Texas Wisconsin California Control Consortium Group Highlights

Texas Wisconsin California Control Consortium Group Highlights James B. Rawlings Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering University of Wisconsin Madison Madison, Wisconsin September 17-18, 2012 Rawlings Meeting Introduction 1 / 18

Outline 1 Overview of Research Projects 2 Recent news Rawlings Meeting Introduction 2 / 18

New project: Rapid synthesis of epitaxial semiconductors for energy applications Ph.D. student: new opening Faculty: Tom Kuech (CBE) NSF proposal to Division of Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation (CMMI) Rawlings Meeting Introduction 3 / 18

New Project: Continuous time model predictive control Ph.D. student: new opening Faculty: Gabriele Pannocchia (Pisa), David Mayne (Imperial) Funding: Submitted NSF GOALI proposal with Eastman Rawlings Meeting Introduction 4 / 18

Recent and upcoming publications Pannocchia, G., D. Q. Mayne, and J. B. Rawlings. On the convergence of numerical solutions to the continuous-time constrained LQR problem. In The 21st International Symposium on Mathematical Programming (ISMP 2012). Berlin, Germany, August 2012. Pannocchia, G., J. B. Rawlings, D. Q. Mayne, and W. Marquardt. On computing the solutions to the continuous time constrained linear quadratic regulator. IEEE Trans. Auto. Cont., 55(9):2192 2198, 2010. Rawlings Meeting Introduction 5 / 18

Control performance monitoring principles for model predictive control Ph.D. student: Luo Ji Megan Zagrobelny Faculty: Edgar and Qin? Industrial partner: ExxonMobil, Air Products, Praxair, Others? Success with NSF GOALI with ExxonMobil. Third time is the charm! Almost... Recent and upcoming publications: Zagrobelny, M. A., L. Ji, and J. B. Rawlings. Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? In IFAC Conference on Nonlinear Model Predictive Control 2012. Noordwijkerhout, the Netherlands, August 2012. Rawlings Meeting Introduction 6 / 18

Economic model predictive control Ph.D. student: Cuyler Bates Faculty: David Angeli (Imperial), Moritz Diehl (Leuven) Funding: Submitted NSF GOALI proposal with Shell Rawlings Meeting Introduction 7 / 18

Recent and upcoming publications Rawlings, J. B., D. Angeli, and C. Bates. Fundamentals of economic model predictive control. In IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC). Maui, HI, December 2012. Angeli, D., R. Amrit, and J. B. Rawlings. On average performance and stability of economic model predictive control. IEEE Trans. Auto. Cont., 57(7):1615 1626, 2012. Amrit, R., J. B. Rawlings, and D. Angeli. Economic optimization using model predictive control with a terminal cost. Annual Rev. Control, 35:178 186, 2011. Angeli, D., R. Amrit, and J. B. Rawlings. Enforcing convergence in nonlinear economic MPC. In IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC). Orlando, FL, 2011. Diehl, M., R. Amrit, and J. B. Rawlings. A Lyapunov function for economic optimizing model predictive control. IEEE Trans. Auto. Cont., 56(3):703 707, 2011. Rawlings Meeting Introduction 8 / 18

Computational modeling of the growth and spread of viruses Ph.D. students: Rishi Srivastava, Ankur Gupta Faculty: John Yin (CBE), Dave Anderson (Math), Jeff Linderoth (ISyE) Funding: NIH, NSF Recent and upcoming publications: Rawlings Meeting Introduction 9 / 18

Recent and upcoming publications Srivastava, R. and J. B. Rawlings. Parameter estimation in stochastic kinetic models. AIChE Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, November 2012. Srivastava, R. and J. B. Rawlings. Parameter estimation in stochastic chemical kinetic models using derivative free optimization and bootstrapping. 2012. To be submitted to Biometrics. Srivastava, R., D. F. Anderson, and J. B. Rawlings. New methods to obtain sensitivities of stochastic chemical kinetic models. 2012. To be submitted to Journal of Chemical Physics. Srivastava, R., E. L. Haseltine, E. A. Mastny, and J. B. Rawlings. The stochastic quasi-steady-state assumption: Reducing the model but not the noise. J. Chem. Phys., 134:154109:1 10, 2011. Rawlings Meeting Introduction 10 / 18

Nonlinear stochastic systems and moving horizon estimation Postdoc, Ph.D. student: Fernando Lima Luo Ji Industrial partner: Tyler Soderstrom, ExxonMobil Rawlings Meeting Introduction 11 / 18

Recent and upcoming publications and talks Rawlings, J. B. and L. Ji. Optimization-based state estimation: Current status and some new results. J. Proc. Cont., 22:1439 1444, 2012. Rawlings, J. B., L. Ji, and G. Mancuso. Current status and future challenges of moving horizon state estimation. In OPTEC Workshop on Moving Horizon Estimation and System Identification. Leuven, Belgium, August 2012. Lima, F. V., J. B. Rawlings, M. R. Rajamani, and T. A. Soderstrom. Covariance and state estimation of weakly observable systems: Application to polymerization processes. IEEE Trans. Cont. Sys. Tech., 2012. Accepted for publication. Lima, F. V. and J. B. Rawlings. Nonlinear stochastic modeling to improve state estimation in process monitoring and control. AIChE J., 57(4):996 1007, 2011. Rawlings Meeting Introduction 12 / 18

Optimization of supply chains Ph.D. students: Kaushik Subramanian Faculty: Christos Maravelias (CBE) Industrial partner: Larry Megan, Jesus Flores-Cerrillo, Praxair NSF GOALI proposal funded: Optimization of the Industrial Gas Supply Chain Rawlings Meeting Introduction 13 / 18

Recent and upcoming publications and talks Subramanian, K., C. T. Maravelias, and J. B. Rawlings. A state-space model and advanced control methods for chemical production scheduling. AIChE Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, November 2012. Subramanian, K., C. T. Maravelias, and J. B. Rawlings. A state-space model for chemical production scheduling. Proceedings of Foundations of Computer-AidedProcess Operations (FOCAPO) 2012 and Chemical Process Control (CPC) VIII, Savannah, GA, 2012. Subramanian, K., J. B. Rawlings, and C. T. Maravelias. Integration of control theory and scheduling methods for supply chain management. Proceedings of Foundations of Computer-AidedProcess Operations (FOCAPO) 2012 and Chemical Process Control (CPC) VIII, Savannah, GA, 2012. Rawlings Meeting Introduction 14 / 18

Current research sponsors TWCCC members: ExxonMobil, Eastman, Shell National Science Foundation National Institutes of Health Rawlings Meeting Introduction 15 / 18

Recent News Rishi Srivastava will defend his PhD this week. He has accepted employment at Eastman Chemical. Rawlings Meeting Introduction 16 / 18

Recent News Rishi Srivastava will defend his PhD this week. He has accepted employment at Eastman Chemical. Kaushik Subramanian spent the summer at Bloom Energy Rawlings Meeting Introduction 16 / 18

Recent News Rishi Srivastava will defend his PhD this week. He has accepted employment at Eastman Chemical. Kaushik Subramanian spent the summer at Bloom Energy Luo Ji spent the summer at Air Products Megan Zagrobelny spent the summer at Eastman Chemical Ankur Gupta spent the summer at Vertex Pharmaceutical Rawlings Meeting Introduction 16 / 18

Recent news JBR Gave a plenary lecture at the IFAC Conference on Nonlinear Model Predictive Control in Noordwijkerhout, Netherlands in August Rawlings Meeting Introduction 17 / 18

Recent news JBR Gave a plenary lecture at the IFAC Conference on Nonlinear Model Predictive Control in Noordwijkerhout, Netherlands in August Gave a plenary lecture at the MHE Workshop in Leuven, Belgium in August Finished 2nd edition of Chemical Analysis and Design Fundamentals, by Rawlings and Ekerdt. Added Chapter 10 on Population Balances. Received a WARF Named Professorship, Graduate School, University of Wisconsin. The professorship has a naming feature. W. Harmon Ray Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering. Rawlings Meeting Introduction 17 / 18

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