Recent Research
Presentations:
1. Control of Multiscale Process Systems
Lou, Y. and P. D. Christofides, ``Feedback Control of
Growth Rate and Surface Roughness in Thin Film Growth Using Kinetic Monte-Carlo
Models,'' Proceedings of Conference on Decision and Control, 845-850,
Maui, Hawaii, 2003.
2. Control and Optimization
of Distributed Process Systems
Christofides, P. D.,
``Nonlinear Model Reduction and Control of Complex Distributed Processes,''
Workshop on Modeling, Simulation and Design in Process Engineering, University of
Stuttgart, Germany, February 2003.
Christofides, P. D., ``Model-Based Control of
Particulate Processes," Engineering Research Center for Particle Science &
Technology, University of Florida, January 2004.
Dubljevic, S., P. D. Christofides and I. G.
Kevrekidis, ``Distributed Nonlinear Control of Diffusion-Reaction Processes,'' Proceedings
of American Control Conference, 1341-1348, Denver, Colorado, 2003.
Armaou, A. and P. D. Christofides,
"Dynamic Optimization of Dissipative PDE Systems Using Nonlinear Order Reduction,'' Proceedings
of Conference on Decision and Control, 2310-2316, Las Vegas, Nevada, 2002.
Lou, Y. and P. D. Christofides, ``Optimal
Actuator/Sensor Placement for Nonlinear Control of the Kuramoto-Sivashinsky Equation,'' Proceedings
of American Control Conference, 4401-4408, Anchorage, Alaska, 2002.
3. Fault-Tolerant Process Control
El-Farra, N., A. Gani and P.
D. Christofides, ``Fault-Tolerant Control of Chemical Process Systems Using Communication
Networks,'' AIChE Annual Meeting, paper 440b, San Francisco, California, 2003.
El-Farra, N., and P. D. Christofides, ``Hybrid
Control of Spatially Distributed Processes,'' AIChE Annual Meeting, paper 257b,
Indianapolis, Indiana, 2002.
4. Hybrid Predictive Control
Mhaskar, P., N. El-Farra and P. D. Christofides,
``Hybrid Predictive Output Feedback Stabilization of Constrained Linear Systems,'' Proceedings
of 5th International Symposium on Advanced Control of Chemical Processes, in
press, Hong Kong, P. R. China, 2004.
Mhaskar, P., N. El-Farra and P. D. Christofides,
``Predictive Control of Nonlinear Systems with Guaranteed Stability Regions,'' 6th
Southern California Nonlinear Control Workshop, San Diego, California, May, 2003.
Christofides, P. D., ``Towards Bridging the Gap Between
Nonlinear Control Theory and Process Control Practice,'' Meeting of Texas-Wisconsin
Modeling and Control Consortium, University of Wisconsin, September, 2003.
5. Control of Hybrid Process Systems
El-Farra, N. and P. D. Christofides, ``Coordinating
Supervisory Control and Feedback in Hybrid Process Systems,'' AIChE Annual Meeting, paper
260f, Indianapolis, Indiana, 2002.
Mhaskar, P., N. El-Farra and P. D. Christofides,
``Predictive Control of Switched Nonlinear Systems with Scheduled Mode Transitions,'' 7th
Southern California Nonlinear Control Workshop, San Diego, California, October, 2003.
6. Feedback Control Applications to Experimental and
Industrial Systems
Ni, D., Y. Lou, P. D.
Christofides, L. Sha, S. Lao and J. P. Chang, ``Real-Time Control of High-k Dielectric
Thin Film Composition and Thickness,'' AIChE Annual Meeting, paper 176d, San Francisco,
California, 2003.
Li, M., D. Shi and P. D. Christofides, ``Modeling and
Control of an Industrial High Velocity Oxygen-Fuel (HVOF) Thermal Spray Process'', 7th
Southern California Nonlinear Control Workshop, Los Angeles, California, October, 2003.
7. Analysis and Simulation of Biological Systems
El-Farra, N., A. Gani and P. D. Christofides,
``Analysis of Biological Regulatory Networks using Hybrid Systems Theory,'' AIChE Annual
Meeting, paper 463h, San Francisco, California, 2003.
El-Farra, N., P. D.
Christofides and J. C. Liao, ``Computational Modeling and Simulation of Nitric Oxide
Transport and Consumption in Blood Vessels,'' AIChE Annual Meeting, paper 127b, San
Francisco, California, 2003.
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