Tijs Donkers
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RESEARCH PROFILE
Tijs Donkers is an Associate Professor in the Control Systems group of the Department of Electrical Engineering at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e). His current research focusses on developing control theory specifically for automotive applications, with an emphasis on the computational aspects of the control algorithms.
His recent research has led to using distributed optimization and (model predictive) control for (complete) vehicle energy management. Besides this, his research covers several aspects of modeling and control of batteries (such as optimal charging, cell balancing and state estimation) and combustion engines.
Besides these automotive applications, Tijs is interested in the role of sampling in control and identification, with an emphasis on event-triggered and networked control systems.
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
Tijs Donkers received his MSc and PhD (both summa cum laude) in Systems and Control in 2008 and 2011, respectively, from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at TU/e. In 2010, Tijs visited the Cyber-Physical Systems laboratory of the University of California at Los Angeles, CA, USA, and, from 2012 until 2013, he was a researcher at the Dutch Institute for Applied Scientific Research (TNO) in Helmond, Netherlands. He was an assistant professor from 2013-2021 and received tenure in 2016. He is currently involved in the European projects EVERLASTING, LONGRUN and SENSIBAT.
Recent Publications
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Preconditioning Matrix Synthesis for a Projected Gradient Method for Solving Constrained Linear-Quadratic Optimal Control Problems
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Rapid empirical battery electromotive-force and overpotential modelling using input-output linear parameter-varying methods
Journal of Energy Storage (2023) -
Real-Time Optimal Control for Eco-Driving and Powertrain Energy Management
IFAC-PapersOnLine (2023) -
Closed-loop Optimal Ageing-Aware Charging of Li-ion Batteries Using a Surrogate Model
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Improved Parameter Estimation of the Doyle-Fuller-Newman Model by Incorporating Temperature Dependence
IFAC-PapersOnLine (2023)
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