CURRICULUM VITA
Sergey Nikitin
Associate Professor
Department of Mathematics
Arizona State University
Tempe, Arizona 85287-1804

DEGREES
1984 - Master's Degree  Moscow State University, 
Department of Mechanics and Mathematics 
1987 - Ph.D.  Academy of Science, Moscow, Russia



 
 


PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1986-1991  Researcher, 
All Union Research Institute of System Studies,
Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 
1989-1990  Lecturer 
Moscow State University
1990-1991  Lecturer 
All Union Institute of Steel and Alloys 
Moscow 
1991-1992  Alexander von Humboldt fellowship,
University of Kaiserslautern,
Germany
1992-1994  Post. Doc. position,
University of Kaiserslautern,
Germany
1994-2001  Assistant Professor position,
Arizona State University
2001-t/n  Associate Professor,
Arizona State University

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
1998, 1997,
1995
Judge for the Mathematical Tournament of Arizona (high schools) 
1996-2002 Reviewer for  Mathematical Reviews 
1996-2001 Member of  Advisory Editorial Board,  Modeling and Simulation in  Science, Engineering and  Technology,  Birkhauser, Berlin
1996-2001 Linux Consultant in  Arizona 
1996    Chair of  the section on  control of locomotion at MTNS-96, conference  on mathematical theory of networks and systems
1995    Member of the international organization  committee of  the Symposium on Nonlinear  Control Systems Design,  NOLCOS-95 
1988-1991  Reviewer for VINITI, Russian analog of  Mathematical Reviews 

PRIZES

1988  Lenin's Komsomol Prize of USSR 
1991  Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship, Germany 



 
 


TEACHING EXPERIENCE

1989-1990 
Moscow State 
University 
Control Theory,
Tutorials on
Partial Differential Equations.

1990-1991 
Moscow Institute of
Steel and Alloys 
Control Theory, 
Tutorials on
Automatic Control Theory.
1992-1994 
University of
Kaiserslautern
Germany 
Nonlinear Control Theory,
Tutorials on Numerical Methods 
in Partial Differential Equations.

1994-t/n 
Arizona State 
University
USA
Teaching various courses in mathematics

INVITED TALKS AND PRESENTATIONS
October, 1998  Control of manufacturing systems with re-entrant lines, Systems and Industrial Engineering, University of Arizona, Tucson.
October, 1998  A topological method of building intelligent control systems, Department of Math., University of Arizona, Tucson.
June, 1996  Control of manufacturing systems, University of Gent, Belgium 
June, 1996  Control of manufacturing systems, University of Kaiserslautern, Germany
September, 1993  Controllability and stabilization of nonlinear systems, University of California, Davis 
November, 1993  Controllability and stabilization of nonlinear systems, University of Stuttgart, Institute fur Systemdynamik und Regelungstechmik. 
March, 1993  Relationship between controllability and stabilization, Conference in Schwarzwald on the occasion of birthday of Prof. H.W. Knobloch 
November, 1992  Topological necessary conditions of continuous stabilization, University of Exeter, England
June, 1989  Course of lectures on nonlinear control systems, University of Kaiserslautern, Germany
June, 1989  Observability of nonlinear systems and observer design, University of Wurzburg, Germany
October, 1988  Controllability of nonlinear control systems, University of Kaiserslautern, Germany
October, 1988  Controllability of nonlinear systems, University of Wurzburg, Germany



 


OTHER TALKS AND PRESENTATIONS

September, 2001  Data Mining and Indexing of Information, Mathematics and Cognition Seminar, ASU, Department of Mathematics.
June, 1999  Motion planning for polynomial systems without drift, American Control Conference, San Diego
October, 1998  Nonlinear control synthesis and Brockett's view of isoperimetric problems, Brockettfest, Perspective in Control, Harvard University
September, 1998  Piecewise-constant stabilization, Control Theory Seminar, ASU
Spring, 1998  Control synthesis for Chaplygin polynomial systems, Workshop on the Numerical Solutions of ODE on Manifolds,  ASU
Spring, 1998  Topology of data-base queries, Workshop on Data-Bases at ASU
October,
November, 1997 
  Boundary value problem, Analysis Seminar, ASU 
Spring 1996    High-gain feedback stabilization of systems with distributed parameters. Control Theory Seminar, ASU
Fall, 1996    Courant-Hilbert approach to optimal control, Control Theory Seminar, ASU
October, 1996     Control of self-propulsion in irrotational fluid, Society of Engineering Science, 33rd Annual Technical Meeting, ASU
June, 1996  Courant-Hilbert approach to nonholonomic systems and smoothness of sub-Riemannian minimizers, MTNS-96, St-Louis, Missouri
June, 1996  Control of propulsion in ideal irrotational fluid, MTNS-96, St-Louis, Missouri
Fall 1995    Necessary conditions of feedback stabilization of smooth nonlinear systems, Control Theory Seminar, ASU
Fall 1995    Control of manufacturing systems with re-entrant lines, joint ASU-INTEL seminar
June, 1995  Dido's problem with a fixed center of mass, NOLCOS-95, simposium on nonlinear control systems
June, 1995  Lagrange problem with nonholonomic constraints, NOLCOS-95, simposium on nonlinear control systems
Spring 1995    Dynamics of populations under external influence, Mathematical Biology Seminar at ASU
Spring, 1995  Control of self-propulsion in ideal fluid, Control Theory Seminar, ASU
Spring, 1995  Dido's problem with a fixed center of mass,  Computational and Applied Mathematics Proseminar , ASU
Spring, 1994    Controllability and stabilization of nonlinear systems, Control Theory Seminar, ASU
June, 1993   Piecewise smooth stabilizing extension, 2nd European Control Conference
June, 1993    Observability and adaptive learning of oscillations, 2nd European Control Conference
March, 1988  Controllability of nonlinear systems, Workshop on Industrial Mathematics, Mardelplata, Argentina
1984-1988  talks on nonlinear control systems at seminars of  Steklov Mathematical Institute, All Union Research Institute, Moscow State University



 


Degree Committees in Other Departments
Electrical Engineering


TEACHING AT ASU
MAT 119  Finite Mathematics
MAT 210  Brief Calculus 
MAT 242, 342  Linear Algebra 
MAT 270, 271, 272  Calculus and Analytic Geometry I, II, III 
MAT 243  Discrete Mathematical Structures
MAT 274  Introduction to Ordinary Differential Equations
MAT 362  Advanced Engineering Mathematics
MAT 370  Intermediate Calculus
MAT 461  Applied Complex Analysis
MAT 462  Partial Differential Equations
MAT 475  Intermediate Ordinary Differential equations
MAT 598  Nonlinear Control Theory

DEPARTMENTAL SERVICE
1995 Member of business liaison committee
Spring, 1995 Member of examining committee for graduate exams 
Fall, 1996 and 1997 Coordinator of Calculus Courses (MAT-270)
Spring, 1998 -t/n Member of Graduate Advisory Committee
Fall, 1999 Member of examining committee for graduate exams 
Spring, 2000 Member of computing facilities committee 
Fall, 2001 Member of Calculus/Engineering Liaison committee 
Fall, 2002 Chair of Lecturer/Instructor Evaluation committee 



 


Educational Activities
Developed a new course on Nonlinear Control Systems
Internet based learning material on Calculus (http://lagrange.la.asu.edu/docs)
Internet based learning material on Linear Algebra (http://lagrange.la.asu.edu/docs)



Language Fluency

Russian
English
German


Computer Skills

         

Publications

List of publications is attached.