Herschel Pangborn is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Aerospace Engineering at The Pennsylvania State University, and the Principal Investigator of the Pangborn Advanced Controls Lab. His research focuses on model predictive control, optimization, and set-based verification of dynamic systems, including electro-thermal systems in vehicles, buildings, and power grids.
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Hierarchical Model Predictive Control for Energy-Aware Scheduling of Digital Twin-Based Batch Manufacturing Systems
Li, H., Pangborn, H. C. & Kovalenko, I., 2026, In: IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering. 23, p. 291-305 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Sharp Hybrid Zonotopes: Set Operations and the Reformulation-Linearization Technique
Glunt, J. J., Robbins, J. A., Siefert, J. A., Silvestre, D. & Pangborn, H. C., 2025, In: IEEE Control Systems Letters. 9, p. 1802-1807 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Set-Based Robust Control Co-Design: Application to a Hybrid Thermal Management System
Gulewicz, D., Bird, T. J., Pangborn, H. C. & Jain, N., Jul 1 2025, In: ASME Letters in Dynamic Systems and Control. 5, 3, 030904.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Vector-based Estimation of Corridor Width via the Visibility Graph to Mitigate the Effect of Obstacle Uncertainty on Path Cost
Harnett, S. J., Pentzer, J. L., Pangborn, H. C., Reichard, K. M. & Brennan, S. B., Oct 1 2025, In: IFAC-PapersOnLine. 59, 30, p. 1036-1041 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference article › peer-review
Bi-level Model Predictive Control for Energy-aware Integrated Product Pricing and Production Scheduling
Li, H., Pangborn, H. C. & Kovalenko, I., Oct 1 2025, In: IFAC-PapersOnLine. 59, 30, p. 665-670 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference article › peer-review
Integration of a Graph-Based Path Planner and Mixed-Integer MPC for Robot Navigation in Cluttered Environments
Robbins, J. A., Harnett, S. J., Thompson, A. F., Brennan, S. N. & Pangborn, H. C., Oct 1 2025, In: IFAC-PapersOnLine. 59, 30, p. 1024-1029 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference article › peer-review
Hierarchical Model Predictive Control for Microgrids Integrating Gas Turbine Engines and Batteries
Sichlau, J., Morsy, A. M., Bowen, J. S. & Pangborn, H. C., Oct 1 2025, In: IFAC-PapersOnLine. 59, 30, p. 413-418 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference article › peer-review
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, In: IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. 70, 7, p. 4671-4686 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
MPC-Based Real-time Energy Management of Freight Hybrid Locomotives
Ahuja, N., Bhaskar, K., Martin, J. D., Rahn, C. D. & Pangborn, H. C., Oct 1 2024, In: IFAC-PapersOnLine. 58, 28, p. 648-653 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference 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