The Laboratory for Dynamics and Control of Nanosystems (LDCN) is a multi-million dollar state-of-the-art research facility dedicated to the advancement of nanotechnology through innovations in systems theory and control engineering. The main thrust of research in the laboratory is to develop methodologies, technologies, and the necessary instrumentation for fast and accurate interrogation and manipulation of matter at the nanoscale. LDCN's multidisciplinary research team pursues a dynamic and active research program that maintains a solid systems and control focus on a variety of emerging applications in nanotechnology.


Department of Systems Engineering
Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science
The University of Texas at Dallas
800 West Campbell Rd, Richardson, TX 75080, USA

Ph: +1 972 883 4158
Email: Reza.Moheimani@utdallas.edu

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Recent News


Reza Moheimani will be an IFAC Pavel J. Nowacki Distinguished Lecturer for the 2026-2029 triennium
October 22, 2026

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A recording of Reza's Transition to Practice Award Plenary Lecture is posted on IEEE CSS website.
October 22, 2026
https://ieeecss.org/presentation/conference-plenary-lecture/forgotten-control-problem-heart-nanotechnology
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Reza Moheimani will deliver the Transition to Practice Plenary talk at the IEEE CCTA in Vancouver, Canada on Friday August 14, 2026
July 21, 2026

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Congratulations to Dr. Emma Fowler and Dr. Prosanto Biswas for successfully defending their dissertations and graduating with doctoral degrees
July 21, 2026

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Reza Moheimani to deliver two plenary lectures next summer.
November 13, 2024
Reza Moheimani will deliver plenary lectures during the 11th IFAC Symposium on Robust Control Design (ROCOND), July 2-4, 2025, in Porto, Portugal and the 10th
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Recent Publications

E. Fowler; S. O. R. Moheimani

A Two Tip MEMS Array Nanopositioner for High Throughput STM Journal Article

IEEE Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, 2026.

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H. M. Nasrabadi; K. S. Vikrant; S. O. R. Moheimani

Parallel Active Microcantilevers for High-Throughput Atomic Force Microscopy Journal Article

IEEE Transactions on Mechatronics, 2026, (Accepted for publication).

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K. S. Vikrant; P. Biswas; S. O. R. Moheimani

A three-axis nanopositioner based on near-field acoustic levitation and electromagnetic actuation Journal Article

Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 394 (116894), 2025.

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D. Dadkhah; S. O. R. Moheimani

Design, Fabrication, and Control of a Double-Stage MEMS Force Sensor Journal Article

IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 30 (3), pp. 1819-1829, 2025.

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K. S. Vikrant; D. Dadkhah; S. O. R. Moheimani

Optimization of Design Parameters to Improve Performance of a Planar Electromagnetic Actuator Journal Article

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 60 (9), pp. 8000610 (10pp), 2024.

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R. Mishra; S. O. R. Moheimani

Kalman Filter-Based Estimation of Surface Conductivity and Surface Variations in Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Journal Article

IEEE Transactions for Control Systems Technology, 32 (4), pp. 1298–1309, 2024.

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