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Darren M. Dawson was born in 1962, in Macon, Georgia. He received an Associate Degree in Mathematics from Macon Junior College in 1982 and a B.S. Degree in Electrical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1984. He then worked for Westinghouse as a control engineer from 1985 to 1987. In 1987, he returned to the Georgia Institute of Technology where he received the Ph.D. Degree in Electrical Engineering in March 1990. In July 1990, he joined the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Clemson University where he currently holds the position of McQueen Quattlebaum Professor. From 2005 to 2007, he also served as the ECE Department Graduate Coordinator. As of August 2007, he has held the position of ECE Department Chair. Since June 2004, he has served on the Methode Board of Directors in which he currently serves on the Technical Committee and the Compensation Committee. He is a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers and Sigma Xi.

Professor Dawson research interests include: i) Nonlinear Control Techniques for Mechatronic Systems such as Electric Machinery, Robotic Manipulator Systems, Overhead Cranes, Magnetic Bearings, Vision-Based Systems, Mobile Platforms (underwater vehicles, surface ships, satellites, aircraft, etc.) and Mechanical Friction, ii) Boundary Control of Distributed Parameter Systems such as Paper Handling/Textile Machines, Flexible Beams/Robots/Rotors, Acoustic Noise, and Cable Structures, iii) Robust and Adaptive Control of Uncertain Nonlinear Systems, iv) Partial State Feedback and Output Feedback Control Techniques and v) Realtime Hardware and Software Systems for Control Implementation.

Dr. Dawson has authored and/or co-authored one graduate textbook, five research monographs, four book chapters, over 165 journal papers, and over 300 conference papers. His research group has presented over 300 talks at national/international conferences, universities and workshops. Professor Dawson has directed 32 completed Ph.D. dissertations and 51 completed master's theses.

Dr. Dawson has served the control and robotics community   in the following capacities: Past Associate Editor, IEEE    Transactions on Control System Technology, Past Associate Editor Automatica, The International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC) Journal, Served on the International Program Committee for the Symposium on Implicit and Nonlinear Systems, 1992, the International Program Committee for the 3rd IEEE Mediterranean Symposium on New Directions in Control and Automation, the International Program Committee for the 4th IEEE Mediterranean Symposium on New Directions in Control and Automation, and is presently serving on the International Program Committee for the 7th IEEE Conference on Control Application, 1998. Dr. Dawson's work has been recognized by several awards including the National Science Foundation Research Initiation Award in 1991, the NCR Undergraduate Teaching Award in 1992, the Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award in 1994, the National Science Foundation Young Investigator Award in 1994, the McQueen-Quattlebaum Faculty Achievement Award in 1994, the Georgia Institute of Technology Council of Outstanding Young Engineering Alumni Award in 1995, the Sigma Xi Excellence in Research Award in 1995, the Clemson University Provost's Award for Scholarly Achievement, 1997, the Clemson University Alumni Award for Outstanding Achievement in Research, 1997, the Centennial Professorship, 2000, the Murray Stokely Award for Excellence in Teaching Award in 2003, and the COES Collaborative Research Award in 2007. In 2001, Professor Dawson was selected for the endowed position: McQueenQuattlebaum Professor.