Dr. Pagilla’s research is driven by a strong interest in studying and understanding practical engineering problems. He focuses his work on the areas of modeling and control of nonlinear and large-scale dynamic systems with applications to robotics, disc drives, web transport systems and autonomous vehicles. He is one of the world’s leading modeling and control researchers in transport of flexible materials (webs) in roll-to-roll processing systems. Dr. Pagilla has two published patents and two other patent applications pending, in addition to numerous journal and conference publications. He joined the OSU faculty in 1996. Click here for more information on Dr. Pagilla's research.