Dr. Stanley Baek
Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Bio
Dr. Stanley Baek is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the U.S. Air Force Academy (USAFA), which he joined in 2019. His current research interests include intelligent behavioral control of multiple robots, robust intelligence of multiple heterogeneous unmanned vehicles for navigation, searching, and tracking of multiple targets, and intelligent consensus algorithms for multiple mobile robots. He received the Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Ph.D. degrees from the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California, Berkeley. From 2014 to 2019, he was an Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan, where he developed a new undergraduate robotics engineering program. From 2012 to 2014, he was a postdoctoral research engineer at the U.S. Air Force Academy, where he developed multiple-coordinated control algorithms for unmanned aerial vehicles performing a variety of tasks including intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, and tactical operations. In 2008, he was an electrical engineer at the U.S. Army Research Lab, where he investigated passive wing rotation of biologically inspired flapping wing robots with compliant joint mechanism and developed design principles to mimic insect wing kinematics for optimal lift force.
Education
Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley (2011)
Master of Science, Electrical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley (2006)
Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California, Berkeley (2003)
Professional Experience
Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, United States Air Force Academy, Colorado (2019-Present)
Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Michigan, Michigan (2014-2019)
Postdoctoral Research Engineering (Academy Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems Research), United States Air Force Academy, Colorado (2012-2014)
Senior Software Research Engineer (Computational Lithography Group), Intel Corporation, Oregon (2011-2012)
Electronics Engineering Graduate Student Intern (Sensors and Electron Devices Directorate), Army Research Laboratory, Maryland (2008)
Honors & Awards
Intel Department Recognition Award for significant enhancement of DOS for 1274 patterning – Dept. of Process Technology Modeling, July 2012.
Intel Software Quality Award 2012 for software methods to enable Moore’s Law – Intel Software Quality and Software Directors Council, June 2012
Best Conference Paper Award Finalist – IEEE International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics, Tokyo, Japan, Sep. 2010
Research and Scholarly Interests
Intelligent behavioral control of multiple robots, robust intelligence of multiple heterogeneous unmanned vehicles for navigation, searching and tracking of multiple targets, and intelligent consensus algorithms for multiple mobile robots
Publications
Refereed Publications:
S. Scheraga, S. Baek, T. Kim, and A. Mohammadi, “Design of an underactuated peristaltic robot on soft terrain,” IEEE International Conference on Intelligent RObots and Systems (IROS), Las Vegas, NV, Nov. 2020.
S. Baek and G. York, “Optimal sensor management for multiple target tracking using cooperative unmanned aerial vehicles,” International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems, Athens, Greece, Sep 2020.
A. Mohammadi, Y. Feng, C. Zhang, S. Rawashdeh, and S. Baek, “Vision-based autonomous landing using an MPC-controlled micro UAV on a moving platform,” International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems, Athens, Greece, Sep 2020.
Y. Kim, M. Figueroa-Santos, N. Prakash, S. Baek, J. Siegel, D. Rizzo, “Co-optimization of speed trajectory and power management for a fuel-cell/battery electric vehicle,” Applied Energy, vol. 260, Feb 2020, pp. 114254; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2019.114254.
S. Lakshmanan, Y. Yan, S. Baek, and H. Alghodhaifi, “Modeling and simulation of leader-follower autonomous vehicles: environment effects,” Proc. SPIE 11021, Unmanned Systems Technology XXI, 110210J (15 May 2019); doi: 10.1117/12.2520485; https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2520485.
M. Aladem, S. Baek, and S. Rawashdeh, “Evaluation of image enhancement techniques for vision-based navigation under low illumination,” Journal of Robotics, vol. 2019, Article ID 5015741, 2019, https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/5015741.
N. Rawashdeh, M. Aladem, S. Baek, and S. Rawashdeh, “Scene structure classification as preprocessing for feature based visual odometry,” SAE Int. J. Passeng. Cars – Electron. Electr. Syst. 11(3):2018, doi:10.4271/2018-01-0610.
Y. Feng, C. Zhang, S. Baek, S. Rawashdeh, and A. Mohammadi, “Autonomous landing of a UAV on a moving platform using model predictive control,” MDPI Drones, 24(4), 34, 2018.
H. Alghodhaifi, S. Lakshmanan, S. Baek, and P. Richardson, “Autonomy modeling and validation in a highly uncertain environment,” 2018 NDIA Ground Vehicle Systems Engineering and Technology Symposium (GVSETS), Novi, MI, 2018.
C. Cheung and S. Baek, “Cross correlating ground-level panoramas with satellite imagery for GPS-denied localization of autonomous ground vehicles,” 2018 NDIA Ground Vehicle Systems Engineering and Technology Symposium (GVSETS), Novi, MI, 2018.
J. Yoder, S. Baek, H. Kwon, and D. Pack, “Exploring the exponentially decaying merit of an out-of-sequence observation,” Sensors, 2018, 18(6). doi:10.3390/s18061947.
S. Baek, C. Liu, P. Watta, and Y.L. Murphey, “Accurate vehicle position estimation using a Kalman filter and neural network-based approach,” IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence (SSCI), Honolulu, HI, 2017.
T. Kim and S. Baek, “A Direct DC Bus Voltage Regulation of the Variable Voltage Converter in the Electric Traction Drive System,” IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference, Chicago, IL, 2017.
T. Kim and S. Baek, “Multiple Bus Motor Drive Based on a Single Inductor Multi Output Converter in 48 V Electrified Vehicles”, IEEE International Electric Machines and Drives Conference, Miami, FL, 2017.
L. Sun, S. Baek, and D. Pack, Human Behavior Understanding in Networked Sensing, edited by P. Spagnolo, P.L. Mazzeo, and C. Distante, Springer, ch.14: Distributed probabilistic search and tracking of agile mobile ground targets using a network of unmanned aerial vehicles, pp. 301-319. 2014.
H. Kwon, J. Yoder, S. Baek, S. Gruber, and D. Pack, “Maximizing water surface target localization accuracy under sunlight reflection with an autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle,” Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems, vol. 74, Issue 1–2, pp 395–411, 2014.
S. Baek, H. Kwon, J. Yoder, and D. Pack, “Optimal path planning of fixed-wing UAV for target following using sequential decision processes,” IEEE International Conference on Intelligent RObots and Systems(IROS), Tokyo, Japan, November 2013.
H. Kwon, J. Yoder, S. Baek, S. Gruber, and D. Pack, “Multiple target detection on water surfaces using background modeling while removing sunlight reflection and land area surface area,” 2013 AIAA Infotech@Aerospace Conference, Boston, MA, August 2013.
H. Kwon, J. Yoder, S. Baek, S. Gruber, and D. Pack, “Maximizing target detection under sunlight reflection on water surfaces with an autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle,” International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems, Atlanta, GA, May 2013.
S. Baek, F. Garcia Bermudez, and R. Fearing, “Flight control for target seeking by 13-gram ornithopter,” IEEE International Conference on Intelligent RObots and Systems (IROS), San Francisco, CA, Sep. 2011.
N. Kohut, A. Hoover, S. Baek, K. Ma, and R. Fearing, “MEDIC: A 5.5 g legged millirobot utilizing novel body-supported climbing,” IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Shanghai, China, May, 2011.
S. Baek and R. Fearing, “Flight forces and altitude regulation of 12 gram I-Bird,” IEEE International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics, Tokyo, Japan, Sep. 2010. (Best Conference Paper Award Finalist)
S. Baek, K. Ma, and R. Fearing, “Efficient resonant drive of flapping-wing robots,” IEEE International Conference on Intelligent RObots and Systems (IROS), St. Louis, MO, Oct. 2009.
R. S. Fearing, S. Baek, P. Birkmeyer, K. Peterson, A. M. Hoover, J. Lee, and K. Ma, “Biomimetic Millirobots,” Biologically Inspired Robotics Workshop, IEEE International Conference on Intelligent RObots and Systems, St. Louis, MO, Oct. 2009.
S. Baek and R. Fearing, “Reducing contact resistance using compliant nickel nanowire arrays,” IEEE Transactions on Components and Packaging Technologies, vol. 31, pp. 859-868, Dec. 2008.
B. Schubert, C. Majidi, R. E. Groff, S. Baek, B. Bush, R. Maboudian, and R.S. Fearing, “Towards friction and adhesion from high modulus microfiber arrays,” Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology, 21(12-13), pp. 1297-1315, 2007.
C. Majidi, R. E. Groff, Y. Maeno, B. Schubert, S. Baek, B. Bush, R. Maboudian, N. Gravish, M. Wilkinson, K. Autumn, and R. S. Fearing, “High friction from a stiff polymer using micro-fiber arrays,” Physical Review Letters, vol. 97, 2006, 076103.