Benjamin WAUTHION

Benjamin WAUTHION

Health Monitoring of an Electromechanical Flight Surface Actuator.›

Michele AMBROSINO

Michele AMBROSINO

Robotic Bricklayer: a multi-robot system for sand-lime blocks masonry.›

Andrés COTORRUELO

Andrés COTORRUELO

On the computation of sets for constrained control.›

Nicolas BONO ROSSELLO

Nicolas BONO ROSSELLO

Active monitoring of large-scale phenomena›

Space4Relaunch -Health monitoring of electromechanical actuators for reusable launchers 

Researcher: Louise MASSAGER

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BrickieBots 2.0

Researcher: Andrés COTORRUELO

(suite…)

Li-ion Fast & Safe: Safe and Fast Charge of Li-Ion Battery

Researcher: Alejandro GOLDAR DAVILA

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Design of robot swarms with guaranteed behavioural properties

Researcher: Guillermo LEGARDA HERRANZ

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Constrained control and its marine applications

Researcher: Frank MUKWEGE

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Self-Organized  Nervous Systems for Robot Swarms

Researcher: Sinan OGUZ

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PestFinder: Model-Based Estimation and Control of Agricultural Infestations Through Abiotic Changes

Researcher: Luca ROSSINI

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AMATS – Advanced Multilayer Adaptive Thin Shells

Researcher: Carl NIELSEN

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Testing and preemptive quarantine for the control of epidemics

Researcher: Ouassim BENHAMOUCHE

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Multi-sensor battery monitoring

Researcher: Maxime BUSSIOS

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Sandra Paola VÁSQUEZ RODRÍGUEZ

Sandra Paola VÁSQUEZ RODRÍGUEZ

Design of model based fault diagnosis systems from concatenated data application to wind turbines.›

Alejandro GOLDAR DAVILA

Alejandro GOLDAR DAVILA

Low-complexity algorithms for the fast and safe charge of Li-ion batteries.›

Optimal power dispatching in offshore wind farms ensuring power reserve for frequency control and load mitigation

Researcher: Younes OUDICH

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Optimization and monitoring of environmentally friendly battery packs

Researcher: Ali RAHDARIAN

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Johnny LEUNG

Johnny LEUNG

Model reduction and simplification for dynamic grid security studies. ›

MONISA – Health monitoring of an EMA for aircraft primary flight surface control

Researcher: Benjamin WAUTHION

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Navigation and Trajectory Control of a Robotic Hummingbird

Researchers: Han WANG, Liang WANG,

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Robotic Bricklayer: a multi-robot system for sand-lime blocks masonry

Researchers: Michele AMBROSINO, Zemerart ASANI

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Multilayer adaptive thin shell reflectors for future space telescopes

Researcher: Michel KINNAERT

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Christophe LABAR

Christophe LABAR

Contribution to extremum seeking control – First and second order Lie bracket approximation approaches. ›

Ali ROSHANBIN

Ali ROSHANBIN

Design and development of a tailless robotic hummingbird. ›

Kainan WANG

Kainan WANG

Piezoelectric Adaptive Mirrors for Ground-based and Space Telescopes. ›

Luis Daniel COUTO MENDONÇA

Luis Daniel COUTO MENDONÇA

Electrochemical Modeling, Supervision and Control of Lithium-Ion Batteries. ›

Tam NGUYEN

Tam NGUYEN

Thrust Vector Control of Multi-Body Systems Subject to Constraints. ›

Optimization Free Constrained Control

Contact: Emanuele GARONE

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MOBIDALAB : Design of a new didactic device for practical learning of the control theory

Contact: Michel KINNAERT

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Knee Advanced Rehabilitation Device

Researcher: Robin WILMART

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Robust fault detection and isolation for distributed dynamical networks; Application to lithium-ion battery packs

Researcher: Michel KINNAERT

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PANTHEON : Precision farming of hazelnut orchards

Researcher: Emanuele GARONE

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Jingjing HAO

Jingjing HAO

Distributed sensor fault detection and isolation over wireless sensor network. ›

Marco NICOTRA

Marco NICOTRA

Constrained Control of Nonlinear Systems: The Explicit Reference Governor and its Application to Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. ›

Moïse MUKEPE KAHILU

Moïse MUKEPE KAHILU

Identification and control of wet grinding processes: application to the Kolwezi concentrator. ›

Angelo BUTTAFUOCO

Angelo BUTTAFUOCO

Design and control of a teleoperated palpation device for minimally invasive thoracic surgery. ›

Manuel Ricardo GALVEZ CARRILLO

Manuel Ricardo GALVEZ CARRILLO

Sensor fault diagnosis in wind-driven doubly-fed induction generators. ›

Thomas DELWICHE

Thomas DELWICHE

Contribution to the design of control laws for bilateral teleoperation with a view to applications in minimally invasive surgery. ›

Valérie GROSFILS

Valérie GROSFILS

Modelling and parametric estimation of simulated moving bed chromatographic processes (SMB). ›

Valérie DECOUX

Valérie DECOUX

Contribution à l’interprétation anatomique des microvariations de la densité du bois de douglas. ›

Mohamed EL AYDAM

Mohamed EL AYDAM

Contribution à l’étude des douglas belges de petites dimensions : estimation de l’importance de la nodosité et du bois juvénile à l’aide des outils de modélisation et d’analyse d’images. ›

Joseph-Julien YAME

Joseph-Julien YAME

Contribution to the Mathematical Theory of Sampled-Data Control Systems. ›

Lhoussaine El BAHIR

Lhoussaine El BAHIR

Contribution à l’identification et à la commande prédictive des systèmes continus modélisés par des développements en série de fonctions. ›

Gianluca BONTEMPI

Gianluca BONTEMPI

Local learning approach for modeling, prediction and control. ›

Philippe BOGAERTS

Philippe BOGAERTS

Contribution à la modélisation mathématique pour la simulation et l’observation d’états des bioprocédés. ›

Abdel YOUSSOUF

Abdel YOUSSOUF

Détection et isolation automatique de pannes pour les systèmes singuliers. ›

Jean KWITEGETSE BIRAHIRA-SHALI

Jean KWITEGETSE BIRAHIRA-SHALI

Conception de régulateurs robustes : la méthode de recouvrement de fonctions de transfert. ›

Hang XU

Hang XU

Uncertain Reasoning and Decision Analysis Using Belief Functions in the Valuation-Based Systems. ›

Jean-Michel RENDERS

Jean-Michel RENDERS

Métaphores biologiques appliquées à la commande de processus. ›

Eric ROSSIGNOL

Eric ROSSIGNOL

Contribution à l’étude de la commande cinématique et dynamique des robots manipulateurs. ›

Youbin PENG

Youbin PENG

On adaptive control pole-zero placement control and generalized predictive control. ›

V. PAPANTONIOU

V. PAPANTONIOU

Theoretical and experimental approach on actively balanced legged robots. ›

M. KINNAERT

M. KINNAERT

Régulation adaptative de systèmes linéaires à plusieurs grandeurs réglées et plusieurs grandeurs réglantes. ›

B. LACROIX

B. LACROIX

Contribution à l’analyse automatique des stades du sommeil. Leur identification en temps réel par traitement numérique de signaux électrophysiologiques. ›

Y. DELALIEUX

Y. DELALIEUX

Étude et développement de méthodes de classification automatique. ›

M. ACHEROY

M. ACHEROY

Contribution au traitement numérique des signaux multidimensionnels.
Application à la restauration d’images. ›

PEETERMANS

PEETERMANS

Application de la théorie des algorithmes de résolution à convergence finie de systèmes d’inégalités au réglage adaptatif de systèmes discrets. ›

I. COHEN

I. COHEN

Contribution à l’étude du réglage adaptatif. ›

R. HANUS

R. HANUS

Contribution à la théorie des régulateurs conditionnés. ›

C. VANDE VELDE

C. VANDE VELDE

Contribution à l’étude de la surveillance continue des malades en unité de soins intensifs en vue d’une mise en oeuvre sur systèmes informatiques. Application à la fonction cardio-pulmonaire. ›

C. VLŒBERGS

C. VLŒBERGS

Application de la théorie des régulations optimales des systèmes discrets aléatoires à l’ajustement d’une machine. ›

J. de MARNEFFE

J. de MARNEFFE

La pseudo-optimisation dynamique. ›

CAT AVIATOR: Control of an Autonomous Tethered Aerial Vehicle for Inspection Applications with Tele-Operation Requirements

Contact: Emanuele GARONE

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COPTERS: Control of physically interacting terrestrial and aerial swarms

Contact: Emanuele GARONE

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Sensor fault detection and isolation in wireless sensor networks

Contact: Michel KINNAERT

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Optimal Constrained Set Point Regulation for Networks of Systems

Contact: Michel KINNAERT

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Constrained control of lithium-ion battery based on an electrochemical model (EchM)

Researcher: Alejandro GOLDAR DAVILA

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Study and design of a management system based on an electrochemical model (EChM) for fault tolerant pack of paintable batteries

Contact: Michel KINNAERT

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Optimization of the production of Fructo-Oligosaccharides

Contact Michel KINNAERT
In cooperation with UMONS

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More Grids – Model Reduction and Simplification for Dynamic Grid Security Studies

Researcher: Michel KINNAERT

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Fault diagnosis in on-shore wind farms based on linear parameter-varying (LPV) models

Researcher: Michel KINNAERT
In cooperation with VUB ELEC

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ECOPTINE – Energy aCcumulation to OPtimize electrical Traction Infrastructure Efficiency

Researcher: Laurent Catoire

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Supervision and fault diagnosis of technical systems based on mathematical models

DETAILS ON FIRST RESEARCH DIRECTION

Model based fault diagnosis aims at detecting and isolating at an early stage the degradations in the operation of a technical system. It relies on the computation of fault indicators, also called residuals. The latter characterize the discrepancy between the data measured on-line on the supervised system and a mathematical model of this system describing its normal behavior or certain faulty behaviors. These indicators are processed in a so-called decision system in order to determine whether some of the residuals are significantly different from zero, and to deduce the most likely fault(s) from the pattern of zero and non-zero residuals.

Advanced control of nonlinear dynamic system subject to constraints, with emphasis on reference governor methods

DETAILS ON THE SECOND RESEARCH DIRECTION

The group specializes in the control of system subject to constraints through both predictive and non-predictive methods. The main goal is the development of new computationally efficient constrained control methods.

The main lines of research are:
– Command and Reference Governor Schemes
– NON-optimization Based Constrained Control Schemes

and their applications to:
– Aerial Robotics
– Distributed Systems (Power Networks)

Electric energy production, distribution and storage

DETAILS ON THE FIRST APPLICATION AREA

Projects in electricity production and distribution aim at improving the availability of renewable energy sources, at accounting for the variability of renewable energy production in network security assessment and at ensuring ancillary services. The focus is on wind turbine and wind farm monitoring and control. Another objective is to improve the performance of battery storage by designing advanced battery management systems for Lithium-ion batteries on the basis of electrochemical models. Improvements aim at covering a wider operating range of the battery (faster charge/discharge operation thanks to proper handling of technological constraints) and ensuring higher reliability trough monitoring of the state of health and battery pack reconfiguration.

Mechatronics (UAVs and robotics)

DETAILS ON THE SECOND APPLICATION AREA

The goal is to develop control units for Unmanned Aerial Systems to enable the UAVs (quadrotors, multirotors, blimps, etc.) to interact with the environment and to perform operations.

The main research projects ongoing are:
– Control of Tethered Quadrotors
– Control of Teams of UAVs and Ground Vehicles manipulating objects

MA1 Projects, Master Thesis, and possible subjects for doctoral applications are available on the subject: control of UAVs subject to constraints, control of UAV interacting with walls, control and navigation of blimp with visual information.

The research in robotics is notably studying force feedback in teleoperation with a view to surgical applications. Indeed, in minimally invasive surgery, the surgeon loses the sense of touch. Yet, this is fundamental for a certain number of operations like needle insertion in a specific layer of a tissue or palpation of an organ. We aim at developing specific master slave devices with force feedbacks for such tasks and, more generally, to study control algorithms in bilateral teleoperation.

Industrial processes

DETAILS ON THE THIRD APPLICATION AREA

Providing tools for predictive maintenance and performance monitoring is the main objective of the projects in this application area. The considered issues include fouling monitoring in heat exchangers and gas turbines, leak detection in lubrication circuits, sensor and actuator monitoring in an activated sludge process and weld quality estimation in continuous strip lines. Monitoring and optimization of production processes involving a separation step through Simulated Moving Bed (SMB) chromatography is an on-going research direction.

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