Sean Brennan

Affiliate Researcher
Titles and Affiliations
Professor, Mechanical Engineering

Research Summary

Dynamic systems and control with application to automotive systems, robotics, biological sensing, mechatronics, autonomous and human-assisted driving of passenger vehicles at highway speeds, vehicle stability and control, automation with MEMS, and mobile

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Recent Publications

Mixed-Integer MPC-Based Motion Planning Using Hybrid Zonotopes With Tight Relaxations

Robbins, J. A., Siefert, J. A., Brennan, S. & Pangborn, H. C., 2026, (Accepted/In press) In: IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Characterizing the settling time for microscopic simulations of urban traffic for application to CAVs

Bai, W., Lyu, L., Cao, X. & Brennan, S., Oct 1 2025, In: IFAC-PapersOnLine. 59, 30, p. 845-850 6 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalConference articlepeer-review

An Extrema-Based Filtering Method for Road Edge Detection from LiDAR Data

Batchu, A., Cao, X. & Brennan, S., Oct 1 2025, In: IFAC-PapersOnLine. 59, 30, p. 683-688 6 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalConference articlepeer-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 journalConference articlepeer-review

Approximating Infinite Impulse Response Filters with Finite Impulse Response Filters Using Allan Variance

Maddipatla, S. P. & Brennan, S., Oct 1 2025, In: IFAC-PapersOnLine. 59, 30, p. 587-592 6 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalConference articlepeer-review

Performance Analysis and Optimization of Finite Impulse Response Filters Using Allan Variance

Maddipatla, S. P. & Brennan, S., Oct 1 2025, In: IFAC-PapersOnLine. 59, 30, p. 581-586 6 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalConference articlepeer-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 journalConference articlepeer-review

Evaluating C-V2X Performance and Coverage in Work Zones

Sun, Y., Wagh, V., Duncan, S. E., Duverneuil, M., Lee, J., Albright, T. J., Rivers, E. J. & Brennan, S., Oct 1 2025, In: IFAC-PapersOnLine. 59, 30, p. 851-856 6 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalConference articlepeer-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 journalConference articlepeer-review

Mitigating delay due to capacity drop near freeway bottlenecks: Zones of influence of connected vehicles

Jerath, K., Gayah, V. V. & Brennan, S. N., Jun 2024, In: PloS one. 19, 6 June, e0301188.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

An Analytical Method for Finding All Dynamically Admissible Paths Around an Obstacle that Maximize Friction Utilization

Pagan, M. A., Harnett, S. J., Pentzer, J. L., Reichard, K. M. & Brennan, S. N., Oct 1 2024, In: IFAC-PapersOnLine. 58, 28, p. 606-611 6 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalConference articlepeer-review

Boxes-Based Representation and Data Sharing of Road Surface Friction for CAVs

Gao, L., Mitrovich, J., Beal, C., Bai, W., Maddipatla, S. P., Chen, C., Jerath, K., Haeri, H., Sinanaj, L. & Brennan, S., Aug 2023, In: Data Science for Transportation. 5, 2, 9.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Granulation of Large Temporal Databases: An Allan Variance Approach

Sinanaj, L., Haeri, H., Maddipatla, S. P., Gao, L., Pakala, R., Kathiriya, N., Beal, C., Brennan, S., Chen, C. & Jerath, K., Jan 2023, In: SN Computer Science. 4, 1, 7.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Cooperative Exchange-Based Platooning Using Predicted Fuel-Optimal Operation of Heavy-Duty Vehicles

Earnhardt, C., Groelke, B., Borek, J., Pelletier, E., Brennan, S. & Vermillion, C., Oct 1 2022, In: IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems. 23, 10, p. 17312-17324 13 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Vehicle Model Predictive Trajectory Tracking Control with Curvature and Friction Preview

Gao, L., Beal, C., Mitrovich, J. & Brennan, S., 2022, In: IFAC-PapersOnLine. 55, 24, p. 221-226 6 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalConference articlepeer-review