Control Systems Technology
The mission of the CST group is to develop new methods and tools in the area of Systems Theory, Control Engineering and Mechatronics. The research focuses on understanding the fundamental system properties that determine the performance of mechanical engineering systems, and exploiting this knowledge for the design of the high-tech systems of the future.
We want an internationally leading role in research, combined with inspiring education, valorisation through spin-off companies, and direct co-operation with industry.
Our overall research strategy is focused on performance-driven design and control. The performance of a controlled system is defined as the extent to which the actual behaviour of the system matches the intended behaviour, while being subject to disturbances acting on the system and variations in system dynamics. Performance requirements can be related, for instance, to the accurate tracking of a set-point (motion) or to the energy utilisation (hybrid vehicles). Fundamental properties that determine and possibly limit performance can be found in both external sources (disturbances acting on the system) and internal sources (system properties, controller properties, quality of sensors and actuators etc.). Only by an integrated design of both the mechatronic (hardware) system and the (software) controller the highest performance requirements can be achieved.
Read moreResearch lines
The research in our group is structured in 5 research lines. Click on the following links to learn more about eacht topic.
Meet some of our Researchers
Our laboratories
The Control Systems Technology group shares the following laboratory facilities in the Mechanical Engineering Department
Student opportunities
The Control Systems Technology Group actively participates in the TU/e Bachelor College and Graduate School. The members of the CST group are responsible for many courses at Bsc(ME) and MSc levels, in the master programs of ME, AT, S&C and NF. Every year approximately 60 students finish their Master program within our group. Also, CST group participates in the PDEng program Automotive Systems Design as well as in the Graduate School DISC.
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E. Evers,Marc van de Wal,Tom Oomen
Beyond decentralized wafer/reticle stage control design: A double-Youla approach for enhancing synchronized motion
Control Engineering Practice (2019) -
M.H.M. van Gastel,P.C.J.N. Rosielle,M. Steinbuch
A concept for accurate edge-coupled multi-fiber photonic interconnects
Journal of Lightwave Technology (2019) -
T.C. Blanken,Federico A.A. Felici,C. Galperti,Ngoc Minh Trang Vu,Mengdi Kong,Olivier Sauter,M.R. de Baar
Real-time plasma state monitoring and supervisory control on TCV
Nuclear Fusion (2019) -
Stefan Neumeyer,Vladislav Sorokin,M.H.M. van Gastel,Jon Juel Thomsen
Frequency detuning effects for a parametric amplifier
Journal of Sound and Vibration (2019) -
C. Lu,M.J.G. van de Molengraft,G. Dubbelman
Monocular semantic occupancy grid mapping with convolutional variational encoder-decoder networks
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (2019)
Contact
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