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Henri P. Gavin CV

Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Box 90287, Durham, NC 27708-0287
162 Hudson Eng Ctr, Durham, NC 27708
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Overview


Our group works in the broad area of dynamic systems analysis, modeling, measurement, and control with particular emphasis on the mitigation of losses induced by extreme environmental loads.

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Current Appointments & Affiliations


Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering · 2016 - Present Civil and Environmental Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering
W. H. Gardner, Jr. Chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering · 2021 - Present Civil and Environmental Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering
Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science · 2022 - Present Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Pratt School of Engineering

In the News


Published May 31, 2023
New Master of Engineering Program will Create a ‘Climate Innovation’ Culture
Published February 17, 2023
Turkey’s Fate Was Sealed by Failures – Both Structural and Political, Experts Say

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Recent Publications


Computationally Efficient Tracking Control of Differential Drive Wheeled Mobile Robots

Conference Proceedings of the American Control Conference · January 1, 2023 This paper presents a computationally efficient, heuristic-free, and nonlinear feedback control framework for the tracking control of the position and orientation of a differential drive wheeled mobile robot (WMR) subjected to high-speed maneuvers and exte ... Full text Cite

Decentralized Control of Multiagent Navigation Systems

Journal Article IEEE/CAA Journal of Automatica Sinica · May 1, 2022 In this letter, we introduce a decentralized, nonlinear, discontinuous, and computationally simple control law for large scale multiagent navigation systems. The control is based on extending Gauss's principle of least constraint with a dynamic incorporati ... Full text Cite

Gauss's Principle with Inequality Constraints for Multiagent Navigation and Control

Journal Article IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control · February 1, 2022 Multiagent navigation systems present opportunities for many applications due to their agility and cooperation. In any multiagent navigation system, it is critical that actual interagent collisions are strictly prevented. In this article, we present a solu ... Full text Cite
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Recent Grants


Relaxed Constraints in Gauss's Principle for High Speed, Large Scale, Multi-Agent Network Dynamics

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Army Research Office · 2019 - 2020

Rolling Isolation Systems to Protect Building Contents from Earthquakes

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2014 - 2018

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Education, Training & Certifications


University of Michigan, Ann Arbor · 1994 Ph.D.
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor · 1988 M.Sc.Eng.
Princeton University · 1986 B.S.E.