The Department of
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering 

Dr. Selahattin Ozcelik, Ph.D
Interim Chair, Professor and
Mechanical Engineering Graduate Coordinator

Phone : (361) 593-2657
Email :sozcelik@tamuk.edu
Office : EC 333    Personal Website

Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
700 University Blvd. MSC 191
Kingsville, TX 78363

• M. Blackburn and S. Ozcelik, Electroactive Polymer Structure, 2007, US Patent 7193350.

• S. Ozcelik, Design of Robust Direct Adaptive Controllers Using Q-Parameterization, International Journal of Control (under revision).



• S. Ozcelik, N. Mathur, Collision Free Navigation and Part Collection of a Mobile Robot in an Unknown Environment Using Artificial Immune Systems, International Journal of Applied Artificial Intelligence in Engineering System, 2009.



• Selahattin Ozcelik, Output Feedback Adaptive Control for a Two-Link Flexible Robot Subject to Parameter Changes, in Adaptive Control, I-Tech Publishers, 2008.
   
• S. Ozcelik, R. Verma, R. Challoo, Dynamic Positioning of Ships Using Direct Model Reference Adaptive Control, Proceedings of ANNIE, ASME Press, 2008.
   
• R. Challoo, R. K., S. Ozcelik, S. Li, Face Detection in Color Images Using Artificial Neural Networks, Proceedings of ANNIE, ASME Press, 2008.
   
• S. Ozcelik, V. Kallem, R. Challoo, Adaptive Fuzzy Logic Controller for a 3-DOF Mass-Spring-Damper System, Proceedings of ANNIE, ASME Press, pp. 411-416, 2007.
   
• S. Ozcelik, Drug Delivery Systems, Encyclopedia of Medical Devices and Instrumentation, John Wiley and Sons, NY, pp. 495-508, 2006.
   
• S. Ozcelik, M. Yesiloglu, H. Temeltas, Direct Adaptive Control of Flexible Manipulators, American Control Conference (ACC), Minneapolis, MO, 2006.
   
• S. Ozcelik, N. Matur, Immune System Based Artificial Intelligence For A Mobile Robot, AdCONIP, Seoul, S. Korea, 2005.
   
• S. Ozcelik, M. Blackburn, Intelligent Control of a Highly Flexible Robotic Structure with Hundreds of Motor Elements, SPIE, Defense and Security Symposium, Orlando, FL, 2005.
   
• S. Ozcelik, M. Faruqi, Design and Comparison of Various Controllers for a Two-Tank Liquid-Level System, ASEE Gulf Southwest Annual Conference, TX, 2005.
   
• M. Faruqi, M. Abudiab, S. Ozcelik, Effective Ethics Education, ASEE Gulf Southwest Annual Conference, TX, 2005.
   
• R. Challoo, P. S. Mehendale, S. Ozcelik, Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Control of a Spring-Mass-Damper System, Proceedings of ANNIE, ASME Press, 2004.
   
• N. Sharma and S. Ozcelik, Experimental results on direct adaptive control as applied to multi-degreefreedom torsional system, IFAC ALCOSP, 2004, Japan.
   
• S. Ozcelik, Robust direct adaptive control for MIMO systems using Q-parameterization, IFAC ALCOSP, 2004, Japan.
   
• D. Subbaram Naidu, Selahattin Ozcelik, and Kevin L. Moore, Modeling, Sensing, and Control of Gas-Metal Arc Welding, Elsevier, Oxford, 2003.
   
• R. Agarwala, R. McLauchlan, S. Ozcelik, M. Faruqi, Modal Analysis and Active Vibration Control of a Multi-Degree-of-Freedom Structure, Artificial Neural Networks in Engineering ANNIE, ASME Press, 2003.
   
• S. Ozcelik, A. Bhalareo, R. McLauchlan, R. Challoo, Implementation of Direct Adaptive Control on 3-DOF Spring-Mass-Damper System, American Control Conference (ACC), 2003.
   
• S. Ozcelik, R. Agarwala, Control of Robot Integrated Gas-Metal Arc Welding Process, Artificial Neural Networks in Engineering, ANNIE, Vol. 12, pp. 537-542, ASME Press, 2002.
   
• S. Ozcelik, R. Nisar, R. McLauchlan, Application of Direct Adaptive Control on A Single-Link Flexible Arm, Artificial Neural Networks in Engineering ANNIE, Vol. 12, pp. 515-520, ASME Press, 2002.
   
• R. McLauchlan, R. Agarwala, S. Ozcelik, M. Faruqi, Active Vibration Control of a Multi-Degree-of- Freedom Structure Under Varying Earthquake and Shear Force, Artificial Neural Networks in Engineering ANNIE, Vol. 12, pp. 327-331, ASME Press, 2002.
   
• R. Agarwala, S. Ozcelik, Direct Adaptive Control of Velocity and Azimuth of A Mobile Robot, Proceedings of the IASTED Int. Conf. on Control and Applications, Cancun, Mexico, May 2000.
   
• R. Nisar, S. Ozcelik, Implementation of Direct Adaptive Control on Flexible Structures, Int. Conf. on Nonlinear Problems in Aviation and Aerospace, Daytona Beach, FL, May 2000.
   
• R. McLauchlan, R. Agarwala, S. Ozcelik, M. Faruqi, Active Vibration Control of a Multi-Degree-of- Freedom Structure by the Use of Fuzzy Gain Scheduling of PID Controller, ANNIE, ASME Press, 2000.
   
• S. Ozcelik, Y. Chen, R. McLauchlan, Design of Fuzzy Logic Controller for the Fine Tuning of Weighting Parameters of Direct Adaptive Control, ANNIE, ASME PRess, 2000.
   
• R. Nisar, P. Agrawal, and S. Ozcelik, Experimental Results on Performance of Different Controllers as Applied to DC Servomotor Under Unknown Load Conditions, 2000 Intl. Mechatronics Conference, GIT, GA.
   
• C. Palerm, W. Bequette, and S. Ozcelik, Robust Control of Drug Infusion with Time Delays Using Direct Adaptive Control: Experimental Results, American Control Conference, 2000, Chicago, IL.
   
• R. Agarwala, S. Ozcelik, and M. Faruqi, Active Vibration Control of a Multi-Degree-of-Freedom Structure by the Use of Direct Model Reference Adaptive Control, American Control Conference, 2000, Chicago, IL.
   
• S. Ozcelik, H. Kaufman, Design of Robust Direct Adaptive Controllers for SISO systems: Time and Frequency Domain Design Conditions, International Journal of Control, Vol. 72, No. 6, pp, 517-530, 1999.
   
• S. Ozcelik, C. Roman, and H. Kaufman, Direct Model Reference Adaptive Control for MIMO Systems with Time Delays, 7th IEEE Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, June 1999, Haifa, Israel.
   
• M. Faruqi, L. Pleimann, J. Schemmel, R. Elliott, and S. Ozcelik, Assessing The Viability of Composite Retrofitting in Severe Environments, Texas Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers Spring 1999 meeting, April 14-17, 1999, Longview, TX.
   
• Howard Kaufman, Izhak Bar-Kana, and Kenneth Sobel, Direct Adaptive Control Algorithms: Theory and Applications, 2nd edition, Springer-Verlag, NY, 1998.
   
• C. Tufekci, K. Craig, J. De Marchi, and S. Ozcelik, Mechatronic Design of an Inverted Pendulum System for Engineering Education, Mechatronics’98, September 1998, University of Skovde, Sweden.
   
• S. Ozcelik, C. Roman, H. Kaufman, Direct Model Reference Adaptive Control for MIMO Systems with Time Delays, 37th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, December 1998, Tampa, FL.
   
• S. Ozcelik, K. Moore, J. Tyler, S. Naidu, Maximum Production Rates for Prescribed Mass and Heat Transfer: An Optimization Approach, 5th Intl. Conf. on Trends in Welding Research, June 1998, Pine Mountain, GA.
  
  
• S. Ozcelik, K. Moore, S. Naidu, MIMO Direct Model Reference Adaptive Control for Gas Metal Arc Welding, 5th Intl. Conf. on Trends in Welding Research, June 1998, Pine Mountain, GA.
   
• K. Moore, B. Yender, J. Tyler, S. Naidu, and S. Ozcelik, Experimental Calibration of an Automated GMAW Process Model, 5th Intl. Conf. on Trends in Welding Research, June 1998, Pine Mountain, GA.
   
• K. Moore, J. Tyler, S. Naidu, and S. Ozcelik, Classical Control of Gas-Metal Arc Welding, 5th Intl. Conf. on Trends in Welding Research, June 1998, Pine Mountain, GA.
   
• S. Ozcelik, K. Moore, S. Naidu, Application of MIMO Direct Adaptive Control to Gas Metal Arc Welding, American Control Conference, July 1998, Philadelphia, PA.
   
• S. Ozcelik, An Animated MATLAB/SIMULINK Tool for Gas Metal Arc Welding Control Experimentation, American Control Conference, July 1998, Philadelphia, PA.
   
• S. Ozcelik, H. Kaufman, Design of MIMO Robust Direct Model Reference Adaptive Controllers, 36th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, December 1997, San Diego, CA.
   
• S. Ozcelik, H. Kaufman, Frequency Domain Design Conditions for Robust Direct Model Reference Adaptive Controllers, American Control Conference, June 1997, Albuquerque, NM.
   
• H. Kaufman, J. Kozura, K. Thayer, and S. Ozcelik, Animated Emulations for Illustrating Adaptive Control Principles, American Control Conference, June 1997, Albuquerque, NM.
   
• S. Ozcelik, J. De Marchi, H. Kaufman, and K. Craig, Control of an Inverted Pendulum Using Direct Model Reference Adaptive Control, IFAC Conference on Control of Industrial Systems, May 1997, Belfort, France.
   
• S. Ozcelik, H. Kaufman, S. Azadi, Design of Robust Feedforward Compensators for Direct Model Reference Adaptive Controllers, IFAC, June 1996, San Francisco, CA.
   
• S. Ozcelik, H. Kaufman, Robust Direct Model Reference Adaptive Controllers, 34th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, December 1995, New Orleans, LA.