Dr. Doug Lawrence, Ph.D.

Dr. Douglas Lawrence joined the Ohio University faculty in 1991. He teaches and researches systems and control theory with application to aerospace control systems.

Dr. Lawrence’s current research focuses on nonlinear and hybrid systems theory with application to the design of complex hierarchical control systems for aerospace applications and on modeling of complex aerodynamic flow phenomena with application to the design of active flow control systems.

From 1992 to 1993, Dr. Lawrence participated in the NASA-sponsored controller redesign study for the Hubble Space Telescope. He has consulted for Austral Engineering & Software Inc. on an Air Force-sponsored Phase II SBIR contract involving wind tunnel testing and aerodynamic modeling for the X-45A UCAV developed by Boeing under the DARPA/Air Force UCAV Advanced Technology Demonstration program. Dr. Lawrence was the technical lead on a NASA contract under the Space Launch Initiative program responsible for the design of a supervisory flight manager for integrated guidance, navigation, and control for reusable launch vehicles.