Biographical Sketch of Jordan M. Berg
Jordan M. Berg received the BSE and
MSE in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
from Princeton University in 1981 and 1984. He
worked in the Attitude Control Analysis group at
RCA Astro-Electronics in East Windsor, NJ, from
1983 to 1986. He received the PhD in
Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics, and the
MS in Mathematics and Computer Science from
Drexel University in 1992. He has held
postdoctoral appointments at the USAF Wright
Laboratory in Dayton, OH, and the Institute for
Mathematics and Its Applications in
Minneapolis, MN. Since 1996 he has been at
Texas Tech University, where he is currently
Professor of Mechanical Engineering and CoDirector of the Nano Tech Center. As a Fulbright
Scholar in 2008 he held visiting faculty
appointments at the University of Ruhuna and
University of Peradeniya in Sri Lanka. He is a
Professional Engineer in the State of Texas and a
Fellow of the ASME.
His current research interests include nonlinear and geometric control, and the
modeling, simulation, design, and control of nano- and microsystems. His publications have
appeared in journals including Analytical Chemistry, Applied Physics Letters, Journal of Applied
Physics, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Automatica, Biotechnology Progress, SIAM
Journal of Control and Optimization, the IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, IEEE
Transactions on Education, Linear Algebra and its Applications, ASME Journal of Dynamic
Systems, Measurement, and Control, IEEE/ASME Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems,
Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, Physical Review B, Sensors and Actuators A, and Systems &
Control Letters. He holds two US patents.
Dr. Berg’s activities include service as Treasurer of the American Automatic Control
Council (AACC) from 2008 to 2013. He was Program Chair of the 2014 ASME DSCD Dynamic
Systems and Controls Conference, and will be General Chair of the 2016 IEEE/ASME
International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, and General Chair of the 2018
American Control Conference. Dr. Berg has been Associate or Technical Editor for the IEEE
Transactions on Automatic Control, the ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and
Control, and the IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics. He is a past-Chair of the
Management Committee for the IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics.
In 2014 he was appointed a Program Director for the Sensors, Dynamics, and Controls
(SDC) program in the Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation (CMMI) Division of the
Engineering (ENG) Directorate at the National Science Foundation. He is currently serving in
that position under an IPA agreement between NSF and TTU.