User:Sargephd/sandbox/William R(Bob) Norris

William R. (Bob) Norris is an American inventor, researcher in Robotics, Mechatronics and virtual environments and is a noted authority in the fields of robotics, control systems and entrepreneurship. He has been the founder and CEO of two companies R-Smart LLC and iMS2 LLC.

Early life and education
Born in 1963 in Fort Kent, Maine, Bob grew up in Alton, Illinois and Brighton, Illinois where he attended Marquette Catholic High School (Alton, Illinois) and Southwestern High School (Piasa, Illinois). After serving as a paratrooper in the U.S. Army 82nd Airborne Division during Desert Shield and Desert Storm, he went back to college. He earned a BS (1993), an MS (1997) and his Ph.D. (2001) in engineering from the University of Illinois. He returned to college at Duke University at The Fuqua School of Business in 2007.

Patents

 * US Patent 8,874,300 Systems and methods for obstacle avoidance
 * US Patent 8,825,294 Vehicle center of gravity active suspension control system
 * US Patent 8,510,034 Perception model for trajectory following autonomous and human augmented steering control
 * US Patent 8,498,796 Perception model for trajectory following autonomous and human augmented speed control
 * US Patent 8,473,140 Networked multi-role robotic vehicle
 * US Patent 8,195,364 Perception model for trajectory following autonomous and human augmented steering control
 * US Patent 8,020,657 Systems and methods for obstacle avoidance
 * US Patent 7,895,135 Human perception model for speed control performance
 * US Patent 7,894,951 Systems and methods for switching between autonomous and manual operation of a vehicle
 * US Patent 7,769,512 Vehicle steering control method and performance
 * US Patent 7,743,159 Reusable application framework for translating between a client and an external entity

Publications
Technical Reports:
 * Auxiliary Power Supply for the Electronic Control Module, Cummins Engine (Power), Senior Design Project. May 1996.
 * Defense Air Quality Management System (DAQMS) Version 0.5, Software Development and User Manual, United States Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories, USACERL, December 1997.
 * Van Blaricum, V., Norris, W. R. Cathodic Protection Equipment Demonstration.  Technical Report, United States Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories, USACERL.  April, 1997.
 * Van Blaricum, V., Norris, W. R. Cathodic Protection Equipment Demonstration.  User Guide, United States Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories, USACERL.  April, 1997.
 * Van Blaricum, V., Norris, W. R. Cathodic Protection Equipment Demonstration on Remote Locations, Technical Report, United States Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories, USACERL. July 2001.
 * Norris, W. R. UtilRate User Manual, Technical Report, United States Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories, USACERL. September 2002.
 * Norris, W. R. UtilRate Programmer’s Manual, United States Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories, USACERL. September 2002.
 * Norris, W. R. Steering Control System Evaluation For The 5510n Autonomous Tractor For Orchard Operations TR-281 P-9120, Technical Report, John Deere, December 2002.
 * Norris, W. R. Intelligent Vehicle System Evaluation Methodology, T-4477 P-9120, Technical Report, John Deere, December 2002.
 * Norris, W. R. Multi-attribute Utility Analysis for Evaluation of and Selection of Autonomous Systems.  Submitted Technical Report, John Deere, January 2003.
 * Norris, W. R. Intelligent Vehicle System Evaluation Methodology – Guidance, Obstacle Detection, Safeguarding and Safety.  Submitted Technical Report, John Deere, January 2003.

Conference Papers:
 * Norris, W. R., Sreenivas, R. S. On a Control Policy that Maintains Indoor Air Quality in a Variable-Air-Volume Air-Handling Unit.  Proceedings of the 1997 IEEE/ASME Conference on Control Applications, Hartford, Connecticut, October 1997.
 * Norris, W. R., Sreenivas, R. S., Zhang Q. and Lopez - Dominguez, J. Qualitative Control System Design Incorporating Operator Preferred Performance Characteristics Using Virtual Environments. Proceedings of the SCI 2001 Conference, IEEE, Orlando, Florida, July 2001.  Best Control Systems Paper at Conference.
 * Norris, W. R., Sreenivas, R. S., Zhang Q. and Lopez - Dominguez, J. Virtual Design Tools: A Technique for Performing Qualitative Human-in-the-Loop System Design. Proceedings of the 2001 ASAE Annual International Meeting, Sacramento, California, July 2001.  Honorable Mention for Best Paper.
 * Norris, W. R., Sreenivas, R. S., and Zhang Q. A Real-Time Human Operator Performance Model for Performing Adaptive System Design. Proceedings of the Automation Technology for Off-road Equipment (ATOE) 2002, ASAE, Chicago, Illinois, July 2002.
 * Norris, W. R., Sreenivas, R. S., and Zhang Q. An Approach Using a Neural Network Based Adaptive Filter for Performing Real-Time, On-line Qualitative System Design.  Proceedings of the Automation Technology for Off-road Equipment (ATOE) 2002, ASAE, Chicago, Illinois, July 2002.
 * Norris, W.R., Reid John F. Human Perception Modeling Applied to Autonomous Agricultural System Path Following Control Applications.  Accepted to AgEng2004 Leuven, Belgium International Conference on Agricultural  Engineering Sept. 2004.
 * Norris, W.R., Reid John F. The Assessment of Path Following Capability for Autonomous Agricultural Vehicle Systems.  Accepted to AgEng2004 Leuven, Belgium International Conference on Agricultural Engineering Sept. 2004.

Journal/ Book Papers:
 * Norris, W. R., Q. Zhang, R. Sreenivas, and J. C. Lopez-Dominguez. 2003. A design tool for operator-adaptive steering controller. Transactions of the ASAE 46(3): 883-891.
 * Norris, W. R., Zhang Q. and Sreenivas, R. S. A Human Operator Performance Model for Designing the Steering Control System of an Articulated Off-road Vehicle. Accepted January 2003. Special Edition - Computers and Electronics in Agriculture.
 * Norris, W.R., Q. Zhang and R. Sreenivas, 2006. Rule-base reduction for a fuzzy human operator performance model. Applied Engineering Agriculture, 22(4): 611-618.
 * Norris, W. R., R. Sreenivas, Q. Zhang, and J. C. Lopez–Dominguez. 2001. Hierarchical rule–base reduction for a fuzzy logic based human operator performance model. In Intelligent Engineering Systems through Artificial Neural Networks, Vol. 11: 285–294. C. H. Dagli, A. L. Buczak, J. Ghosh, M. J. Embrechts, O. Ersoy, and S. Kercal, eds. New York, N.Y.: ASME Press.
 * J. Reid, J. Schueller, and W. Norris. “Reducing the Manufacturing and Management Costs of Tractors and Agricultural Equipment”. Agricultural Engineering International: the CIGR Journal of Scientific Research and Development”. Vol. V. Invited Overview Paper. Presented at the Club of Bologna meeting November 16, 2003. Bologna, Italy.

Theses:
 * A Design Framework for Qualitative Human-In-The-Loop System Development. Ph.D. Dissertation, December 2001.
 * Modeling, Analysis, Control, Experimental Validation And Commissioning Of HVAC, VAV Air Handling Units. Masters Thesis, August 1997.