Dr. Nima Lotfi - Assistant Professor
Publications
Book Chapter and Journal Articles
N. Lotfi, R.G. Landers, J. Lie, and J. Park, “Reduced-order electrochemical model-based SOC observer with output model uncertainty estimation,” accepted for publication in IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology.
N. Lotfi, H. Zomorodi, and R.G. Landers, “Active disturbance rejection control for voltage stabilization in open-cathode fuel cells through temperature regulation,” Control Engineering Practice, vol. 56, pp. 92 – 100, 2016.
P. Fajri, N. Lotfi, M. Ferdowsi, and R.G. Landers, “Development of an educational small-scale hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) setup,” IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Magazine, vol. 8, pp. 8 – 21, 2016.
N. Lotfi, P. Fajri, S. Novosad, J. Savage, R.G. Landers, and M. Ferdowsi, “Development of an experimental testbed for research in lithium-ion battery management systems,” Energies, vol. 6, pp. 5231 – 5258, 2013.
L. Tang, N. Lotfi, J. Ishaku, and R.G. Landers, Dynamic modeling and control of PEM fuel cell systems, In Hydrogen Energy and Vehicle Systems, pp. 79 – 122, Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 2012.
N. Lotfi and M. Namvar, “Global adaptive estimation of joint velocities in robotic manipulators,” IET Control Theory & Applications, vol. 4, pp. 2672 – 2681, 2010.
Conference Proceedings
N. Lotfi, R.G. Landers, J. Lie, and J. Park, “Electrochemical model-based adaptive estimation of Li-ion battery state of charge,” ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference (DSCC), October 28 – 30, 2015, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
N. Lotfi, H. Zomorodi, and R.G. Landers, “Thermal management and voltage stabilization in air-forced open-cathode fuel cells,” ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference (DSCC), October 28 – 30, 2015, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
P. Fajri, V.A.K. Prabhala, N. Lotfi, M. Ferdowsi, and P. Shamsi, “Emulating electric vehicle regenerative and friction braking effect using a hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) motor/dynamometer test bench,” IEEE Industrial Electronics Society Annual Conference, October 29 – November 1, 2014, Dallas, TX, USA.
J. Ishaku, N. Lotfi, H. Zomorodi, and R.G. Landers, “Control-oriented modeling for open-cathode fuel cell systems,” American Control Conference (ACC), pp. 268 – 273, June 04 – 06, 2014, Portland, OR, USA.
P. Fajri, N. Lotfi, M. Ferdowsi, and R.G. Landers, “Development of an educational small scale hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) setup,” IEEE International Electric Vehicle Conference, pp. 1 – 6, October 23 – 25, 2013, Silicon Valley, CA, USA.
N. Lotfi and R.G. Landers, “Robust nonlinear observer for state of charge estimation of Li-ion batteries,” ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference (DSCC), October 17 – 19, 2012, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA.
N. Lotfi and M. Namvar, “A globally convergent observer for velocity estimation in robotic manipulators with uncertain dynamics,” IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), pp. 4645 – 4650, May 03 – 07, 2010, Anchorage, AK, USA.
