Dr. An

Dr. P. Edgar An
Assistant Professor

Department of Ocean Engineering
Florida Atlantic University
Boca Raton, FL 33431

Boca Raton campus: (561)297-2459
SeaTech campus: (954)924-7231
Fax: (561)297-3885
E-mail: ean@oe.fau.edu

      Dr. P. Edgar An currently is an assistant professor in the Department of Ocean Engineering at Florida Atlantic University, working on basic/applied research and development for autonomous underwater vehicles (AUV). He received both his M.S. and PhD degrees in electrical Engineering from University of New Hampshire in 1988 and 1991 respectively. From 1991 through 1994, he was a research fellow in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at Southampton University, UK, working on the European Prometheus Project (predecessor of IVHS). His major research interests include multi-sensor data fusion algorithms for AUV navigation, command and control issues for intelligent autonomous vehicles, no nlinear modeling and control using neural networks and fuzzy-logic methodologies, algorithmic development for high-dimensional modeling with noisy and correlated data, and he has published more than 30 journal and conference papers in these areas. His current research work includes AUV sea-state dependent self-motion characterization, motion compensation and navigation in shallow-water environment. He is a member of AIAA, Space Automation and Robotics Technical Committee, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi, Tau Beta Pi, International Neural Network Society, IEEE, and also a reviewer for the IEEE SMC, IEEE Fuzzy-Systems, International Journal of Systems Science, Automatica, and International Conference on Robotics and Automation.


RECENT PUBLICATIONS
  • Journal Publication:
    • Vehicle Detection and Recognition in Greyscale Imagery, N.D. Matthews, C.J. Harris, P.E. An, Control Engineering Practice, Vol.4, No.4, pp.473-479, 1996.
    • Intelligent Driver Warning System for Vehicle Collision Avoidance, P.E. An, C.J. Harris, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Vol. 26, No. 2, pp.254-261, March, 1996.
    • A Global Gradient Noise Covariance Expression for Stationary Real Gaussian Inputs, P.E. An, M. Brown, C.J. Harris, IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks, Vol. 6, No. 6, pp.1549-1551, November, 1995.
    • Associative Memory Networks: Adaptive Modelling Theory, Software Implementation and Graphical User Interface, P.E. An, M. Brown, C.J. Harris, A. J. Lawrence, C. J. Moore, Journal of Engineering Applications in Artificial Intelligence, Vol.7, No.1, pp.1-21, 1994.
    • Comparative Aspects of Neural Network Algorithms for On-line Modelling of Dynamic Processes, P.E. An, M. Brown, S. Chen, C.J. Harris, Journal of Institute of Mechnical Engineering, Vol.207, pp.223-241, 1993.
  • Conference Publications
    • New Experimental Results on GPS/INS Integration using Ocean Voyager II AUV, P.E. An, A.J. Healey, S.M. Smith, S.E. Dunn, IEEE AUV 96, pp.249-255, Monterey, CA, June, 1996.
    • Ocean Flow Measurement Using an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle, K. Holappa, M. Dhanak, S.M. Smith, P.E. An, IEEE AUV 96, pp.424-429, Monterey, CA, June, 1996.
    • A Quantitative Measure of Sea-State Effect on Small Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Motion in Shallow Water, P.E. An, G. Leavitt, S.M. Smith, S.E. Dunn, Oceanology International 96, pp.211-233, Brighton, UK, March, 1996.
    • Data Collection with Multiple AUVs for Coastal Oceanography, S.M. Smith, S.E. Dunn, P.E. An, Oceanology International 96, pp.263-279, Brighton, U.K, March, 1996.
    • Strategies for Simultaneous Multiple AUV Operation and Control, S.M. Smith, K. Ganesan, S.E. Dunn, P.E. An, IARP 96, France, April, 1996.
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