Warren Dixon
Dean of College of Engineering
Warren Dixon received his Ph.D. from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering from Clemson University. He worked as a research staff member and Eugene P. Wigner Fellow at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of Florida, and now serves as the Dean of Engineering at Virginia Tech. His main research interest has been the development and application of Lyapunov-based control techniques for uncertain nonlinear systems. His work has been recognized by various best paper awards and other society-level awards. He is an ASME Fellow (2016) and IEEE Fellow (2016), and his technical contributions and service to the IEEE CSS were recognized by the IEEE CSS Distinguished Member Award (2020).
- Nonlinear Control
- Adaptive Control
- Control of Engineering Systems
- Adaptive nonlinear control
- Artificial Intelligence
- Autonomy
- Robotics
- American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Member
- The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Fellow 2016
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Fellow 2016