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Department of control engineering and system analysis (SAAS)

Faculty of Applied Sciences | Discipline: Electronics, photonics, telecommunication and control

Faculty of Applied Sciences | Societal impact: Energy

Faculty of Applied Sciences | Societal impact: Transport

(Code: ULB809)

► Optimization and monitoring of environmetally friendly battery packs

F.R.S.-FNRS et Fonds associés (hors FRIA).

The project aims at developing safer, long lasting and environmentally
friendly lithium ion batteries for use in stationary storage applications. The
 ...

► Robotic Bricklayer: a multi-robot system for sand-lime blocks masonry

Région bruxelloise.

In this project we will design and develop an innovative concept for the automatic bricklaying of sand-lime bricks. The robotization of this activity p ...

► Optimal power dispatching in offshore wind farms ensuring power reserve for frequency control and load mitigation (PhairywinD)

Autres ministères fédéraux.

This research project is part of the  Belgian PhairywinD project, which aims to develop the current and the future offshore wind farms in a multi-disci ...

► Navigation and trajectory control of a robotic hummingbird

Gouvernements étrangers.

This project is a part of the COLIBRI project, which aims at building a robot mimicking the flight of a natural hummingbird. The objective of the resea ...

► MONISA - Health monitoring of an EMA for aircraft primary flight surface control

Région bruxelloise.

The trend is to replace the hydraulic actuators by electromechanical actuators (EMAs) in aviation. This structural change would allow cancelling the ov ...

► PANTHEON : Precision farming of hazelnut orchards

Autres U.E..

Project PANTHEON is a research project funded by the European Commission within the Horizon 2020 framework programme. Inspired by the real needs of the ...

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► Optimal Constrained Set Point Regulation for Networks of Systems

F.R.S.-FNRS et Fonds associés (hors FRIA).

The project deals with complex systems arising from the composition of many locally controlled subsystems. These systems are interacting and they must  ...

► Fault diagnosis in on-shore wind farms based on linear parameter-varying (LPV) models

F.R.S.-FNRS et Fonds associés (hors FRIA).

This project introduces a fault detection and isolation (FDI) system for wind farms based on SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) data. Ins ...

► More Grids - Model Reduction and Simplification for Dynamic Grid Security Studies

Région bruxelloise.

More Grids aims to be a reduction tool for dynamic power system models that enables transmission system operators (TSOs) to carry out stability studies ...

► Robust Fault Detection And Isolation For Distributed Dynamical Networks ; Application to Lithium-ion Battery Packs

Région wallonne.

The main objective of the project is to develop a systematic methodology for the design of robust fault diagnosis systems for large distributed systems ...

► Constrained control of lithium-ion battery based on an electrochemical model (EchM)

Fonds propres (patrimoine).

The use of an electrochemical model (EChM) to represent a battery cell allows obtaining accurate estimation of its state of charge (SOC) and state of h ...

► Knee Advanced Rehabilitation Device

Fonds propres (patrimoine).

Nowadays, knee surgery is a relatively common procedure used to treat cartilage defects and/or soft tissue lesions, osteoarthritis with total or unicon ...

► Design and Development of a Hovering Flapping Twin-Wing Robot

Fonds propres (patrimoine).

The aim of this work is designing and constructing a flapping twin-wing robot of the size of hummingbird (Colibri in French) capable of hovering. Our r ...

► Multilayer adaptive thin shell reflectors for future space telescopes

Autres ressources extérieures.

The project proposes a concept of piezoelectric adaptive thin shell reflector for future space telescopes; it exhibits excellent areal density and stow ...

► Optimization Free Constrained Control

F.R.S.-FNRS et Fonds associés (hors FRIA).

In the present times, Model Predictive Control (MPC) is the standard for constrained control. This scheme computes the prediction of the control action ...