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Charles D. McCurry

Assistant Professor

EDUCATION
Tennessee State University, Nashville, TN, USA
PhD, Computer and Information Systems Engineering December 2011
Dissertation: "Distributed Control Methodology for Cooperation of Systems
of Systems"
ME, Electrical and Computer Engineering August 2005
       Thesis: "Decoupled Control System for an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle"
BS, Electrical and Computer Engineering December 1995

RESEARCH INTEREST 
Human and Machine Teaming, Cyber-Human Systems, Human and System Integration
Data Fusion, Decision-Making Architectures, Control and Intelligent Control Systems
Computational Intelligence Applications (Fuzzy Logic, Artificial Neural Networks, Swarm, Intelligence & Evolutionary Computing), System Engineering Design

TEACHING EXPERIENCE 
Undergraduate
EECE 4020         Introduction to Robotics
ENGR 4201        Fundamentals of Engineering (EE FE Exam Prep)
EECE 4000         Control Systems
EECE 4001         Control Systems Lab
EECE 3500         Communication Systems
ENGR 1020        Freshman Engineering Seminar
ENGR 2230        Engineering Programming
ENGR 3250        Introduction to System Engineering


Graduate 
CISE 5040        System Engineering
CISE 5900        System Engineering Design
CISE 5905        Master of Science Thesis I
CISE 5906        Master of Science Thesis II
CISE 5300        Fundamentals of Robotics


RESEARCH PROPOSALS AND GRANTS

• (CO-PI) "Distributed Control System Management of Turbine Engines under Communication Network Constraints," Boeing, January 2016 – December 2016, ($100K)
• (CO-PI) "Advanced Design and Optimization of Intelligent Autonomous Fleet Systems," NSF HBCU Research Infrastructure for Science and Engineering (HBCU-RISE) January 2017, $999,479 (non-funded)
• (PI) "Engineering Systems Research Laboratory (ESRL) for Cyber-Physical and Human Systems Applications," NSF HBCU Research Infrastructure for Science and Engineering (HBCU-RISE) March 2018, $499,867 (non-funded)
• (PI) "A Multi-Modular Sensor Fusion and Decision-Making Approach For Cyber-Human Systems, " SCEEE Development Fund Grants program, May 2018, $25,500 (non-funded)
• (PI) "Academic Enhancement of Electrical and Computer Engineering Program at Tennessee State University through Internet of Things (IoT) Research and Integrated Learning Environment," NSF HBCU-UP Targeted Infusion Project (HBCU-TIP) November 2018, $399,170 (Pending)

PUBLICATIONS

• C. D. McCurry and M. S. Zein-Sabatto,“Decoupled Control System for an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle,” 8^th IASTED International Conference on Intelligent Systems and Controls, October, 2005.
• J. Feng, C. D. McCurry and M. S. Zein-Sabatto,“Design of an Integrated Environment for Operation and Control of Robotic Arms,” 2008 IEEE SOUTHEASTCON, April, 2008.
• C. D. McCurry, R. Mgaya and M. S.  Zein-Sabatto,“Fuzzy Decision-making in Turbine Engine Controls,” 2009 IEEE SOUTHEASTCON, April, 2009.
• C. D. McCurry, R. Mgaya and M. S.  Zein-Sabatto,“Intelligent Methodology for Turbine Engine Diagnosis and Health Management,”2009 IEEE SOUTHEASTCON, April, 2009.
• C. D. McCurry and M. S. Zein-Sabatto,“System Assessment and Distributed Control System Architecture,” 2011 IEEE SOUTHEASTCON, March, 2011.
• M. M. Derriso, C. D. McCurry and M. P. DeSimio, “Global Workspace Theory Inspired Architecture for Autonomous Structural Health Monitoring,” 2012 IEEE NAECON, August, 2012.
• M. M. Derriso, C. D. McCurry, C. M. Schubert Kabban, S. E. Olson, and M. P. DeSimio, “Industrial Age NDE to Information Age SHM,” Keynote at 9^th International Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring, August, 2013.
• C. D. McCurry, M. P. DeSimio, M. M. Derriso, R. S. Burns, J. B. Schroeder, A. Ngo, and T. Pamphile, “Integrated Systems Health Management (ISHM) for Increased Autonomy,” AIAA Infotech@Aerospace Conference, August, 2013.
• M. M. Derriso, C. D. McCurry C. M. Schubert Kabban, S. E. Olson, and M. P. DeSimio, “Industrial Age NDE to Information Age SHM,” Invited Paper Structural Health Monitoring Special Edition, April 2014.
• M. M. Derriso, C. D. McCurry and C. M. Schubert Kabban, “SHM Technologies for Effective and Efficient Aircraft Operations,” Structural Health Monitoring in Aerospace Structures, Woodhead Publishing, 2016.
• Saleh Zein-Sabatto, Mohammed Bodruzzaman, Charles McCurry, and Alireza R. Behbahani. "Reconfigurable Distributed Control Systems for Turbine Engine Operation Uncertainties", 52nd AIAA/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference, AIAA Propulsion and Energy Forum, (AIAA 2016-4808), July 2016.
• Saleh Zein-Sabatto, Charles McCurry, Kevin E. Terrell, and Alireza R. Behbahani. "Integrated Control System for Airframe and Propulsion Dynamics of Aircrafts", 53rd AIAA/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference, AIAA Propulsion and Energy Forum, (AIAA 2017-4788), July 2017.
• “Multi-Attribute Task Battery for Human-Machine Teaming,” Mohammed I. Thanoon, M. Saleh Zein-Sabatto, and Charles D. McCurry,  Int'l Conf. on Advances on Applied Cognitive Computing, ACC'17,  July 2017.
• Mohammed I. Thanoon, M. Saleh Zein-Sabatto, and Charles D. McCurry, “A Multi-Modular Sensor Fusion and Decision-Making Approach for Human-Machine Teaming,” IEEE National Aerospace & Electronics Conference (NAECON), July 2018.
• Anthony Wadsworth, Mohammad Thanoon, Charles McCurry and Saleh Zein Sabatto, “Development of IIoT Monitoring and Control Security Scheme for Cyber Physical Systems,” 2019 IEEE SOUTHEASTCON, April, 2019.

PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS, LECTURES, SEMINARS, ETC.

• “Decoupled Control System for an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle,” 8^th IASTED International Conference on Intelligent Systems and Controls, Boston, MA, October, 2005.
•  “Fuzzy Decision-making in Turbine Engine Controls,” 2009 IEEE SOUTHEASTCON, Atlanta, GA, April, 2009.
•  “System Assessment and Distributed Control System Architecture,” 2011 IEEE SOUTHEASTCON, Nashville, TN, March, 2011.
• “Global Workspace Theory Inspired Architecture for Autonomous Structural Health Monitoring,” 2012 IEEE NAECON, Dayton, OH, August, 2012.
• “Integrated Systems Health Management (ISHM) for Increased Autonomy,” AIAA Infotech@Aerospace Conference, Boston, MA, August, 2013.
•  “Overview of Past and Current Research,” Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC), Crane, Indiana, November 2016.
• “Feedback Control Methodologies to Include Humans in the Loop Air Force Research Laboratory Tennessee State University and Vanderbilt Research Visit, Nashville TN, February 2017.

CONFERENCE SESSION CHAIRS

• 2011 IEEE SOUTHEASTCON, March, 2011
• Session Chair 2012 IEEE NAECON, Dayton, OH, August, 2012
• Turbine Engine Technology Symposium (TETS), Dayton, OH, 2012
• AIAA Infotech@Aerospace Conference, Los Angeles, CA, August, 2013. 

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS/ ACTIVITIES

• Member International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE)
  • INCOSE Huntsville Regional Chapter, Board of Directors, Academic Representative 2018
  • Chapter Advisor, Tennessee State University INCOSE Student Division Chapter, 2017 - Present
• Member IEEE
  • Chapter Advisor, Tennessee State University IEEE Student Chapter, 2017 – Present
  • Chapter Advisor, Tennessee State University Eta Kappa NU Student Chapter, 2017 – Present
  • IEEE Computational Intelligence Society
• Member Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc.,
  • Chapter Advisor, Tennessee State University, Student Chapter, 2016 – Present
• Tennessee State University
  • ECE Department Committees
    • ABET
    • Curriculum & Innovation
    • Search & Hiring
    • Recruitment & Outreach

• College of Engineering
  • Recruitment and Retention

• University
  • Graduate School Council Representative 2017-2020

PROFESSIONAL WORKSHOPS AND TRAINING
Center for Responsive Evaluation and Assessment (CREA) NSF Workshop, Chicago, Illinois, September 2017

CERTIFICATIONS
INCOSE Associated System Engineering Professional (ASEP) 

STUDENT ADVISING

• Undergraduate Capstone (9 Total)
  • Adam E. Marshall, “The Design of an Automated Red Light Detection System for Vehicles,” December 2016
  • Nawaf Aldehaim, “Design of a Vehicle Infant Alert System,” December 2017
  • Aqeel Alalawi, “ Design of a Smart Home Keyless Entry System,” May 2018
  • Moath Al-Harbi, “Design of an Intelligent Home Fire Detection System,” May 2018
  • Netra Dahal, “The Design of an Artificial Intelligent Control System for a Wind Turbine,” May 2018
  • Omar Alsharari, “Design of a Smart Watering System,” May 2018
  • Abanoub Eshak, “Design of a Controller for Automated Window Blinds,” December 2018
  • Abanoub Halem, “Design of an Alert System for Drowsy Drivers,”  May 2019
  • Mohammed Alrageeb, “Design of Class Attendance System Using Facial Recognition,”  May 2019
• Master Thesis
  • Waled M. Tayib, “Machine Learning as a Service Using Apache Spark,” August 2016 (Committee Member)
  • Maher Alsharari, “The Design of an Autonomous Efficient Whole-Home Heating and Cooling System,” May 2017 (Advisor)
  • Deepthi Naidu Padrithi, ”Risk Assessment of Android Malware Using Machine Learning,” October 2017 (Committee Member)
  • Smriti Shukla, “Security Aware Virtual Machine Placement in a Cloud,” December 2017 (Committee Member)
  • Sabah Mohammed Alzahrani, “Detection Of Distributed Denial Of Service (DDOS) Attacks Using Artificial Neural Networks On Cloud,” August 2018 (Committee Member)
  • Akinwunmi Joaquim “Development of a Flexible Piezoelectric Materials Platform Based on PVDF Nanocomposites for Microsensor Applications,”  December 2018 (Committee Member)
  • Yuanyuan Zhou, “Numerical Study of High-speed Capsular Vehicles Toward Operational Control,” May 2019 (Committee Member)
• Doctoral Dissertation
  • Paul McNeil, “SCREDENT: Scalable Real-time Anomalies Detection and Modification of Targeted Malware in Smartphones,’ August 2016 (Committee Member)
  • Kevin E. Terrell, “Development of an Intelligent Control System for Integrated Airframe-Propulsion Control of Aircraft,” May 2018  (Committee Member)
  • Adrian Parker, “Comparative Analysis of Polyvinylidene Fluoride in the Development Of Embedded Sensors And Smart Separators for Lithium Ion Batteries,” May 2018 (Committee Member)
  • Mohammed I. Thanoon, “A Systems Development for Enhancement of Human-Machine Teaming,” May 2019  (Committee Member)
  • Esther Amullen, “ Distributed Framework for Mitigating Malicious Intrusion in Power Grids,“ May 2019  (Committee Member)
  • Laila Almutairi, “Security Risk Assessment of Multiple SDN Controllers using Stochastic Petri Nets,” May 2019  (Committee Member)
  • Bakhita Salman, “Decision Making and Decision Fusion Using Grey Rational Analysis in Layered Sensing Systems,” Expected December 2019  (Committee Member)
    
    
    
    

COMPUTER SKILLS
MATLAB, SIMULINK, MS Office

US DOD CLEARANCE
SECRET – Currently Inactive

REFERENCES
Dr. Mark M. Derriso, Technical Advisor, Air Force   Research Laboratory, Aerospace Systems Directorate, Warfighter Interface Division 711th Human Performance Wing, 2255 H. Street, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433, (937) 255-8769, mark.derriso@us.af.mil
William Fahle, Lead Associate, Booz Allen Hamilton, 1900 Founders Drive, Suite 300,Dayton, OH, 45420 (937) 259-2547, fahle_william@bah.com
Dr. Martin DeSimio, University of Dayton Research Institute, 300 College Park Dayton, OH  45469 (937) 229-5335, martin.desimino.ctr@us.af.mil
Rep. Harold M. Love Jr., 2516 Buchanan Street, Nashville, TN, 37208 (615) 741-3831, rep.harold.love@capitol.tn.gov