short courses Ethics, professionalism, and volunteerism Professional activities Tips for my graduate students Research: Interdisciplinary engineering-biology research on distributed decision-making systems (e.g., with a focus on honeybees): Organizer, workshop on Systems Biology of Decision Making, in the Mathematical Bioengineering Program, NSF Mathematical Biosciences Institute, Invited speaker at Santa Fe Institute (SFI) workshop on Collective Decision Making: From Neurons to Societies, (see "Building Smart Groups" by T. Seeley in the SFI Bulletin), and current research projects. Distributed feedback control and optimization for energy systems (e.g., optimal reactive power allocation, demand-response methods, control of smart lights). Service: Faculty Advisor for the student organization Engineers for Community Service (ECOS). Paper: "Educating the Humanitarian Engineer", Dec. 2009. Talk: Invited speaker, National Academy of Engineering (NAE), Center for Engineering, Ethics, and Society, "Engineering, Social Justice, and Sustainable Community Development," and other activities. Contact, visitor, and personal information