20 years after its debut, ADRC, the brain child of Dr. Zhiqiang Gao, Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering and Director of the Center for Advanced Control Technologies, is now included in Matlab-Simulink base package. Dr. Gao’s ADRC patent portfolio was the foundation for CSU’s first start-up company in 2006. The ADRC Technology was licensed to LineStream Technologies which raised over $11M of financing. See the Washkewicz Magazine 2019-2020 Issue for a full write-up

Former student and now colleague, Professor Toufik Aidja said, “Early in my career, I took the time to enroll in his advanced control class in year 2005. His class material was fascinating with full lectures, Matlab projects and publications.  He was elegant in explaining complex mathematics with simple pictures, beautiful stories, and analogies. I enjoyed his style of teaching which is a true testimony of how science and art can be combined to give a new perspective to engineering design.” To date, Dr. Gao’s ADRC patent portfolio is CSU’s most successful licensed technology.

 About CSU and the Washkewicz College of Engineering

​​​​​​Cleveland State University is a public institution located in Cleveland, Ohio. The university has an enrollment of more than 16,000 students in programs at the baccalaureate, masters, and doctoral levels. The university is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and is currently awaiting reaffirmation of accreditation. Washkewicz College of Engineering offers graduate and undergraduate program. The undergraduate programs are accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) (http://www.abet.org). To learn more about the College, please visit: engineering.csuohio.edu.