John R. Singler Curriculum Vitae University Address Department of Mathematics and Statistics Missouri University of Science and Technology 400 W. 12th St., Rolla, MO 65409-0020

Contact Information Phone: (573) 341–4648 [email protected] http://mysites.mst.edu/singlerj

Professional Experience 2014–present 2008–2014

Associate Professor Assistant Professor Department of Mathematics and Statistics Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO (Missouri S&T; formerly University of Missouri–Rolla)

2006–2008

Postdoctoral Research Associate & Instructor School of Mechanical, Industrial, and Manufacturing Engineering Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR Advisor: Dr. Belinda A. Batten

2005–2006

Postdoctoral Research Associate (joint appointment) School of Mechanical, Industrial, and Manufacturing Engineering Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR Department of Mathematical Sciences Montana State University, Bozeman, MT Advisors: Dr. Belinda A. Batten (OSU), Dr. Lisa G. Davis (MSU)

Education 2002–2005 2000–2002 1996–2000

Ph.D. M.S. B.A.

Mathematics Mathematics Mathematics

Virginia Tech Virginia Tech University of North Carolina at Asheville

Blacksburg, VA Blacksburg, VA Asheville, NC

Ph.D. Dissertation Sensitivity Analysis of Partial Differential Equations with Applications to Fluid Flow Advisor: Dr. John A. Burns Research Interests General interests: Applied mathematics, scientific computation, numerical analysis Specific interests include: Reduced order modeling of partial differential equations (PDEs) Computational feedback control of PDEs Applications in control theory, engineering, and mathematics

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Grants • John R. Singler (PI) and Belinda A. Batten (co-PI), “Convergent Data-Based Algorithms for Model Reduction and Feedback Control of PDEs,” funded by Computational Mathematics Program, NSF, 8/1/12–7/31/15, $269,956. Award number DMS-1217122. • John R. Singler, “POD-Based Balanced Model Reduction Algorithms for Linear Distributed Systems,” funded by the University of Missouri Research Board, 7/1/09–6/30/10, $22,000. Editorial Activities • Member of editorial board for SIAM Advances in Design and Control book series, 7/13–present • Associate editor for the American Control Conference (2016, 2015, 2014) Refereed Journal Publications [J20] Behzad Talaei, Sarangapani Jagannathan, and John R. Singler, “Boundary Control of Two Dimensional Burgers PDE Using Approximate Dynamic Programming,” IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, to appear. [J19] Behzad Talaei, Sarangapani Jagannathan, and John R. Singler, “Boundary Control of Linear Uncertain One-Dimensional Parabolic PDE Using Approximate Dynamic Programming,” IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, to appear. [J18] Behzad Talaei, Sarangapani Jagannathan, and John R. Singler, “Output Feedback Boundary Control of Uncertain Coupled Semi-Linear Parabolic PDE Using Neuro Dynamic Programming,” IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, to appear. [J17] John R. Singler, “Global Attractor for a Low Order ODE Model Problem for Transition to Turbulence,” Mathematical Methods in the Applied Sciences, vol. 40, no. 8, May 2017, pp. 2896–2906. [J16] Boris Kramer and John R. Singler, “A POD Projection Method for Large-Scale Algebraic Riccati Equations,” Numerical Algebra, Control and Optimization, vol. 6, no. 4, December 2016, pp. 413–435. [J15] John R. Singler, “Optimality of Balanced Proper Orthogonal Decomposition for Data Reconstruction II: Further Approximation Results,” Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications, vol. 421, no. 2, January 2015, pp. 1006-1020. [J14] John R. Singler, “New POD Error Expressions, Error Bounds, and Asymptotic Results for Reduced Order Models of Parabolic PDEs,” SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis, vol. 52, no. 2, April 2014, pp. 852-876. [J13] Benjamin T. Dickinson and John R. Singler, “Distributed Load Estimation from Noisy Structural Measurements,” Journal of Applied Mechanics, vol. 80, no. 4, July 2013, 041011. [J12] John R. Singler and Belinda A. Batten, “Balanced POD for Linear PDE Robust Control Computations,” Computational Optimization and Applications, vol. 53, no. 1, September 2012, pp. 227–248.

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[J11] John R. Singler, “Balanced POD for Model Reduction of Linear PDE Systems: Convergence Theory,” Numerische Mathematik, vol. 121, no. 1, May 2012, pp. 127–164. [J10] Benjamin T. Dickinson, John R. Singler, and Belinda A. Batten, “Mathematical Modeling and Simulation of Biologically Inspired Hair Receptor Arrays in Laminar Unsteady Flow Separation,” Journal of Fluids and Structures, vol. 29, February 2012, pp. 1–17. [J9] John R. Singler, “Convergent Snapshot Algorithms for Infinite Dimensional Lyapunov Equations,” IMA Journal of Numerical Analysis, vol. 31, no. 4, October 2011, pp. 1468–1496. [J8] Douglas A. Bristow and John R. Singler, “Towards Transient Growth Analysis and Design in Iterative Learning Control,” International Journal of Control, vol. 84, no. 7, August 2011, pp. 1234–1245. [J7] Lisa G. Davis and John R. Singler, “Computational Issues in Sensitivity Analysis for 1D Interface Problems,” Journal of Computational Mathematics, vol. 29, no. 1, January 2011, pp. 111–130. [J6] John R. Singler, “Optimality of Balanced Proper Orthogonal Decomposition for Data Reconstruction,” Numerical Functional Analysis and Optimization, vol. 31, no. 7, July 2010, pp. 852–869. [J5] Benjamin T. Dickinson and John R. Singler, “Nonlinear Model Reduction Using Group Proper Orthogonal Decomposition,” International Journal of Numerical Analysis and Modeling, vol. 7, no. 2, April 2010, pp. 356–372. [J4] John R. Singler and Belinda A. Batten, “A Proper Orthogonal Decomposition Approach to Approximate Balanced Truncation of Infinite Dimensional Linear Systems,” International Journal of Computer Mathematics, vol. 86, no. 2, February 2009, pp. 355–371. [J3] John R. Singler, “Transition to Turbulence, Small Disturbances, and Sensitivity Analysis II: The Navier-Stokes Equations,” Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications, vol. 337, no. 2, January 2008, pp. 1442–1456. [J2] John R. Singler, “Transition to Turbulence, Small Disturbances, and Sensitivity Analysis I: A Motivating Example,” Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications, vol. 337, no. 2, January 2008, pp. 1425–1441. [J1] John R. Singler, “Differentiability with Respect to Parameters of Weak Solutions of Linear Parabolic Equations,” Mathematical and Computer Modelling, vol. 47, no. 3–4, February 2008, pp. 422–430. Refereed Conference Publications [C22] Weiwei Hu, John R. Singler, and Yangwen Zhang, “Feedback Control of a Thermal Fluid Based on a Reduced Order Observer,” Proceedings of IFAC Symposium on Nonlinear Control Systems, IFAC-PapersOnLine, vol. 49, no. 18, August 2016, pp. 116–121. Extended abstract in Proceedings of the International Symposium on Mathematical Theory of Networks and Systems, July 2016, pp. 489–491.

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[C21] Belinda A. Batten, Hesam Shoori, John R. Singler, and Madhuka H. Weerasinghe, “Model Reduction of a Nonlinear Cable-Mass PDE System with Dynamic Boundary Input,” Proceedings of the International Symposium on Mathematical Theory of Networks and Systems, July 2016, pp. 327–334. [C20] Behzad Talaei, Sarangapani Jagannathan, and John R. Singler, “Boundary Control of Two Dimensional Burgers PDE Using Approximate Dynamic Programming,” Proceedings of the American Control Conference, July 2016, pp. 5243–5248. [C19] Behzad Talaei, Sarangapani Jagannathan, and John R. Singler, “Adaptive Dynamic Programming Boundary Control of Uncertain Coupled Semi-Linear Parabolic PDE,” Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Intelligent Control, September 2015, pp. 918–923. [C18] Behzad Talaei, Sarangapani Jagannathan, and John R. Singler, “Boundary Control of Linear One-Dimensional Parabolic PDE using Neuro-Dynamic Programming,” Proceedings of IEEE Conference on Control Applications, September 2015, pp. 577–582. [C17] Weiwei Hu and John R. Singler, “A Modified Balanced POD Model Reduction Algorithm for Parabolic PDEs with Unbounded Inputs,” Proceedings of the American Control Conference, June 2014, pp. 1680–1685. [C16] John R. Singler, Joshua Merritt, Cody W. Ray, and Belinda A. Batten, “Reduced Order Controllers for an Anisotropic Composite Plate with Smart Actuation and Sensing,” Proceedings of American Control Conference, June 2013, pp. 1272–1277. [C15] John R. Singler, “Variation of the Balanced POD Algorithm for Model Reduction of Linear Systems,” Proceedings of American Control Conference, June 2013, pp. 496–501. [C14] John R. Singler, “Model Reduction of Linear PDE Systems: A Continuous Time Eigensystem Realization Algorithm,” Proceedings of the American Control Conference, June 2012, pp. 1424– 1429. [C13] Cody Ray, Belinda A. Batten, and John R. Singler, “A Model Based Feedback Controller for Wing-Twist via Piezoceramic Actuation,” Proceedings of American Control Conference, June 2011, pp. 2362–2367. [C12] Douglas A. Bristow and John R. Singler, “Robustness Analysis of Slow Learning in Iterative Learning Control Systems,” Proceedings of American Control Conference, June 2011, pp. 3669– 3673. [C11] Cody Ray, Belinda A. Batten, and John R. Singler, “Feedback Control of a Bioinspired PlateBeam System,” Proceedings of IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, December 2010, pp. 1719–1724. [C10] John R. Singler and Belinda A. Batten, “Balanced POD Algorithm for Robust Control Design for Linear Distributed Parameter Systems,” Proceedings of American Control Conference, June 2010, pp. 4881–4886. [C9] Douglas A. Bristow and John R. Singler, “Analysis of Transient Growth in Iterative Learning Control Using Pseudospectra,” Symposium on Learning Control, December 2009.

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[C8] John R. Singler and Belinda A. Batten, “A Comparison of Balanced Truncation Methods for Closed Loop Systems,” Proceedings of American Control Conference, June 2009, pp. 820–825. [C7] Benjamin T. Dickinson, John R. Singler, and Belinda A. Batten, “A Snapshot Algorithm for Linear Feedback Flow Control Design,” Proceedings of the AIAA Infotech@Aerospace Conference and AIAA Unmanned...Unlimited Conference, April 2009, AIAA paper number 2009-1961. [C6] John R. Singler, “Approximate Low Rank Solutions of Lyapunov Equations via Proper Orthogonal Decomposition,” Proceedings of the American Control Conference, June 2008, pp. 267–272. [C5] Benjamin T. Dickinson, John R. Singler, and Belinda A. Batten, “The Detection of Unsteady Flow Separation with Bioinspired Hair Cell Sensors,” Proceedings of the 26th AIAA Aerodynamic Measurement Technology and Ground Testing Conference, June 2008, AIAA paper number 2008-3937. [C4] John R. Singler and Belinda A. Batten, “Balanced Proper Orthogonal Decomposition for Model Reduction of Infinite Dimensional Linear Systems,” Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Computational and Mathematical Methods in Science and Engineering (CMMSE), June 2007, pp. 361–371. [C3] Benjamin T. Dickinson, John R. Singler, and Belinda A. Batten, “Modeling of Bioinspired Sensors for Flow Separation Detection in Micro Air Vehicles,” Proceedings of the 3rd AIAA Flow Control Conference, June 2006, AIAA paper number 2006-3019. [C2] John A. Burns and John R. Singler, “Feedback Control of Low Dimensional Models of Transition to Turbulence,” Proceedings of the 44th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control and European Control Conference, December 2005, pp. 3140–3145. [C1] Eric J. Ruggiero, John R. Singler, John A. Burns, and Daniel J. Inman, “Finite Element Formulation for Static Shape Control of a Thin Euler-Bernoulli Beam using Piezoelectric Actuators,” Proceedings of the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Conference and Exhibition, November 2004, pp. 9–16. Refereed Book Chapters [B2] John A. Burns and John R. Singler, “Modeling Transition: New Scenarios, System Sensitivity and Feedback Control,” in Transition and Turbulence Control, edited by Mohamed Gad-el-Hak and Her Mann Tsai, World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, December 2005, pp. 1–37. [B1] John A. Burns and John R. Singler, “On the Long Time Behavior of Approximating Dynamical Systems,” in Control and Estimation of Distributed Parameter Systems, edited by Wolfgang Desch, Franz Kappel, and Karl Kunisch, Birkh¨auser, Basel, Switzerland, 2003, pp. 73–86. Non-refereed Conference Publications [N1] Benjamin T. Dickinson, John R. Singler, and Gregg Abate, “Structural Feedback for Enhanced MAV Flight,” Proceedings of AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, August 2010, AIAA paper number 2010-7933.

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Presentations • Invited Presentation, Conference on Classical and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, Blacksburg, VA, June 2017. • Invited Minisymposium Presentation, SIAM Conference on Computational Science and Engineering, Atlanta, GA, February 2017. • Minisymposium Presentation, 2nd Annual Meeting of SIAM Central States Section, Little Rock, AR, September 2016. • Invited Presentation, ALOP Workshop: Reduced Order Models in Optimization, University of Trier, Germany, September 2016. • Invited Minisymposium Presentation, International Symposium on Mathematical Theory of Networks and Systems, Minneapolis, MN, July 2016. • Invited Presentation, Workshop on Computational Methods for Control of Infinite-Dimensional Systems, Institute for Mathematics and its Applications, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, March 2016. • Invited Seminar Presentation, Analysis and Numerics Group, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Konstanz, Germany, July 2015. • Invited Minisymposium Presentation, SIAM Conference on Control and its Applications, Paris, France, July 2015. • Minisymposium Presentation, 1st Annual Meeting of SIAM Central States Section, Rolla, MO, April 2015. • Invited Session Presentation, American Control Conference, Portland OR, June 2014. • Invited Minisymposium Presentation, SIAM Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, July 2013. • Invited Minisymposium Presentation, SIAM Conference on Control and its Applications, San Diego, CA, July 2013. • Invited Session Presentation, American Control Conference, Washington DC, June 2013. • Invited Minisymposium Presentations (2), SIAM Conference on Computational Science and Engineering, Boston, MA, February 2013. • Invited Session Presentation, American Control Conference, Montr´eal, Canada, June 2012. • Invited Minisymposium Presentations (2), SIAM Conference on Control and its Applications, Baltimore, MD, July 2011. • Invited Minisymposium Presentation, SIAM Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, July 2010. • Invited Session Presentation, American Control Conference, Baltimore, MD, June 2010. • Minisymposium Presentation, SIAM Conference on Control and its Applications, Denver, CO, July 2009.

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• Invited Session Presentation, American Control Conference, St. Louis, MO, June 2009. • Colloquium Presentation, Department of Mathematics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, January 2009. • Seminar Presentation, Department of Mathematics, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, January 2008. • Invited Minisymposium Presentation, SIAM Conference on Control and its Applications, San Francisco, CA, July 2007. • Invited Minisymposium Presentation, 7th International Conference on Computational and Mathematical Methods in Science and Engineering (CMMSE), Chicago, IL, July 2007. • Seminar Presentation, Department of Mathematics, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, November 2006. • Invited Minisymposium Presentation, SIAM Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, July 2006. • Seminar Presentation, Department of Mathematics, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, February 2006. • Seminar Presentation, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, November 2005. • Seminar Presentation, Department of Mathematics, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, November 2005. • Colloquium Presentation, Department of Mathematics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, March 2005. • Minisymposium Presentation, SIAM Annual Meeting, Portland, OR, July 2004. • Contributed Student Presentation, 26th Meeting of SIAM Southeastern Atlantic Section, Cullowhee, NC, April 2002. Other Conferences and Workshops Attended • IMA workshop Computing with Uncertainty, Minneapolis, MN, 2010. • AFOSR Computational Mathematics Program Review, Washington, D.C., 2008. • AFOSR MURI Kickoff Meeting (Biologically-Inspired Flight for Micro Air Vehicles), Washington, D.C., 2007. • AFOSR Joint Program Review, Long Beach, CA, 2007. • AFOSR Joint Program Review, Atlanta, GA, 2006. • 3rd AIAA Flow Control Conference, San Francisco, CA, 2006. • SAMSI Opening Tutorials and Workshop for Program on Multiscale Model Development and Control Design, Research Triangle Park, NC, 2004.

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Professional Societies Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) Research Visits and Visiting Positions March/April 2016 July 2009

General membership, one month visit (local expenses funded) Institute for Mathematics and its Applications, University of Minnesota Research Associate, Oregon State University, School of Mechanical, Industrial, and Manufacturing Engineering

Professional Service • Served on the organizing committee: 1st Annual Meeting of SIAM Central States Section (2015) • Organized minisymposium: – 2nd Annual Meeting of SIAM Central States Section (with Weiwei Hu, 2016) – 1st Annual Meeting of SIAM Central States Section (2015) – SIAM Conference on Control and Its Applications (with Belinda A. Batten, 2009) • Reviewed book proposal for SIAM • Refereed journal articles for: – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –

AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics Applied Mathematical Modelling Applied Mathematics and Computation Asian Journal of Control Computers and Mathematics with Applications Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics Involve International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids Journal of Computational and Nonlinear Dynamics Journal of Heat Transfer Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications Mathematical and Computer Modelling Mathematical Problems in Engineering Numerical Mathematics: Theory, Methods and Applications Numerical Algorithms Optimization and Engineering SIAM/ASA Journal on Uncertainty Quantification SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing

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– Structural Health Monitoring • Refereed grant proposals for: – Air Force Office of Scientific Research – University of Missouri Research Board • Refereed conference papers for: – – – –

American Control Conference IEEE Conference on Decision and Control IFAC Workshop on Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Methods for Non Linear Control International Symposium on Mathematical Theory of Networks and Systems

Graduate Committees (Students at Missouri S&T unless otherwise noted.) • Ph.D. advisor – Hiba Ghassan Fareed, Mathematics and Statistics, present – Madhuka Weerasinghe, Mathematics and Statistics, present – Yangwen Zhang, Mathematics and Statistics, present • Ph.D. committee member – – – – – – – – – –

Brijitta Antony, Mathematics and Statistics, present Muna Hammuda, Mathematics and Statistics, present Ozkan Ozturk, Mathematics and Statistics, 2016 Behzad Talaei, Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2016 Kyle Buchheit, Chemical Engineering, 2015 Xuejing Liu, Mathematics and Statistics, 2015 De Mel Withanage, Mathematics and Statistics, 2014 Shrikant Jarugumilli, Engineering Management, 2011 Ayman Faza, Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2010 Benjamin Dickinson, School of Mechanical, Industrial, and Manufacturing Engineering, Oregon State University, 2009

• Master committee member – Xin Shen, Mathematics and Statistics, 2014 – Wenqiang Feng, Mathematics and Statistics, 2013 – Timothy Van Rhein, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, 2012 Teaching

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Missouri S&T Outstanding Teaching Award 2013–2014 Courses taught at Missouri S&T (6000 level = grad only; 5000 level = mixed grad/undergrad; 4000–1000 level = undergrad) • Math 6418, Functional Analysis II • Math 6417, Functional Analysis I • Math 6375, Theory of Partial Differential Equations • ChE 6120, Applied Mathematics in Chemical Engineering • Math 5603, Methods of Applied Mathematics • Math 5325, Partial Differential Equations • Math 5302, Intermediate Differential Equations • Math 4097, Problem Solving in Applied Mathematics • Math 3304, Elementary Differential Equations Coordinator Spring 2011, Fall 2016; co-coordinator Spring 2015 Courses taught at Oregon State University • Mechanical Engineering 532 [graduate course], Linear Multivariable Control Systems II (cotaught with Belinda A. Batten) • Mechanical Engineering 373, Mechanical Engineering Methods • Engineering Science 212, Dynamics Courses taught at Virginia Tech • Math 1206, Calculus II • Math 1205, Calculus I • Math 1016, Elementary Calculus with Trigonometry I Department and University Service • Campus Information Technology/Computing Committee, 1/11–present Vice chair, 10/13–present • Department Graduate Admissions Committee, 10/13–present • Department Graduate Policy Committee, 10/16–present, 8/10–8/16 • Department Hiring Committee, 8/16–2/17, 11/12–5/13 (dept. chair), 8/09–3/10 • Department Policy Committee, 8/09–8/14 • Department Strategic Plan Committee, 10/13–12/13 • Department Colloquium Chair, 8/11–9/13