Assoc. Prof. Levi DeVries
Associate Professor
Office: Hopper Hall 231
Email: devries@usna.edu
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Research Interests
Dynamics and Control Theory, Mobile Robotics, Multi-Agent Systems
Education & Training
- Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering, University of Maryland College Park, 2014
- M.S. in Aerospace Engineering, University of Maryland College Park, 2012
- B.A. in Physics, Mathematics, Concordia College, 2009
Professional Experience
- Associate Professor, Department of Weapons, Robotics, and Control Engineering, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD, August 2019 – Present
- Assistant Professor, Department of Weapons, Robotics, and Control Engineering, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD, August 2014 – August 2019
Professional Memberships and Qualifications
- IEEE Member
- ASME Member
Professional Memberships and Qualifications
- Associate Editor - ASME Letters in Dynamic Systems and Control
- UAS Coordinator - AY17 - Present
- Surface and Underwater Robotics Facility (SURF) Director - AY20 - Present
- Hopper Hall SURF Design Committee, 2016 - 2019
Honors and Awards
- Raouf Ali Raouf Award for excellence in teaching engineering, 2018
Significant Publications
- L. DeVries, M. D.M. Kutzer, R. Richmond, and A. Bass, “Hull Shape Actuation for Speed Regulation in an Underwater Vehicle”, ASME Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics, vol.12, no. 1, Feb. 2020.
- J. Dawkins and L. DeVries, “Modeling, Steady Flight Analysis, and Trajectory Control of a Micro-Quadrotor with Wings”, Drones, 2(2) 21, 2018.
- L. DeVries, A. Sims, and M. D.M. Kutzer, “Kernel Design and Distributed, Self-triggered Control for Coordination of Autonomous Multi-agent Configurations”, Robotica, 1-21, 2018.
- M.D. Kutzer, L.D. DeVries, and C.D. Blas, “Part Monitoring and Quality Assessment of Conformal Additive Manufacturing using Image Reconstruction” in Proceedings of the ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conference & Computers and Information Engineering Conference (IDETC/CIE), August 2018.
- L. DeVries, M.D.M. Kutzer, R. Richmond, and A. Bass, “Design, Modeling, and Experimental Drag Characterization of a Bio-inspired, Shape-adapting Underwater Vehicle”, in Proceedings of the ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conference & Computers and Information Engineering Conference (IDETC/CIE), August 2018.
- L. DeVries, and J.Dawkins, “Multi-vehicle Target Tracking and Formation Control in Non-inertial Reference Frames”, in Proceedings of the American Control Conference (ACC), Milwaukee WI, June, 2018.
- M. D.M. Kutzer and L. DeVries, “Testbed for Multilayer Conformal Additive Manufacturing”, Technologies, Special Issue on Additive Manufacturing Technologies and Applications, 5(2) 25, 2017.
- K. S. Galloway and L. DeVries, “State Observation and Parameter Estimation in Cyclic Pursuit Systems”, in Proc. IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Las Vegas, NV, 2016, pp. 1781-1786.
- L. DeVries and M. D. M. Kutzer, “Kernel design for coordination of autonomous, time-varying multi-agent configurations”, American Control Conference (ACC), Boston, MA, 2016, pp. 1975-1980.
- L. DeVries, D. A. Paley, “Wake Sensing and Estimation for Control of Autonomous Aircraft in Formation Flight”, AIAA J. Guidance, Control, and Dynamics. 39(1) 32-41, 2016.
- L. DeVries, F. D. Lagor, H. Lei, X. Tan, and D. A. Paley, “Distributed flow estimation and closed-loop control of an underwater vehicle with a multi-modal artificial lateral line”, Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, 10(2):025002, 2015.
- L. DeVries and D. A. Paley, “Multivehicle control in a strong flowfield with application to hurricane sampling”, AIAA J. Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 35(3), pp. 794–806, 2012.
