Dean B. Edwards Affiliate Faculty Member Professor Mechanical Engineering Department P.O. Box 440902 Moscow, ID 83844-0902 Office Phone: (208) 885-6579 E-Mail Address: dedwards@uidaho.edu Personal Homepage Personal homepages do not reflect the views or opinions of the MRCI. The MRCI claims no responsibility for the contents of, or damage incurred by, personal homepages. Research Interests:      Advanced powertrains for hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs), theory and application of fuzzy logic control systems. Research Projects: Developing Human Embedded Vision Systems with Fuzzy Logic Field Evaluation of a Radio Controlled Log Skidder with Winch Development of a Small Autonomous Skidder Intelligent Control of Nonlinear Dynamic Systems Cooperative Autonomous Underwater Vehicles used to Search Large Ocean Areas for Mines Developing a Vision System for an Autonomous Forest Vehicle BBWI Intelligent Control of Multinodal Systems Decentralized Control of Multiple Autonomous Underwater Vehicles Decentralized Control of Multiple Autonomous Crawlers and Swimmers Advanced Lead Acid Battery Development for Military Vehicles Communication and Control for Fleets of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles BBWI Dev. Intelligent Control Architecture Control Algorithms for Multi Sensor Systems Magnetic Signature Assessment System using Multiple Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) Fabrication of a Fleet of Mini AUVs