Francesco Sorrentino
Contact
fsorrent@unm.edu
Phone: 505 277-2349
Fax: 505 277-1571
Physical Address
Room
330
Mechanical Engineering
Building #
#122 on the UNM map
Associate Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Associate Professor
Chemical and Biological Engineering
Education
PhD, Control Engineering, University of Naples Federico II (Italy), 2007
BS & MS, Industrial Engineering, University of Naples Federico II (Italy), 2003
Biography
Dr. Sorrentino’s expertise is in dynamical systems and controls, with particular emphasis on nonlinear dynamics and adaptive decentralized control. His work includes studies on dynamics and control of complex dynamical networks and hypernetworks, adaptation in complex systems, sensor adaptive networks, coordinated autonomous vehicles operating in a dynamically changing environment, and identification of nonlinear systems.
He is interested in applying the theory of dynamical systems to model, analyze, and control the dynamics of complex distributed energy systems, such as power networks and smart grids. Other subjects of current investigation are evolutionary game theory on networks (evolutionary graph theory), the dynamics of large networks of coupled neurons, and the use of adaptive techniques for dynamical identification of communication delays between coupled mobile platforms.Teaching Interests
- Dynamical Systems and Controls
- Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos
Research Interests
- Dynamics and controls of complex dynamical networks
- Hypernetworks
- Identification of nonlinear Systems
- Complex distributed energy systems
