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Prospective graduate students: Students in my group come through the CDS, CMS, BE, BMB, ACM, CS and ME graduate programs at Caltech. Some of my students also come from the CNS and EE departments, but I do not actively participate in admissions decisions in those programs. Please take a look at my current research interests to get a sense of what my group is currently working on.
Research
My group's research is in the application of feedback and control to networked systems, with applications in biology and autonomy. Current projects include work on biomolecular feedback systems, novel architectures for control systems, and networked control systems (see my research overview for more details).
Active projects:
- Design of Digitally Controlled Bacterial Circuits for Bioenabled Materials (Army Research Lab/Institute for Collaborative Biotechnology)
- Assurance for Learning Enabled Systems (DARPA)
- Developing Standardized Cell-Free Platforms for Rapid Prototyping of Synthetic Biology Circuits and Pathways (NSF)
- Formal Methods for V&V and T&E of Autonomous Systems (AFOSR)
- Enabling Technologies for Cell-Silicon Interfacing (Army Research Office)
- Fundamental Biological Factors Underlying Human Performance: From Molecular Diagnostics and Detection to Behavior and Systems Biology (Army Research Office)
- Engineering Durable Cell-Free Biological Capabilities for Advanced Sensing and Prototyping (Army Research Office)
- Field-Programmable, Recombinase-Based Biomolecular Circuits (Army Research Office)
- Genetic Circuits for Multi-Cellular Machines (Army Research Lab/Institute for Collaborative Biotechnology)
- Robust Multi-Layer Control Systems for Cooperative Cellular Behaviors (DARPA)
- VeHICaL: Verified Human Interfaces, Control, and Learning for Semi-Autonomous Systems (NSF)
- Temporal Logic Specifications for Control System Design in Automotive Systems (DENSO)
Group
Mia Austria† (BE) Karena Cai* (CDS) Tara Chari° (BE) Richard Cheng* (ME) Samuel Clamons (BE) Sumanth Dathathri (CMS) Sam Davidson° (BE) Jin Ge (CMS) Leopold Green (BBE)
Andrew Halleran (BE) Chelsea Hu (BE) Zoila Jurado* (ME) John Marken (BE) Michaelle Mayalu (CMS) Reed McCardell (BE) John McManus (BBE) Liana Merk† (BE) Ayush Pandey (EE)
James Parkin (BE) Tung Phan (ME) William Poole* (CNS) Mark Prator# (EAS) Xinying (Cindy) Ren (CDS) Andrey Shur (BE) Rory Williams (BE) Miki Yun# (EAS)
| * co-advised students | + visiting researchers | ° rotation students | † undergraduates | # research tech |
Former graduate students:
- Vipul Singhal - PhD in Computation and Neural Systems, June 2018
- Ania Baetica - PhD in Control and Dynamical Systems, May 2018
- Ioannis Filippidis - PhD in Control and Dynamical Systems, December 2017
- Anandh Swaminathan - PhD in Control and Dynamical Systems, December 2017
# Masters or Engineers degree * Co-advised student
Former postdocs:
- Sofie Haesaert (2016-2018) - CMS Postdoctoral Fellow
- Catherine McGhan (2014-2016) - CMS Postdoctoral Fellow
- Yutaka Hori (2013-2016) - CMS Postdoctoral Fellow
Raktim Bhattacharya (2002-04) Brianno Coller (1995-97) Noel du Toit (2011) Samira Farahani (2014-15) Tamer Inanc (2002-04) Jongmin Kim (2010-14) Eric Klavins* (2001-03) Feng-Li Lian (2001-02) Jun Liu (2011-2012)
Yilin Mo (2013-15) Kristi Morgansen (1999-2001) Pascal Morin (1996-97) Yasamin Mostofi (2004-06) Reza Olfati-Saber (2001-04) Yizhar Or (2007-09) Necmiye Ozay (2010-13) Pavithra Prabhakar (2011-12) Nicolas Petit (2001-02)
Vasu Raman (2013-15) Henrik Sandberg (2005-07) Shaunak Sen (2011-12) B. N. Shashikanth* (1998-2000) Dan Siegal (2012-15) Andrew Straw* (2010) Willem Sluis (1994-96) Herbert Streumper (1997-99) Ufuk Topcu (2008-12)
Additional group alumni: SURF Senior thesis Visitors
Teaching
The list below is the courses that I have taught at Caltech (or at least most of them). The course links will take you to the (current) course homepage, where you can find the syllabus, handouts, and homework sets. The links for specific terms take you to the course homepage for that term. Links to older courses are available on a separate page.
- ACM/EE 116 - Probability and Random Processes (Fa11)
- BE 107 - Exploring Biological Principles Through Bio-Inspired Design (Sp15, Sp16)
- BE 150/Bi 250b - Systems Biology (Wi11, Wi12, Wi13, Sp14)
- CS/EE/ME 75 - Introduction to Multi-Disciplinary Systems Engineering (04-05, 06-07, 10-11, 15-16)
- CDS 90 - Senior Thesis in Control and Dynamical Systems (2004-2014)
- CDS 101/110 - Analysis and Design of Feedback Systems (Fa97, Fa01, Fa02, Fa03, Fa04, Fa06, Fa07, Fa08, Fa12, Fa15)
- CDS 112 - Optimization-Based Control (Wi98, Wi02, Wi03, Wi04, Wi06, Wi07, Wi08)
- CDS 140 - Differential Equations and Dynamical Systems (Wi11, Wi13, Wi14, Wi15)
- CDS 240 - Nonlinear Dynamical Systems (Sp14, Sp16)
- CDS 202 - Geometry of Nonlinear Systems (Wi93, Wi94, Wi04, Wi09, Sp13)
- CS 142 - Distributed Computing (Fa17)
- Older courses (not taught in the last 5 years)
- Guest lectures - some individual lectures I have given in various courses
Contact
Mailing AddressRichard M. Murray |
Contact informationE-mail: murray@cds.caltech.edu |
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