KU stochastic adaptive control undergraduate success stories

A few undergraduate success stories will be provided. It will be shown that the REU experience, plus a strong stochastic theory and control systems program, equals success. The examples provided include different types of partnerships in undergraduate education; mathematics and engineering; mathematics, physics, and astronomy; mathematics and philosophy of sciences; mathematics and medicine; mathematics and information technology; and mathematics and finance. It will be shown that stochastic theory and control systems, with their inherently cross-disciplinary nature, play a fundamental role in undergraduate students´ careers. The development of new courses that significantly broaden the standard introductory control systems course and the development of follow up courses at the undergraduate level that provide the necessary depth to prepare students both for industrial careers and for graduate studies in systems and control will be described. Furthermore, it will be shown that a format of working in small groups supervised by graduate students as well as research and practical experience in control systems provided to freshmen, in particular, in honors programs, to stimulate future interest, has been very successful.