Yasamin Mostofi [People in Control]

In this issue of IEEE Control Systems Magazine (CSM) we speak with Yasamin Mostofi, assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of New Mexico. Yasamin has received an NSF career award as well as a Distinguished Research Award at the University of New Mexico. Her research is in the areas of mobile sensor networks, communication-aware motion planning, and distributed sensing. We also speak with Dale Ulrich, professor of movement science and physical education in the School of Kinesiology at the University of Michigan. Dale received the B.S. and M.Ed. from West Chester University, Pennsylvania, and the Ph.D. from Michigan State University in human performance and special populations. Dale runs Bike Camp, which allows children to learn to ride bikes by taking advantage of technology developed by Richard Klein. Richard´s work on bicycles is used extensively in programs operated by Lose the Training Wheels, Inc. The technical background on bicycle dynamics was the subject of the IEEE Control Systems Magazine article “Bicycle Dynamics and Control,” by K.J. Astrom, R.E. Klein, and A. Lennartsson, which appeared in the August 2005 issue.