Nicholas Kottenstette

Nicholas Kottenstette (M′00–SM′09) received the M.S. degree from the Mechanical Engineering Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, in 1997, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, in 2008. He is the Director of Cyber-Physical Systems Research and Development, WW Technology Group (WWTG), Worcester, MA. His research develops constructive resilient networked control principles for cyber physical systems. The principles he has developed apply to nonlinear affine systems, including fixed-wing aircraft, quadrotor aircraft, robotic thermal semiconductor manufacturing, alternative energy generation, digital signal processing, and suspension systems. Prior to joining WWTG, he was a Research Scientist with Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, during which he co-authored numerous research papers published in journals and conference proceedings on networked control of robotic and aircraft systems. Prior to joining Vanderbilt, he was a Principal Software Engineer with the Advanced Technology Group, MKS Instruments, Andover, MA. While at MKS, he was a co-inventor of networked pressure and mass flow controllers for semiconductor manufacturing, which resulted in 14 U.S. patents.