Christopher Nielsen

Professor and Associate Chair, Graduate Studies

Contact InformationChristopher Nielsen

Phone: 519-888-4567 x32241
Location: EIT 4106

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Biography Summary

Christopher Nielsen is a Professor and the Associate Chair for Graduate Studies in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Waterloo.

Professor Nielsen’s current research interests include nonlinear control systems, motion control for nonlinear systems, methods to stabilize sets in the state space of a system, output feedback control, geometric control and Computer Aided Design (CAD) for nonlinear controllers. His current research is funded by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada.

Additionally, Professor Nielsen has authored or co-authored journal articles appearing in the IEEE Transaction on Automatic Control, Automatica, SIAM Journal on Control and Optimizations among others.

Research Interests

  • Nonlinear control systems
  • Motion control
  • Geometric control
  • Multi-agent systems
  • Mechatronics & Control
  • Advanced robotics
  • Controls and precision tooling
  • Autonomous vehicles

Education

  • 2009, Doctorate, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto
  • 2004, Master's, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto
  • 2002, Bachelor's, Electrical Engineering, University of Waterloo

Courses*

  • ECE 380 - Analog Control Systems
    • Taught in 2020
  • ECE 484 - Digital Control Applications
    • Taught in 2021
  • ECE 682 - Multivariable Control Systems
    • Taught in 2021
  • ECE 688 - Nonlinear Systems
    • Taught in 2019, 2023
  • MATH 213 - Signals, Systems, and Differential Equations
    • Taught in 2020
  • SE 380 - Introduction to Feedback Control
    • Taught in 2019, 2020
* Only courses taught in the past 5 years are displayed.

Selected/Recent Publications

  • Akhtar, Adeel and Nielsen, Christopher and Waslander, Steven L, Path following using dynamic transverse feedback linearization for car-like robots, IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 31(2), 2015, 269 - 279
  • Gill, Rajan J and Kulić, Dana and Nielsen, Christopher, Spline path following for redundant mechanical systems, IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 31(6), 2015, 1378 - 1392
  • Doosthoseini, Alireza and Nielsen, Christopher, Local nested transverse feedback linearization, Mathematics of Control, Signals, and Systems, 27(4), 2015, 493 - 522
  • Baker, Robert JA and Leung, Bosco and Nielsen, Christopher, Phase-locked loop stability based on stochastic bounds, Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing, 85(2), 2015, 323 - 333

Graduate Studies