Marina Osipchuk

Institute for Mathematics and its Applications, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

514 Vincent Hall
206 Church St. SE
Minneapolis MN 55455 		  Phone: 612-624-3339
FAX: 612-624-4163
Email: osipchuk@ima.umn.edu

RESEARCH INTERESTS
Application of mathematical techniques to system modeling, analysis and control. Special interest in dynamical systems in spacecraft and aircraft industry as well as physiological processes and optimization of the performance of medical devices

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Industrial Postdoctoral Member
September 1997- present		   Institute for Mathematics and its Applications
University of Minnesota
  • Participated in the workshops and seminars associated with the theme: Emerging Applications of Dynamics Systems (1997-98) and Mathematics in Biology (1998-99)
    Project: Robust Control in Large Decentralized Systems
    Project: Optimal Stimulation for Cardiac Defibrillation
    Project: Attitude Determination in Satellite Constellation.
    Project: Finite-Dimensional Nonlinear Control of Reaction-Diffusion Systems

Postdoctoral Member
February 1996-August 1997		   Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department
University of California, Irvine
  • Project: X-34 Entry Guidance
    Project: Ejection Seat Flight Optimizer
    Project: Spacecraft Global Attitude Control

Visiting Researcher
April 1995 		  National Research Center for Information
Technology, St. Augustin, Germany
  • Visiting lecture: Minimax parametric optimization of matrix differential equations. Research in protein structure alignment problem.

Staff Research Scientist
April 1994 - October 1995 		  Kiev State University
Ukraine
  • Project: Mathematical Modeling and Control of Spacecraft Motion

Research Assistant
August 1988 - November 1991 		  Kiev State University
Ukraine
  • Project: Design of Charged Particle Accelerator. Practical stability analysis and minimax optimization.

EDUCATION
  • Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics, Kiev State University, January 1995
    Thesis title: Investigation of practical stability problems by means of nonsmooth Lyapunov function, estimation, optimization and implementation.
    thesis advisor: Prof. F. Garashchenko
  • M.S. in Applied Mathematics, Kiev State University, 1988
    Summa Cum Laude.
    Dissertation title: Construction of Lyapunov functions in the practical stability problems
    under: Prof. F. Garashchenko

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
  • Graduate Teaching Assistant
    February 1992 - June 1992
  Kiev State University, Ukraine
"Differential Equations" course (recitation sessions).

INDUSTRIAL EXPERIENCE
Manager of Information
and Inventory Department
May 1993 - December 1993		   Universal Research Technologies, Novatech
Kiev, Ukraine
  • Implementation of database integrated environment for materials resource planning and financial information. Supervising the database maintenance. Software maintenance, administration in Novell NetWare.

COMPUTATIONAL EXPERIENCE
  • Matlab, Mathematica, C/C++, Fortran especially for dynamical systems applications
  • Latex, HTML

PUBLICATIONS
  • S. Bharadwaj, M. Osipchuk , K. Mease. Geometry and optimality in global attitude stabilization. Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics, no 6, vol 21, pp 930-939, 1998.
  • M. Osipchuk , S. Bharadwaj, K. Mease. Achieving good performance in global attitude stabilization. Proceedings of the American Control Conference, IEEE. vol 3, pp 1889-1893, 1997.
  • S. Bharadwaj, M. Osipchuk , K. Mease, F. Park. A geometric approach to global attitude stabilization. Proceedings of AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Conference, San Diego, August 1996, pp 806-816.
  • F. Garashenko, M. Osipchuk . On some problems of matrix parametric optimization. Control Problems and Informatics. no 3, pp 50-60, 1995.
  • M. Osipchuk. Investigation of practical stability problems by means of nonsmooth Lyapunov function, estimation, optimization and implementation. Ph.D. thesis, Kiev State University, 1995.
  • F. Garashenko, I. Kutsenko, M. Osipchuk. Optimal design of accelerating and focusing systems based on discrete mathematical models. Cybern. Comput. Technol. (USA) no 101, pp 43-48, 1994.
  • M. Osipchuk. Investigation of practical stability problems by means of nonsmooth Lyapunov function. Complex System Simulation and Optimization. no 1, pp 93-102, 1993.

PRESENTATIONS
  • Seminar: Topics in Dynamical Systems and Control, Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics department, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, November 1998
  • Postdoctoral Seminar, Institute for Mathematics and its Applications, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, April 1998
  • National Research Center for Information Technology, Germany, April 1995
  • National Conference on Simulation and Analysis of System Stability, Ukraine, Kiev, May 1994
  • National Conference on Simulation and Analysis of System Stability, Ukraine, Kiev, May 1993
  • National Conference on Science and Technology. Session "Problems of Engineering Design",USSR, Moscow, April 1988

AFFILIATION
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
Association for Women in Control for the IEEE Control Systems Society

Work permit: Permanent resident of the USA