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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Thijs van Keulen
Solution for the continuous-time infinite-horizon linear quadratic regulator subject to scalar state constraints
IEEE Control Systems Letters (2020) -
Duarte J. Antunes,M.H. Balaghi I
Consistent event-triggered control for discrete-time linear systems with partial state information
IEEE Control Systems Letters (2020) -
T.C. Blanken,F. Felici,C. Galperti,O. Kudláček,F. Janky,A. Mlynek,L. Giannone,P. T. Lang,W. Treutterer,W.P.M.H. Heemels
Model-based real-time plasma electron density profile estimation and control on ASDEX Upgrade and TCV
Fusion Engineering and Design (2019) -
N.M. Trang Vu,Thomas C. Blanken,F. Felici,C. Galperti,M. Kong,E. Maljaars,O. Sauter
Tokamak-agnostic actuator management for multi-task integrated control with application to TCV and ITER
Fusion Engineering and Design (2019) -
Robin de Rozario,Tom Oomen
Data-driven iterative inversion-based control
Automatica (2019)
Contact
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