Mohamad H. Kazma
PhD Candidate, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Vanderbilt University
mohamad.h.kazma@vanderbilt.edu
Hi! I am a PhD candidate in Civil Engineering at Vanderbilt University. I work on modeling, optimization, and monitoring of nonlinear dynamical systems, with applications to complex infrastructure systems. My research leverages control systems theory and advanced optimization techniques to enhance infrastructure resilience.
Recent News
Mar 2026 "Partitioning and Observability in Linear Systems via Submodular Optimization" now available as early access in IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control [DOI | arXiv]
Mar 2026 New preprint submitted to Advances in Water Resources: "Exploring Uncertainty Propagation in Coupled Hydrologic and Hydrodynamic Systems via Distribution-Agnostic State Space Analysis" [arXiv]
Mar 2026 New preprint, a joint work with Hongchao Zhang, submitted to IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control: "Verification and Forward Invariance of Control Barrier Functions for Differential-Algebraic Systems" [arXiv]
Dec 2025 "Observability for Nonlinear Systems: Connecting Variational Dynamics, Lyapunov Exponents, and Empirical Gramians" conditionally accepted at IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems [arXiv]
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Aug 2025 "Observability and Generalized Sensor Placement for Nonlinear Quality Models in Drinking Water Networks" published in Journal of Water Process Engineering [DOI | arXiv]
May 2025 New preprint available: "Partitioning and Observability in Linear Systems via Submodular Optimization" [arXiv]
Feb 2025 Paper accepted in IEEE Transactions on Power Systems: "Stability and Uncertainty Propagation in Power Networks" [DOI | arXiv]
Jan 2025 Three papers accepted at 2025 American Control Conference (ACC): "Multilinear Extensions in Submodular Optimization", "Generalizable Stability Metrics for Power Grids", and "Controllability Gramians Make Water Safer"
Feb 2024 New preprint: "Observability for Nonlinear Systems: Connecting Variational Dynamics, Lyapunov Exponents, and Empirical Gramians" [arXiv]
Selected Publications
Partitioning and Observability in Linear Systems via Submodular Optimization
IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control • 2026 — Early Access
Observability and generalized sensor placement for nonlinear quality models in drinking water networks
Journal of Water Process Engineering • 2025