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Herschel Pangborn

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hxp5027@psu.edu
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(814) 867-3293

Reber Bulding
University Park, PA 16802

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IEE Research Themes
Integrated Energy Systems
Equitable Communities and the Built Environment
Affiliate Researcher
Titles and Affiliations
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering

Research Summary

Dynamic modeling, design, and control of vehicle and building energy systems, including predictive hierarchical control frameworks that coordinate decision-making across multiple systems, timescales, and energy domains with the goal of improving their performance, efficiency, and sustainability.

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Research Keywords

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Predictive Control Model
Hierarchical Control
Thermal Management System
Thermal Management
Zonotopes
Model Predictive Control
Graph-based
Power Flow
Flow System
Numerical Example
Reachability
Control Approach
Closed Loop
Non-Linear Dynamic
Reachability Analysis
Vapor Compression System
Power Management
Energy Domain
Reachable Set
Thermal Fluid

Projects

Cooling tower HVAC equipment on the roof of a building
Additive Manufacturing of Elastocaloric Cooling Shape Memory Alloy: From Materials and Device Fabrication to System-Level Analysis for High-Performance Buildings

Recent Publications

Reachability Analysis Using Hybrid Zonotopes and Functional Decomposition

Siefert, J. A., Bird, T. J., Thompson, A. F., Glunt, J. J., Koeln, J. P., Jain, N. & Pangborn, H. C., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Special Issue on Energy in Smart Infrastructures: Storage and Utilizations

Dey, S., Docimo, D., Shi, Y. & Pangborn, H., Jan 1 2024, In: Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control, Transactions of the ASME. 146, 1, 010301.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review

Error Bounds for Compositions of Piecewise affine Approximations

Glunt, J. J., Siefert, J. A., Thompson, A. F. & Pangborn, H. C., Jul 1 2024, In: IFAC-PapersOnLine. 58, 11, p. 43-50 8 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference article › peer-review

Identifying and Mitigating the Challenges with Vehicle Path Planning in the Presence of Dynamic Obstacles

Harnett, S. J., Brennan, S., Pangborn, H. C., Pentzer, J. & Reichard, K., Sep 16 2024, In: SAE Technical Papers.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference article › peer-review

Hierarchical Predictive Control of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Integrated Power, Propulsion, and Thermal Management System

Aksland, C. T., Tannous, P. J., Wagenmaker, M. J., Pangborn, H. C. & Alleyne, A. G., May 1 2023, In: IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology. 31, 3, p. 1280-1295 16 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Hybrid zonotopes: A new set representation for reachability analysis of mixed logical dynamical systems

Bird, T. J., Pangborn, H. C., Jain, N. & Koeln, J. P., Aug 2023, In: Automatica. 154, 111107.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Robust Successor and Precursor Sets of Hybrid Systems Using Hybrid Zonotopes

Siefert, J. A., Bird, T. J., Koeln, J. P., Jain, N. & Pangborn, H. C., 2023, In: IEEE Control Systems Letters. 7, p. 355-360 6 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

qTSL: A Multilayer Control Framework for Managing Capacity, Temperature, Stress, and Losses in Hybrid Balancing Systems

De Castro, R., Pereira, H., Araujo, R. E., Barreras, J. V. & Pangborn, H. C., May 1 2022, In: IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology. 30, 3, p. 1228-1243 16 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Discrete Reachability Analysis with Bounded Error Sets

Siefert, J. A., Leister, D. D., Koeln, J. P. & Pangborn, H. C., 2022, In: IEEE Control Systems Letters. 6, p. 1694-1699 6 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Distributed and localized cooling with thermoelectrics

Snyder, G. J., LeBlanc, S., Crane, D., Pangborn, H., Forest, C. E., Rattner, A., Borgsmiller, L. & Priya, S., Apr 21 2021, In: Joule. 5, 4, p. 748-751 4 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Hierarchical Control of Aircraft Electro-Thermal Systems

Koeln, J. P., Pangborn, H. C., Williams, M. A., Kawamura, M. L. & Alleyne, A. G., Jul 2020, In: IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology. 28, 4, p. 1218-1232 15 p., 8689055.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Optimal flow control and single split architecture exploration for fluid-based thermal management

Peddada, S. R. T., Herber, D. R., Pangborn, H. C., Alleyne, A. G. & Allison, J. T., Aug 1 2019, In: Journal of Mechanical Design. 141, 8, 083401.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Experimental validation of graph-based hierarchical control for thermal management

Pangborn, H. C., Koeln, J. P., Williams, M. A. & Alleyne, A. G., Oct 1 2018, In: Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control, Transactions of the ASME. 140, 10, 101016.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Dynamical Graph Models of Aircraft Electrical, Thermal, and Turbomachinery Components

Williams, M. A., Koeln, J. P., Pangborn, H. C. & Allenye, A. G., Apr 1 2018, In: Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control, Transactions of the ASME. 140, 4, 0410131.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Hardware-in-the-loop validation of advanced fuel thermal management control

Pangborn, H. C., Hey, J. E., Deppen, T. O., Alleyne, A. G. & Fisher, T. S., Oct 1 2017, In: Journal of thermophysics and heat transfer. 31, 4, p. 901-909 9 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review