Faculty Profile for Dr. Rick Schieni

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Dr. Rick Schieni
Lecturer — Ingram School of Engineering
IGRM 2203
phone: (512) 245-1826
Scholarly/Creative Work

Biography Section

Biography and Education

 Rick Schieni, Ph.D. is a Lecturer at the Ingram School of Engineering at Texas State University. In 2016, he served as a Teaching Assistant while completing his master’s degree which confirmed his suspicions that he had passion for teaching. This passion led to him becoming the youngest instructor in Middlesex College history when he joined Middlesex in 2018. During his seven years at Middlesex College, Dr. Schieni served as an Instructor, Assistant Professor of Instruction, and Curriculum Coordinator. Additionally, Dr. Schieni taught over ten different courses covering a wide array of topics in both the mechanical engineering and mechanical engineering technology spaces. While working at Middlesex College, Dr. Schieni worked towards his Ph.D. where his research focused on designing control systems for nonlinear dynamical systems subject to state and input constraints. Although Dr. Schieni continues to follow his research interests, teaching remains his top priority where he focuses on building a student-centered learning environment.

Dr. Schieni received his Ph.D. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Rutgers University in 2023. He holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering (2015) and an MS in Mechanical Engineering (2017) which were also earned from Rutgers University in New Jersey. Dr. Schieni is a member of Tau Beta Pi, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), and the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE).

Teaching Interests

 Control Systems Design, Engineering Mechanics, Mechanism and Component Design, Computational Simulation, Robot Modeling and Control, Design and Control of Machinery.

Research Interests

 Control Theory, Nonlinear Dynamics, Robotics, Neural Control Theory, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Aerospace Mechanisms, Bio-Inspired Design.

Selected Scholarly/Creative Work

  • Schieni, R., Malisoff, M., & Burlion, L. (n.d.). Interval Contractor-based Reference Governors for a Class of Uncertain Nonlinear Systems. Automatica.
  • Schieni, R., Modasiya, A., Malisoff, M., & Burlion, L. (2024). Quadrotor Flight Envelope Protection with Trajectory and Yaw Tracking. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 47(12), 2601–2614. https://doi.org/10.2514/1.g008048
  • Schieni, R., Zhao, C., Barreira, J., Malisoff, M., & Burlion, L. (2023). Quadrotor Flight Envelope Protection while Following High-Speed Trajectories: a Reference Governor Approach (p. 1442). https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2023-1442
  • Burlion, L., Schieni, R., & Kolmanovsky, I. V. (2022). A reference governor for linear systems with polynomial constraints. Automatica, 142, 110313. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.automatica.2022.110313
  • Schieni, R., Zhao, C., Malisoff, M., & Burlion, L. (2023). Reference Governor Design in the Presence of Uncertain Polynomial Constraints (pp. 1428–1433). https://doi.org/10.23919/ACC55779.2023.10156449