Gordon Parker is the John & Cathi Drake Chair Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the Michigan Technological University. He received his B.S. in Systems Engineering at Oakland University, M.S. in Aerospace Engineering at the University of Michigan, and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at SUNY Buffalo. Before his position at Michigan Tech, he worked for four years at Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, on a variety of vibration control applications and for three years at General Dynamics Space Systems on guidance and control of launch vehicles. He specializes in dynamic system modeling and control. His application areas include land, air, space, and sea with recent funding from ONR, NAVSEA, DARPA, AFOSR, and ARL. Recent projects focus on model predictive control for thermal/electrical energy management, machine learning control of wave energy converters and unpiloted underwater vehicles, and survivability-optimal control of surface vessels.