William A. Gruver
Professor Emeritus, School of Engineering Science
Education
Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, USA, 1970
M.S.E.E., Electrical Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, USA, 1966
D.I.C., Automatic Control Systems, Imperial College, UK, 1965
B.S.E.E., Electrical Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, USA, 1963
Research interests
- Distributed intelligent systems
- Manufacturing automation
- Robotic systems
- RFID systems
Teaching interests
- Linear systems
- Sensors and actuators
- Feedback control
- Intelligent systems
Contact:
| Tel: (604) 306-2235 |
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| Email: gruver@sfu.ca |
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| Fax: (778) 782-4951 |
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| Office: SFU Burnaby, ASB 10863 |
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| Personal webpage: http://www2.ensc.sfu.ca/research/iDEA/personel/personel.htm |
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| Research webpage: http://www2.ensc.sfu.ca/research/iDEA/ | |
Selected recent publications
- K. Akbari Hamed, N. Sadati, W. A. Gruver, and G. A. Dumont, “Stabilization of periodic orbits for planar walking with non-instantaneous double support phase," IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Part A: Systems and Humans, IEEE Xplore, October 2011.
- R. W. Brennan, W. A. Gruver, and K. H. Hall (eds), “Industrial applications of holonic systems,” special issue of the IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Part C: Applications and Reviews, January 2011.
- E. Chen, V. Gusev, D. Sabaz, L. Shannon, and W. A. Gruver, “Dynamic partial reconfigurable FPGA framework for agent systems,” 5th International Conference on Industrial Applications of Holonic and Multi-Agent Systems, Toulouse, France, August 2011.
- C. Ng, Z. Alibhai, D. Sabaz, O. Uncu, and W. A. Gruver, “Framework for developing distributed systems in a peer-to-peer environment,” Proc. of the 2006 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Taipei, Taiwan, October 2006.
- N. Sadati, G. A. Dumont, K. A. Hamed, and W. A. Gruver, Hybrid Control and Motion Planning of Dynamical Legged Locomotion, book to appear in Series on Systems Science and Engineering, IEEE Press, 2012.