Jacquelien Scherpen
model order reduction for control, nonlinear control systems, first principle modeling and control, structure preserving spatial discretization and order reduction methods, interconnected networks, distributed control for balancing the power grid, smart grids, mechanical, electrical and electro-mechanical systems
Claudio de Persis
nonlinear control systems, quantized control, hybrid systems, cooperative control, control under communications constraints, time-delay systems, distribution networks, fault detection, switched systems
Kanat Camlibel
nonlinear control systems, quantized control, hybrid systems, cooperative control, control under communications constraints, time-delay systems, distribution networks, fault detection, switched systems
Ming Cao
multi-agent systems, coordination and cooperative control, human/robot interaction dynamics, distributed decision making, sensor networks, robotic teams, electric power grids, complex systems and networks, switched systems, algebraic graph theory.
Bayu Jayawardhana
analysis and control design for nonlinear systems: dissipative systems, systems with hysteresis and quantization, biochemical reaction networks, systems biology, mechatronics.
Bart Besselink
system theory for nonlinear systems and large-scale interconnected systems, model reduction, applications in intelligent transportation systems, in particular on control and coordination of heavy-duty vehicle platoons
Stephan Trenn
differential-algebraic equations, switched systems, observer design, funnel control, modeling of power grids
Nima Monshizadeh
model reduction, multi-agent systems, complex networks, switched systems, control configuration selection
Dario Bauso
optimization, optimal and distributed control, game theory
Ashish Cherukuri
multi-agent systems, distributed algorithms, networked cyber-physical systems, game theory, optimization under uncertainty
Juan Peypouquet
functional, variational and convex analysis; complexity and acceleration of first-order optimization algorithms; ordinary differential equations and inclusions; effects of geometry on the convergence of processes in continuous and discrete time; applications of optimization, operations research and machine learning in images, mining and healthcare management.
Henk van Waarde
data-driven modelling and control, system identification and identifiability, kernel methods, networks of dynamical systems, neuronal dynamics, robust and optimal control
Saeed Ahmed
feedback optimization with application to energy systems, dissipativity theory, observer design, nonlinear control, Lyapunov methods, input-to-state stability, time delay systems, hybrid (switched and impulsive) systems
Michele Cucuzzella
Nonlinear control, energy/power based control design, variable structure control, distributed control, feedback optimization, consensus protocols, complex networks, systems integration, smart systems, energy systems, power networks, district heating networks, traffic networks
phd-students and postdocs
Please check the individual group’s websites (DTPA, SMS, ODS, SCO) for a current list of PhD-students and postdocs.
former members / professor emeritus
Ruth Curtain
Jan C. Willems
Arjan van der Schaft
mathematical systems theory, nonlinear systems and control, geometric network modeling of physical systems, network dynamics, hybrid systems theory, geometric mechanics and robotics, control of distributed-parameter physical systems, systems biology
Harry Trentelman
linear systems, model/controller reduction, network analysis and control, reduced order modeling, simultaneous balancing, structure preserving model reduction, switched systems, synchronization, model reduction of networks, the behavioral approach, robust control, H-infinity control, linear quadratic optimal control, Riccati equations, dissipative systems, multi-dimensional systems