Conference Publications and Presentations:

1. Haefner, A.C., Jones, T.L., Taylor-Storm, L.W., Pangborn, H.C., and Cole, J.A., “Manufacturing, and Flight Test of a Capstan Driven Variable Span Morphing Wing sUAS,” AIAA SciTech, 2026.
2. Narri, V., Glunt, J.J., Robbins, J.A., Mårtensson, J., Pangborn, H.C., and Johansson, K.H., "Shared Situational Awareness Using Hybrid Zonotopes with Confidence Metric," 2025. [arXiv]
3. Li, H., Pangborn, H.C., and Kovalenko, I., “Bi-Level Model Predictive Control for Energy-Aware Integrated Product Pricing and Production Scheduling,” Modeling, Estimation and Control Conference, 2025. (finalist for Best Student Paper Award)
4. Harnett, S.J., Pentzer, J., Pangborn, H.C., Reichard, K., and Brennan, S., "Vector-Based Estimation of Corridor Width Via the Visibility Graph to Mitigate the Effect of Obstacle Uncertainty on Path Cost," Modeling, Estimation and Control Conference, 2025.
5. Sichlau, J., Morsy, A., Bowen, J., and Pangborn, H.C., "Hierarchical Model Predictive Control for Microgrids Integrating Gas Turbine Engines and Batteries," Modeling, Estimation and Control Conference, 2025.*
6. Robbins, J.A., Harnett, S.J. , Thompson, A.F., Brennan, S., and Pangborn H.C., "Integration of a Graph-Based Path Planner and Mixed-Integer MPC for Robot Navigation in Cluttered Environments," Modeling, Estimation and Control Conference, 2025. [Video]
7. Li., Y., Robbins, J.A., Manogharan, G., Pangborn, HC., and Kovalenko, I., “A Model Predictive Control Framework to Enhance Safety and Quality in Mobile Additive Manufacturing Systems,” IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering, 2025.
8. Li, H., Pangborn, H.C., and Kovalenko, I., “Energy-Aware Model Predictive Control for Batch Manufacturing System Scheduling Under Different Electricity Pricing Strategies,” IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering, 2025.
9. Glunt, J.J., Siefert, J.A., Thompson, A.F., Ruths, J., and Pangborn, H.C., "Automated Functional Decomposition for Hybrid Zonotope Over-approximations with Application to LSTM Networks," American Control Conference, 2025.
10. Robbins, J.A., Thompson, A.F., Brennan, S., and Pangborn H.C., "Energy-Aware Predictive Motion Planning for Autonomous Vehicles Using a Hybrid Zonotope Constraint Representation," American Control Conference, 2025.* [Video] (recipient of ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division Energy Systems Technical Committee Best Paper Award)
11. Chen, J., Glunt, J.J., Koeln, J., Pangborn, H.C., and Ruths, J., "Lipschitz Constants of Hybrid Zonotope Representations of Feedforward Neural Networks, " American Control Conference, 2025.
12. Thompson, A.F., Robbins, J.A., Boler, M.E., and Pangborn, H.C., "Mixed-Integer Moving Horizon Estimation for Terrain-Aided Navigation Using Hybrid Zonotopes," IEEE/ION Position, Location and Navigation Symposium, 2025.
13. VanLandingham, A, Hall D.K., and Pangborn, H.C., "Subscale Emulation of Full-Scale Hybrid Electric Aircraft Powertrains," IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference & Expo + Electric Aircraft Technologies Symposium, 2025.
14. Robbins, J.A., Brennan, S.B., and Pangborn, H.C., Efficient Solution of Mixed-Integer MPC Problems for Obstacle Avoidance Using Hybrid Zonotopes,” IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2024.*
15. Ahuja, N., Bhaskar, K., Martin, J.D., Rahn C.D., and Pangborn, H.C., MPC-based Real-time Energy Management of Freight Hybrid Locomotives,” Modeling, Estimation and Control Conference, 2024.* (finalist for ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division Energy Systems Technical Committee Best Paper Award)
16. Harnett, S.J., Brennan, S., Pangborn, H.C., Pentzer, J., and Reichard, K., "Identifying and Mitigating the Challenges with Vehicle Path Planning in the Presence of Dynamic Obstacles," Ground Vehicle Systems Engineering and Technology Symposium, 2024.
17. Koeln, J.K., Bird, T.J., Siefert, J.A., Ruths, J., Pangborn, H.C., and Jain, N., "zonoLAB: A MATLAB toolbox for set-based control systems analysis using hybrid zonotopes," American Control Conference, 2024.* [GIT]
18. Bird, T.J., Siefert, J.A., Pangborn, H.C., and Jain, N., "A Set-based Approach for Robust Control Co-design," American Control Conference, 2024.*
19. Park, S. and Pangborn, H.C., "Multi-Timescale System Separation Via Data-Driven Identification within a Singular Perturbation Framework," American Control Conference, 2024.
20. Glunt, J.J., Siefert, J.A., Thompson, A.F., and Pangborn, H.C., “Error Bounds for Compositions of Piecewise Affine Approximations,” IFAC Conference on Analysis and Design of Hybrid Systems, 2024.
21. Siefert, J.A., Thompson, A.F., Glunt, J.J., and Pangborn, H.C., "Set-valued State Estimation Using Hybrid Zonotopes,"  IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2023.
22. Lu, Z., Pangborn, H.C., and Fitzsimons, K., “Developing an Affordable Multi-course Electronics Kit for Increased Software and Mechatronic Literacy in Mechanical Engineering,” American Society for Engineering Education Zone 1 Conference, 2023.
23. Glunt, J.J., Siefert, J.A., Pangborn, H.C., and Brennan, S.B., "Challenges in Integrating Low-level Path Following and High-level Path Planning Over Polytopic Maps," Modeling, Estimation and Control Conference, 2023.*
24. Li, H., Pangborn, H.C., and Kovalenko, I., “A System-level Energy Efficient Digital Twin Framework for Runtime Control of Batch Manufacturing Processes,” IEEE 19th International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering, 2023.
25. Lord, J., Mohamed, A., Hasan, M.S., Najem, J., and Pangborn, H.C., "Optimization of Neuron-Inspired Biomolecular Neuristor Action Potentials," ASME Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures, and Intelligent Systems, 2023.
26. Park, S. and Pangborn, H.C., “Lifted Graph-based Modeling for Linear Predictive Control of Nonlinear Energy Systems,” IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications, 2023.*
27. Thompson, A.F., Iezzi A.J., Pangborn, H.C., Madabhushi, R.K., and Atassi, O.V., “Combined Design and Open-loop Control Optimization for Propulsion, Power, and Thermal Management of Hybrid-electric Aircraft,” IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications, 2023.*
28. Yu, Y., Park, S., Huang, D., and Pangborn, H.C., “Towards Automated Timescale Decomposition for Graph-based Hierarchical Control of Electrified Aircraft Systems,” AIAA Aviation, 2023. [PDF]
29. Siefert, J.A., Bird, T.J., Koeln, J.P., Jain, N., and Pangborn, H.C., “Successor Sets of Discrete-time Nonlinear Systems Using Hybrid Zonotopes,” American Control Conference, 2023. [PDF] [Video]
30. Park, S. and Pangborn, H.C., “Noncausal Lifting Linearization for Nonlinear Dynamic Systems Under Model Predictive Control,” IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2022. [PDF] [Video]
31. Bird, T.J., Jain, N., Pangborn, H.C., and Koeln, J.P., “Set-Based Reachability and the Explicit Solution of Linear MPC using Hybrid Zonotopes,” American Control Conference, June 2022. [PDF] (recipient of ACC 2022 Student Best Paper Award)
32. Park, S. and Pangborn, H.C., “Power and Thermal Management with Battery Degradation for Hybrid Electric Vehicles,” IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications, August 2021.* [PDF] [Video]
33. De Castro, R., Pereira, H., Araujo, R.E., Barreras, J.V., and Pangborn, H.C., “Multi-Layer Control for Hybrid Balancing Systems,” IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications, August 2021.* [PDF] [Video]
    
34. Nash, A.L., Pangborn, H.C., and Jain, N., "Robust Control Co-Design with Receding-horizon MPC," American Control Conference, May 2021.* [PDF] [Video]
35. Pangborn, H.C., Laird, C.E., and Alleyne, A.G., "Hierarchical Hybrid MPC for Management of Distributed Phase Change Thermal Energy Storage Under Pulsed Loading," American Control Conference, July 2020.* [PDF] [Video]
36. Pangborn, H.C. and Alleyne, A.G., “Cooperativity and Hierarchical MPC of State-Constrained Switched Power Flow Systems,” American Control Conference, July 2019.* [PDF] (recipient of ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division Energy Systems Technical Committee Best Paper Award)
37. Tannous, P.J., Docimo, D.J., Pangborn, H.C., and Alleyne, A.G., “Hierarchical Estimation for Complex Multi-Domain Dynamical Systems,” American Control Conference, July 2019.* [PDF]
    
38. Pangborn, H.C., Koeln, J.P. and Alleyne, A.G., “Passivity and Decentralized MPC of Switched Graph-Based Power Flow Systems,” American Control Conference, June 2018. [PDF] [Presentation]
    
39. Docimo, D.J., Pangborn, H.C., and Alleyne, A.G., “Hierarchical Control for Electro-Thermal Power Management of an Electric Vehicle Powertrain,” ASME 2018 Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, 2018. [PDF]
    
40. Peddada, S.R.T., Herber, D.R., Pangborn, H.C., Alleyne A.G., and Allison J.T., “Optimal Flow Control and Single Split Architecture Exploration for Fluid-Based Thermal Management,” ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences, August 2018. [PDF]
    
41. Pangborn, H.C., Williams, M.A., Koeln, J.P. and Alleyne, A.G., “Graph-Based Hierarchical Control of Thermal Fluid Power Flow Systems,” American Control Conference, May 2017. [PDF]
    
42. Koeln, J.P., Williams, M.A., Pangborn, H.C., and Alleyne, A.G., “Experimental Validation of Graph-Based Modeling for Thermal Fluid Power Flow Systems,” ASME 2016 Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, October 2016. [PDF]
    
43. Pangborn, H.C., Hey, J.E., Deppen, T.O., Alleyne, A.G., and Fisher, T.S., “Hardware-in-the-Loop Validation of Advanced Fuel Thermal Management Control,” 46th AIAA Thermophysics Conference, June 2016. [PDF]
    
44. Pangborn, H. and Alleyne, A.G., “Switched Linear Control of Vapor Compression Systems Under Highly Transient Conditions,” American Control Conference, July 2016.* [PDF]
    
45. Pangborn, H. and Alleyne, A.G., “Dynamic Modeling of Heat Exchangers with Humidity and Condensation,” ASME 2015 Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, October 2015. [PDF]
    
46. Pangborn, H., Brennan, S., and Reichard, K., “Development and Applications of a Robot Tracking System for NIST Test Methods,” Systems and Information Engineering Design Symposium,Charlottesville, VA, April 26, 2013. [PDF]

*invited paper

Theses:

1. Proulx, C., “Developing a Reconfigurable Testbed for Hybrid-electric Aircraft Powertrains," Undergraduate Honors Thesis, The Pennsylvania State University, April 2025.
2. Williams, M.A., "Dynamic Graph-based Modeling and Predictive Control of Waste Heat Recovery Cycles for Hybrid Aircraft," M.S. Thesis, The Pennsylvania State University, March 2025.
3. Siefert, J.A., "Reachability Analysis of Nonlinear and Hybrid Systems Using Hybrid Zonotopes and Graphs of Functions," Ph.D. Dissertation, The Pennsylvania State University, December 2023.
4. Dunford, C., “Development of a Scaled Experimental Testbed for Hybrid Electric Aircraft," Undergraduate Honors Thesis, The Pennsylvania State University, April 2023.
5. Iezzi, A., “Integrated Modeling and Optimization of Hybrid-Electric Aircraft Power and Thermal Management Systems," M.S. Thesis, Department of Mechanical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, August 2022.
6. Glunt, J., “Design of Arduino Instrumentation for a Thermal Management Testbed,” Undergraduate Honors Thesis, Department of Mechanical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, April 2022.
7. Pangborn, H.C., “Hierarchical Control for Multi-Domain Coordination of Vehicle Energy Systems with Switched Dynamics,” Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2019. [PDF]
   
8. Pangborn, H., “Dynamic Modeling, Validation, and Control for Vapor Compression Systems,” M.S. Thesis, Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, July 2015. [PDF]
   
9. Pangborn, H., “Development and Applications of a Robot Tracking System for NIST Test Methods,” Undergraduate Honors Thesis, Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, May 2013. [PDF]