FE and BE combined techniques in structural analysis and optimization / Calogero Cali and Renato Esposito -- Simultaneous optimization of structure and robust control / N.S. Khot -- Techniques in reduced-order dynamic compensator design for stability robustness of linear discrete-time systems / Sri R. Kolla and James B. Farison -- Robust control synthesis via mathematical programming techniques / Jonathan A. Tekawy and Cornelius T. Leondes -- System parameter estimation from sampled data / C.M. Liaw -- Output feedback stabilization of uncertain systems with state delay / Magdi S. Mahmoud -- Techniques in coupled modal sliding mode control of vibration in flexible structures / Chi-Kuan Kao -- Control and dynamics of the deep space network antennas / W.K. Gawronski and J.A. Mellstrom.