TRW AUTOMOTIVE CASE STUDENTSHIPS- RESEARCH IN AUTOMOTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS
Two EPSRC CASE studentships are available for PhD research in Automotive
Control Systems in the Control Systems Centre, UMIST in collaboration with
TRW Automotive. The studentships are available for a period of three years,
commencing in September 2000.
1. Nonlinear Effects on Platoon Stability of Adaptive Cruise Control Vehicles
Description: The stability of a platoon of vehicles, each under independent
Adaptive Cruise Control, can be analysed on the basis of linearized models,
but this procedure ignores nonlinear features of the control system, which
may have important effects in practice. The purpose of the project is to
investigate this problem, with the aim of being able to ensure safe
operation in realistic conditions.
2. Title: The systematic design of simply-structured controllers for SISO
and MIMO
Description: Current research into the systematic design of PID
controllers, and other 2- or 3-parameter compensators, for continuous and
sampled-data systems has resulted in an automated computing procedure that
generates 2-D, or 3-D, plots showing all allowable values of the controller
parameters such that the closed-loop system meets a desired performance
specification; i.e., the closed-loop system poles lie in a specified region
in the complex plane. This project will extend these results to deal with
SISO systems with performance requirements that result in multiple
performance boundaries in the complex plane; e.g. the dominant closed-loop
system poles must lie in a certain closed region in the complex plane, and
the other closed-loop system poles must lie in a separate region. The
project will also address the extension of this technique to SISO systems,
and loop-tuning in MIMO systems, subject to structured and unstructured
parameter uncertainty, and the achievement of other performance
requirements in a robust form. The results will be applied to real-world
problems.
Suitable candidates will have a good first degree in
electrical/electronic/mechanical engineering and/or a postgraduate
qualification in Control Engineering. Applicants with industrial experience
in Control Systems are particularly encouraged to apply. The vacancies are
available to UK/EU applicants and the EPSRC research studentship rates will
be supplemented by a generous industrial top-up bursary. The deadline for
the receipt of applications is the 10th of June 2000.
For further details, please contact Mr P. Liatsis, TRW Research Lecturer,
Control Systems Centre, Dept of EE&E, UMIST, PO Box 88, Manchester M60 1QD,
UK. Tel: +44-161-200 4659, Fax: +44-161-200 4647, E-mail:
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Intelligent Systems and Sensing Laboratory
Control Systems Centre, EE&E, UMIST
PO Box 88, Manchester M60 1QD
Tel: 0161-200 4659 Fax: 0161-200 4647
http://www.csc.umist.ac.uk/issl/issl_home.htm
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